Scribblenauts (DS) - Preorder at EB for the highly useful Rooster Hat [Archive]

Nic Xtreme

11-06-2009, 12:53 PM

So who else is excited for Scribblenauts (http://www.scribblenauts.com/index.html)? It's a totally awesome game released in the US in September that is developed by 5TH Cell, the dudes that made Drawn to Life and Lock's Quest, and it looks shit-hot.

Read about it on Wikipedia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribblenauts)

Basically, you have to get stars using items that you create by typing it in. It's sounds like it'll be a truckload of fun just mucking around with that system alone!

Why, here's Joystiq's "Ten Word Challenge" (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/05/scribblenauts-passes-our-ten-word-challenge-with-flying-colors/#continued) where they attempt to stump Scribblenauts' item generation system.

...and here's God vs. Cthulhu (http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=85476).

punkgorilla

11-06-2009, 01:15 PM

Yeah this games gonna be brilliant. 5th Cell have really caught everyone by surprise by making some really great creative games for the DS. It's easily my most anticipated game for the forseeable future. I also wrote more about it here. (http://signalsin.blogspot.com/2009/05/scribblenauts.html)

Flaps

11-06-2009, 01:35 PM

Looks pretty awesome, but just how much are you going to be able to do...?

Jay

11-06-2009, 01:36 PM

Have you read the joystiq article? Looks pretty exhaustive.

Looking forward to it muchly. :)

AranchineD

11-06-2009, 01:51 PM

SUMMON FLAPS

fishfishmonkeyhat

11-06-2009, 02:20 PM

Yeah I've been waiting for this one.

KEYBOARD CAT FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

Flaps

11-06-2009, 02:20 PM

ARANCHINE.D

FX-GTZ

11-06-2009, 02:51 PM

bS2QkqMRu4k

Flaps

11-06-2009, 02:58 PM

'Einstein is afraid of god, cause god doesn't play dice with the universe'

lmao at that nerd

Unicorn Odyssey

11-06-2009, 03:19 PM

Def' keen. I remember reading about it in Edge a few months ago and thinking to myself that I could waste some serious time it.

FX-GTZ

11-06-2009, 03:24 PM

I would be happy if even one pokemon name would work, such as Charizard or Magikarp.

RunningMild

11-06-2009, 08:59 PM

8. Plumbob -- No dice! The game's lead designer was hanging over our shoulder as we entered in this unrecognized word. He quickly asked what it was, pulled out his phone and feverishly sent some unknown party a text message. "Okay," he said. "It'll be in the final product."

That's the funniest thing I've read in a long time.

And yes, I am looking forward to this game as well. 5th Cell seem to have the Midas touch at the moment. Watching the videos and reading the write-ups makes me want it even more!

Jickle

11-06-2009, 09:58 PM

...and here's God vs. Cthulhu (http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=85476).

My reaction to this video was something akin to this:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/Jickleau/nelson.png

PrattP

12-06-2009, 12:23 PM

This game should be awesome! Hopefully it's out (like they say) this Spring!

Kefka

12-06-2009, 01:21 PM

Woo, glad to see a thread on this! It looks like it would be worth a purchase just to play with the core mechanic of writing shit up and seeing it interact.

I'm guessing that it will be possible to pass most stages using a few powerful words - e.g. the strongest monster to kill anything, a cherrypicker to get to high places, etc... but you'll have much more fun coming up with outrageous shit :P

PrattP

12-06-2009, 01:44 PM

What I would also love to see is this game coming out with an MA15+ rating.

Then I'd know I could really use any tool at my disposal. :D

RunningMild

12-06-2009, 02:20 PM

I have a feeling the real popularity and replay value from this game will not come from the main game, but from some Youtube community doing physics experiments and all sorts of other crazy shit. :p

AranchineD

12-06-2009, 03:10 PM

I'm guessing that it will be possible to pass most stages using a few powerful words - e.g. the strongest monster to kill anything, a cherrypicker to get to high places, etc... but you'll have much more fun coming up with outrageous shit :P

Actually no, that preview said that you can't use the same thing to pass a level that you used to pass the previous one (or something to that effect) so you actually do have to stay creative and keep coming up with new things!

AyatollaofRocknRolla

13-06-2009, 04:20 PM

This game is going to be brilliant. God on a skateboard vs Cthulhu. Who knows what other random things you could come up with. I hope there's dinosuars.

ireadtabloids

14-06-2009, 01:28 PM

It's awesome! I know it! BTW Yes, Ayatollah, there are dinosaurs. Brachiosaurus Vs Diplodocus here we come!

I can't wait! Finally I can do that commentary I always wanted to do. "The Hippies and the Punks must work together if they are to survive the imminent arrival of The Lion."

Choabac

15-06-2009, 10:12 PM

This is officially the coolest concept for a game ever.

Taken from GAF:

Concrete Objects Only
No Proper Nouns
No Copyrighted Words
No Adjectives
E-E10 rated words only - this means No Vulgar/Offensive/Lewd/Drug/Alcohol related words

Other than that... it works

Tried this today... Holy awesome. It does everything but copywrited and vulgar stuff.

It did shrimp, lighter, pool, zombie, pirate, ninja, ping pong ball, grill, rollercoaster, lanyard, sword, chainsaw, trampoline, lawnmower, shiruken..

You can summon a corpse, battery, and wire, attach them and it will bring the corpse back to life . I also put raw meat on the grill and it cooked it!

Vampires are afraid of garlic bread.
Sasquatch is afraid of cameras.

I had played all the big titles at E3. Private showings of God of War III, Heavy Rain, Alan Wake. But at 4:00 on Thursday, I was wandering around the show floor, wondering what else I had to see. I saw a small little booth for "Scribblenauts!" in the Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment section. I mean, who goes to that booth? But I remember hearing about it on GAF, and so I decided to check it out.

Best game of E3? Without a ****ing doubt. Anyone who says otherwise did not play Scribblenauts. Best game of all time? Jesus Christ, I don't know, maybe. It's a game that challenges your IMAGINATION. No other game has ever done that.

So listen to this story. I was in the early levels; I didn't quite have an idea of how ridiculously in-depth the database was. I was summoning things like ladders, glasses of water, rayguns, what have you. But I reached a level with zombie robots, and the zombie robots kept killing me. Rayguns didn't work, a torch didn't work, a pickaxe didn't work. In my frustration, I wrote in "Time Machine". And one popped up. What the ****? A smile dawned on my face. I hopped in, and the option was given to me to either travel to the past or the future. I chose past. When I hopped out, there were ****ing dinosaurs walking around. I clicked one, and realized I could RIDE THEM. So I hopped on a ****ing DINOSAUR, traveled back to the present, and stomped the shit out of robot zombies. Did you just read that sentence? Did you really? I ****ING TRAVELED THROUGH TIME AND JUMPED ON A DINOSAUR AND USED IT TO KILL MOTHER****ING ROBOT ZOMBIES. This game is unbelievable. Impossible. There's nothing you can't do.

Holy ****ing shit.

fishfishmonkeyhat

15-06-2009, 10:32 PM

The best bit will be when I show it to my brother and ask him "See that star there? If you could use anything to get it, what would it be?"

AND THEN BAM!

Nic Xtreme

16-06-2009, 08:15 AM

So Scribblenauts won "Overall Best of Show" from IGN, Gamespot and Gamespy... wow @_@

Watchers

16-06-2009, 12:05 PM

This may end up being the first DS game I buy in ages.

AranchineD

16-06-2009, 12:05 PM

So Scribblenauts won "Overall Best of Show" from IGN, Gamespot and Gamespy... wow @_@

It pretty much was the most unique game that was shown!

RunningMild

16-06-2009, 06:11 PM

It pretty much was the most unique game that was shown!

"Pretty much"? :p

I can't believe this game came from a company that used to make mobile phone games.

Nic Xtreme

16-06-2009, 06:24 PM

"Pretty much"? :p

I can't believe this game came from a company that used to make mobile phone games.

If that were all they've made I wouldn't be that excited :p Fortunately they've done quite a good job on their DS games, and each game they've made has gotten better.

Dr Skinnybones

17-06-2009, 11:46 AM

from the escapist (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/92458-The-Secret-of-Scribblenauts)

So how exactly did 5th Cell manage to squeeze seemingly every object imaginable into this game? There's no magic trick here, just a whole lot of work. "We actually had five people and all they did is they went through dictionaries and Wikipedia and encyclopedias, and anything you can think of, and that's all they did for six months, everyday, during the week," Jeremiah Slaczka, creative director, said.

....

"With the technology we basically said we're going to take all the base things like fire and temperature and gravity and physics and we're just going to put it down there, and the game's going to take and all that know what to do with it," Slackza said. "We don't have to program anything, so if a bear's hungry and wants honey, we don't have to program that, it's going to know it already.

grimace06

17-06-2009, 01:12 PM

With all these different choices and variables, I hope this game isn't prone to glitches or all together breaking.

AranchineD

17-06-2009, 01:15 PM

With all these different choices and variables, I hope this game isn't prone to glitches or all together breaking.

First thing I'm going to write is "glitch" now.

ireadtabloids

17-06-2009, 01:36 PM

It will be amusing to see if you can get copyrighted products and names into the game through hacking... Or possibly downloadable content?

Petarrgh

17-06-2009, 03:23 PM

This may end up being the first DS game I buy in ages.

Agreed!

Does this have an Aus release date?

RunningMild

17-06-2009, 03:38 PM

This game cleaned up at the IGN E3 awards. Best Puzzle Game, Best Handheld Game, and best Overall Game, giving it three awards. The second highest was Mass Effect 2 with two awards (Best RPG and Best Console Game).

punkgorilla

17-06-2009, 05:23 PM

Agreed!

Does this have an Aus release date?

The EB Games website is saying September with a RRP of $59.95. (http://www.ebgames.com.au/ds/product.cfm?id=14998&refer=productsearch)

Saxby

17-06-2009, 05:39 PM

I don't think I've been this excited about a game since mass erect, and before that... WHO KNOWS! Can't freakin wait.

fishfishmonkeyhat

17-06-2009, 06:59 PM

5th Cell artist Edison Yan crafted this custom piece for the NeoGAF fan community, recreating the scene of "Post 217," in which a player time-traveled back to the past to retrieve a dinosaur, then rode it back into the future to stomp on robot zombies. Seriously.

http://dsmedia.ign.com/ds/image/article/994/994674/scribblenauts-20090615060345371.jpg

AranchineD

17-06-2009, 07:00 PM

I already have it as my desktop background. :D

RunningMild

17-06-2009, 10:04 PM

Wow. He must have been the guy who did the still frame cut-scenes in Lock's Quest.

Speaking of that post, I was thinking about it today and realised that if I had to kill a bunch of robot zombies who were immune to weapons, I'd go with 'Steamroller' or 'Monster Truck'. :p

ireadtabloids

18-06-2009, 03:43 PM

I don't think I've been this excited about a game since mass erect, and before that... WHO KNOWS! Can't freakin wait.

Am I the only guy worried about the wording of this post? Or are all the hipster kids saying it these days? ;)

BTW That image of awesomeness is now also set as my desktop background.

Unicorn Odyssey

18-06-2009, 05:58 PM

Me too.

RunningMild

18-06-2009, 06:28 PM

Am I the only guy worried about the wording of this post? Or are all the hipster kids saying it these days? ;)

BTW That image of awesomeness is now also set as my desktop background.

It's a pretty hilarious typo. :p

Tukenstein

18-06-2009, 08:52 PM

I sincerely doubt it's a typo. >.>

Saxby

19-06-2009, 11:18 AM

If only it was.

I am indeed a hipster and sometimes I refer to mass effect as mass erect. This is because it gives me a metaphorical erection when I play it.

PrattP

26-06-2009, 11:39 PM

This game is gonna be awesome!

The current YouTube comments on the video seem to all involve people thinking how funny it would be if you could summon your penis and fight off enemies with your raging erection.

Though of course, if there was a code that could unlock a vulgar part of the game, that indeed would make it even more awesome. :D

Jay

21-07-2009, 09:49 PM

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/scribblenauts-hands-on

It just looks more and more awesome with every passing day.

Ad-Rock

22-07-2009, 09:44 AM

What an awesome concept. I better start looking for my DS charger...

Australian Ninja

23-07-2009, 09:46 AM

So who else is excited for Scribblenauts (http://www.scribblenauts.com/index.html)? It's a

...and here's God vs. Cthulhu (http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=85476).

OMG! That part of the video is F'ing hilarious. I have to admit, before I saw this, I decided to buy a DSi last week just to play Scribblenauts - after i read the preview bit in the current hyper.

This game is gonna be awesome!

The current YouTube comments on the video seem to all involve people thinking how funny it would be if you could summon your penis and fight off enemies with your raging erection.

Though of course, if there was a code that could unlock a vulgar part of the game, that indeed would make it even more awesome. :D

I know you're kidding, but IF they did such a thing, it would be ILLEGAL, and when it was discovered the game would be instantly banned from australia (think san andreas).
So it would be totally not awesome.

BB2K

23-07-2009, 07:10 PM

So this is coming out on September 15 in America, hope fully we should be getting it not long after. (http://au.ds.ign.com/articles/100/1006245p1.html)

RunningMild

24-07-2009, 01:05 AM

So this is coming out on September 15 in America, hope fully we should be getting it not long after. (http://au.ds.ign.com/articles/100/1006245p1.html)

Screw that, I'm pre-ordering it on Play-Asia right now.

AyatollaofRocknRolla

24-07-2009, 11:29 AM

Screw that, I'm pre-ordering it on Play-Asia right now.

Yeah, definite import get! Can't come soon enough.

Jickle

24-07-2009, 11:53 AM

It's out September 16 here, the very next day. Importing will mean you get it later rather than earlier!

RunningMild

24-07-2009, 12:32 PM

You're just saying that!

Jickle

24-07-2009, 12:35 PM

The irony is that I got the information from the very website you write for! (http://www.thenintendobasement.com/)

fishfishmonkeyhat

24-07-2009, 04:30 PM

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RunningMild

24-07-2009, 04:36 PM

The irony is that I got the information from the very website you write for! (http://www.thenintendobasement.com/)

OMG that's crazy. I wish I could pep you, but y'know...

Anyway, I made my order before you posted the release date, but on the plus side, the order also includes Rock Band Unplugged. What's the Oz release date for THAT game, huh? Huh? Aussie relase date for a RB game, can't be too hard... ;)

fishfishmonkeyhat

24-07-2009, 04:54 PM

Well according to the site you write for it came out here last month.

RunningMild

24-07-2009, 11:16 PM

Well according to the site you write for it came out here last month.

Except the site that I write for does not cover PSP games. :p

fishfishmonkeyhat

25-07-2009, 01:21 AM

They fired you?!

RunningMild

25-07-2009, 01:22 AM

How about that local sports team?

Australian Ninja

25-07-2009, 10:30 AM

Nic Xtreme

25-07-2009, 06:43 PM

I'm sure it'll be $49 @ JB/Target/Big W as an introductory offer of sorts ;)

PrattP

26-07-2009, 10:53 AM

EB Games have a preorder deal: Fancy a rooster hat? (http://ebgames.com.au/ds/product.cfm?id=14998&refer=smallhero)

They also confirm the Aussie release date, if Warner Bros' confirmation wasn't enough. ;)

fishfishmonkeyhat

26-07-2009, 03:34 PM

Well I'll be honest with you. I need a rooster hat, and I need it today.

Hyperblau

27-07-2009, 01:05 PM

Rooster hat is officially best pre-order bonus ever

Australian Ninja

27-07-2009, 02:37 PM

I know where I'll be buying Scribblenauts from

http://www.dvdboxoffice.com/search.aspx?seid=591-7455291-25455296&class=gme&path=nds&srid=8BE9E4B3-491A-4DDE-937B-24B07A20A146&psrid=01786EDD-1294-4345-A623-92AB33C01BB5&action=filter&desfilter=scribblenauts

Release Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009
It's available NOW for preorder and the shipping is free (prices are in canadian dollars)

Currently 43.99 CAD = 49.4953 AUD

EDIT: fixed the link

Still watching those prices....

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7951221&style=games

CD Universe preorder
Scribblenauts $28.95 US

DVD Box Office 43.99 CAN

EB Games $60 AU (BOOOOO!!!! BOOOO-UUURRRNNSS!)

Australian Ninja

29-07-2009, 09:55 AM

Still watching those prices....

Scribblenauts Prices

CD Universe preorder $28.95 US + 8.99 postage = 37.94 US
(after conversion) = $45.95 AU Released on September 15
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7951221&style=games

DVD Box Office 42.99 CAN + $7.63 postage = 50.62
(after conversion) = $56.6 AU Released on September 15

EB Games $60 AU (BOOOOO!!!! BOOOO-UUURRRNNSS!)
(after conversion) = $60 + free rooster hat (preorder only) Released on September 16

Updated some figures for your convenience. The EB deal is not bad really, but I'm still going with the cheaper one, even thought I'll have to wait a week or three for it to ship.
But if you can't wait and want a rooster hat, then you may be tempted by EB.

[EDIT]Just ordered mine from CD Universe - final price was $47 (shipping by weight I assume)

jawsy

29-07-2009, 10:54 AM

That hat is mine!

As is a price match on the day.

VanAce

29-07-2009, 09:30 PM

I want the hat to wear in public

Australian Ninja

30-07-2009, 09:34 AM

Good luck with that! Now that I think about it, when I lived in perth one time I bought a genuine Dr Suess "Cat in the Hat" Hat from the $2 shop. Wore it around the city that day and got some pretty strange looks from people :D

Allick

30-07-2009, 10:44 PM

http://pic.ipicture.ru/uploads/080405/865ZDlhzt3.jpg

FREE HAT! FREE HAT!

Australian Ninja

31-07-2009, 03:05 PM

All your hats are belong to us!

Hyperblau

03-08-2009, 02:10 PM

http://au.ds.ign.com/articles/100/1009800p1.html

AWESOME!!

Watchers

03-08-2009, 06:26 PM

Looks cool, but I just hope there ends up being some challenge required to solve the puzzles, rather than just about anything doing the job.

punkgorilla

03-08-2009, 09:50 PM

According to Eurogamers most recent preview there are plenty of puzzles that will force you to think and be creative. I'm sure that with over 200 levels there will be some challenging ones in there.

drzaius

04-08-2009, 10:33 AM

plus the whole not being able to use the same solution again and again thing.

Australian Ninja

04-08-2009, 10:33 AM

punkgorilla

04-08-2009, 10:48 AM

Yeah, thinking the same thing. Hoping that after the thrill of throwing wild crazy shit out to solve puzzles in levels, that there is still some challenge to be had, and longevity to the game. I mean I don't expect it to be mario 64 or anything, just hoping for enough play time / replay value.

Well, really, replay value is as limited as your imagination.

Having said that though, they seem to be putting a lot of effort into boosting the games life (the par system, not using the same objects, a heap of unlockables etc) for those people that absolutely need objectives.

RunningMild

04-08-2009, 12:27 PM

http://au.ds.ign.com/articles/100/1009800p1.html

AWESOME!!

There's one bit that made me lol:

We need something with a little more "oomph" to it. The problem? This level restricts the use of guns. No bazookas this time. Bring in any sort of weapon and the level ends, so watch what you type.

But you know what? A battleship isn't a gun...it's a vehicle.

fishfishmonkeyhat

04-08-2009, 11:35 PM

Traded in GTA and put the money towards a pre-order on this today at EB.

CAN'T WAIT FOR MY ROOSTER HAT!

A mod should let everyone know in the title that you get a rooster hat btw.

jawsy

08-08-2009, 12:42 PM

I placed my preorder today. The guy gave me this weird look and said 'you want the rooster hat, don't you'.

Watchers

08-08-2009, 01:48 PM

Traded in GTA and put the money towards a pre-order on this today at EB.

CAN'T WAIT FOR MY ROOSTER HAT!

A mod should let everyone know in the title that you get a rooster hat btw.

Happy now?

Australian Ninja

08-08-2009, 02:30 PM

I'm sure EB will be happy. :D

[This post has wild insane accusations about hyper forums being compromised by promotions for EB products removed for your consideration.]

Watchers

08-08-2009, 03:04 PM

Perhaps I should emphasise the sarcasm in the new title more.

RunningMild

08-08-2009, 08:16 PM

I placed my preorder today. The guy gave me this weird look and said 'you want the rooster hat, don't you'.

I hope your reply was '**** yeah I want the Rooster Hat! What, you got a problem with that?' That'll show him. :p

jawsy

08-08-2009, 09:31 PM

Well, duh!

;)

/backslash

08-08-2009, 10:10 PM

Should've started acting like a rooster :p Perhaps peck the employee

AranchineD

08-08-2009, 10:22 PM

Should've started acting like a rooster :p Perhaps peck the employee

Come on now, I don't think there was really any need for him to act like a cock.

Watchers

08-08-2009, 11:23 PM

Come on now, I don't think there was really any need for him to act like a cock.

Post of the year.

/backslash

09-08-2009, 12:52 AM

Another "I'd pep you if I could" moment

RunningMild

09-08-2009, 03:31 AM

Should've started acting like a rooster :p Perhaps peck the employee

I can just see jawsy and an EB employee having an epic Family Guy style fight, with jawsy using all of the giant chicken's moves.

Only this time, the chicken wins. ;)

/backslash

09-08-2009, 03:36 AM

I can just see jawsy and an EB employee having an epic Family Guy style fight, with jawsy using all of the giant chicken's moves.

Only this time, the chicken wins. ;)
And there'd be explosions + fights on the rooftop of trucks! Awesome

jawsy

09-08-2009, 11:26 AM

And fast cars, and gratuitous sex and violence, and heavy drinking, and gunfights in alleyways, and a trenchcoat and snap brimmed fedora, and a dame that would do me wrong, and my trusty Smith and Walla-walla-bing-bangs, and a really spectacular rooftop ending...

It's a tradition, or an old town charter, or something.

jawsy

09-08-2009, 11:27 AM

And toot talking. Did I mention toot talking?

Kefka

11-08-2009, 02:13 AM

[EDIT]Just ordered mine from CD Universe - final price was $47 (shipping by weight I assume)

Play-Asia wins again! I just pre-ordered, and final price was $46 including shipping :D

Scribblenauts US$ 34.90 (~41.90 AUD)
Shipping US$ 3.40 (~4.08 AUD)
Total US$ 38.30 (~45.98 AUD)

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-88le-71-ba-49-en-15-scribblenauts-84-j-70-3enc-43-8s.html

Can't wait! :D I resisted including Kingdom Hearts DS in the order since it says the release date is a couple of weeks later... and I don't wanna wait that long :P Even if it would have made the order over $50, and hence big enough to use a discount coupon...

Oooh... Actually... I could get fast shipping and then use a $5 discount coupon...

Australian Ninja

11-08-2009, 10:03 AM

Is that Kingdom Hearts with the funny numbers game on DS gonna be a REAL game this time, or more of that card-battle bullshit that was on the GBA game? I liked that game, but gave up after running out of cards during boss battles left me unable to attack anything at all.

Great thinking Square Enix---

Think Tank: "Here's a simple fun game, how can we bollocks it up, ohh ohh put in some stupid cards that screw up your attacks and make people stop playing the game!"

McManager: "DONE!!!"

Kefka

12-08-2009, 01:34 PM

Is that Kingdom Hearts with the funny numbers game on DS gonna be a REAL game this time, or more of that card-battle bullshit that was on the GBA game?

I've never played a Kingdom Hearts game before, but looking at the info that's out there it seems to be a solid game this time around - Pushes the DS hardware to its limits for some nice visuals and sound (as you expect from Squeenix) and has gotten good review scores around the place...

nkbswe5

13-08-2009, 11:10 AM

Oooh... Actually... I could get fast shipping and then use a $5 discount coupon...
It doesn't include the shipping price, you need to spend $50US on products not including shipping

Thanks for posting the price with postage though, most people don't bother

fishfishmonkeyhat

17-08-2009, 12:19 PM

Happy now?

You could talk more about the rooster hat.

So what was the release date for this in Australia?

jawsy

17-08-2009, 05:54 PM

I have September 16 in my head.

PrattP

17-08-2009, 08:06 PM

And your head is right. :)

jawsy

18-08-2009, 10:47 AM

Right for some sweet Rooster Hat wearing!

Australian Ninja

20-08-2009, 02:27 PM

Not long now. You could say the Death Clock has begun.

But go back and replace the word "death" with the word "rooster"

And the word "accidentally" with "pecked the EB employee to death when he looked at me strangely"

27 DAYS TO GO....

Kefka

22-08-2009, 07:06 PM

It doesn't include the shipping price, you need to spend $50US on products not including shipping

Thanks for posting the price with postage though, most people don't bother

I ended up sticking with the default cheapo shipping since I've never had problems with it before. Also, I had some store credit so it only ended up costing me $15 or so. :D

Can't wait!
New website is up, and shows off some level-action behind the content on each page: http://games.kidswb.com/scribblenauts/index2.html#/?cc=en&page=home

Order now! http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-88le-71-ba-49-en-15-scribblenauts-84-j-70-3enc-43-8s.html

fishfishmonkeyhat

25-08-2009, 05:03 PM

Traded in a couple of games at eb today and finished paying this off with $40 credit left over.

RunningMild

31-08-2009, 09:17 PM

Hey Jickle, remember this?

It's out September 16 here, the very next day. Importing will mean you get it later rather than earlier!

The irony is that I got the information from the very website you write for! (http://www.thenintendobasement.com/)

Well, guess what I just read at the very website that I write for?

September 30th will be the new Scribblenauts release date (rather than the 16th), after Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today confirmed a two week release delay.

Enjoy your two week wait guys! Suddenly my 1-4 day wait looks pretty damn sweet... :D

And guess what? When my game arrives, I'm going to post EVERY SINGLE DAY about how awesome it is and all the cool stuff I did, just to rub it in! You'll think twice before crossing me again Jickle! ;)

fearofthesky

31-08-2009, 09:41 PM

^Well slap me over the head with a wet barramundi! (the fish species I hope is in the game...delicious!) That sucks.

Really wanna Play-Asia it now, but my credit card is full enough. Too many damn concerts!

So in a way its kinda a good thing, for me. No spoilers Mr. M, or I'm applying for a emancipation in the Noob Family Court! :D

RunningMild

01-09-2009, 12:43 AM

So in a way its kinda a good thing, for me. No spoilers Mr. M, or I'm applying for a emancipation in the Noob Family Court! :D

Fair enough, I'll just PM the spoilers straight to Jickle then. :p

jawsy

01-09-2009, 12:13 PM

Can we ban Mr M from the forums until October 1st? Or should we all just add him to our ignore list?

:p

Hyperblau

01-09-2009, 01:23 PM

Enjoy your two week wait guys! Suddenly my 1-4 day wait looks pretty damn sweet... :D

And guess what? When my game arrives, I'm going to post EVERY SINGLE DAY about how awesome it is and all the cool stuff I did, just to rub it in! You'll think twice before crossing me again Jickle! ;)

But you don't get a rooster hat, so in the end, you lose.

Australian Ninja

03-09-2009, 09:33 AM

Spoilers? What bloody spoilers. How ridiculous.

Here's one now.... on Level 32, you find a star thingy, and you use some items to get it.

OH NO, THE GAME IS RUINED!

(Don't know when my one will arrive, but seeing as it's the standard 2-4 weeks from the US of A, I'll bet it arrives some stupid time like 1 day after the australian release....... just to spite me).

RunningMild

03-09-2009, 12:18 PM

They won't be spoilers, just a bunch of cool shit that I did that'll make you/Jickle want to play the game even more. ;)

VanAce

08-09-2009, 12:38 PM

2 week delay = :(

Australian Ninja

08-09-2009, 12:41 PM

*dreams of blistered thumbs*

Jickle

08-09-2009, 12:45 PM

I'm actually quite happy about the delay. I have a lot of Uni work due in October and the extra few days of not having a huge distraction will really help. :p

Saxby

09-09-2009, 12:15 AM

I want this here now, despite being weighed down with uni work...

Australian Ninja

10-09-2009, 10:33 AM

I want this game yesterday, but I'll be happy to play it tomorrow, which I won't.

BB2K

10-09-2009, 05:27 PM

Pre-ordered this today. Rooster Hat, woohoo!

EDIT: Haha, and apparently alot of the employees there have preordered it for the hat, too!

VanAce

12-09-2009, 07:40 PM

Apparently they have run out of hats.

Nic Xtreme

12-09-2009, 07:46 PM

BB2K

12-09-2009, 08:23 PM

Haha, I'm glad I pre-ordered when I did :D

PrattP

13-09-2009, 07:32 AM

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I wanted one!

Unfortunately this game has been leaked online, which is really terrible as they deserve the sales. The only good thing to come out of it is the hugely positive and hilarious impressions of the full game, so pre-order with faith!

Indeed. The list of 22,802 words in the game has been leaked on the net too, but I'd only read it if you don't want to enjoy the game, as thinking about new words yourself is what it's all about. >_>

Really looking forward to it!

Nic Xtreme

13-09-2009, 07:43 AM

Indeed. The list of 22,802 words in the game has been leaked on the net too, but I'd only read it if you don't want to enjoy the game, as thinking about new words yourself is what it's all about. >_>

Really looking forward to it!

Holy shit, 22 802 words? Gosh I can't wait @_@

BB2K

13-09-2009, 09:43 AM

I opened that list, then realised I want to try things for myself and shut it.

Aadvark is in there BTW :p

Twisted Conspiracy

13-09-2009, 10:12 AM

Man, don't you hate exploitation.... Hell, I s'pose there ain't nothing like the real thing. (Which will hopefully enough persuasion for others to buy it...)

Clockw0rk

13-09-2009, 05:07 PM

Holy shit, 22 802 words? Gosh I can't wait @_@
There's 22,802 words but some of them spawn the same items. There's a separate list of all the unique sprites and the base word that spawns them.

666

13-09-2009, 10:03 PM

I've got this game pre-ordered, and have had a sneaky play of it, and it's pretty rad, but the controls are fairly frustrating at times.

fearofthesky

13-09-2009, 11:52 PM

I've got this game pre-ordered, and have had a sneaky play of it, and it's pretty rad, but the controls are fairly frustrating at times.

You dastardly game store employee, you!

RunningMild

14-09-2009, 07:05 PM

It's being released tomorrow! Holy crap, I thought it was coming out on Thursday or something! (though it probably won't arrive until Thursday)

PrattP

14-09-2009, 07:11 PM

No no no, it's been delayed until the 30th M. :)

Saxby

14-09-2009, 07:38 PM

My first impressions are that it isn't half bad. I hyped myself up for it too much though... I'm yet to explore the game fully though.

Lex

14-09-2009, 08:24 PM

Ugh. There's so much faggy b shit in this game. Still fun though.

punkgorilla

14-09-2009, 09:33 PM

You dastardly game store employee, you!

I don't think that's how he has played it...

RunningMild

15-09-2009, 01:24 AM

No no no, it's been delayed until the 30th M. :)

Yeah, if you're an idiot. [/Cubert]

:p

super_deformed

15-09-2009, 03:29 PM

Eurogamer review:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/scribblenauts-review

AranchineD

15-09-2009, 04:15 PM

That review ain't lying, the controls are some of the worst of any game on the DS.

RunningMild

15-09-2009, 10:05 PM

How does Eurogamer always get the first review out of anyone? Do they pirate the games or something? ;)

AranchineD

15-09-2009, 10:59 PM

Something like that. >_>

Lex

15-09-2009, 11:04 PM

once you realise you can use the same few mega awesome things on nearly every level, it kinda takes the fun out of it. still, gotta love leviathaning the shit out everything.

jawsy

16-09-2009, 08:42 AM

I think the fun is meant to be in your use of imagination, right, not simply completing the level in the easiest manner possible. Perhaps moreso than any other game I can think of, the enjoyment is surely meant to come from the obscurities of what you can do with it (each player has a different experience).

Sometimes it seems like a cop out to say 'you make your own fun' but with this it actually looks to be the point.

AranchineD

16-09-2009, 08:46 AM

Yeah, but actually trying to use your imagination with the crappy control system that's in the game just leads to frustration rather than fun. I mean, that's not in every case, but in a few it's a disappointing that what you want to do will work in theory but you just can't physically do it.

naclj

16-09-2009, 09:10 AM

my pet hate is games that are unnecessarily frustrating, i can deal with extremely hard games as long as they are genuinely hard and not hard because of dodgy AI or rigged gameplay OR Horrible controls.

the review has highlighted a lot of things that i know will annoy the crap out of me, which is a big shame as i was really looking forward to this. Am still quite interested in it but might have to wait for some more opinions before getting it

Lex

16-09-2009, 09:15 AM

jawsy

16-09-2009, 07:39 PM

The inherent problem of having the cookie jar in reach.

RunningMild

17-09-2009, 01:24 AM

once you realise you can use the same few mega awesome things on nearly every level, it kinda takes the fun out of it. still, gotta love leviathaning the shit out everything.

I think the fun is meant to be in your use of imagination, right, not simply completing the level in the easiest manner possible. Perhaps moreso than any other game I can think of, the enjoyment is surely meant to come from the obscurities of what you can do with it (each player has a different experience).

So have they removed that feature where you can only use a word ONCE during the single player campaign? Or is it an optional thing that you can switch on/off in the options screen? Or is it just not present in the pirated versions of the game?

grimace06

17-09-2009, 02:03 AM

So have they removed that feature where you can only use a word ONCE during the single player campaign? Or is it an optional thing that you can switch on/off in the options screen? Or is it just not present in the pirated versions of the game?

I think you can only use a word once per level/world?

Natrak

17-09-2009, 04:18 AM

Nope, if you want to tie 10 balloons to something you can just keep repeating balloon in the notepad (there's even a button to repeat your recently used words). Once you've finished a level, however, you can play it again in advanced mode. In advanced mode you play the level three times, and can't repeat any words across those three plays.

Lex

17-09-2009, 09:41 AM

So have they removed that feature where you can only use a word ONCE during the single player campaign? Or is it an optional thing that you can switch on/off in the options screen? Or is it just not present in the pirated versions of the game?

you...could always use multiple copies of an item? at least on the first playthrough.

RunningMild

17-09-2009, 09:14 PM

you...could always use multiple copies of an item? at least on the first playthrough.

Nope, if you want to tie 10 balloons to something you can just keep repeating balloon in the notepad (there's even a button to repeat your recently used words). Once you've finished a level, however, you can play it again in advanced mode. In advanced mode you play the level three times, and can't repeat any words across those three plays.

Fair enough. As long as it's there to be unlocked, and not completely removed.

AranchineD

18-09-2009, 09:13 AM

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9466/scribblenauts.png

Super Sleuth

18-09-2009, 12:44 PM

You mother****ers that pre-ordered to get that rooster hat better wear it. In public.

fishfishmonkeyhat

18-09-2009, 06:29 PM

They really should have renamed it Typenauts after they removed the handwriting recognition.

Saxby

18-09-2009, 07:00 PM

I'm bored of this game already... the control scheme sucks and it's not being flexible enough...

AranchineD

18-09-2009, 07:14 PM

They really should have renamed it Typenauts after they removed the handwriting recognition.

Actually that's still in the game!

Although why you'd want to use it at all is another matter, takes about 10 times as long to spell out anything.

JONO RANDOM H3RO

18-09-2009, 09:58 PM

I'm bored of this game already... the control scheme sucks and it's not being flexible enough...

I'm finding exactly the same thing.

Has anyone done 3-7 puzzle on the peaks? The cow just keeps getting run over :( . The game's movement mechanics are so awkward they're basically broken.

AranchineD

18-09-2009, 11:21 PM

I'm finding exactly the same thing.

Has anyone done 3-7 puzzle on the peaks? The cow just keeps getting run over :( . The game's movement mechanics are so awkward they're basically broken.

I got a helicopter, attached rope to cow and farmer, and just flew upwards. Of course half the time even that didn't work and the cow would still get hit or he wouldn't fly up or whatever.

RunningMild

19-09-2009, 03:13 AM

I got this game today, and I think it's lived up to all of the hype! It's a bit late now so my next sermon, What Mr_M Did (in Scribblenauts), will come later.

Also, I agree the movement is slightly dodgy but I haven't encountered anything truly game-breaking yet. We'll wait and see I suppose...

ElPresidente

19-09-2009, 02:01 PM

A brilliant idea... slightly flawed execution leaving an okay but not brilliant game. I'm still happy that they took a risk with this ambitious project... it is a fascinating experience if even if it is just the concept that intrigues.

Jickle

19-09-2009, 11:35 PM

I played around with a friend's copy today. First thing I did was summon a chicken, then an oven, which I put the chicken into, thus cooking it. I summoned God and Zeus, thinking that the two could battle, but they were the same model. Soon God was riding around on a dinosaur, and when I summoned a Goliath he was quickly killed. I summoned a Leviathan, but found that the damn thing couldn't be killed so I ended up trashing it. They I summoned a circus tent, and a clown came out of it. I made it a clown car, when it ran into and started driving around. I got rid of everything but my bar showed that I had a lot of stuff left in the scene, so I think the clown car was full of clowns.

I could definately see this being the ultimate 'sit down and waste an hour messing around with shit' game, even if the actual puzzles and the controls are flawed.

RunningMild

21-09-2009, 01:29 AM

I wouldn't say the puzzles are flawed. The later ones get pretty damn challenging (particularly if you're trying to meet par), which is pretty surprising for a game where you can summon almost anything! ;)

That's the good thing about this game IMO- once you get bored of messing around with stuff, you realise that there's actually a challenging game in there waiting to be conquered.

One particularly challenging one was

where you had to get candy for a girl from a vending machine, but there was a bully who impeded you. You couldn't kill him, and you couldn't scare him because you'd scare the girl too. After trying tons of different things, I solved it by summoning an anesthetist who put the bully to sleep! Classic stuff.

fishfishmonkeyhat

24-09-2009, 09:40 AM

http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/658704990_ZBBmQ-L.jpg

Cobla

24-09-2009, 11:40 AM

lol - I just tried that... and it works, kinda! :cool:

Agree with everyone about the controls. It seems to me if you could control Max with just the D-Pad then most of the frustration would be gone.

I mean I keep running into issues where I'm trying to attach something like a rope (eg. from a chopper to a seal) and missing the swinging rope by even one pixel can cause the helicopter I'm in to crash into the seal. The seal can then die, forcing a restart. Very frustrating, as is the way the camera snaps back all the time! GRR

RunningMild

25-09-2009, 01:37 AM

Played some more of this tonight. I think the puzzle stages get boring after a while, but the action stages are the real meat of the game. I got some where I really had to think creatively, and when you come up with a zany scheme and pull it off successfully it's so satisfying!

Also, go to www.lilformers.com and read what that guy said about the game. ;)

AranchineD

25-09-2009, 09:30 AM

The more I think about it, the more I'm sure that the game would have been better, at least in the puzzle stages, if you didn't directly control an avatar at all, and instead you just drew items into the stage and the stages were entirely about creating and combining items to finish it. Perhaps give orders to an NPC or something to get the desired result as well.

Vindik8or

25-09-2009, 10:09 AM

When does this come out? I pre-ordered mine at the JBs for a rooster hat and paid in full!

Cobla

25-09-2009, 10:19 AM

Sept. 30 (Wednesday)

I hope you get your rooster hat. Personally I've pretty much lost faith in EB's bonus doo-dads, as my last two times they haven't made good on their pre-order offer (Little Big Planet and... I forget what the other game was). Especially weak when you go to pick up the game and upon asking "where's my free thingy?" they just kind of shrug and say "Yeah we haven't heard anything... if it turns up we'll give you a call". Pfft - not likely! :rolleyes:

Australian Ninja

25-09-2009, 12:26 PM

Yeah.... I'm going to have to go ahead and ask you to come in on Saturday. We won't have the free item, but you will have to come in on Saturday.

ElPresidente

25-09-2009, 12:44 PM

FX-GTZ

25-09-2009, 12:49 PM

Somehow i have managed to put a car into the basket, and then into a toilet. How does that even work?

ElPresidente

25-09-2009, 01:00 PM

This week on Xtreme Plumbing...

AranchineD

25-09-2009, 03:09 PM

Somehow i have managed to put a car into the basket, and then into a toilet. How does that even work?

One of my solutions involved shrinking a penguin, putting it into my duffel bag, and then swimming with it to freedom!

Jickle

25-09-2009, 03:16 PM

I just got a review copy. Good times ahead for Jickle.

Lex

25-09-2009, 03:35 PM

When does this come out? I pre-ordered mine at the JBs for a rooster hat and paid in full!

Was that a joke? I can't tell.

RunningMild

25-09-2009, 04:01 PM

One of my solutions involved shrinking a penguin, putting it into my duffel bag, and then swimming with it to freedom!

If that's the one I'm thinking of- I summoned some rope and dragged the whole ****ing glacier across! Too bad the penguin stood still and fell in the water. :mad:

Jickle

25-09-2009, 09:32 PM

I'm loving the game so far, irritating controls and all. I like the level where you have to give Santa something he likes but doesn't have there - I tried 'love', but it's not in the game, so it suggested 'lemon bird'. I gave that to him, but it didn't make him happy. I tried 'wife', but she wasn't interested in him. Then I typed in 'Mrs Claus' and a suitable Santa wife popped up, earning me the star.

In another level, I needed to move a lamb, so I stuck a fan behind it and kept pushing the fan forward. There was a body of water to cross, so I just stuck a boat in there. Good stuff.

RunningMild

26-09-2009, 01:49 AM

The lamb can actually swim. Just saying. ;)

Also, I discovered that if you type in 'bridge ladder', you get a long, useful bridge. Not like the regular 'bridge', which is useless AFAI can tell.

AranchineD

26-09-2009, 11:11 AM

I found most of the time that the bridge ladder is fairly useless as well, since anytime anything other than your character jumps on it the physics like to spaz out and the bridge will just flip over and fall down the hole you were trying to cover.

PrattP

26-09-2009, 04:29 PM

Just discovered that a little battery can kill everything in the water (bye bye, megalodon!)

Also, favourite form of flying transport (so far) is a pterodactyl.

RunningMild

26-09-2009, 04:59 PM

Also, favourite form of flying transport (so far) is a pterodactyl.

I'm a pterodactyl fan as well (or Pteranodon or Ramphorynchus, they all summon the same thing ;) ), but my absolute favourite form of flying transport so far is "VTOL". Try it! :p

PrattP

26-09-2009, 09:25 PM

I'm a pterodactyl fan as well (or Pteranodon or Ramphorynchus, they all summon the same thing ;) ), but my absolute favourite form of flying transport so far is "VTOL". Try it! :p

Haha what do you mean VTOL?

Choabac

26-09-2009, 11:00 PM

Typing ‘NeoGaf’ or ‘believe’ spawns the NeoGaf symbol.

That's quite a feather in their cap.

fishfishmonkeyhat

27-09-2009, 09:25 AM

Why 'believe'?

Choabac

27-09-2009, 11:25 AM

http://www.neogaf.com/images/neogaf1.gif

Jickle

27-09-2009, 12:18 PM

Just had an awesome moment messing around in the title screen area. I'll spoiler tag it incase you want to figure out all 22,000 odd words for yourself. >_>

I summoned a Leviathan, used a mind control device to tame it, started to ride it then summoned a Hydra. The Leviathan wasn't moving and the Hydra kept attacking me, so I summoned a tank and started to attack. As I drove over the Leviathan it reared up, shooting my tank into the air. My tank flew backwards, doing several backflips while still firing at the Hydra in mid-air. It landed flat and killed the Hydra with a few more shots. It was awesome.

RunningMild

27-09-2009, 01:18 PM

Haha what do you mean VTOL?

Vertical Take Off & Landing. I originally typed it expecting to get a Harrier but it gave me this:

http://www.usmilitary.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/cv22-osprey-vtol-specialist-careers.jpg

PrattP

27-09-2009, 06:48 PM

See I have the PAL version and typing in VTOL gives me suggestions, not the plane. Are you playing a PAL version?

Jickle

27-09-2009, 07:06 PM

I also noticed that 'Goliath' doesn't seem to work in the AU version, but I'm pretty sure it did in my cousin's US copy. Hmmm.

EDIT: In fact, could someone who has imported check and see if 'Goliath' works or if I'm just going insane? Much obliged.

PrattP

27-09-2009, 07:33 PM

OMG, have we discovered the Scribblenauts region scandal of 2009?

Lex

27-09-2009, 07:54 PM

Type sambo in. Class act, guys.

[edit]. Goliath works on my us rip.

Vindik8or

27-09-2009, 07:55 PM

I do really like how typing in "virgin" gets you a teenage male in a Punisher t-shirt.

Thraxas

27-09-2009, 08:06 PM

Type sambo in. Class act, guys.

Never even knew this word is a racial slur until today. In fact I didn't even know it was a real word until today.

Jickle

27-09-2009, 08:22 PM

Type sambo in. Class act, guys.

"We deeply regret the unfortunate oversight that led to the word being included in the game," a company spokesman said. "The word was included as a reference to a Spanish based term for a fig leafed gourd but clearly upon review the word should have been excluded entirely." (http://kotaku.com/5361276/racial-term-in-ds-scribblenauts-unintentional-developer-explains-%5Bupdate%5D)

fishfishmonkeyhat

27-09-2009, 08:48 PM

Scribblenauts AUS release pushed back 3 months to remove racist word. (http://lolno.com)

Jickle

27-09-2009, 09:38 PM

Scribblenauts AUS release pushed back 3 months to remove racist word. (http://lolno.com)

I wish that were true, my copy would have skyrocketed in value. >_>

punkgorilla

27-09-2009, 09:54 PM

Never even knew this word is a racial slur until today. In fact I didn't even know it was a real word until today.

Yeah, it was just typical gaming press trying to create controversy where there is none.

Also having a Scribblenauts article guarantees hits for the moment, so they're milking it for all they can.

RunningMild

28-09-2009, 01:52 AM

See I have the PAL version and typing in VTOL gives me suggestions, not the plane. Are you playing a PAL version?

I'm playing the US version. Wow, you PAL gamers got screwed!

Never even knew this word is a racial slur until today.

Me neither. If you said 'Sambo' I'd be thinking of the Russian martial art. Never knew it was a racist slur, but I also never knew it was another word for a fig-leafed gourd. :p

fearofthesky

28-09-2009, 01:52 AM

Jeez, they should have known better! TBH i had never heard of the word sambo before, in any context, except as a nickname for someone called Samuel.

But I had heard of the watermelon/fried chicken stereotypes about African-Americans. And the image of a grinning huge-lipped African-American is as stereotypical as they come.

Hope the game isn't pulled or anything, for the greater good.

BTW! Liking your blogs, punkgorilla. You're a smart man (woman?). Keep them coming!

Jay

28-09-2009, 02:02 AM

The ********** who typed the word in should be the bloke who's ashamed of himself. How long did it take him to get to that word? After he'd exhausted all the other dirty words? Wanker.

fishfishmonkeyhat

28-09-2009, 04:08 AM

Probably looked at the word list and thought "What the?!.."

Why would they remove english words from the PAL release? If people don't use them there's no reason to remove them.

Australian Ninja

28-09-2009, 10:50 AM

The ********** who typed the word in should be the bloke who's ashamed of himself. How long did it take him to get to that word? After he'd exhausted all the other dirty words? Wanker.

It seems unlikely that it was intentional, given the vast amount of words people were going through, and the different cultural contexts of different words - it surprising there are not MORE possibly offensive words in the game, I'm sure somebody will find something else, another word with multiple meanings etc

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sambo

punkgorilla

28-09-2009, 11:31 AM

I'm playing the US version. Wow, you PAL gamers got screwed!
I was just messing around with the American version and it seems that the word 'bogan' works. It creates the same character that red-neck does. So it seems that the US gets words that are used solely in Australia, but Australia doesn't get words that are used globally. It makes no sense at all.

BTW! Liking your blogs, punkgorilla. You're a smart man (woman?). Keep them coming!

Hehe, thank you very much. Glad to hear you like them. :D
And it's definitely man, not woman. :p

Jickle

28-09-2009, 01:27 PM

I was just messing around with the American version and it seems that the word 'bogan' works. It creates the same character that red-neck does. So it seems that the US gets words that are used solely in Australia, but Australia doesn't get words that are used globally. It makes no sense at all.

Alright, this is crazy- bogan does not work in the PAL version.

I've got a story about this up on IGN AU (http://au.ds.ign.com/articles/102/1028744p1.html), I'll ask the guys if they can edit that in. That's crazy.

(Incidently big thanks to Mr M for inadvertantly leading me down this path. :p)

RunningMild

28-09-2009, 02:25 PM

(Incidently big thanks to Mr M for inadvertantly leading me down this path. :p)

And on that note, Goliath does work in my US version as well. Time to test out bogan... :p

I can't believe they left out VTOL. It's the coolest thing ever! Sure, it probably behaves exactly like a helicopter, but why have a boat when you can have a pirate ship or a trireme or an aircraft carrier... ;)

EDIT:

Really? Does anyone care about this? Must be a slow day...

I really hate these kinds of IGN comments...

Lex

28-09-2009, 05:29 PM

Bogan works. Tried it when I got it and was really surprised it was actually in there.

Kotche

28-09-2009, 07:27 PM

I don't see what they have to gain by taking words out, alot of words create the same thing so why not just leave it in there.

Watchers

28-09-2009, 08:10 PM

Loving this, apart from the controls. I summoned Fenrir (the wolf, not the poster), but it summoned a werewolf who started attacking me. I gave my dude a bar of silver, and the werewolf ran away from him. I then threw the silver at the werewolf and he turned into a regular human. Awesome.

Jay

28-09-2009, 08:12 PM

I believe Fenrir the poster is summoned by typing in 'Hacker'.

fishfishmonkeyhat

28-09-2009, 08:51 PM

Got a call from my EB today telling me my copy was ready to pick up.

THEY'RE BREAKING THE STREET DATE GUYS GO GET YOUR ROOSTER HATS!

RunningMild

29-09-2009, 12:16 AM

I discovered that if you 'interact' with the NeoGAF logo, you release a person who can also be summoned by the words 'virgin' and 'fanboy'.

HAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHH
AHAHAHAHAHAH
A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fishfishmonkeyhat

29-09-2009, 02:59 PM

http://i348.photobucket.com/albums/q321/fishfishmonkeyhat/Photos/roosterhat.jpg

I also got some type of game bonus for pre-ordering my rooster hat so that was nice.

Lex

29-09-2009, 03:18 PM

Hey vin, plz post pics when you get yours.

Vindik8or

29-09-2009, 03:28 PM

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs223.snc1/7035_141684882858_556062858_2442926_4095501_n.jpg

Oh so exploitable.

fishfishmonkeyhat

29-09-2009, 03:34 PM

I wish mine did up that easy.

Hyperblau

29-09-2009, 03:40 PM

Mine wasnt in yet waaaaaaaa

Got the game at least.

jawsy

29-09-2009, 03:55 PM

Picked mine up yesterday and have put a good six hours into the rooster hat. Oh, and I fired up the game for an hour or so.

****ing great.

Afrogamer

29-09-2009, 04:33 PM

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs223.snc1/7035_141684882858_556062858_2442926_4095501_n.jpg

Oh so exploitable.

Qantm much...:D

AranchineD

29-09-2009, 04:36 PM

Vin, you must really tell me one day how you got Jesse Hughes to let you take a picture of him with a Rooster Hat on.

Stevorooni

30-09-2009, 09:12 AM

JB should have this baby for $49 today

First thing I'm gonna try and summon: asparagus

drzaius

30-09-2009, 10:39 AM

goddamnit.
why doesnt the football player know to kick the football when i give him one?

tau

30-09-2009, 10:42 AM

summon a coach

BB2K

30-09-2009, 11:42 AM

The rooster hat is slightly too small for my head, it fits, but it needs to be bigger, damn it! Long hair isn't very good in it either >_>

I'm really liking the game though. Apart from the shitty controls, it's mad fun.

Stevorooni

30-09-2009, 12:12 PM

First thing I'm gonna try and summon: asparagus

It worked! :D Also summoned Rick Astley, some pea soup and a trampoline

Gonna really dig into this tonight

Cobla

30-09-2009, 12:51 PM

Alas there is no Rick Astley in the US version. :(

Jay

30-09-2009, 01:02 PM

Strange. He always said he'd be around whenever you need somebody. Guess he gave you up in the US. :p

ElPresidente

30-09-2009, 01:14 PM

Red card! Sin bin for your sir! :P

BB2K

30-09-2009, 01:53 PM

Alas there is no Rick Astley in the US version. :(

Did you type in Rick Astley or RickRoll? It only works if you type in RickRoll, for some reason.

Stevorooni

30-09-2009, 02:03 PM

I typed in RickRoll

Zace

30-09-2009, 02:07 PM

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs223.snc1/7035_141684882858_556062858_2442926_4095501_n.jpg

Oh so exploitable.

Your shit Greg.

Vindik8or

30-09-2009, 02:08 PM

Your shit Greg.

*You're such a slut Zak. I wish I never met you.

Zace

30-09-2009, 02:08 PM

*You're such a slut Zak. I wish I never met you.

Shut up and kiss me you stud.

Cobla

30-09-2009, 02:11 PM

Did you type in Rick Astley or RickRoll? It only works if you type in RickRoll, for some reason.Well there you go, RickRoll does work. :)

In retrospect it makes perfect sense as the other is obviously a proper noun.

Ad-Rock

01-10-2009, 07:53 AM

Picked it up yesterday. Pretty sweet.

My favourite way of flying around is a Pegasus

It doesn't run out of steam like a Jet pack and can get through smaller gaps than mechanical flight forms.

Stevorooni

01-10-2009, 08:02 AM

I've found the most effective way to get rid of any sharks and piranhas is to drop an electrical appliance into the water, and it doesn't count as a weapon!

So far I've used a toaster, hairdryer and a blender!

Gameboffin

01-10-2009, 09:08 AM

Of course! Man my imagination sucks - I used a crocodile to kill the small shark and a missile for the big one. I'm up to the Heist level and I can't work out how to knock the guards out. I've tried: tear gas, invisibility cloak, chloroform, tranquilizer dart, sleeping gas, burgler.

fishfishmonkeyhat

01-10-2009, 09:28 AM

Steamroller.

Ad-Rock

01-10-2009, 10:00 AM

Try turning them to stone (I think that's what I did anyway...) or give them some crims to keep em busy.

Stevorooni

01-10-2009, 10:13 AM

A lullaby should send them to sleep ( I have no idea if that is even possible but I will probably try it when I get to that bit)

BB2K

01-10-2009, 10:25 AM

I just made the one on the top follow me to the bottom floor, than I went around, blew up the boxes and grabbed the starite. It was pretty easy.

Watchers

01-10-2009, 11:40 AM

For some reason, that puzzle where you had to hold a switch down to get through a door really threw me. I ended up dropping a truck on the switch at such an angle that it held it down. Graceful.

Ad-Rock

01-10-2009, 11:57 AM

lol I've arsed my way through a few levels like that. Boulders are far more versatile than you can imagine!

PrattP

01-10-2009, 12:36 PM

BB2K

01-10-2009, 12:47 PM

Stevorooni

01-10-2009, 12:59 PM

I love how you're just free to solve everything any way you want.

I dropped an anvil on a bee once!

AranchineD

01-10-2009, 01:15 PM

Why did the kid fall off the bike?

BECAUSE I SUMMONED A FRIDGE ABOVE HIM AND HE DIED

RunningMild

01-10-2009, 01:53 PM

Hah, yeah there was one where the starite was on a rope above magma that would be activated once you pass the trip switch, so to stop it I threw a yeti in the magma, hopped on it (takes a while to die) and 3 phoenix's above me to catch the starite on their backs.

Easy get. :p

If that's the one I'm thinking of- my solution was to summon a car past the tripwire, and attach a rope to the car and the other end to the iceblock with the Starite in it. I tapped the car so Maxwell would run to it and jump straight in (setting off the tripwire), then I floored it the other way. This meant that the starite didn't fall into the lava. ;)

FrozenSoul80

02-10-2009, 12:38 AM

Bought this today, not enjoying it as much as I did Professor Layton last week. Some of these puzzles are very confusing :/

Jickle

02-10-2009, 12:55 AM

This puzzle everyone's talking about - I attached two balloons to the Starite, then flew to it with a pair of wings. Easy solution!

Ad-Rock

02-10-2009, 08:00 AM

Haha, I just did that one by making a knight ride a dragon, then using the knight's sword to smash the ice when it landed on the dragon.

How do you get the knight (or other characters) to do things for you? All I can get them to do is kill each other.

PrattP

02-10-2009, 08:21 AM

How do you get the knight (or other characters) to do things for you? All I can get them to do is kill each other.

Try shooting them with

MIND CONTROL DEVICE

Seriously, type that in. :p

Stevorooni

02-10-2009, 08:30 AM

I needed to get to some starrite that was in an annoying position.

"I know I'll just teleport to it!" I thought to myself, so I made 2 teleporters, put one near me and the other near the starrite thinking it would beam me from one to the other, but it transported me to some lab place. I wasn't sure of what to do there so I just teleported back to the level and found a different way, but at least they stop it from being too easy!

In another level I had to get rid of a bunch of rougues, so I summoned a Superhero and he beat them all up. I also summoned a cyborg to kill some guys too, but he also tried to attack me.