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, 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 bullworm, but you get eaten and thus have to make your way through the worm.
 * In the Fifth level you play once again as Patrick (Starfishman) as you go around space trying to destroy a UFO Krabby Patty.
 * In the Sixth level you play once again as Plankton (which becomes giant) and have to destroy your way trough bikini bottom until you capture the evil Krabby Patty.
 * In the Seventh level you play once again as SpongeBob (on an airplane), as you try to lure Plankton away from Bikini Bottom.
 * In the eight level you play once again as Patrick, as you fight on top of buildings to shrink Plankton back to his normal size.
 * In the final level you play as either SpongeBob, Patrick (if you have 27 pink sleepy seeds), or Plankton (if you have 27 green sleepy seeds) in order to capture the evil Krabby Patty

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 were he destroy's 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, as you play the game you will be able to unlock some of them, each with a level of difficulty of your choice, bonus games included are:

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
 * Patrick Star
 * Plankton

Non-playable Characters
Characters from the Tv show appear throughout the game to help you out. Some of these characters are:


 * Mrs. Puff (she helps SpongeBob get his license back on the first level)
 * Karen (Plankton's computer wife, she tells him how many blueprints he collects, and appears in some cut scenes)
 * Old man Jenkins (he helps you by telling you where to go to find the plane pieces)
 * Mermaid Man (he helps Patrick on the 8th level)
 * Squidward (altought he doesn't appear, the race announcers get a letter from him on the last level around the second lap, it closesly says "What is the weirdest race you ever been on" and the announcers repeat "withouth a shadow of a doubt, this one.")
 * Mr.Krabs (He doesn't appear either, but the race announcers get a letter from him in the last level also, he asks "were's me frycook" and the announcers laugh and answer "that is a good question.)
 * Gary (He appears at the end of the game after the credits, walking trough bikini bottom. apperently he was the one having the bad dreams.)
 * French Narrator (he Narrates Bikini Bottom in the level were Plankton gets chased by the krabby patty.)

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".

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