Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom Rehydrated (BFBB) is a 3D platformer developed by THQ and Purple Lamp Studios and was released on June

23rd 2020, the game is a remake of the original game, released on October 31st 2003 by Heavy Iron Studios. The game was published on the Xbox One, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch and Steam. The is backwards compatibly with the Xbox Series X/S and the Playstation 5, months after it's release, a mobile version was release. (and Stadia version)

Story
Plankton, who is at the Chum Bucket, invents the Duplicatotron 3000, which can make a mass amount of robots, Plankton hasn't seen that the switch to "Obey and "Do not Obey" was on the latter and the Robots cause mayhem around Bikini Bottom.

Meanwhile at SpongeBob's house, SpongeBob and Patrick are playing with horses and toy robots, both want real robots rather then inanimate versions of them, so SpongeBob uses his magic wishing shell to make his wish come true. The next morning SpongeBob wakes up to robots invading SpongeBob's home and they vandal the home, it's up to SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy to stop the robots from destroying Bikini Bottom.

Gameplay
It is a 3D platformer as you would collect items, like Patrick's Socks, Golden Spatulas and Shiny Objects, Shiny Objects are a currency where you can use it on later parts of a level or used to buy Golden Spatulas. Golden Spatulas are items that are used to progress through the game, often the spatulas are earned through finding them in a area, or completing a certain task or mission. Patrick's Socks are scattered through-out the level, collecting a certain amount also earns a Golden Spatula.

You play as 3 different characters, SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy, which are used in various parts of the game. SpongeBob is a well-rounded character, as most of his moves are bubble related, you would get these moves from Bubble Buddy, a NPC. The moves are:


 * Bubble Spin: Using the attack button, SpongeBob uses his bubble wand to attack enemies.Bubble Bash: Shoots upwards with a viking helmet, using this, SpongeBob won't move, it's useful to smash stuff from high places.




 * Bubble Bounce: SpongeBob grows Bubble shoes and can damage any objects or enemies.


 * Bubble Bowl: SpongeBob blows a bubble bowling ball that can obviously hit enemies but also can activate switches.


 * Cruise Bubble: SpongeBob blows a bubble torpedo that can hit far away buttons or objects.


 * SpongeBall: SpongeBob can roll into a ball and can roll around in the area, hitting stuff and bumping into surfaces.


 * SpongeBob can also sneak to, which can be used against Shhh tikis. (More about it further down)

The second playable character is Patrick, who can do the same stuff as SpongeBob, but can't perform any bubble moves or attacks, instead he can pick up harder objects, like watermelons or chunks of ice and can be thrown either at enemies or used in puzzles, like throwing a object at a certain spot to progress through the level, he can also do a belly bash, which can smash anything underneath him, also with his belly, he can charge with it mid-air which can interact with any objects in front of him.

Sandy is the third and last playable character, she can do moves previously used before, but with more, as she can karate chop anything near her, she can use her lasso to get far away enemies and can be used to glide to far away platforms. She also can swing on Texas shaped hooks, she can use them to traverse to one place at a time.

You can switch between the 3 characters through Bus stops, that are through-out a stage.

The characters health bar is underwear and if they get damaged, they lose a pair, to obtain more, you would collect pairs around the map. All 3 characters can interact with NPC's (Non Playable Characters) to do tasks and to collect Golden Spatulas. All 3 characters can destroy Tikis, box shaped tikis that have contents inside them, there are a variation of Tikis, including:


 * Wood Tikis: Can be destroyed with a simple attack.


 * Shhh Tikis: If a character is near one, they will disappear to touch it, you would need to sneak, which SpongeBob can only use.


 * Thunder Tikis: Once getting close, they will explode, damaging the player.
 * Stone Tikis: Can't be destroyed normally, as it can only be damaged by means of harder destruction, like explosions.

Levels
In the game, their are 14 levels, including:


 * Bikini Bottom
 * Jellyfish Fields
 * Downtown Bikini Bottom
 * Goo Lagoon
 * Poseidome
 * Rock Bottom
 * Mermalair
 * Sand Mountain
 * Industrial Park
 * Kelp Forest
 * Flying Dutchman's Graveyard
 * SpongeBob's Dream
 * Chum Bucket Lab
 * SpongeBall Arena

Through the game, you would fight robot versions of the 3 main playable characters including:


 * Robo SpongeBob
 * Robo Patrick
 * Robo Sandy
 * Robo Plankton
 * Robo SquidwardSpongebob-squarepants-battle-for-bikini-bottom-rehydrated-4.jpg

Reception
The game was met with mixed to average reviews, Gamespot said:

"remasters, ports, and remakes are nice because they make games more accessible to new audiences, and the ones that excel understand that some features from the game's era are antiquated and should be updated or removed. SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated flops like a fish out of water when it comes to this."

IGN gave the game 5/10, wrote:

"sinks under its reverence to nostalgia, [T]here are bright spots that remain fun almost two decades later, and there are pops of ingenuity in its reworking, but it does little to stand alongside the best, or even the pretty good, platformer remakes and remasters we've seen this generation."

F.U.N. and Shiny Edition
During the games release, a "F.U.N. Edition" and "Shiny Edition" was release, including the game, but also other stuff related to the game, like SpongeBob's socks, SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy statues, key-chains of the tikis, game images and art and stickers. (F.U.N. Edition)

The Shiny Edition features the statues.

Trivia

 * This is the first SpongeBob game to be a remake.


 * The game has references of episodes and meme references to, including SpongeGar.


 * It's the first SpongeBob game to have a Japanese dub.Spongegar.jpg


 * This was the first SpongeBob console game to be released after SpongeBob HeroPants, in 2015.
 * It's also the first SpongeBob game to release on the Playstation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

Walkthrough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FglokgyUakU