SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge

"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SPONGEBOB THE FREAKING SUPERSPONGE"

Spongebob Supersponge was the first TV Spongebob game, and it was released during the second season of the show. We were expecting it to be good, but it turned out to be PURE HELL IN A DISC!!!!!!!!!! Though some features saved it from a flat out 1/10, it's very bad. It was released in 2001, but seriously, it could've done better. This game was intended for little kids, but I don't even think little kids will play this. If this game wasn't messed up, it could've been decent. Here's everything about the game.

Story, 1/10: The Story in bad games are normally decent, but this game has a bad storyline. First off, it's Patrick Star's birthday, and Spongebob wants to give him the ultimate gift........a FREAKING AUTOGRAPH FROM THEIR FAVORITE SUPERHEROES!!!!!!!!!!!! That's an ultimate gift. Only problem, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (their favorite superheroes), want Spongebob to do their grocery shopping in exchange for the autograph. So, they ask him to make him a sandwich. Then, how does Spongebob get the ingredients? He looks for them in certain areas. What the hell?!?!?! Wouldn't it be simple to find a supermarket and buy the items? The other things you have to get for them are even more ridiculous than this one, but I'm not going to spoil it. For the plot being that stupid, the story gets a 1/10.

Graphics, 3/10: The graphics aren't much better than the story, but it's Spongebob's design that saves the graphics from getting a 1/10. Spongebob is the only good looking character. In fact, he's in 2 1/2D graphics. Everyone else looks like they were doodled by the kid of the guy who made the Paper Mario characters. Character appearances (other than enemies) are rare (only up to World three, minus Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, and the ending sequence). The backgrounds were obviously made by a three year old, cause there's very little detail in them. They look cartoony, which would please a two year old, but older kids will just throw their Dualshock controller (or Dualshock 2 if they play it on the PS2) on the ground, and shout "WHO MADE THESE GRAPHICS?!?!?!?!?!". So the graphics get a 3/10.

Music/Sound, 5/10: One of few things that saved the game from a lower rating. The music is bad at some points, but there are some points where it's good. The only music that's good is the boss music (most of it). Too bad some boss music would scare a kid. There really isn't much else to say about the music except that the tune plays over and over and OVER. The sound makes your ears bleed, which gave this a 5/10. Spongebob will always make a clomping sound when you move (no matter what surface you're running on). The sound you make when you die is creepy (along with Spongebob's face). It will make a little kid scream, cry, or run away to hide from Spongebob's skeleton (you don't really see it, but it does make a little kid think that). The voice acting is even worse. Some character's are voiced by their actors from the show. But Mr. Krabs isn't. For some reason, they had some other guy play him, and he makes Mr. Krabs sound Irish. The voices for the bosses are also creepy, but not as creepy as the dying sound. So the Sound/Music gets a 5/10.

Gameplay, 1/10: The gameplay is the worst out of all the features. The game uses the "Sonic the hedgehog" system of dying (you collect spatulas, you get hit, you lose some, you get hit without a single spatula, you die). The bosses are the only thing that save the gameplay from getting a 0/10. They are unique, but the only problem is that the final boss is not a character from the show. In fact, only the second-to-last boss is featured in the show (you could count the third boss, but it only made a brief appearance, while the other boss has played major roles). Kids want bad guys from the show, not random creatures you pulled out of some book. Anyways, it's so easy to die in this game. The weapons are ridiculous (minus the Jellyfish launcher), as they miss the enemy half the time. You could also butt bounce, but if you try to do it on an enemy floating over a gap, and you miss, you CAN'T RECOVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, if you want to kill an enemy over a gap, and miss, you won't be able to recover, and you'll fall into the pit, and waste a life. If they fixed the weapons, this game could've been better. But no, they made the gameplay ridiculous and ruined the game. So the gameplay gets a 1/10.

Controls, 7/10: This is where the game didn't fail. The controls are pretty responsive, and they're they work very well. Jumping works 95% of the time, and attacking works 99.5% of the time. So, the controls get a 7/10, nuff said.

Replay value, LOW: The only reason you could replay this game is so you could try to unlock the bonus levels. The Bonus levels serve no purpose other than adding decorations to the ending cutscene. So, there's really no reason to replay this other than to unlock the bonus levels.

Buy or Rent?: Get this game for your kid if they really want it. If not, just rent it to see how bad it is.

Overall, 3/10: The controls and the sound/music save the game from a lower score, but it would've gotten a lower score if they weren't there. The Spongebob game that saved the show from shame was Battle for Bikini Bottom, but this game bought disgrace to the show until 2003. This game is bad, avoid it at all costs.

Reviewer's Score: 3/10, Originally Posted: 03/05/09

Game Release: SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge (US, 09/21/01)