SpongeBob HeroPants

SpongeBob HeroPants
North American cover art
Developer(s) Behaviour Interactive
Publisher(s) Activision
Series SpongeBob SquarePants
Engine Unity
Platform(s) Nintendo 3DS
PlayStation Vita
Xbox 360
Release
  • NA: February 3, 2015
  • EU: March 26, 2015
Genre(s) Action-Adventure, Platformer
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer (Xbox 360 only)

SpongeBob HeroPants is a 2015 action-adventure video game based on the animated movie The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. It was released on February 3, 2015[1] in North America and on March 26, 2015[2] in Europe for the Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita (cross-compatible with PlayStation TV), and Xbox 360. The game was developed by Behaviour Interactive and published by Activision. It is the only SpongeBob video game released for the PlayStation Vita. The game's plot is set directly after the events of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. This was the last SpongeBob video game to be published by Activision before the rights had expired.

Gameplay

SpongeBob's dreams are coming to life, altering the very fabric of space and time. Players progress through alternate manifestations of Bikini Bottom as they attempt to repair SpongeBob's mind. To restore order, players need to employ the unique superpowers of six playable characters - SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Sandy, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton - to solve challenges, battle enemies, and unlock new areas. In addition to platforming combat and exploration, the game features puzzles, boss battles, upgradable skillsets, and a plethora of hidden items to discover.

All characters have a simple attack and can use a "Burger Blaster" for a long range attack. A meter will constantly fill up which will allow for the selected character to enter Superhero Mode, which will allow a special attack to replace the Burger Blaster until the meter empties.

Plot

Taking place sometime after the events of Sponge Out of Water, SpongeBob walks to the Krusty Krab and thinks he's going to have a "normal" day at work. Later, SpongeBob opens the front door of the Krusty Krab and then notices that Sandy and Patrick are coming along, too. When Patrick, SpongeBob, and Sandy enter the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs, Plankton, and Squidward are getting chased around by random objects and SpongeBob states things are going not normal at all. SpongeBob thinks it's Plankton causing this, but suddenly, Bubbles the Talking Dolphin comes out of a space triangle and tells SpongeBob and his friends that Plankton isn't responsible and explains that someone is using the last page of the magic book to make weird things happen (while the book was destroyed in the movie, the final page wasn't) as well making duplicates of the page. He then holds up a feather and writes in one of the clone pages he found, which suddenly gives SpongeBob and his friends temporary superhero powers that can save Bikini Bottom from a mysterious group of enemies someone created and recover the other clone pages.

After tangling with Plankton's Giant Robot and Squidasaurus Rex, SpongeBob and his friends discover that SpongeBob is the one who caused the not normal events, judging by the handwriting the last page somehow entered his mind. Plankton then writes on one of the pages they found, having him, SpongeBob and the others to enter SpongeBob's mind to get the last page and wake SpongeBob up (in which he had fallen asleep when everyone else went into his mind). After the last page is collected, the gang exits SpongeBob's mind and begins to celebrate. Bubbles then appears again to get the collected pages and depending on the amount of pages that have been collected in the game, one of the two alternate endings is shown.

If all pages are not collected, Bubbles gives the gang Plankton's time machine from the movie so they can retrieve the last few pages. Then a Patricksaurus comes and tries to kill the gang, so they quickly escape in the time machine. If all pages were collected, Bubbles gives them the time machine so the gang can relive any moment from their exciting day. Bubbles then invites the gang to watch him breakdance, to which all of the characters leave except for SpongeBob and Patrick.

Development

The game was announced in October 2014.[3] A trailer for the game was released on January 6, 2015.[4]

Reception

Accolades

The game was nominated for the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards for Nickelodeon's game for that year.

List of awards and nominations
Award Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Video Game N/A Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Lowe, Scott (2015-01-06). "Introducing SpongeBob™ HeroPants, Arriving February 3". Official Activision press release blog. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
  2. ↑ Whitehead, Thomas (2015-01-06). "SpongeBob HeroPants is Headed to 3DS Soon". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2015-01-06.
  3. ↑ http://thevitalounge.net/2014/10/18/activision-has-a-new-spongebob-game-coming-to-vita/
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMy_VDMQsxI
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