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Warner Bros. just officially announced Scribblenauts Showdown for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with a 9th March release date.
There are multiplayer modes for two players (with 25 mini-games) and four-players (with card-based strategy gameplay) which rely on the series’ trademark word-based gameplay.
A sandbox mode also features, which allows players to solve objectives by coming up with the correct word combinations.
The first teaser video also came in.
[Original Story]
Inventive emergent puzzle series Scribblenauts is looking quite likely to be heading to be heading to PS4. It would be the first time the series has been on a Sony console.
An ESRB rating emerged detailing Scribblenauts Showdown, labelling it as a ‘party/puzzle platformer’ for multiple players.
The ESRB listing describes Scribblenauts Showdown as follows.
“Players engage in a variety of tasks and mini-games using a selection of words/actions/modifiers/characters. Mini-games include fishing, racing, and using drones to deliver items. Players can type in random nouns and adjectives to create different word combinations that trigger comical scenarios. Some games/tasks prompt players to use ‘cartoony’ weapons (e.g., bazookas, bombs, swords) to deplete the health meters of other characters.
Characters can also eat/bite other characters when prompted by a modifying word/trait. A handful of areas contain enemy characters (i.e., skeleton warriors) that will attack players if approached. During an eating-contest mini-game, players’ character may vomit if they consume too much food without swallowing; a comical ‘gagging’ sound effect is heard, as well as brightly-colored green vomit.”
For an ESRB listing to be up, it means an announcement can’t be far behind. The same ‘Scribblenauts Showdown’ name was also listed in Taiwan at the end of last year. There it was noted as coming to PS4, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch.
To describe your average Scribblenauts game, you could say it’s essentially Mad Libs as a puzzle game. Playing is the best way to ‘get it’ though.
Scribblenauts would certainly be a welcome addition to the PS4 library. The inventive, amusing, and down-right endearing nature of the series deserves a wider audience. Also, this talk of being a party game only makes it more appealing.
For now, we’ll just have to wait for that release date and reveal.
Source: Gematsu