SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab

SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab is an video game for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Wii. It stars SpongeBob and his friends as they journey to nine different worlds, supposedly, inside the dreams of the characters.

Gameplay
Four different types of gameplay have been revealed: flying, destruction, and racing and platforming.

Flying
The game constantly sets tough obstacles in front of one, and one must fly out of the way of them. In most cases, the game will tell one which way to fly (up, down, left and right). On the Wii, you use the controller like an actual plane control stick.

Destruction
In destructive levels, which have only been known so far to be playable as a giant-sized Plankton, you use special powers and moves to destroy everything in your path. Your power is indicated by a bar on the right side of the screen, which refills after use. The Wii version features controller movements that respectively activate moves.

Racing
Racing gameplay is similar to most racing games, and it can be done in the air and on the ground.

Platforming
There is some platformer gameplay, but little is known about it.

Level Progression

 * In the first level you race against Patrick Star, Gary and Plankton.
 * In the second level you play in Patrick's dream as Starfishman against the evil Dreaded Patrick, but once you finish this level Patrick gets strapped to a rocket and sent into space.
 * In the third level you play as Plankton, escaping from an evil Krabby Patty that came to life after he enlarged a crumb of the Krabby Patty to find the secret formula, once you get to the end you will have to fight this monster and beat it.
 * In the fourth level you play once again as Spongebob trying to get past the Alaskan bull worm, but you get eaten and thus have to make your way through the worm.

In the game, there are a total of 9 different levels that connect as each character passes by.

Playable Characters

 * SpongeBob SquarePants
 * Patrick Star
 * Plankton

Release
This game is the first Spongebob Squarepants game released on a seventh generation video game console, the Wii. The Xbox 360 had been available for a year prior to this release. Currently there is no game planned for the Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 platforms based on the series. However, this is not first Seventh Genaration Console in all for Spongebob. The first was The Yellow Avenger for the Nintendo DS and PSP.

Reception
The game has been referred to, by Nintendo Power as being the "most ambitious and most successful SpongeBob game to date", in their December 2006 issue. Further to that, the game has recieved good reviews. The following ratings have been released for the game:


 * Nintendo Power: 8.5 out of 10

Key points brought out in the above reviews include:


 * The ease of navigating through each level.
 * The play control is both "perfect" and "responsive".