Scribblenauts Remix

$4.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Teaches: reading, spelling, creativity, logic, memory

CTR Rating: 86%

CTR Review

Highly educational but also, at times, highly frustrating, this iPad version of Scribblenauts offers a potentially useful problem solving app. As with other editions of Scribblenauts, children use language to unlock puzzles, by typing in the items they need. Need to kill a shark? Type "hair dryer" and drop it in the water, to electrocute it. Want to get through a gate? Type "shovel" and dig under it. Content includes 10 original levels designed specifically for Apple devices, along with 40 fan favorite levels from Scribblenauts and Super Scribblenauts.Weaknesses include clumsy controls, forcing you to tweak the positions of items in order to make them work. Hopefully this can be improved in future editions. The more levels you solve, the more Starites you earn, and these unlock in-game achievements. Using Apple's iCloud system, players can sync their game progress on any iOS device across the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch and continue playing where they left off. Players can also share their favorite objects and post their high scores and in-game achievements on Game Center leaderboards, Facebook and Twitter. Developed by 5th Cell and Iron Galaxy for Warner Bros.