Reviewing this game under the PS2 entry even though I played it on Wii because the Wii version has almost no ratings and is the same game.
The game is bad. It's some kind of very odd minigame collection that can vary in quality wildly. I remember the opening segment where you do some kind of puzzle level in the cave with SpongeBob and Patrick took me way too long to figure out. Of course in this version, the entirety of the controls are mapped to motion controls on the Wii Remote rather than using buttons. I think the photography levels are fun in that they seem like a clone of what Pokemon Snap is like (I desperately need to play that game). The driving levels are pretty bad because they simply don’t feel fun to control.
The funniest minigame that is baffling is how a high amount of the levels within this game are something I would describe as “button tapping”. They’re clearly supposed to be “rhythm levels” but the whole thing feels like there’s no sense of rhythm. Half the time you’re just tapping buttons that are shown on the screen. It is so crazy that the grand finale of the game is literally just a button tapping game where the amulet is being sent away or whatever.
I remember some of the unlockable mini games were relatively fun. It seems this game wants you to 100% the levels and repeat them over and over again or something because the unlockable content seemed to be immense but I never went back to get all of this. It reminds me of Blitz’s other SpongeBob game where they locked the final level behind finding every “Sleepy Seed” (another game I never fully completed). I have heard rumors of a commentary track on every level for this one???
This is based on one of the worst SpongeBob specials and yeah you can kinda tell how shambles this game is. They needed to whip something up to fill a flimsy big budget 44 minute special and ended up with a lazy minigame collection from developers who have clearly shown they can do better (even with this franchise). If I remember correctly, this game even reuses some music from “Creature From The Krusty Krab”. This isn’t even the best game based on Atlantis Squarepantis somehow. After replaying this a few years ago I gave my copy to a friend of mine and I don’t think he liked the game either lmao.
4/10
The game is bad. It's some kind of very odd minigame collection that can vary in quality wildly. I remember the opening segment where you do some kind of puzzle level in the cave with SpongeBob and Patrick took me way too long to figure out. Of course in this version, the entirety of the controls are mapped to motion controls on the Wii Remote rather than using buttons. I think the photography levels are fun in that they seem like a clone of what Pokemon Snap is like (I desperately need to play that game). The driving levels are pretty bad because they simply don’t feel fun to control.
The funniest minigame that is baffling is how a high amount of the levels within this game are something I would describe as “button tapping”. They’re clearly supposed to be “rhythm levels” but the whole thing feels like there’s no sense of rhythm. Half the time you’re just tapping buttons that are shown on the screen. It is so crazy that the grand finale of the game is literally just a button tapping game where the amulet is being sent away or whatever.
I remember some of the unlockable mini games were relatively fun. It seems this game wants you to 100% the levels and repeat them over and over again or something because the unlockable content seemed to be immense but I never went back to get all of this. It reminds me of Blitz’s other SpongeBob game where they locked the final level behind finding every “Sleepy Seed” (another game I never fully completed). I have heard rumors of a commentary track on every level for this one???
This is based on one of the worst SpongeBob specials and yeah you can kinda tell how shambles this game is. They needed to whip something up to fill a flimsy big budget 44 minute special and ended up with a lazy minigame collection from developers who have clearly shown they can do better (even with this franchise). If I remember correctly, this game even reuses some music from “Creature From The Krusty Krab”. This isn’t even the best game based on Atlantis Squarepantis somehow. After replaying this a few years ago I gave my copy to a friend of mine and I don’t think he liked the game either lmao.
4/10