Battle for Bikini Bottom (Game Boy Advance)

This is the page about the Game Boy Advance version of the 2003 video game. For other uses, see Battle for Bikini Bottom (disambiguation).

Template:VTab Template:Video game The Game Boy Advance version of Battle for Bikini Bottom is a SpongeBob SquarePants video game developed by Vicarious Visions. Unlike its home console counterpart, this game is a 2D sidescroller with puzzle mechanics. Template:Data:Links is the only playable character in this version of the game.

Plot

The game's story is very similar to that of its console counterpart. After Template:Data:Links finished building his Duplicatron 3000, his robots started to rebel against him after he forgot to set the "Obey Plankton" switch on. The next morning, as SpongeBob and Template:Data:Links exit their house, they notice a GenericBot flying around Bikini Bottom. After arriving at the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob meets with Template:Data:Links, Template:Data:Links, and Template:Data:Links, the latter stating that the town is infested with robots. Template:Data:Links then arrives and explains to SpongeBob that the robots are scaring his customers and are stealing Krabby Patties. Suspecting Plankton to be behind this, Mr. Krabs orders SpongeBob to get to the Chum Bucket and stop him before he ruins his business.

After traveling around Bikini Bottom and fighting robotic copies of his friends with the help of Mystery the Seahorse, SpongeBob arrives at the Chum Bucket and finds Plankton, who explains to him that once his robots discover the Krabby Patty secret formula, he will simply steal it from them. SpongeBob manages to prevent this by destroying the Duplicatron 3000 and his robotic clone, SpongeBot SteelPants, putting an end to the robot invasion and thwarting Plankton's plan once again.

Gameplay

Levels

The game consists of four chapters, each containing six regular levels and a boss level. Each level can only be completed by collecting three golden spatulas, which are used to unlock the gate to the next area. There are also 20 Template:Data:Links in every level; although optional, collecting them all provides access to a bonus level where the objective is to collect all Krabby Patties while riding either the unicycle or the invisible boatmobile to obtain a reward (either an extra life or a new photo for the photo album).

• Chapter 1
  • When Robots Attack
  • Hi Ho Mystery, Away!
  • Robot from the Goo Lagoon
  • Please Please Kelp Me
  • There Goes the Neighborhood
  • Nuts and Bolts
  • Boss: Attack of the Steel Squirrel
• Chapter 2
  • Bringing it Around Downtown
  • Gone Jellyfishing
  • Short Circuit
  • No Horsing Around
  • New Robotropolis
  • To the Mermalair!
  • Boss: Star Power
• Chapter 3
  • Around the Way Sponge
  • Seanutbutter and Jellyfish
  • Mystery Loves Company
  • Hitting the Slopes
  • In-Cog-Neato!
  • Robots in the Skies
  • Boss: Squid Vicious
• Chapter 4
  • It Came from Rock Bottom
  • Deep Trouble
  • Escape from Sand Mountain
  • Back to the Seacave
  • Industrial Robolution
  • Plankton's Inner Sanctum
  • Boss: SpongeBot SteelPants

Characters

Playable

• Template:Data:Links
• Mystery the Seahorse

Non-playable

• Patrick Star
• Sandy Cheeks
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Gary the Snail
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Mermaid Man
• Incidental 158
• Incidental 152
• Incidental 211

Enemies

• GenericBot
• SpringBot
• SpikeBot
• SpikeTopBot
• SpikeComboBot
• ProjectileBot
• TemperBot
• Electricbot
• BigBot
• ChargeBot
• FanBot
• PlatformBot
  • Cyan-bodied PlatformBot
• PathBots
• SleeperBots
  • Yellow-bodied-and-red-eyed SleeperBots

Bosses

• Robo-Sandy
• Robo-Patrick
• Squid Vicious
• SpongeBot SteelPants

Development

There is placeholder graphics for a door, a warp, and what seems to be intended for dialogs. These graphics can also be found in Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation S.O.D.A., another game by Vicarious Visions.

Reception

The Game Boy Advance version of Battle for Bikini Bottom sold an estimated 710,000 copies. In 2006, Edge magazine ranked the Game Boy Advance version at number 34 on its list of "The Century's Top 50 Handheld Games."

Walkthrough

File:SpongeBob SquarePants Battle for Bikini Bottom - Full Game Boy Advance walkthrough

Trivia

General

• This version of this game is supported by Nintendo DS and DS Lite units through backwards compatibility.
• This is the third SpongeBob SquarePants video game to be released for the Game Boy Advance, following SuperSponge and Revenge of the Flying Dutchman.
• On June 5, 2005, this video game and Breakin' Da Rules were released in a bundle called the Double Pack Volume 2.
  • Also, at some point in 2005 this video game and Nicktoons Freeze Frame Frenzy were released in a bundle called the Double Pack Volume 3.
• The Duplicatotron 3000 is called the Duplicatron 3000 in this version.
• The chapters in this game are represented by images of locations instead of names.
  • Chapter 1: Sandy's treedome
  • Chapter 2: Sand Mountain
  • Chapter 3: Industrial Park
  • Chapter 4: Chum Bucket lab

Episode references

• Screenshots from "My Pretty Seahorse," "Ripped Pants," "Wormy," "Prehibernation Week," "Tea at the Treedome," and "No Free Rides can be unlocked in the game's photo album.
• Plankton's animation from the opening cutscene is taken from "The Algae's Always Greener."
• In several levels, SpongeBob can ride Mystery from "My Pretty Seahorse."
• There is a level based on "Tea at the Treedome."
• Sand Mountain and Industrial Park from "Prehibernation Week" appear as recurring locations in the game.
• There are two levels based on "Rock Bottom."
• The end credits background is the walk cycle sequence from "The Sponge Who Could Fly."

Back/International covers

• Game Boy Advance back cover
  Game Boy Advance back cover
• European Game Boy Advance cover
  European Game Boy Advance cover

Cartridges

• North American Game Boy Advance Game Pak
  North American Game Boy Advance Game Pak
• European Game Boy Advance Game Pak
  European Game Boy Advance Game Pak