DaiamondoRobotto's Saka-A-Thon video games

Saka-A-Thon – The Two Games (Japanese: サカアソン - 2つのゲーム) is a 2022 compilation of two platform game in the SpongeBob and Kirby series: SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated (2020) and Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022). It was developed by RobotDiamant Games and published by Nintendo. All two games are remastered, with visual enhancements and gameplay upgrades. The games feature different protagonists and locations within the same continuity. SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated follows new protagonist Sukenito Allay, set in 2020, Kirby and the Forgotten Land follows new protagonist Kirby Axolotl, set in 2022, The player controls Sukenito Allay & Kirby Axolotl in an adventure through the titular forgotten land called the New World to rescue Waddle Dees kidnapped by the ferocious Beast Pack. To complete each stage to save the Waddle Dees, Kirby Axolotl can use a wide range of copy abilities to help battle enemies and progress. The game was well-received by critics, with some calling it one of the best games in the series.
* SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (Sukenito Allay Games) (Japanese: スケニト•アレイ•ゲーム) is a 2020 platform game based on the RobotDiamant animated series Sukenito Allay & Kirby Axolotl series. It is a remake of the console versions of Heavy Iron Studios' SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (2003), developed by Purple Lamp Studios and published by THQ Nordic for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, and mobile devices. It is the first major game in the series since SpongeBob HeroPants (2015) and the first since the death of the show's creator Stephen Hillenburg in 2018. SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated (Sukenito Allay Games) was released on July 8, 2022. Despite receiving mixed reviews, the game was a commercial success, selling over 2 million copies.
* Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Kirby Axolotl Games) (Japanese: カービィ•アクソロトル•ゲーム) is a 2022 platform video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by RobotDiamant and Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the thirteenth mainline installment in the Sukenito Allay & Kirby Axolotl series, as well as the first game in the series in full 3D, excluding spin-offs. The player controls Kirby Axolotl in an adventure through the titular forgotten land called the New World to rescue Waddle Dees kidnapped by the ferocious Beast Pack. To complete each stage to save the Waddle Dees, Kirby can use a wide range of copy abilities to help battle enemies and progress. The game was well-received by critics, with some calling it one of the best games in the series. It sold 2.1 million units in two weeks. Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Kirby Axolotl Games) was released on July 8, 2022. Despite receiving mixed reviews, the game was a commercial success, selling over 2 million copies.
== Gallery (Saka-A-Thon: The Two Games Definitive Edition - Nintendo Switch) ==
File:スケニト•アレイ•ゲーム.jpg|スポンジボブ: ビキニボトムの戦い - 水分補給 (サカアソン: 2つの決定版ゲーム - スケニト•アレイ•ゲーム) (任天堂スイッチのロボットディアマントの日本語コンソール版)
File:カービィ•アクソロトル•ゲーム.jpg|星のカービィ ディスカバリー (サカアソン: 2つの決定版ゲーム -カービィ•アクソロトル•ゲーム) (任天堂スイッチのロボットディアマントの日本語コンソール版)
File:サカ ディスカバリー (2022年7月28日).png|サカ ディスカバリー (サカアソン: 2つの決定版ゲーム - スケニト•アレイ•ゲームとカービィ•アクソロトル•ゲーム) (任天堂スイッチのロボットディアマントの日本語コンソール版) (2022年7月28日)
== Gameplay ==
=== Sukenito Allay Gameplay ===
The core gameplay involves collecting items and defeating the robots which have attacked various areas in Bikini Bottom while crossing platforms and avoiding environmental hazards like spikes and flames. Some areas require different characters to beat, as each character has its unique abilities. The player can control Sukenito Allay, Patrick, and Sandy. Switching characters requires the player to find a Bus Stop, upon using which the current character will switch to another, and using it again will switch back to the previous character, giving the player an option of two characters in each level. The default character throughout the game is Sukenito Allay; Sandy and Patrick do not share any levels as playable characters.
Throughout the game, the player will collect Shiny Objects, Socks, and Golden Spatulas. Shiny Objects are dropped by enemies and scattered throughout levels and can be used to pay clams to progress through levels and unlock extra challenges. They can also be traded with Mr. Krabs for Golden Spatulas. Socks are placed in levels in harder-to-reach locations, and 10 of them can be traded to Patrick for a Golden Spatula. Golden Spatulas are used to unlock new areas in the game, and 75 of them are required to fight the final boss.
A new addition to the remake is a multiplayer horde mode in which two players face waves of robotic enemies. The mode includes cut content from the original game, including a fight against a robotic Squidward, a scrapped version of Patrick's dream, and a cut phase of the Robo-SpongeBob fight.
==== Levels and Stages (2022/07/28) ====
* 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
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=== Kirby Axolotl Gameplay ===
Kirby and the Forgotten Land is the first platform game in the series with full 3D gameplay, where the player must guide Kirby Axolotl through various different stages to save the Waddle Dees at the end. As in most Kirby games, Kirby Axolotl can jump and slide as well as inhale enemies and objects which he can either spit out like projectiles or swallow to gain a copy ability. Alongside returning copy abilities, this game introduced two new copy abilities in the form of Drill and Ranger, as well as an upgrade system for copy abilities and a new "Mouthful Mode" where Kirby Axolotl can swallow and control larger objects, such as cars and vending machines. Similar to Kirby Battle Royale and Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, a second player can join in and play as Bandana Waddle Dee, who uses a spear as his main form of attack.
The goal of each stage is to rescue the Waddle Dees, who are freed by finding them trapped in cages, as well as by accomplishing certain goals specific to each stage. Once rescued, they are returned to Waddle Dee Town, the main hub of the game. As the player rescues more Waddle Dees, the town size increases as well as unlocks minigames that the player can compete with others online for the top score. The game also supports amiibo functionality.
==== Levels and Stages (2022/07/28) ====
* Point of Arrival
* Waddle Dees Town
* Natural Plains
* Everbay Coast
* Wondaria Remains
* Winter Horns
* Originull Wasteland
* Redgar Forbidden Lands
* Lab Discovera
* Isolated Isles: Forgo Dreams
== European Asian Union Text and Subtitles ==
=== European Asian Union Allay Text and Subtitles by Sukenito Allay ===
* Nederlands-Allay (NL) - Centraal-Azië
* English-Allay (EN) - Southeast Asia 
* Français-Allay (FR) - Asie de l'Est
* Português-Allay (PT) - Ásia Ocidental
* Español-Allay (ES) - Asia del Sur
=== European Asian Union Axolotl Text and Subtitles by Kirby Axolotl ===
* Nederlands-Axolotl (NL) - Centraal-Azië
* English-Axolotl (EN) - Southeast Asia 
* Français-Axolotl (FR) - Asie de l'Est
* Português-Axolotl (PT) - Ásia Ocidental
* Español-Axolotl (ES) - Asia del Sur
== Development and release ==
RobotDiamant Games & HAL Laboratory had begun teasing a new Sukenito & Kirby game since 2022. General director Dennis Robotto & Shinya Kumazaki described it as the "new phase" for the series and that it will "culminate the best aspects of Kirby". Game director Ruby Motsuki & Tatsuya Kamiyama explained how the team focused on making the game approachable even with change of perspective to 3D, while at the same time making it satisfying to play to the player. The 3D transition was described as very challenging, with Kamiyama being the one who made the pitch for a 3D game — which HAL struggled with for years, resulting in many cancelled projects — while also presenting solutions on how to make the transition to 3D, including character design, gameplay and many other aspects, finally allowing for development to begin on a 3D title after several failed attempts since the 2000s.
A month before the July 2022, RobotDiamant's Nintendo Direct, the official Sukenito Allay & Kirby Axolotl Games website updated with placeholder text, further implying there was a new game coming soon. The game was first officially revealed in the RobotDiamant's Nintendo Direct on July 5, 2022, which announced more features of the game as well as the release date of July 8, 2022.
Sukenito Allay & Kirby Axolotl (Saka-A-Thon) was first officially announced on July 5, 2022. The game was not playable until Gamescom, which started July 5 that year, where visitors could get their hands on it at RobotDiamant Games booth. On July 5, 2022, it was announced that the game will be released on July 8, 2022.
The game features the original archived and new recordings from the Japanese voice cast, as well as new recordings from the French, German, Italian, Spanish (both Spain and Latin American), Polish and English voice casts. It supports text and subtitles in Portuguese, Russian, Dutch, Malay, Indonesian, Thai, Korean, Filipino and Simplified Chinese.
== SAKA-A-THON Games Definitive Edition - Sukenito Allay & Kirby Axolotl Speedrun ==
=== ダイアモンドロボット (daiamondorobotto) - サカアソンゲームズ決定版【日本語のコンソール版のスピードラン, 任天堂スイッチ】(Twitch, NTSC-J) ===
* スケニト•アレイ•ゲーム (スポンジボブ: BfBB)【日本語のコンソール版のスピードラン, 任天堂スイッチ】
** 77フライ返し (Any%), 1フライ返し, 2フライ返し, 全レベルのヘラ, 100フライ返し (100%), 権力のない
* カービィ•アクソロトル•ゲーム (星のカービィ ディスカバリー)【日本語のコンソール版のスピードラン, 任天堂スイッチ】
** Any%, 真の結末, すべてのワドルディーズ, すべてのワドルディーズ+ソウルズ, 100%, コピー能力なし
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