SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab

SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab is a 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 incorporated into the game. They have been dubbed to be: flying, destruction, racing and platforming.

Flying
The game constantly sets tough obstacles in front of another, and the player must fly out of their way. In most cases, the game will tell the player which way to fly (up, down, left and right). On the Wii, you use the controller like an actual plane control stick. The most common cases of this is when SpongeBob uses his plane to attack a giant-sized Plankton.

Destruction
In these 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 laser's 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; it is featured in both the air and the ground's gameplay.

Platforming
There is some platformer gameplay throughout the game, such as when Plankton must escape from a live Krabby Patty. On the Nintendo Wii version of the game, the Wiimote is held on its side like a NES controller.

Plot
The main objective of the game is to capture the Evil Krabby Patty so that Plankton (voiced by Mr. Lawrence), Patrick (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke), and SpongeBob (voiced by Tom Kenny) wake up from their dreams.


 * Beginning:

Diesel Dreaming The game starts as the French Narrator (voiced by Tom Kenny) explains Bikini Bottom and shows the dream that SpongeBob and Patrick are having. SpongeBob's bed suddenly turns into a hot-rod race car and he also morphs into a punk version of himself whenever he is behind the wheel and the first level starts. Mrs. Puff (voiced by Mary Jo Catlett) also helps him after he loses his license. Then he races morphed-into-punk-version-of Patrick, Plankton, andGary. After SpongeBob's final race with Gary ends a cut scene shows him falling into a hole, and the second level starts.

Starfishman to the Rescue The second level details Patrick turning into a superhero called Starfishman. With the help of a mysterious phone guy (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke), Starfishman is supposed to save the people (who also look and sound like Patrick) from the evil Dreaded Patrick (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke), but the evil Dreaded Patrick ties him to a rocket at the end of the level and sends him to space.


 * Middle:

Who Ordered the Super-Size Patty? This is the where the main storyline begins. Plankton enlarges a crumb of a Krabby Patty too much and it overgrows and turns evil. He orders Karen his Computer Wife to enlarge him 100 percent. He grows to normal fish size. He grabs his freeze ray helmet and runs as the evil Patty chases him.

Alaskan Bull Worm Belly Trouble SpongeBob awakens to find himself falling through his subconcious and gets eaten by an Alasken Bull Worm. He meets up with Old Man Jenkins (voiced by Tom Kenny) who tells him he can give him a ride out with his airplane if SpongeBob can find replacement parts for the plane. He tells SpongeBob to go and see the chief of a village in the worm who asks him to find the rest of his villagers and his "pretty pretty" wife (who happens to be an ironing board). After SpongeBob brings some parts back, Old Man Jenkins tells him he needs to visit an inventor who asks SpongeBob to collect three jellyfish power cells to start up his latest greatest invention (which creates the perfect cup of tea). SpongeBob asks for the remaining parts and through a junk pile search finds the parts he needs and brings them back to Old Man Jenkins. But there is trouble brewing within the gut of the Worm. He's swallowed a chili can and is getting restless. SpongeBob saves the day by getting rid of the can. Old Man Jenkins finishes fixing the plane and flies SpongeBob out of the worm.


 * Starfishman in Space

Rocket Rodeo; Meteor Mania; Meteor Chunks; UFO Uh-Oh! Starfishman awakes in deep space to find himself still tied to the rocket. He dodges space debris and accidentally flies into a black hole. He zooms through a space station where its fish-like inhabitants need help from an asteroid collision. StarfishMan shoots away all of the asteroids and saves the space station. He escapes to find a UFO Krabby Patty chasing him and he destroys it by shooting its weak points. He then flies back to Earth but doesn't know how to stop the rocket.


 * Fate Intertwines

Revenge of the Giant Plankton Monster; It Came from Bikini Bottom; Rooftop Rumble As the game progresses, all of the dreams connect. Plankton tries to capture the evil Krabby Patty to wake up from his dream by enlarging himself to 50 feet and goes on an atomically-powered destructive rampage to eventually fight the evil Krabby Patty, who transforms into a giant monster. SpongeBob (in flying missions with Old Man Jenkins) attempts to lure Plankton away from Bikini Bottom. But then when SpongeBob is caught by Plankton, StarfishMan arrives (with the help of a panic button on the rocket) and teams up with Mermaid Man and ends up shrinking Plankton back to his normal size.


 * Ending:

Hypnotic Highway The game ends in a race between Plankton, SpongeBob, and Patrick to capture the Krabby Patty and wake up from their dreams. After Spongebob (or Plankton if you have all of the green sleepy seeds, or Patrick if you have all the pink sleepy seeds,) capture the Krabby Patty and the Credits end you see Gary going to Plankton's, Patrick, and SpongeBob's houses. It seems that Gary was the one with the dream after all. Suddenly the Alaskan Bull Worm eats SpongeBob at the end and Gary goes to sleep.

Items
There are five normal items you could find in this game, these include:
 * Snooze Zs: Currency in this game, take this to the shop and you can unlock pictures in the gallery, codes, difficulty levels for bonus games, (and possibly every single world in the game.)
 * Sleepy Seeds: There are two colors for the sleepy seeds, the pink ones (you need 27 of them to unlock Patrick on the last level) and the green ones (you need 27 of them to unlock Plankton on the last level)
 * Fuel: You can use fuel in the game to keep Patrick's spaceship in the air to fight the Patty UFO and Spongebob's plane in the air to fight against the giant Plankton.
 * Roar: Use this to use the special attack giant Plankton uses in the level where he destroys everything.
 * Health: Find this in some places in Bikini Bottom or by defeating monsters to heal your life.

Bonus Games
There are a total of four Bonus games in the game. As you play the game you will be able to unlock some of them, each with different levels of difficulty. Some of these bonus games are listed below:

Wakey Wakey Shakey Shakey: In this bonus game you play as giant Plankton, as you destroy a skyscraper to find the evil Krabby Patty.

Meteor Mania: In this bonus game you play as Patrick (Starfishman), as you destroy the asteroids that are threatining the space station.

Scrap Scramble: In this bonus game you play as SpongeBob, as you collect items to build an airplane to escape from the bullworm.

Pouncin' Poundin' Patty: In this bonus game you play as Plankton, as you collect technological Doodads to make inventions.

Playable Characters

 * SpongeBob SquarePants/Extreme Racer SpongeBob (played by Tom Kenny)
 * Patrick Star/Starfishman (played by Bill Fagerbakke)
 * Plankton (played by Mr. Lawrence)

Other Characters
Some characters from the TV Show appear at varying points during the game, serving as cameo appearances. Some of these characters are the following:

Note: All voice talents from the show return execept for Mermaid Man and Sandy Cheeks.


 * Mrs. Puff (played by Mary Jo Catlett)
 * Karen (played by Jill Talley)
 * Old Man Jenkins (played by Tom Kenny)
 * Mermaid Man (played by Joe Alaskey)
 * Squidward (is mentioned)
 * Mr.Krabs (is mentioned)
 * Gary (played by Tom Kenny)
 * French Narrator (played by Tom Kenny)
 * Sandy Cheeks (Cameo)
 * Barnacle Boy (is mentioned)

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 PlayStation Portable.

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 received good reviews. The following ratings have been released for the game:


 * Nintendo Power: 8.5 out of 10
 * Play Magazine: 7 out of 10
 * Game Informer: 6.75 out of 10
 * X-Play: 2 out of 5

Key points brought out in the above reviews include:


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

And key flaws brought out in the reviews include:


 * Bad graphics.
 * A continuous racing and 2D levels.

The game was, also, nominated for an Annie Award for best animated video game in 2006.