Scribblenauts Showdown

 Switch
User Score
4.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 37 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 37
  3. Negative: 22 out of 37
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  1. Sassafras
    May 15, 2018
    7
    Scribblenauts Showdown is an interesting take on the series. You have your normal freeroaming mode, but the main attraction is the minigames where you create an object, and do various things with it, such as balancing multiple giraffes on a flying carpet, or having a competition to see who can eat a pair of socks the fastest. The only downside to this game is the price. 40$ is just way tooScribblenauts Showdown is an interesting take on the series. You have your normal freeroaming mode, but the main attraction is the minigames where you create an object, and do various things with it, such as balancing multiple giraffes on a flying carpet, or having a competition to see who can eat a pair of socks the fastest. The only downside to this game is the price. 40$ is just way too much for something you'll probably only play when you're hanging out with friends, since the singleplayer mode is so unoriginal and unfun.… Expand

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#88 Most Shared Switch Game of 2018

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Metascore
47

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 20
  3. Negative: 8 out of 20
  1. CD-Action
    Jun 5, 2018
    70
    Showdown follows the utterly brilliant Unlimited, so the new studio faced a huge challenge. What they came up with is a party spin-off, a decent one but also short-lived, as it offers few minigames (some of which borrow from Asteroids, Elastomania or Flappy Bird). It also features a Sandbox mode, which resembles original Scribblenauts but trails behind it. [05/2018, p.60]
  2. Edge Magazine
    Apr 26, 2018
    30
    It's astonishing that Shiver couldn't conjure up a decent party game from such great source material. [June 2018, p.118]
  3. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Apr 25, 2018
    75
    It doesn't quite feel like the boundary- pushing fount of innovation the series was originally known for. [Issue #33 – May/June 2018, p. 70]
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