Nickelodeon Party Blast

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Nickelodeon Party Blast is a Nicktoons crossover party video game that was released in 2002 for the GameCube, Xbox, and PC. The video game was developed by Data Design Interactive and published by Infogrames.

The game features characters from the Nickelodeon television series SpongeBob SquarePants, Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, Rocket Power, Invader Zim, and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, with CatDog as the hosts.

Gameplay

There are eight playable characters and seven different party modes. When playing as player 1, the player can choose Blast, Replay, and Cup challenge. Players 2, 3, and 4 have a mode called "Party Play." Each mode takes place across five stages, with the fourth stage being a boss challenge against a non-playable boss opponent.

1. Food Fight: Players throw food at each other to be the last one standing. If a player gets hit with food, they will lose points. If a player runs out of points, they will be eliminated from the game. The last player standing, or the player with the most points if there are multiple players standing when time runs out, is the winner.
2. Pipe Challenge/Pipes: Players compete to create pipelines to fill various objects. Once the object is full, the player who filled it earns points. The player with the most points when time runs out is the winner.
3. Squirt and Splash: Players squirt each other with giant squirt guns to get points. The player with the most points when time runs out is the winner.
4. Roll-A-Ball: Players compete to earn the most points by scoring baskets and performing tricks in an arena. The player with the most points when time runs out is the winner.
5. Coin Rally: Players race on various courses using different vehicles. The player with the most points at the end is the winner.
6. Clam bonus stages: A bonus mode where each stage is a different game involving clams. The player with the most points when time runs out is the winner. These stages can only be unlocked by collecting silver stars or through a cheat code. Unlike the other modes, there is no boss challenge.
7. Gooze Squirter: Players have to squirt goo at each other using special weapons to earn points. The player with the most points at the end is the winner. This mode is unlocked after completing every stage of the first five modes. Unlike the other modes, Gooze Squirter only has one stage.

Playable characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Zim
• Jimmy Neutron
• Tommy
• Angelica
• Eliza Thornberry
• Otto Rocket
• Reggie Rocket

Cast

NOTE: The voice cast wasn't credited in the game itself.

• Tom Kenny - SpongeBob SquarePants/Dog
• Richard Horvitz - Zim
• Lara Jill Miller - Jimmy Neutron
• E.G. Daily - Tommy
• Cheryl Chase - Angelica
• Carolyn Lawrence - Eliza Thornberry
• Joseph Ashton - Otto Rocket
• Shayna Fox - Reggie Rocket
• Jim Cummings - Cat

Development

The source code of numerous prototypes builds of the game were found in September 2020.

General

File:NPBProto Title.png

Early logo found in one of the leaked prototype.

• There's a placeholder for the game selection screen.
• There's an unused screen adjustment setting. Interestingly, this option also has an early version of the title screen.
• Zim has two unused textures for his helmet in Basket Brawl.
• The game was originally planned to release on PlayStation 2 as models and textures of the PlayStation 2 controller exist in the game's files.

Prerelease

• The game was first pitched around November 2000 as "NickToons Olympics." It was proposed again in March 2001 into what would become the final game.
• Squidward and Donnie from The Wild Thornberrys were intended to appear in the game.

Gallery

Videos

• File:Nickelodeon Party Blast Prototype Footage (2002)
• File:Nickelodeon Party Blast Model Viewer (2002)

Screenshots

• PlayStation 2 cover.
  PlayStation 2 cover.
• File:NickPartyBlast Turnaround Donnie.png
• File:NickPartyBlast Cameo Squidward 3D.png

Prerelease screenshots

• File:Nickpartyblast 052002 6-396236 320w.jpg
• File:Nickpartyblast 052002 5 inline.jpg
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Reception

The game has received extremely negative reviews from critics, with most criticizing the game's controls and sound effects. Review aggregator Metacritic gave the Xbox version a 19 out of 100, indicating "overwhelming dislike," while IGN gave the Xbox version a 1.1 out of 10, writing, "With so many great franchises, this could've been a decent party game. Instead, what we're left with is a poor-looking, poor-sounding, and poor-playing game. Like the name implies, this game is only (barely) worth a spare nickel for price of admission."

Walkthrough

GameCube version

File:Nickelodeon Party Blast GameCube Longplay

Xbox version

File:Nickelodeon Party Blast Xbox Longplay

Trivia

General

• This is the only Nicktoons video game to be released for the Xbox.
• This is the only Nicktoons video game developed by Data Design Interactive.
• Mr. Krabs appears as the boss opponent for the fourth round of the Pipe Challenge game.
• On the NTSC version, the cover shows SpongeBob at the front, however on the PAL version, it shows Tommy Pickles from Rugrats at the front.
• The PC version is the only version of this game to be released exclusively in North America.

Back/International covers

• GameCube back cover
  GameCube back cover
• Xbox back cover
  Xbox back cover
• PC back cover
  PC back cover
• PAL GameCube cover
  PAL GameCube cover
• PAL Xbox cover
  PAL Xbox cover

Discs

• NTSC GameCube disc
  NTSC GameCube disc
• PAL GameCube disc
  PAL GameCube disc
• NTSC Xbox disc
  NTSC Xbox disc
• PAL Xbox disc
  PAL Xbox disc
• PC disc
  PC disc

Advertisements

• File:Nickelodeon Party Blast Magazine Print Advertisment.jpg
• File:Nickelodeon Party Blast print ad NickMag Oct 2002.jpg
• File:Nickelodeon Party Blast print ad NickMag Nov 2002.jpg

References