  spongebob squarepants: battle for bikini bottom is a 2003 video game based on the animated series of the same name, developed by heavy iron studios, awe games and vicarious visions and published by thq. the game was released for the playstation 2, game boy advance, xbox,and nintendo gamecube consoles as well as for microsoft windows. the player attempts to defend bikini bottom from an invasion of robots created by plankton with a machine called the duplicatotron 3000. the playable characters are spongebob, patrick, and sandy. the game was released on october 31, 2003 in north america and in europe on november 28, 2003. ==gameplay== thumb|left|250x200px|patrick in goo lagoon players control spongebob, patrick and sandy (except in the gba and pc version, where in the gba version, players controls spongebob only. in the pc version you can play as spongebob in various parts of bikini bottom.) players also battle robot bosses such as sandy, plankton, squidward, patrick, and spongebob (though you can only battle robot squidward in the gba version). players can also switch between characters at bus stops throughout the game. core gameplay involves collecting items and defeating the robots which have attacked bikini bottom, whilst crossing platforms and avoiding environmental hazards like spikes and flames. a number of mini-games are also accessible throughout the game, like whack-a-tiki, the rolling ball, ske-ball, the funnel machines, or cruise bubble challenge. the core gameplay resembles other 3d platformers like super mario 64 and banjo-kazooie, requiring players to collect three main types of items. shiny objects are the game's currency, and can be 
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