{"id":10790,"date":"2013-11-05T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T00:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=10790"},"modified":"2013-11-02T16:47:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T16:47:06","slug":"spongebob-squarepants-planktons-robotic-revenge-ps3-360-ds-3ds-wii-u-wii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/05\/spongebob-squarepants-planktons-robotic-revenge-ps3-360-ds-3ds-wii-u-wii\/","title":{"rendered":"SpongeBob Squarepants: Plankton’s Robotic Revenge (PS3, 360, DS, 3DS, Wii U, Wii)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SPONGE_BOX\"<\/a>Plankton has built an army of robots to steal Mr. Krabs\u2019 secret Krabby Patty recipe once again, and now it\u2019s up to SpongeBob and friends to stop him. Play as Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and the yellow sponge himself in this action-brawler\/shooter. Based on the popular Nickelodeon cartoon sensation, SpongeBob Squarepants: Plankton\u2019s Robotic Revenge is available for nearly all the current game consoles, but reviewed on PS3 here.<\/p>\n

Each of the main characters can jump, ground pound, and punch barrels and robots, but early on in the game you\u2019ll acquire \u2018gizmos\u2019 that you can shoot at robots from a long distance. These \u2018gizmos\u2019 are just guns, but don\u2019t worry, they just shoot fast food condiments like pickles, ketchup, or tartar sauce. Using these gizmos primarily to attack is recommended since they do more damage to robots and are more effective than attacking at close range. Because of this, the game kind of reminds me of a kid-friendly version of Ratchet & Clank.<\/p>\n

By destroying robots and punching barrels, you\u2019ll earn sprockets that you can use in between levels and at certain machines to buy new gizmos and upgrade your weapons. Other pickups include boxes of kelp hidden inside chests which fill your health meter, and batteries that let you temporarily use a power that boosts certain attacks, depending on which character you\u2019re playing as.<\/p>\n

The game is a bit repetitive, as you visit areas that look all the same, attack the same waves of robots, and even the bosses are all alike (just giant robot Plankton heads). One other minor quibble I had is that the colors that highlight Yes and No in the game are too similar, which makes it tough at the beginning of the game when you need to tell it to automatically save your progress. But I still think it\u2019ll please young SpongeBob fans, and it\u2019s great for the whole family since four can play at the same time.<\/p>\n

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SpongeBob Squarepants: Plankton\u2019s Robotic Revenge is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Cartoon Violence. But all you do is punch and shoot robots with silly guns that shoot out food condiments. If you\u2019re OK with your kids watching the TV cartoon, they\u2019ll be OK with this game, too. Reading skill is helpful for some of the menu navigation, but not necessary to play the game since everything has spoken voice from the cast. Younger players may need help with some of the tougher waves of robot battles, but luckily four can play at the same time, making things much easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plankton has built an army of robots to steal Mr. Krabs\u2019 secret Krabby Patty recipe once again, and now it\u2019s up to SpongeBob and friends to stop him. Play as Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and the yellow sponge himself in this action-brawler\/shooter. Based on the popular Nickelodeon cartoon sensation, SpongeBob Squarepants: Plankton\u2019s Robotic Revenge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10790"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10793,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10790\/revisions\/10793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}