SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom- Rehydrated

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom- Rehydrated is a 3D platform video game published by THQNordic and developed by Purple Lamp Studios. It is based on the longest running animated Nickelodeon original series, SpongeBob SquarePants. It is also a remake of the Heavy Iron Studios version of 2003 video game SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (obviously the GameCube, PS2, and Xbox versions).

The game was announced on June 5th, 2019 and was released worldwide on June 23rd, 2020.

## SpongeBob SquarePants: Batte for Bikini Bottom- Rehydrated

### Platform(s):

Nintendo SwitchPlaystation 4

Xbox One

Microsoft Windows

### Media:

Cartridge-Nintendo SwitchPhysical Disc- PS4 and Xbox One

Digital Download

## History

NOTE: The some of details in there may have nothing to do with the game but they at least led to the game's existence.

Around February 2015, it was mentioned that Heavy Iron Studios is interested in making a sequel or remake to SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, but nothing official was announced after that.

On August 2016, Nordic Games officially announced that they renamed themselves to THQNordic (2 years after they acquired the official THQ trademark after THQ themselves was shut down back in 2013). However, no details towards new potential Nickelodeon video games were announced.

On March 21st, 2018, it was officially announced that THQNordic is going to bring back multiple Nickelodeon video games from the past. No information about the deal was announced until June 5th, 2019, where an official announcement of a Battle for Bikini Bottom remake was officially announced.

It was officially revealed during its announcement that the remake will feature a new multiplayer mode and restore unused content such as the unused Robo SquidWard boss battle.

## Playable Characters

* SpongeBob
* Patrick
* Sandy

### **Multiplayer mode**

* SquidWard
* Mr.Krabs
* Robo-Plankton
* Gary

## Differences between the original and this remake

### **Original:**

* SquidWard looked distracted while being chased by a Fodder robot.
* The Characters make the same expressions when talking to each other.

* The PS2 and GameCube versions supported memory cards.
* The green grass in Goo Lagoon looked like fake textures.

### **Remake:**

* The robots' eyes get red when they see SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy.
* The graphics make the locations look realistic.
* It features references to SpongeBob episodes that began to exist years after the original game's launch back in 2003.
* The robots received redesigns.

## Trivia

* This is so far the first and only game from Nickelodeon's partnership with THQNordic.
* The game's development was finished in ten months, leaving the multiplayer mode unfinished.
* This is officially the first SpongeBob video game to be made for consoles since 2015's SpongeBob HeroPants.

## Reception

When the game was released, it was praised for having fidelity to the original 2003 game. However, the game was also criticized for having lots of glitches and its new multiplayer mode being unfinished and boring. While the Playstation 4 and Xbox One versions were received very positively, the Nintendo Switch version was unfortunately received very negatively due to its low resolution, that's because the console only has 1080p graphics and not 4K graphics like the PS4 Pro and the Xbox One X.