I literally adored this game as a little kid next to battle for Bikini Bottom. This happens to be one of my top favorite Nickelodeon games along with Attack of the twonkies, jet fusion, Royal ransom and Beach bandits.
I loved this game as a kid, and I’m glad I still have my GameCube version and can still play it whenever I want on my Wii. This game was such an amazing gaming experience and I do feel like it deserves more love. As well as all of those other licensed games that were made during the time. THQ and HeavyIron Studios made such great games
The console game (along with BFBB) were definitely my childhood, and I spent many hours on them on my PS2 (along with Ratatouille and Wall-E which Heavy Iron also did). On a side note for the GBA version, really cool we live in a world where the developers of Shantae made a Spongebob game, and a couple times more later on lol.
I grew up with the PC version of the Spongebob Movie game and I think it's why I love Point & Click adventure games to this day. I'm kinda upset that it doesn't get as much attention as the other versions, honestly.
27:03 Actually it is possible to pass this section without an upgrade, the real roadblock is the final room of Welcome to Planktopolis, which in my 15+ years of playing this I never managed to finish without upgrades (or at least without exploiting glitches).
While the moment to moment gameplay had been improved in the Movie game, Battle For Bikini Bottom is definitely the better overall package, as far as level design and fanservice are concerned. Both are great though. I actually started playing Truth or Square since it's one of this month's Games With Gold on Xbox. Can't wait to see you tackle that one. It's not bad, but it feels like an obvious step down in level design. Very simplistic and often tedious, but it looks decent and the combat, while monotonous, has a nice crunch to it with the different power ups.
Damn, I didn't even realize the timing on this was gonna be so perfect for me. I JUST finished Battle for Bikini Bottom ReHydrated like...the day before yesterday despite having grown up with The Movie game as a kid and I kept making these comparisons in my mind's eye the whole way through playing it. I do think it's a bit more bloated compared to Battle for Bikini bottom, probably a few too many reused sections, the slide and car are especially overused but I'd still love some kind of remaster just for nostalgic me's sake.
I honestly prefer this one over BFBB. Al though I am trying to 100% complete BFBB Rehydrated. Wish this, the OG BFBB and Lights Camera Pants became backwards compatible on Xbox One and Series X/S especially since they added Truth or Square and Underpants Slam.
Another great video as always. Soo i actually have experiences with both versions of the movie game, the gba game was one of the first games i've ever played on it and honestly i still think it's a pretty good platformer. The console game i wouldn't play until years later but when i did, i actually liked it more than battle for bikini bottom, although it has been a while since i played it, soo that might change. Also on a side note, i also played the PC Version of the movie game which is another one of those point and click spongebob games and it is quiet interesting too say the least, you can play as plankton and mindy in that version, and they actually censor david hasselhoffs name in that version with a dolphin noise which is pretty funny XD. but yeah great video as always, i'm looking forward too the lemony snicket review and the ultimate enemy game review after that(i played that one alot back then)!! >:3 ❤️
Battle for Bikini Bottom and this were the only 2 SpongeBob games I had, and they definitely left an impression on me for how a licensed game can be good, but yeah the worst part about this one is the excessive token gatekeeping.
I loved both games growing up but yeah BFBB is overall superior. The level design in the movie game felt so stiflingly linear compared to the game before it and like you I was not a fan of the driving missions even back then. Still better than the driving missions in Jak 2 and 3 though lmao
2004 is a fascinating year for Nick: the debut of Drake and Josh, Neds Declassified School Survival Guide, and Danny Phantom; the premiere of the first Jimmy Timmy Power Hour and finally the release of the Spongebob movie. The last one was originally going to be the series finale but prove so successful that Nick choose to keep around. Interesting enough 2004 was also the year that Rugrats, Hey Arnold, The Wild Thornberrys and Rocket Power all ended their runs along with Catdog which aired its final episode a year later. Leaving SpongeBob as the only 90s premiere Nicktoons remaining.
I owned the PS2 classics version on PS3 and I can confirm it was very broken, on the second level after completing the main story goober token I got a weird in-engine crash screen error log.
I ended up playing this game last year, and while I thought it was alright, I do agree with you about the backtracking. Honestly, this game didn't need to even be a collect-a-thon, considering the lack of a hub world. It's just padding at that point. I've yet to play Truth or Square or Creature from the Krusty Krab, though from what I've seen, I think they actually remove the collect-a-thon elements and just make them straight-forward level-by-level platformers
Even with its shortcomings, all constant roadblocks and low effort powerpoint cutscenes, the movie game remains my favorite Spongebob game and one of my all time favorites period. Should this game ever receive the rehydrated treatment (which I want so DESPERATELY), I have a few ideas for fixes I would make to certain areas. First, revamp the cutscenes. Even if they wouldn't go the route of completely redubbing and reworking the cutscenes to all be fully animated, I say at the very least replace the clipart-ass stills and frames from the movie with new fully drawn tweens, kinda like how something like Mortal Kombat 10 and Injustice 2 handled their characters' campaign endings. Second, reduce the token requirements for the roadblocks. I personally don't think its a bad idea to have them as it gives you an excuse to do the other missions in the levels, but what I suggest is reduce the token requirements to that you'd mainly have to focus on the side missions in the main levels (at least the ones you're able to complete with what abilities you'd have at the time), while leaving the repetitive extra challenges in the Patty Wagon and Slide levels only required for 100% completion. While they wouldn't be gotten rid of entirely, it would just be less of a pain to not HAVE to go through the time and ring challenges just to progress through the game casually. (this last thing is a bit more personal, but I think it'd be neat to have) Third, add some more things to unlock like more chests and stuff, in particular, more costumes. The game has concept art showing plans to have more costumes than just the two for Spongebob and Patrick each, and I say unlocking costumes was pretty fun to do in The Cosmic Shake, so why not add some more treasure chests or something to allow you to unlock more costumes. And maybe as a fun bonus, I thought it'd be funny if the new 100% reward was the full movie itself to watch in its entirety. Again, those are just my ideas that a rehydrated movie game could make fixes to if it were to ever be make (a man can dream ._.), there's probably loads more you could do to fix this game in a hypothetical remake.
Literally last night I rage quit at one of the guitar missions and the Sunday drive time challenge in this. I say this game is genuinely good until they force you to grind
CFTKK Console: I've only played through it once and tbh I really enjoyed it even if some parts of the game went for a little too long. GBA: Very solid platformer, nothing much else to say DS: Very tedious to play through because of the touch controls the game mainly focuses on. Truth or Square Wii, PSP, X360: Meh, it's alright but definitely Heavy Iron's weakest Spongebob game. DS: Surprisingly pretty solid and maybe better than the other versions. Altron did a pretty good job replicating the console versions to the DS.
This game deserves better recognition than what it gets nowadays. More people could appreciate this game if certain communities (cough cough SHiFT) would stop ragging on it constantly.
You should review the SpongeBob AWE games for pc they are really simple fun click Adventure games Awesome videos by the way I’ve been subscribed to your channel for a while I really enjoyed your Steven universe videos
I liked this game as a kid, but nowadays I think it's a chore to get through with how they reused the annoying slide and driving levels which really drag the game down for me, had they removed those the game would've been way better Edit: You just summed up this game in one perfect word "Tedious" IT IS, it is very tedious, THAT is my biggest problem with this game and why playing it always feels like a chore to me
@@larrymantic2635 The problem I have with the slide levels is how you had to do them over again just like the Patty Wagon levels to get more Goofy Goober tokens, plus the slide levels had the horrible rings challenges on both the Patty Wagon and slide levels that'll haunt my dreams forever
The Tak trilogy will be finished with The great Juju challenge but not many people know that there was a 4th Tak game that came out on the Wii, PS2 and DS, Tak: guardians of gross (Subtitled Mojo Mistake on DS). It was heavily based off the show rather than the games
@@jabmaster1000 I know believe me I choose to forget anything based on the tv show! The tv show had nothing to do with Tak except it just used the name, different tone voice actors and everything! Remember the original trilogy
@@Gamingwithahandicap except thats not fully true. yeah they changed the voices (some like taks sound better imo) and added new characters/removed some, but the general vibe and world are still there.
The goofy Goober tokens never bothered me if you have self awareness of collectathons but we just need engaging sidequests all distinct and less cryptically designed or clichéd to get used to it. It missed potential of using the movesets and it's upgrades that should've been carried to the remake. And oh yeah we should be have more sidequests inspired off a zany cartoon spongebob was influenced than pure outdated realism logic most games that forgot 3d platforming ignored for too long.
I regret to inform you, as I believe that you, SpongeBob SquarePants, consecutive winner of the employee of the month award at the Krusty Krab and renowned fry cook, will be distraught by the information I am about to provide, being that I have become aware of your unacceptable total amount of tokens, in which could be found at Goofy Goober’s Ice Cream Party Boat, specifically named Goofy Goober Tokens.
'The only reason this game was any good to begin with is because Battle for Bakini Bottom existed before it' UGHHHHHHH. I have many problems with this mentality. Movie game and Battle for Bakini Bottom go for entirely different things. BFBB being more of a collectathon and movie game being the traditional platformer. I don't think it's that simple. And also. A game is not good because another game existed. Judge games by own merits. And while you certainly did that beforehand. It felt very disingenous to just blatantly show BFBB bias. FTR I think BFBB is probably better than Movie Game. But I prefer Movie Game (as BFBB could be a chore to sit through for me at times (Traversal wasn't exactly the best in that game if you ask me and that game has it's own issues while it is easy to see the love for it cause it does many things right)
Yeah, I may be biased too as I played the Movie game when I was a child (and still enjoy it as of today), but when I tried to play BFBB as a teenager it bore me af, even when I tried to like it as a sibling game to the movie game. I don’t know why, it may be just the nostalgia factor.
I'm surprised that you didn't use the widescreen Xbox version of the console game for this review. You went the extra mile to get widescreen GameCube footage of Jimmy Neutron: Jet Fusion, so it felt a bit odd that you didn't keep things consistent.
BFBB is better. But that's only bc time restraints didn't get in the way of voice work and animation (which I'm sure we can all agree is not the 110% the cast of SpongeBob usually give us for games) BFBB sounds and feels like an interactive episode/movie/tv-special. The movie game while as nostalgic, beloved and memorable as BFBB doesn't give me the same feeling.
Believe it or not, I have a much bigger nostalgic attachment to this game than Battle for Bikini Bottom. I started playing it on the GameCube when I was three years old in 2005, and didn't know that Battle for Bikini Bottom even existed until I got the OG Xbox version to play on my 360 in 2011, when I was nine. Granted, I didn't make it past the Goofy Goober level in the Movie Game until I used a cheat code that I found online to skip to the next world in 2013, while I completed 50% of BFBB before my Xbox 360 "red-ring died" on me, but I still technically played the former game first. I personally think that Battle for Bikini Bottom and the Movie Game are SpongeBob's equivalents to Super Mario 64 and Sunshine, or even Sonic Adventure 1 and 2. The former 3D entries from those franchises are a lot easier for newcomers to get into, but the latter ones have far more re-playability for those who are able to get a grip on their unorthodox styles. It's really up to preference to determine which of those two games you think is better.
I literally adored this game as a little kid next to battle for Bikini Bottom. This happens to be one of my top favorite Nickelodeon games along with Attack of the twonkies, jet fusion, Royal ransom and Beach bandits.
Believe it or not, I originally had this game for Christmas bundled with my Gamecube back then.
That's Awesome did you have fun playing??
@@StevenJones851 What'd you think. Of course I did.
@@RacerC45 that's sweet I'm glad you enjoyed it
I was conflicted with the choice using movie stills and the French narrator over using clips from the movie.
@@RacerC45 i thought it was alright the game play was very fun
I loved this game as a kid, and I’m glad I still have my GameCube version and can still play it whenever I want on my Wii. This game was such an amazing gaming experience and I do feel like it deserves more love. As well as all of those other licensed games that were made during the time. THQ and HeavyIron Studios made such great games
i still have the game its good
The console game (along with BFBB) were definitely my childhood, and I spent many hours on them on my PS2 (along with Ratatouille and Wall-E which Heavy Iron also did).
On a side note for the GBA version, really cool we live in a world where the developers of Shantae made a Spongebob game, and a couple times more later on lol.
Seriously liking the new background you got there!
i do think the splat sound effects in the transition feel way off now that the slimes gone
They look great
I grew up with the PC version of the Spongebob Movie game and I think it's why I love Point & Click adventure games to this day. I'm kinda upset that it doesn't get as much attention as the other versions, honestly.
PC Version > Normal console games
It’s always a good day when I see you uploaded a new video! Thanks for always taking me back to the past man 👍 great video quality as always
27:03 Actually it is possible to pass this section without an upgrade, the real roadblock is the final room of Welcome to Planktopolis, which in my 15+ years of playing this I never managed to finish without upgrades (or at least without exploiting glitches).
While the moment to moment gameplay had been improved in the Movie game, Battle For Bikini Bottom is definitely the better overall package, as far as level design and fanservice are concerned. Both are great though.
I actually started playing Truth or Square since it's one of this month's Games With Gold on Xbox. Can't wait to see you tackle that one. It's not bad, but it feels like an obvious step down in level design. Very simplistic and often tedious, but it looks decent and the combat, while monotonous, has a nice crunch to it with the different power ups.
Damn, I didn't even realize the timing on this was gonna be so perfect for me. I JUST finished Battle for Bikini Bottom ReHydrated like...the day before yesterday despite having grown up with The Movie game as a kid and I kept making these comparisons in my mind's eye the whole way through playing it. I do think it's a bit more bloated compared to Battle for Bikini bottom, probably a few too many reused sections, the slide and car are especially overused but I'd still love some kind of remaster just for nostalgic me's sake.
I'd like if they remastered and remade this game and added new Levels
Surprised you didn't mention the OST for the console version! It's SO good
This channel definitely deserves more subscribers!
MOVIE FOREVER!!!!
2:18 The day after GTA: San Andreas came out on PS2 and on the same day Drawn Together premiered on Comedy Central
I honestly prefer this one over BFBB. Al though I am trying to 100% complete BFBB Rehydrated. Wish this, the OG BFBB and Lights Camera Pants became backwards compatible on Xbox One and Series X/S especially since they added Truth or Square and Underpants Slam.
Another great video as always. Soo i actually have experiences with both versions of the movie game, the gba game was one of the first games i've ever played on it and honestly i still think it's a pretty good platformer. The console game i wouldn't play until years later but when i did, i actually liked it more than battle for bikini bottom, although it has been a while since i played it, soo that might change. Also on a side note, i also played the PC Version of the movie game which is another one of those point and click spongebob games and it is quiet interesting too say the least, you can play as plankton and mindy in that version, and they actually censor david hasselhoffs name in that version with a dolphin noise which is pretty funny XD. but yeah great video as always, i'm looking forward too the lemony snicket review and the ultimate enemy game review after that(i played that one alot back then)!! >:3 ❤️
Battle for Bikini Bottom and this were the only 2 SpongeBob games I had, and they definitely left an impression on me for how a licensed game can be good, but yeah the worst part about this one is the excessive token gatekeeping.
I loved both games growing up but yeah BFBB is overall superior. The level design in the movie game felt so stiflingly linear compared to the game before it and like you I was not a fan of the driving missions even back then. Still better than the driving missions in Jak 2 and 3 though lmao
God I hate jak 2 and 3, nice way to ruin a perfect open world platformer
2004 is a fascinating year for Nick: the debut of Drake and Josh, Neds Declassified School Survival Guide, and Danny Phantom; the premiere of the first Jimmy Timmy Power Hour and finally the release of the Spongebob movie. The last one was originally going to be the series finale but prove so successful that Nick choose to keep around. Interesting enough 2004 was also the year that Rugrats, Hey Arnold, The Wild Thornberrys and Rocket Power all ended their runs along with Catdog which aired its final episode a year later. Leaving SpongeBob as the only 90s premiere Nicktoons remaining.
I owned the PS2 classics version on PS3 and I can confirm it was very broken, on the second level after completing the main story goober token I got a weird in-engine crash screen error log.
Loved this game so much as a kid wished the ending was more rewarding
I ended up playing this game last year, and while I thought it was alright, I do agree with you about the backtracking. Honestly, this game didn't need to even be a collect-a-thon, considering the lack of a hub world. It's just padding at that point.
I've yet to play Truth or Square or Creature from the Krusty Krab, though from what I've seen, I think they actually remove the collect-a-thon elements and just make them straight-forward level-by-level platformers
I can confirm that Truth or Square has no requirements beyond reaching the end of a level.
I think this is better than bfbb but that probably because this was one of the first game I ever played when I was 4 so I have nostalgia for it
Even with its shortcomings, all constant roadblocks and low effort powerpoint cutscenes, the movie game remains my favorite Spongebob game and one of my all time favorites period.
Should this game ever receive the rehydrated treatment (which I want so DESPERATELY), I have a few ideas for fixes I would make to certain areas.
First, revamp the cutscenes. Even if they wouldn't go the route of completely redubbing and reworking the cutscenes to all be fully animated, I say at the very least replace the clipart-ass stills and frames from the movie with new fully drawn tweens, kinda like how something like Mortal Kombat 10 and Injustice 2 handled their characters' campaign endings.
Second, reduce the token requirements for the roadblocks. I personally don't think its a bad idea to have them as it gives you an excuse to do the other missions in the levels, but what I suggest is reduce the token requirements to that you'd mainly have to focus on the side missions in the main levels (at least the ones you're able to complete with what abilities you'd have at the time), while leaving the repetitive extra challenges in the Patty Wagon and Slide levels only required for 100% completion. While they wouldn't be gotten rid of entirely, it would just be less of a pain to not HAVE to go through the time and ring challenges just to progress through the game casually.
(this last thing is a bit more personal, but I think it'd be neat to have)
Third, add some more things to unlock like more chests and stuff, in particular, more costumes. The game has concept art showing plans to have more costumes than just the two for Spongebob and Patrick each, and I say unlocking costumes was pretty fun to do in The Cosmic Shake, so why not add some more treasure chests or something to allow you to unlock more costumes.
And maybe as a fun bonus, I thought it'd be funny if the new 100% reward was the full movie itself to watch in its entirety.
Again, those are just my ideas that a rehydrated movie game could make fixes to if it were to ever be make (a man can dream ._.), there's probably loads more you could do to fix this game in a hypothetical remake.
Literally last night I rage quit at one of the guitar missions and the Sunday drive time challenge in this. I say this game is genuinely good until they force you to grind
Especially the guitar challenge for “Shell City, Dead Ahead.”
@@larrymantic2635 I think that’s the one I rage quit at
The soundtrack is god tier too🙌
One of my favorite childhood games. The time trials still suck though.
I'm sorry SpongeBob you don't have enough Goofy Goober tokens
What is everyone thought on creature from the rusty krab and truth or square.
I liked CotKK, while I’ve only played the DS version of ToS. (Which is good too)
I like Creature from the Krusty Krab just fine, but I've never played Truth Or Square
They exist, both had good potential though.
CFTKK
Console: I've only played through it once and tbh I really enjoyed it even if some parts of the game went for a little too long.
GBA: Very solid platformer, nothing much else to say
DS: Very tedious to play through because of the touch controls the game mainly focuses on.
Truth or Square
Wii, PSP, X360: Meh, it's alright but definitely Heavy Iron's weakest Spongebob game.
DS: Surprisingly pretty solid and maybe better than the other versions. Altron did a pretty good job replicating the console versions to the DS.
I liked this game but was not nearly on bfbb level
This game deserves better recognition than what it gets nowadays. More people could appreciate this game if certain communities (cough cough SHiFT) would stop ragging on it constantly.
You should review the SpongeBob AWE games for pc they are really simple fun click Adventure games Awesome videos by the way I’ve been subscribed to your channel for a while I really enjoyed your Steven universe videos
I may the only one who loved the sliding levels.
I liked this game as a kid, but nowadays I think it's a chore to get through with how they reused the annoying slide and driving levels which really drag the game down for me, had they removed those the game would've been way better
Edit: You just summed up this game in one perfect word "Tedious"
IT IS, it is very tedious, THAT is my biggest problem with this game and why playing it always feels like a chore to me
the slide levels are fun
I didn’t have a problem with the slide levels. The Patty Wagon levels, however, are a different story.
@@larrymantic2635 The problem I have with the slide levels is how you had to do them over again just like the Patty Wagon levels to get more Goofy Goober tokens, plus the slide levels had the horrible rings challenges on both the Patty Wagon and slide levels that'll haunt my dreams forever
@@megathesimper4050 That’s actually understandable, because those ring missions were a pain in the slide levels too!
i liked it i wish it wasn't rushed a lot
omg... that GBA run animation is a straight rip from a Dora The Explora game... LOL.
crazy how sponge out of water made more money at the box office than the 2004 movie
the kiddos will always prefer the super heroes huh
are you gonna finish the Tak trilogy with Great Juju Challenge?
they will lol, this game just came out first chronologically
@@Spacething7474 that makes sense! Lol The Tak trilogy deserves a remake! It can be THQNordics Crash N. Sane trilogy! It has to happen!
The Tak trilogy will be finished with The great Juju challenge but not many people know that there was a 4th Tak game that came out on the Wii, PS2 and DS, Tak: guardians of gross (Subtitled Mojo Mistake on DS). It was heavily based off the show rather than the games
@@jabmaster1000 I know believe me I choose to forget anything based on the tv show! The tv show had nothing to do with Tak except it just used the name, different tone voice actors and everything! Remember the original trilogy
@@Gamingwithahandicap except thats not fully true. yeah they changed the voices (some like taks sound better imo) and added new characters/removed some, but the general vibe and world are still there.
You can upgrade in this game? O. O
This a good fucking game review dude 🔥
I'm sorry SpongeBob
15:36 Did they just died? In a kids game? Based on a kid film? Based on a kid show?!
Not better in any way. Forces you to backtrack to do tedious tasks to progress and is incredibly lacking in grace with hit boxes. It’s awful
Best Nickelodeon Movie
The goofy Goober tokens never bothered me if you have self awareness of collectathons but we just need engaging sidequests all distinct and less cryptically designed or clichéd to get used to it. It missed potential of using the movesets and it's upgrades that should've been carried to the remake. And oh yeah we should be have more sidequests inspired off a zany cartoon spongebob was influenced than pure outdated realism logic most games that forgot 3d platforming ignored for too long.
Can You Do Spy Vs Spy For (PS2 & Xbox)
I regret to inform you, as I believe that you, SpongeBob SquarePants, consecutive winner of the employee of the month award at the Krusty Krab and renowned fry cook, will be distraught by the information I am about to provide, being that I have become aware of your unacceptable total amount of tokens, in which could be found at Goofy Goober’s Ice Cream Party Boat, specifically named Goofy Goober Tokens.
'The only reason this game was any good to begin with is because Battle for Bakini Bottom existed before it' UGHHHHHHH. I have many problems with this mentality. Movie game and Battle for Bakini Bottom go for entirely different things. BFBB being more of a collectathon and movie game being the traditional platformer. I don't think it's that simple. And also. A game is not good because another game existed. Judge games by own merits. And while you certainly did that beforehand. It felt very disingenous to just blatantly show BFBB bias. FTR I think BFBB is probably better than Movie Game. But I prefer Movie Game (as BFBB could be a chore to sit through for me at times (Traversal wasn't exactly the best in that game if you ask me and that game has it's own issues while it is easy to see the love for it cause it does many things right)
Yeah, I may be biased too as I played the Movie game when I was a child (and still enjoy it as of today), but when I tried to play BFBB as a teenager it bore me af, even when I tried to like it as a sibling game to the movie game. I don’t know why, it may be just the nostalgia factor.
I'm surprised that you didn't use the widescreen Xbox version of the console game for this review. You went the extra mile to get widescreen GameCube footage of Jimmy Neutron: Jet Fusion, so it felt a bit odd that you didn't keep things consistent.
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Spongebob is the best anime.
Mindy ruined this game tbh
I hate the goofy gooper token missions
Their Dumb Bells because men lift weights and SpongeBob wants to become a man.
BFBB is better. But that's only bc time restraints didn't get in the way of voice work and animation (which I'm sure we can all agree is not the 110% the cast of SpongeBob usually give us for games) BFBB sounds and feels like an interactive episode/movie/tv-special.
The movie game while as nostalgic, beloved and memorable as BFBB doesn't give me the same feeling.
This game has to be one of few movie video games actually better than the movie like X-men Orgins Wolverine.
Tedious.
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Believe it or not, I have a much bigger nostalgic attachment to this game than Battle for Bikini Bottom.
I started playing it on the GameCube when I was three years old in 2005, and didn't know that Battle for Bikini Bottom even existed until I got the OG Xbox version to play on my 360 in 2011, when I was nine.
Granted, I didn't make it past the Goofy Goober level in the Movie Game until I used a cheat code that I found online to skip to the next world in 2013, while I completed 50% of BFBB before my Xbox 360 "red-ring died" on me, but I still technically played the former game first.
I personally think that Battle for Bikini Bottom and the Movie Game are SpongeBob's equivalents to Super Mario 64 and Sunshine, or even Sonic Adventure 1 and 2.
The former 3D entries from those franchises are a lot easier for newcomers to get into, but the latter ones have far more re-playability for those who are able to get a grip on their unorthodox styles.
It's really up to preference to determine which of those two games you think is better.
You needed a hack to get past that level ? Dude you must suck at games
"Better Than Battle for Bikini Bottom?" yes... yes it is.
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