While each level is more or less an elongated fetch quest with platforming, there felt like just enough variety throughout them all to keep things fresh and entertaining, including random mini-games, like turning Spongebob into a spongeball (SquarePants) to pass through smaller gaps and having him bungee jump from a fishing hook. Fortunately, it’s easy to figure out which character is needed for what task, though. You can swap between the three at bus stops which are scattered across the levels but I did find myself having to keep note of where character-specific puzzles were, as the only common indication was a hint sign I would read beforehand. Not to mention the character’s idle animations, which admittedly did get a laugh out of me on more than one occasion. Battle For Bikini BottomĬredit to the animation, also, for capturing the nuances of how the three move – Spongebob prances, Patrick lumbers about and Sandy moves like a squirrel in an underwater suit ready to karate chop through anything she sees. There are also some environmental advantages to each character, such as Sandy being able to lasso between Texas-shaped grapple hook points and Patrick throwing watermelons to either attack or stack to reach higher ledges (although it did often feel a little clunky trying to jump on top of these). Spongebob attacks with his spatula and can sneak around, while Patrick can belly-flop enemies to stun them and Sandy can use her lasso to reach enemies further away and glide across long distances. You take control of Spongebob, as well as Patrick Star and Sandy Cheeks, who all control pretty similarly while having their own quirks to help make them feel unique to play as. The geography of Bikini Bottom is as colourful as it is in the cartoon and, while fairly linear, it’s still a treat to navigate through the eye-catching and vibrant underwater world. Across a number of iconic locations in Bikini Bottom, it’s a simple case of getting yourself from point A to point B, jumping and attacking robots and other such enemies along the way. The story isn’t really any more complicated than that and, for better or worse, neither is the gameplay. Spongebob, while playing with Patrick at the same time, just so happens to wish robots were real and is soon wrapped up in Plankton’s ploy to regain control of the Chum Bucket by setting the gullible sponge off on an adventure across Bikini Bottom to reclaim Golden Spatulas. Building the aptly named ‘Duplicatotron 3000’, Plankton creates an army of robots but forgets to turn the ‘obey me’ setting on, leading the robots to kick him out of the Chum Bucket and run rampant across Bikini Bottom.
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The story of Rehydrated remains exactly the same, with regular series antagonist, Plankton, scheming to once again steal the Krabby Patty secret formula.
Offering a 4K overhaul, along with content cut from the original title, the question stands: is Battle for Bikini Bottom as entertaining as it was nearly 17 years ago? Back in 2003, the franchise would see the launch of the 8th Spongebob-centric game, Battle for Bikini Bottom, which would go on to be considered something of a cult classic, as well as one of the best in the series history.įlash forward to 2020 and Spongebob (finally) makes his current-gen console debut with a remake of the 2003 success, Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated. In that time, the fifth-longest-running American animated series has won a multitude of awards and generated well over $1 billion in revenue for Nickelodeon. For just over 20 years, Spongebob Squarepants has been TV’s most energetic and happy-go-lucky sea sponge, with a career spanning films, a Broadway musical and even theme park rides.
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