The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (video game)
| The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | |
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Original North American PS2 Cover Art
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| Developer(s) |
Heavy Iron Studios (PS2, GC, Xbox) AWE Games (PC) WayForward Technologies (GBA) Aspyr Media (Mac) |
| Publisher(s) | THQ |
| Distributor(s) |
Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies |
| Director(s) | Shiraz Akmal |
| Designer(s) | Joel Goodsell |
| Engine | RenderWare |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mobile Phone, Mac OS X |
| Release date(s) |
Windows Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, & Xbox Mobile November 2004 Macintosh
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| Genre(s) | Platform-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
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| Publication | Score | |||||
| GBA | GC | mobile | PC | PS2 | Xbox | |
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| CVG | 6/10 | |||||
| Game Informer | 60/100 | |||||
| GameZone | 6.5/10 | 8/10 | 7.5/10 | 6.9/10 | ||
| IGN | 7.8/10 | 6.8/10 | 7.8/10 | 7.8/10 | ||
| Nintendo Power | 58/100 | 72/100 | ||||
| OPM (US) | 60/100 | |||||
| OXM (US) | 8.9/10 | |||||
| TeamXbox | 7.4/10 | |||||
| Play | 75/100 | |||||
| Aggregate scores | ||||||
| GameRankings | 53% | |||||
| Metacritic | 73/100 | 67/100 | 75/100 | 74/100 | ||
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a 2004 video game based on the film of the same name, which is a complement of SpongeBob SquarePants. The game was released on the PlayStation 2 (PS2), Game Boy Advance (GBA), Xbox, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, and (albeit not currently available) the PlayStation 3. The PS2, GameCube, and Xbox versions are all ports of the same game, while the PC and GBA versions were separate games.
The plot of the video game is very similar to the film. King Neptune's crown has been stolen by Plankton and SpongeBob and Patrick must retrieve it from where Plankton sold it to: Shell City. A few areas in the game are not seen in the film, such as where SpongeBob and Patrick must escape Gooberland (their dreams) by following the Goofy Goober in the Patty Wagon. Much of the locations in the game greatly exaggerate the film's screen time; for example, SpongeBob never had to tour "Planktopolis" in the film, but he does so in the game. And later again to the Krusty Krab 2, in the Patty Wagon (requiring several Goober Tokens to get it back as this is in their reality, not their dreams).
The gameplay (and some graphics such as SpongeBob and Patrick's model as well as text font) is similar to that from the previous game, Battle for Bikini Bottom. There are 18 levels in the game that loosely follow the storyline of the film. Each level contains its main component and side tasks. Four levels involve a boss enemy that the player must defeat to progress to the next level. Boss enemies include a giant monster, Dennis, and King Neptune. Each main level and side task will give the player a Goofy Goober Token once completed, and the player needs these tokens to learn certain skills and proceed to the game. Although the player only needs to complete a level's main component to unlock the next level, it is not possible to complete the game only doing the main levels (though the player does not need to do all of the side tasks).
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