Super Scribblenauts

Super Scribblenauts is a side-scrolling action-oriented puzzle game that requires players to collect magic star-shaped tokens called Starites by inputting words, such as "ladder" or "fire", in order to collect these objects. One of Super Scribblenauts' features is the ability to add characteristics to objects, such as a "green refrigerator" or "anthropomorphic antimatter". More than one adjective can be tied to a single object, making it possible to summon objects such as "big flying purple pregnant octopus". Players control the main character, Maxwell, using either the touch screen, D-pad, or face buttons.

Maxwell is a boy who has a magical notebook that makes written words come to life. Creating new objects with that notebook to solve puzzles is the key to the game.

Maxwell, the game's protagonist, is tasked with using his magical Notepad to collect Starites. Each set of levels is represented by a constellation, which can be selected at the main menu. At the end of the game, Maxwell comes face to face with his evil Doppelganger who steals the last Starite from him. Maxwell chases him to the moon, where the Doppelganger crashes his UFO, seemingly defeated.

The game tells the player that since the final Starite was destroyed in the crash, to "write the answer" to beat the game's final level. After beating the game, two bonus constellations are introduced with levels focused on simply getting to the Starite.

In July 2009, when asked in an interview about a possible Scribblenauts sequel, creative director Jeremiah Slaczka stated, "We're just focused on the original Scribblenauts for the time being, but I have plenty of ideas for a sequel. If you look at Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (DS) you can see how we don't just do rehashes when we make a sequel. That game was rebuilt from the ground up and it's fantastic. We take sequels very seriously."

In August 2009, Slaczka announced that Scribblenauts and Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter would be 5th Cell’s “last hurrah” for original DS games, as the company planned to shift its focus to console development. He later clarified that there were future plans for Scribblenauts, saying, “I really like Scribblenauts and think there's a lot of potential there, so we'll see what happens,” and added that fans shouldn't expect any “farmed-out spin-offs” like Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition, which had been developed by Altron without 5th Cell’s involvement. In September 2009, in an interview included in the Scribblenauts Prima Games guidebook, Slaczka stated, in response to a question regarding a sequel, "Like most games, that really depends on how the original game does." Two days later, in an interview published after Scribblenauts was released, he reiterated his interest, stating, "Yeah, if it's successful.

Super Scribblenauts has received generally favorable reviews. It currently holds a score of 81/100 on Metacritic. 0/10 on IGN. IGN's Daemon Hatfield called Super Scribblenauts fun and imaginative.

He also praised the game's refined control scheme and incorporation of adjectives, but criticized its low level of difficulty. The British magazine ONM gave it an 86%, saying that "it's a step above the original, nearly everything's improved here and the addition to adjectives is heartwarming. A good step in the right direction for Scribblenauts".