The Game Boy Advance version of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: The Video Game is a SpongeBob SquarePants video game developed by WayForward Technologies. Much like all the other versions, it is based on the SpongeBob feature film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. However, unlike its home console counterpart, it is a 2D platformer where SpongeBob and Patrick are both playable at the same time.
Plot
Gameplay
There are six worlds, each world containing 4 levels and a boss fight. SpongeBob and Patrick and must traverse through each stage before time runs out.
World 1: Bikini Bottom
- 1-1: Management Materials
- 1-2: Hey Chum!
- 1-3: Not a Kid
- 1-4: Shell City Ahoy!
- 1-Boss: Thug Fish
World 2: Coral Canyon
- 2-1: Where's the Reef?
- 2-2: 100 Leagues Down
- 2-3: Stop for a Bite
- 2-4: Man Babies
- 2-Boss: Thug Tug Thug
World 3: Desert
- 3-1: The Long Road
- 3-2: On the Walk Again
- 3-3: Sea Cave
- 3-4: Yoodle-a-Sea-Doo! (A reference to the saying Yabba-Dabba-Doo! from The Flintstones)
- 3-Boss: Ice Cream Monster
World 4: Trench
- 4-1: Stairs of Fear
- 4-2: Trench Bottom
- 4-3: Stairs of Freedom
- 4-4: Run Men, Run!
- 4-Boss: Dennis
World 5: Shell City
- 5-1: Escape!
- 5-2: Burn Baby Burn
- 5-3: Man Hands
- 5-4: Shiny Crown
- 5-Boss: Cyclops Battle
World 6: Hasselhoff's Bikini
- 6-1: Hold the Hasselhoff
- 6-Boss 1: The Return of Dennis
- 6-2: Bottom Running
- 6-3: Krusty Krab I
- 6-4: Krusty Krab II
- 6-Boss 2: King Neptune's Wrath
Bosses
Reception
GameRankings gave the Game Boy Advance version a 52.67%.[1] Nintendo Power, reviewing the Game Boy Advance version, noted the ability to change paths throughout the game, but wrote that "some areas are more difficult to reach than they should be, making the platforming tricky at times." Hollingshead criticized the GBA version for its repetitive gameplay and its inclusion of Patrick as a playable character, writing that "despite the appearance of a dual partnership in the game, it quickly becomes evident that it's really only one playable character that's been melded from two." Hollingshead wrote that "unlike the console versions, the story here feels tacked on and doesn't really do much to tie the levels together in any sort of cohesive manner." Hollingshead praised the graphics and wrote that the music was "the best part of the game," but concluded that the console versions "are much more fun."[2]
The GBA version sold an estimated 780,000 copies; in August 2006, the game was ranked at number 25 on Edge magazine's list of "The Century's Top 50 Handheld Games," arranged by number of copies sold.[3]
Walkthrough
Backwards compatibility
The game has backward compatibility on the following systems:
- Gamecube (requires Game Boy Player) - The Game Boy Player peripheral allows Game Boy Advance games to be played on a GameCube.
- Nintendo DS - The Game Boy Advance version can be played on either, a Nintendo DS or DS Lite.
Trivia
General
- This is the fourth SpongeBob SquarePants video game to be released for the Game Boy Advance. The first three are SuperSponge, Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, and Battle for Bikini Bottom.
- This game and the Game Boy Advance version of Lights, Camera, Pants! share the same sprites for SpongeBob and Patrick.
- Unlike most movie-related media where he is indirectly referred to as a "lifeguard," David Hasselhoff's name is directly mentioned in this game.
International covers
Cartridges
External links
References
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20161028020903/http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/920584-the-spongebob-squarepants-movie/index.html
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20050120090242/http://gameboy.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r23812.htm
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20080928235008/http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-centurys-top-50-handheld-games?page=0%2C2
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