While the idea of excluding perhaps beloved characters will probably rub some the wrong way, 5th Cell’s desire to keep Scribblenauts kid-friendly shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. “If you go back to the campy 1960s comic book TV shows where there’s the onomatopoeia and the different sound effects. In turn, Unmasked will be tapping into some of the sillier sensibilities that have, at times, governed comics and superheroes. “There are some characters we couldn’t include because they are more mature DC characters,” said Joseph Tringali, general manager of 5th Cell, the studio behind Scribblenaunts. Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure, on the other hand, is aiming to keep things in the E for Everyone range, even if it means skipping over some of the darker elements of the DC Universe. Even in the realm of the DC Universe things can get a bit M for Mature at times. Granted, in their early days comic books were primarily for children but as the years have gone on they’ve grown more and more adult, to the point that there are more than a few running books most parents would probably want to keep their kids away from. One of the prevailing notions that have dogged comic books and their readers for decades is the belief that comics are merely kids stuff. Scribblenauts Unmasked aims to tap into the goofier side of superheroes.
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