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By Chris Morris
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Vocabulary-building word puzzle game shines on iOS.
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Why Age 11+?
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Scribblenauts Remix
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Based on 7 kid reviews
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What's It About?
The app presents a variety of colorful, brainteasing puzzles. Kids type in words to conjure up objects, then use those objects to solve the puzzle. For example, in one puzzle, players need to get a star off a tree. They can summon an ax and chop the tree down, or create a ladder to climb it, or type in "jetpack" to fly to retrieve it. Even if they don't arrive at the "best" answer, if their chosen object works, they can solve the puzzle and move to the next.
Is It Any Good?
The Scribblenauts series is one of the most unique to come along in years, so it's delightful to see it make its debut on iDevices. SCRIBBLENAUTS REMIX is a best-of game, combining the highlights of the first two Nintendo DS titles (along with 10 new puzzles) and offering a wonderful mix as a result. Veteran players know the drill, but newcomers to the game will be astonished at the wide variety of ways they can solve puzzles. (It is, in fact, just as fun to play with the game's dictionary to come up with ideas as it is to solve the puzzle.)
Some of the puzzles are tough, but an integrated clue system will help people along. The real joy in the game, though, comes from seeing how creative you can be in your answers. Climbing a ladder up a tree to get a star is easy and obvious, but it's so much more fun to ride a friendly dragon to the top to retrieve it. If you're not playing this, you're doing yourself a disservice.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Help kids think about categories of objects. For example, if they need a container, you could say, "A bucket is a container. What are other types of containers?"
For kids who are stumped, ask questions about object properties: "Do you need something that's flat? Long?"
Make a dictionary available to kids for spelling help.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android , Kindle Fire , Windows app
- Subjects : Language & Reading : letter or word recognition , spelling , vocabulary
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : problem solving , solving puzzles , thinking critically , Creativity : brainstorming , developing novel solutions , imagination
- Pricing structure : Paid
- Release date : October 12, 2011
- Genre : Puzzle Games
- Publisher : Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Version : 7.3
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 6.0 or later
- Last updated : December 8, 2021
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