2011 · WayForward Technologies · Action · Arcade

SpongeBob SquigglePants

Nintendo exclusive

In SpongeBob’s most crazy, creative adventure yet, be prepared to laugh your SquigglePants off as you tilt, flick, tap and draw through more than 100 Nanogames set in six zany worlds. SpongeBob SquigglePants puts you in the driver’s seat for a dizzying series of lightening-speed Nanogames, giving you mere seconds to finish one before moving right on to the next. Within this rapid-fire succession of challenges, SpongeBob SquigglePants exposes players to never-before-seen SpongeBob art styles from the Nickelodeon vault. SpongeBob SquigglePants also lets players digitally draw, paint, color and choose from dozens of SpongeBob-themed stamps, using the uDraw to create a masterpiece worthy of a place in Patchy’s own collection of SpongeBob art, or their own refrigerator, thanks to the uDraw’s exclusive ability to export art to the Wii’s SD card slot. The entire game is hosted by SpongeBob’s biggest fan, Patchy the Pirate, in a never-before-seen live action experience for an added level of under-the-sea silliness.

Released: 10 April 2011
Platforms: Wii Nintendo 3DS
Genres: Action Arcade Quiz
Developers: WayForward Technologies
Publishers: THQ
Series: SpongeBob SquarePants
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Comedy Kids
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E ACB G PEGI 7
Time to beat: 1hmain story1hwith extras13hcompletionist
Composers: Jake Kaufman

About

SpongeBob SquigglePants (also known as SpongeBob SquigglePants 3D for the Nintendo 3DS port) is a 2011 action video game based on the SpongeBob SquarePants television series, developed by WayForward Technologies and published by THQ. The game was first announced on March 23, 2011, and was released for Wii in North America on April 12, 2011, in Australia on April 14, 2011, and in Europe on April 15, 2011. The Nintendo 3DS version was released in North America on May 17, 2011, in Australia on May 26, 2011, and in Europe on May 27, 2011. It is the fourth game to use the uDraw GameTablet accessory and borrows its concept from the WarioWare series, consisting of a series of minigames. SpongeBob SquigglePants also features appearances from Patchy the Pirate (played by Tom Kenny), the president of the SpongeBob fan club, as its live-action host.

Keywords

minigames
licensed game
minigame collection
bink video
3rd party accessories required
udraw gametablet
udraw gametablet - wii
udraw gametablet required

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Development

The Wii version was first announced on THQ's official press release on April 12, 2011. Manuel wanted players to capture "the fun and excitement of SpongeBob and his friends and gives fans a new way to experience the world of Bikini Bottom".

The game was also designed to treat fans to styles from the Nickelodeon vault, including "B-Movie", inspired by the days of drive-in movies and stylish horror films; "Sketch Bob", which gives the inhabitants of Bikini Bottom a freehand style look; "Simply Bob", a stylized and abstract interpretation of life under the sea; and many others. The 3DS version was originally announced in late March 2011.

Reception

SpongeBob SquigglePants received "mixed or average reviews" according to Metacritic.

Christopher Healy reviewed it for Common Sense Media, giving the game four out of five stars. Healy warned parents about the cartoon violence in few of the mini-games but praised the game for its ease of play and messages about art. In a review for USA Today on April 25, 2011, Jinny Gudmundsen awarded the game three out of four stars and said that the game was worthwhile because of its novel gameplay. In Atomic Gamer's review on May 10, 2011, it was awarded an overall score of six out of ten and said "SpongeBob SquigglePants" is a great game to showcase this device, especially with the huge number of ways it uses the tablet and even pokes fun at other, more "mature" video games now and then. It won't be terribly engaging for an adult, but this is a fantastic gift for a little SpongeBob fan."