If you’re like me and grew up with it, it’s nearly perfect in its recreation.
If a licensed game from 2003 doesn’t appeal to you at all, Rehydrated probably won’t do anything for you. Krabs also asks for more Shiny objects for his Golden Spatulas than he did in the original. The biggest things to have changed are the more straightforward menus and how Mr. It’s closest comparison in recent years would be Crash Bandicoot N. Rehydrated gives the game a fresh coast of graphics for 2020 but otherwise keeps things mostly the same. By 2020’s standards, its platforming mechanics feel rudimentary, but as a returning fan, it’s an exhilarating blast from the past that I couldn’t get enough of. In 2020, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated may feel extremely odd to newcomers. How does Rehydrated capture that nostalgia? As such, it only made sense that Battle for Bikini Bottom was the first game THQ Nordic decided to revisit after striking a deal with Nickelodeon in early 2018. īattle for Bikini Bottom may not have been the best collectathon out there, but you could tell its developers loved both the SpongeBob IP and collectathon genre and created a secret formula no SpongeBob game captured before or after. Fleshing out worlds like this goes a long way for licensed games, with Ubisoft’s S outh Park: The Stick of Truthbeing another outstanding example. Even better, it intricately recreated iconic locations from the amazing early seasons of SpongeBob SquarePants, like downtown Bikini Bottom, Jellyfish Fields, and Kelp Forest.
It was even ahead of the competition in some cases because it didn’t boot players out of a level after collecting a Golden Spatula, this game’s version of Stars from Mario.įor many players, this was a first introduction to the collectathon genre. It even took a page out of Donkey Kong 64’s book with SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy all being unique playable characters with different abilities. Instead of playing it safe, Battle for Bikini Bottom went the Banjo-Kazooieroute, creating a collectathon with wide-open levels with nook and crannies to explore. Battle for Bikini Bottom was much more ambitious than many of its peers. Nowadays, licensed games are typically more polished and big-budget, but at the time of Battle for Bikini Bottom’s release these varied much more in quality.
While it may have still paled in comparison to industry greats, within the licensed game scene it was a golden egg. Watching trailers for the games may leave you wondering what all the fuss is about. What makes the original Battle for Bikini Bottom so great? Collector’s Edition of the game sent to Inverse by THQ Nordic, I was relieved to find that Spongebob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated provided a nostalgia-fueled recreation of a game I hold near and dear to my heart, with that feeling only breaking with a few technical problems and a tacked-on multiplayer mode. Did THQ Nordic botch a childhood favorite, or was the game just not as good as I remembered?Īfter finally getting my hands on the game come launch day, courtesy of a F.U.N. SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated,a remake by Purple Lamp and THQ Nordic struck me as a thrilling prospect, but the remake’s reception at launch swung from mixed to overtly negative. One of the best-licensed games I played as a kid was SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, a game I fondly remember as bringing the world of SpongeBob to life while still being a fun platformer. Many of my earliest gaming experiences, as someone who grew up in the 2000s, were with licensed titles based on movies and television shows rather than the uber-popular Halo: Combat Evolved or Jak & Daxter. Krabs.Most licensed games are terrible, but SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom was a rare exception. Are you ready, kids? The cult classic is back, faithfully remade in spongetastic splendor! Play as SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy and show the evil Plankton that crime pays even less than Mr.
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