Battle for Bikini Bottom (home console)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom is a video game based on the television show SpongeBob SquarePants. The game has been released for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, PC, PlayStation 2, and Xbox consoles (the Xbox version is backwards compatible for the Xbox 360 console). The player attempts to defend Bikini Bottom from an invasion of robots created by Plankton with a machine called the Duplicatotron 3000. The playable characters are SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy. The Windows version features a series of minigames and differs from the console versions.

Gameplay

Players control SpongeBob, Sandy the squirrel and Patrick Starfish through a number of locations such as the Jelly Fish Fields, and can switch between characters at bus stops throughout the game. Core gameplay involves collecting items and defeating the robots which have attacked Bikini Bottom, whilst crossing platforms and avoiding environmental hazards like spikes and flames. A number of mini-games are also accessible throughout the game.

Three types of item can be collected. Shiny objects are the game's currency, and can be used to pay tolls within game areas or to buy golden spatulas. Golden spatulas are used to grant access to new areas, they are hidden throughout the game and can also be earned by completing tasks set by Squidward and several other characters from the cartoon. These tasks can involve defeating particular robots or searching for items. The other collectible item type, smelly socks, can be traded for golden spatulas.

Though some areas can be navigated by any character, several sections can only be completed with a specific character, due to each one having a unique abilities. SpongeBob can create a bubble helmet for head-butting enemies, launch a bubble-blowing spin attack and double jump to reach higher platforms. Patrick can throw objects at switches, freeze goo rivers and attack enemies with a belly flop. Sandy can glide over distances and wields a lasso, with which she can tie up enemies or swing on hooks to reach distant areas.

Plot

Plankton creates an army of robots but forgets to switch the Duplicatron's "Obey" switch.

This game is also the introduction to a new character, Prawn. In addition to the several regular robots that litter the levels, SpongeBob and friends will defeat four boss robots along the way: Robo-Sandy, Robo-Patrick, Robo-SpongeBob, and Robo-Plankton. Along the way, they will tangle with three semi-bosses: King Jellyfish, Prawn, and the Flying Dutchman.

List of Characters

Playable

• SpongeBob SquarePants (voiced by Tom Kenny)
• Patrick Star (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke)
• Sandy Cheeks (voiced by Carolyn Lawrence)

Bosses

• King Jellyfish
• Robo-Sandy-is the first robot boss in the game. Her main attacks are a karate chop, a large jump (which for some reason stuns itself), and a clothesline move(the move can avoided by jumping or by going to the edges of the arena).
• Prawn (voiced by Doug Lawrence)
• Robo-Patrick is the second robot boss in the game. His main attacks are spitting moves, frezze breath, ice cream slams, and a spinning move(that leaves the robot vulnerable).
• Flying Dutchman (voiced by Brian Doyle Murray)
• SpongeBot Steelpants is the third robot boss in the game. His main attacks are a large arm swing, karate slams(that flip the platform you're on), and a KA-RA-TE three part sweeping attack. According to Robo-Plankton, they were supposed to be married.
• Robo-Plankton (voiced by Doug Lawrence) is the final boss of the game. His main attack is a ray beam. According to himself, the robots have always been obeying him through the entire game.

In the concept art, you can see that a Robo-Squidward was originally planned to be in the game, possibly as a secret boss. This was scrapped before the game's release. But in the Game Boy Advance version, a Robo Squidward is present.

Also in the GBA version, King Jellyfish, Prawn, the Flying Dutchman, and Robo-Plankton are not present. Robo-Squidward is the penultimate boss, and Robo-SpongeBob is the last boss.

External links

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