SpongeBob: Battle for Bikini Bottom | The Underwater Classic

[Music] are you all ready geez yeah yeah I'm ready Sponge Bob Squarepants is just as much of a video game character as any other but obviously in this instance there is a huge cartoon legacy behind him and some of the newer stuff but specifically the older stuff some of the first few seasons in their entirety ha still hilarious you know I'm pretty confident that the number 25 is ruined for me there's no saving it for the rest of my life it's gonna be the funniest thing because it's more funny than 24 that's it that's all I need to know when looking back at gaming history whenever a cartoon entered the world of video games you would see one or two titles release and then everybody would move on pretending like it didn't happen and that franchise would never get a game again you'll listen ed and Eddy the misadventures is jank as all hell and I love it as a result but you are not gonna hear me beg for a sequel I will tell you that much good god Kevin what happened to your head Sponge Bob is different though because that show had such massive success this may come off as a bit of a surprise but there's a lot of video games based on the world of Bikini Bottom this doesn't even come close to all of them oh what's that you're working on a pretty garbage 2d platformer on the gameboy color yeah throw Sponge Bob in there we got nothing else going on when the year 2003 came around we were on the cusp of a paradigm shift Revenge of the flying dutchman already existed and reception was expected but now we bring in heavy iron Studios a relatively unknown developer at the time to helm the next main console title battle for bikini bottom now obviously this game specifically got the remake treatment despite there being like a dozen other games to choose from so this one must be pretty good right well whether or not you're interested in rehydrated I think it's important to take a look at the original game here for not only being a licensed game that's actually worth the Damned but also for being a collectathon platformer that came out in an age where that genre was slowly going out of style oh but what about battle for bikini bottom on Kesey yeah yeah no I don't think so oh boy what about battle for bikini bottom on GBA yeah okay i'ma pass on that one - we're gonna stick to the pure console experience on this journey so are you ready kids oh wait I already already use that joke 25 we have a pretty easy to understand a plotline together this adventure going as well Plankton's robots are going out on a rampage across bikini bottom go stop them that's it that's all we got oh and golden spatulas are the key to saving the day because of course they are oh I take it back this game sucks and this premise is a good thing rather than being based on a specific episode or something it's a story that sounds like it could be an episode and it's really just an excuse to see as many different locations as possible while also sprinkling in some references who are there like Spongebob looking horrifying when running through Sandy's waterless home good times it's really nice to be exploring this world and controlling these characters without feeling like I'm playing through a plot that I've already experienced before and speaking of those different locations they are definitely a huge source of fan service to fans of old-school spongebob you start off running through Jellyfish Fields to encounter King jellyfish you run around to every inch of the beach at goo lagoon you get to mess around with the inner mechanics of the mermalair that in particular was pretty awesome even if this ball roling puzzle made me want to rip my hair out that wasn't fun and the final level SpongeBob's dream is more or less a series of floating platforms surrounded by cool imagery it's really neat as much as I would love to see that truly truly I would I'm scheduled to be in a coma in five minutes and I wouldn't want to miss that well let's be honest the fanservice is the easy part like have you ever seen the show before cool here's Sponge Bob missing the bus out of rock-bottom that'll be $50 oh hey caveman spongebob the developers predicted a meme all those years beforehand that's pretty impressive when it comes to satisfying fans of the franchise the only part that was kinda weird is mr. Krabs voice no more the crab means no more Frank and for you yeah that ain't crabs that's so weird why didn't you guys get the voice for mr. crabs the same goes for Mermaid Man they're both done in this game by the same voice actor and neither of them sound like how they're supposed to is there a reason why that happened don't ask questions you aren't prepared to handle the answer - ah good point but more importantly in this instance is wrapping that fanservice in a fun game and yeah yeah they nailed it so at its core we have a pretty standard collectathon here every level has eight golden spatulas to obtain socks from Patrick's collection that he lost somehow which can be traded back to him to get even more spatulas and all the money you collect can be used to get spatulas as well but this time you trade - mr. Krabs instead that just makes sense maybe use that money to get a brand-new mattress there Krabs criminy Jim Jim my man you look so tired and you also get a handful of new abilities to help you out on your travels as well with some of them being the key to a mission that you couldn't do initially in a previous level this is really checking off all the boxes here this is by all accounts a super solid 3d platformer we all know play controllers have the utmost importance right well there are three different characters to control each with their own pros and cons and in a pretty smart move while you always can play a spongebob whether or not you can change to either Patrick or Sandy is different on a level by level basis which allows for challenges specifically built around their own mechanics so diversifying the playable roster was handled really well and thankfully they all play really well too sandy is by far my favorite of the bunch just because you can use her lasso and swing between these floating symbols of Texas that's that's really funny actually I'm a big fan of momentum based platforming and this here oh it feels really good we also have a handful of sliding segments - and these are easily my favorite parts of the entire adventure it is so much fun bobbing and weaving down these trails trying to discover all the secrets spread throughout them and getting to the end as fast as possible it's awesome and the devs knew it - there's an entire stage based around it with and mountain it's so cool and in between each chunk of three levels as a boss fight against their robotic form of one of the playable characters and like everything else in this game these showcase a really good use of the character's unique abilities each one is a multi staged fight and each stage within that fight usually has you control a new character or do something entirely new these are some high quality boss fights not gonna lie they're not hard but they're still fun oh and man did I forget to mention that there are a handful of extra goodies to be found to throw out the entire hub world as well everything here within battle for bikini bottom is so well constructed how does that feel spongebob my pants alright this game is disgusting all that being said though there are definitely a few little nitpicks that stop this game from being one of the true greats for example some of the missions don't feel as polished as they should be like the aforementioned ball rolling puzzle that thing really sucks like really really bad it takes so long to get the ball from point A to point B and one slight mistake you got to do it all over again it's bad it's really really bad and as enjoyable as sliding is one of the challenges is to get to the bottom in a time limit in one go which is fine but if you fall off the stage a fair amount in you pop back up halfway through and the timer is gone and you can't just restart back to the beginning so you have to finish that current ride walk up to the start and do it all over again it's a very odd oversight especially since this one in particular is incredibly easy to fall off the stage this one took me a good dozen tries to get right and then we have the entirety of kelp forest my least favorite level in the game visually it's bland design-wise there's a lot of going back and forth if you try to go for everything it is unquestionably the low points of the adventure the enemy types could also use a bit of extra variety you see the same small handful of enemies from start to finish it's not a huge deal but it does make things less interesting from a visual perspective especially since each level themselves is very visually distinct from each other and I mean you can honestly argue that graphically this game has its quirks too mouth movements are far from good but I'll still give this game the benefit of the doubt being an early 2000s licensed game and top of all that the completion bonuses are pretty underwhelming as well getting every golden spatula Nets you a video of all the characters singing the spongebob theme that's it and getting 40,000 40,000 my god gets you a reel of concept art it's really nothing special at all but like other games of this genre it's all about the journey not so much the destination and ultimately it is still a really fun ride any slight nitpicking I throw in here is not gonna take away from the fact that this game is simply a lot of fun if you're not a fan of spongebob this is a simple solid 3d platformer but if you are a fan especially of this era of spongebob the best time to play battle for bikini bottom is all the time and also the final battle a gauntlet inside of a giant robotic spongebob he's really cool so Who am I to complain really oh but taking a look back at the concept art what's this here a robotic Squidward that doesn't appear in the game at all it's another example of something neat getting cut before the game ships well until rehydrated promised to bring that fight back as well as other cut content and even a multiplayer horde mode battle for bikini bottom on GameCube ps2 an x-box a whole lot of fun but the way rehydrated is looking I'm ready I'm ready I'm ready so yeah if you thought a random spongebob game getting the remake treatment seemed sort of weird and unnecessary hopefully they showed you that isn't the case battle for bikini bottom is definitely deserving of a modern adaptation but that being said the original still holds up if you're a fan of GameCube and ps2 era platformers check this game out it'll be worth your time and with that another video done for our good old friend ant dude but little does he know people will now be harassing him to play more spongebob games until he covers all of them oh come on [Music] you

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Length: 11min 4sec (664 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 19 2020