The list of available characters is massive, and you'll have little trouble finding your favorites. The same goes for Batman, with versions like Dark Knight Returns, or a whole host of Green Lanterns ranging from Alan Scott to Guy Gardner. With Superman, you can summon variants from universes like Earth One, Kingdom Come and Red Son, along with All-Star Superman, Blue and Red Superman, and Cyborg Superman. There are also a lot of character variants available. This gives you a complete list of characters, and you can break down search parameters into categories like hero, villain, and teams to make your searches more manageable. You can opt to create these heroes and villains from scratch by manually typing in their names, but there's a handy option via the Bat Computer that's accessible anytime. Even as a pretty big comic fan, I encountered unfamiliar characters and teams. One of the standout features about Scribblenauts Unmasked is the huge hero and villain list. You can light enemies on fire with the adjective "burning" or knock them out cold with the word "sleepy." There are times when the ability to add an adjective to characters and items feels almost too powerful, but breaking the game with particular words and combinations is almost an expected feature for Scribblenauts at this point. For instance, after tapping Maxwell, you can type in the adjective "flying" so he'll fly. One of the biggest features from the previous title, Scribblenauts Unlimited, returns: the ability to attach adjectives to existing items or characters. The initial introduction to these tasks can cause some head-scratching depending on your familiarity with the series, but around the midway point, things start to click as you get accustomed to the vocabulary and learn to anticipate what certain words produce. Just like the previous Scribblenauts titles, a big component of the gameplay is helping those in need, usually by performing feats with Maxwell's magical notepad.Ĭitizen requests run the gamut from specific items, like food and weapons, to more puzzle-based requests that require Maxwell to overcome a particular obstacle or other hazard. Also filling the city streets are citizens in need of help and the occasional superhero or supervillain.
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You'll be able to traverse Atlantis, Central City, Gotham, Metropolis, and more, with each location filled with notable landmarks. The world map, accessible via an icon on the HUD through the Wii U GamePad, contains a number of notable DC cities. Maxwell and Lily team up with the Justice League to combat these villains, all the while gathering enough Starites to re-power Lily's magical globe so they can return home.
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Upon their arrival, Maxwell and Lily learn that Doppelganger, an evil version of Maxwell, has also hitched a ride into the DC universe and is wreaking havoc with notable villains like Cheetah, Joker, Lex Luthor and Sinestro.