SpongeBob's Truth or Square (video game)
| SpongeBob's Truth or Square |
North American Xbox 360 cover of this game |
| Developer(s) |
Heavy Iron Studios (Wii, X360), Barking Lizards Technologies (PSP), Altron (DS) |
| Publisher(s) |
Play THQ |
| Distributor(s) |
Xbox Family Games |
| Series |
SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Platform(s) |
Wii, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable |
| Release date(s) |
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| Genre(s) |
Action |
| Mode(s) |
Single-player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) |
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| Media/distribution |
Wii Optical Disc, DVD-ROM, Nintendo DS Game Card, Universal Media Disc |
SpongeBob's Truth or Square is a video game based on the SpongeBob SquarePants episode with the same title. It was released on October 26, 2009. This video game is based on SpongeBob's 10th Anniversary.[1] It is the first SpongeBob game since SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Avenger to be released on the PlayStation Portable and the first official SpongeBob game released on the Xbox 360, aside from Underpants Slam!, which was released for Xbox Live Arcade. This is also the first game developed by Heavy Iron Studios as a spun off company, as shown on the back cover's copyright information.
Plot
SpongeBob has been entrusted by Mr. Krabs to keep the Krabby Patty formula safe. But in all the excitement, SpongeBob loses the formula. He then relies on the help of the most unlikely companion, Plankton. With the help of his friends, SpongeBob must use Plankton's memory machine to retrace the happiest moments of his life (because according to SpongeBob, he's unable to remember anything when he's sad) to find the Krabby Patty formula in time for the Krusty Krab’s eleventy seventh(117th) anniversary. Little does SpongeBob know, however, that Plankton wants the formula for himself and has inserted robots into SpongeBob's memories to extract the precise location of the formula. But after breaking the controller, Plankton has no choice but to go inside SpongeBob's memories instead. SpongeBob then remembers the formula is in the Krusty Krab safe. Plankton finds this out however and turns the entire Chum Bucket into one giant Plankton-bot. After destroying it, SpongeBob tells Mr. Krabs the formula is in the safe. But then finds out it was in his back pocket the whole time. But later finds out it was Mr. Krabs' lottery ticket and that the real formula was in Mr. Krabs' back pocket the whole time.
Features
Players can turn SpongeBob into a Sledgehammer Smash to whack intruders, a WaterBob sponge to spew water, a giant spatula, a spinning blade(or a spinning pirate ship steering wheel), a MuscleBob BuffPants, or even an Explosive Cannon to aim and blast baddies. Players can reminisce through fan’s favorite SpongeBob moments as the game draws upon ‘The 10 Happiest Moments of SpongeBob’s Life’ and story elements from the animated television series. In multiplayer mode, players can play as SpongeBob or with a friend playing as Plankton throughout the entire game on both the Wii and Xbox 360 platforms. Each system's cover art has a SpongeBob face. However, the facial expression shown is different between covers. Two more levels are added in the PSP version. Those are Bikini Bottom and Krusty Krab. This game has been rumored that this is a sequel of SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom due to all of the interference of robots in both games.
Reception
Despite the praise of the TV special, the game has received generally mediocre reviews, with gamestats giving it an overall score of 6.2 (based on aggregation of 3 reviews).[2]
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