5th Cell, the developers behind Scribblnauts have said they realise the original game’s controls were broken and that is something they intend to fix for the sequel, Super Scribblenauts:

“Yes, we knew the controls had issues but frankly, we just ran out of time to fix them. When you’re making a game so unique the focus needs to be on those features and when the time is up you go out with what you have. Getting another year and starting with the core base of the original game will really help us nail down all of the issues that people had.” – Scribblenauts creator Jeremiah Slaczk

Thanks ONM