Another licensed title I cleared from my backlist early on during COVID. This was perhaps the best of the little trio I played, over Simba's Mighty Adventure and Great Valley Racing Adventure. Which is to say, it was "generic" instead of "bad".
SpongeBob being in a PlayStation title is one of those little things that always throws me. I have to remind myself that SpongeBob is older than I remember, and that the PS1 lasted waaaaaaay longer than I remember. Still, this is another one of those early SpongeBob tie-ins where you can tell Stephen Hillenberg had no involvement. The final Iron Dogfish boss is maybe less embarrassing than Operation Krabby Patty's "Sea Ants", but still pretty out of place. Also, what exactly are we to make of the presence of a Cannery in Bikini Bottom?
The game itself is fine. Inoffensive 2D platformer, some collectables to collect, a semi-requisite hip drop, etc etc etc. I have to admit that very little of the game stuck with me, but there's at least still plenty of stuff going on, with most of the original voice actors to help sell it (weird that they could swing Ernest Borgnine as Mermaid Man, but not Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs). Disposable for me, perhaps, but you could do worse.
SpongeBob being in a PlayStation title is one of those little things that always throws me. I have to remind myself that SpongeBob is older than I remember, and that the PS1 lasted waaaaaaay longer than I remember. Still, this is another one of those early SpongeBob tie-ins where you can tell Stephen Hillenberg had no involvement. The final Iron Dogfish boss is maybe less embarrassing than Operation Krabby Patty's "Sea Ants", but still pretty out of place. Also, what exactly are we to make of the presence of a Cannery in Bikini Bottom?
The game itself is fine. Inoffensive 2D platformer, some collectables to collect, a semi-requisite hip drop, etc etc etc. I have to admit that very little of the game stuck with me, but there's at least still plenty of stuff going on, with most of the original voice actors to help sell it (weird that they could swing Ernest Borgnine as Mermaid Man, but not Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs). Disposable for me, perhaps, but you could do worse.