When I decided to be the one to write the hands on impressions for Scribblenauts, I struggled with it. How could I possibly convey how awesome this game is to you guys, the readers? I decided the best way was to lead with a story. This is my story of Scribblenauts' free play mode. 

I began free play mode with a mission. A mission to create an epic battle the likes of which the world has never seen! So I started by opening the generate tool and typing "Devil." The Devil spawned, and immediately began attacking my character. "Hrmm," thought I, "I probably should get something to fight him." I then typed "angel," however, the Devil did away with my puny little angel in a matter of seconds.

I decided to think bigger. I typed "God." God then appeared and began an epic battle agains the Devil. I realized there was no reason God and the Devil had to fight alone. So I escalated. I typed "vampire" to give the evil side some back-up, and "soldier" to help God's desperate struggle. Unfortunately, I underestimated the depth of Scribblenauts. The vampire immediately bit the soldier and turned him into a vampire too! The now 3-strong team of evil continued their assault on, and destroyed, God.

I now had 3 evil people trying to kill me. I was not very happy with this situation, and I needed something big and powerful to take them down. I decided the solution was a dragon, and thus typed it. The dragon then proceded to eat and destroy my demonic foes, but I underestimated his hunger. He then turned on me as well. Realizing my salvation was in continuing a battle among mythical beasts, I typed "Kraken" spawning the giant creature and entering them into combat with each other.

It was around this time, observing this colossal struggle from above with the jetpack I had spawned tied to my back, that I realized there was a limit to how big I could make things. I decided escalation had reached its peak, and I needed to find a way to reset everything. To end this neverending battle. I typed "nuke" and dropped a bomb that blew up the entire world in a blinding flash of light.

This is my Scribblenauts story. I could tell you about how there are hundreds of puzzles in the game using the write-to-generate mechanic. I could tell you about how the game recognizes tens of thousands of words and their uses. I could even tell you about how no puzzle has only a single solution, and the limit is your imagination... but I think this story tells it best.

Scribblenauts is a brilliant game. It is a game truly created by a team of ingenious people, setting out to make something no one can say they've played before, and anyone can enjoy. Please if you own a DS consider this game. It's something I can honestly say feels special. I don't think this is an experience replaceable by any other game. I do hope someday they create a Wii version so that I can sit in a room with my friends and we can all try to solve these crazy puzzles together, but as it is gamers can enjoy flexing and stretching their creativity to its limits this fall on the Nintendo DS. Check out the trailer below: