SpongeBob's Boating Bash

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SpongeBob's Boating Bash
Developer(s)	(Wii) Firebrand Games (DS)
Publisher(s)	THQ
Series	SpongeBob SquarePants
Platform(s)	Wii,[1] Nintendo DS[2]
Release	NA: March 2, 2010 EU: March 26, 2010 AU: March 26, 2010
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

SpongeBob's Boating Bash is a racing game made by American studio based on the animated comedy TV series SpongeBob SquarePants. It features SpongeBob SquarePants characters and is the first SpongeBob racing game since Nicktoons Winners Cup Racing. It is also the first SpongeBob game released by Firebrand Games for the Nintendo DS and ImPulse Games for the Wii. It is compatible with the Wii Wheel. The game features more than 100 different options to customize a boat, and can be played with up to 4 people. Even though it is in the racing genre, most of the game's modes are comparable to a demolition derby.

Plot[]

At Mrs. Puff's Boating School, it's the last test of the year and SpongeBob, as per usual, manages to horrendously fail on his boating test. As he sits on the steps on the entrance to the school, looking quite depressed, a shark named Seymour Scales arrives outside the school in a bus, to find SpongeBob sitting on the entrance ramp. Seymour then tricks him into his "D.R.I.V.E." (Destruction, Recklessness, Impairment, Velocity, Escape) classes. As the player progresses through the game, SpongeBob unlocks more friends to sign up. After the final exams, SpongeBob gets his boating licence. But Mrs. Puff informs him it's not real. Then, SpongeBob sees Seymour going into a truck, attempting to escape, after SpongeBob realizes that it was a scam. This leads to a final battle, fought in vehicles, in which SpongeBob wins. He then decides to go to Mrs. Puff's Boating School next year, and Seymour is sent to jail.

Cast[]

Tom Kenny SpongeBob

Mary Jo Catlett Mrs. Puff

John O'Hurley Seymour Scales

Bill Fagerbakke Patrick

Carolyn Lawrence Sandy

Bob Joles Krabs

Tim Conway Barnacleboy

Mr. Lawrence Plankton

D.R.I.V.E. Classes[]

Destruction[]

The Destruction class is the first class in Seymour's D.R.I.V.E. lessons. It requires the player to smash into opponents' boats and pick up the parts that are produced from the smash. In some tests, the player is required to reach a set amount of collected parts. In others, the player has to finish in the Top 3 to achieve either a ranking.

Recklessness[]

The second class in the D.R.I.V.E. lessons. This class requires the player to smash into opponents' boats, which awards points to the player. In some tests, the player is required to achieve a set score target, while in others, the player must place in the Top 3 to receive a ranking.

Reckless Velocity[]

Reckless Velocity is a variation of Recklessness, and is a combination of Recklessness and Velocity, which is the fourth class in the D.R.I.V.E series. Reckless Velocity requires players to complete a race within a certain time limit and also earn a certain number of points to obtain a ranking.

Impairment[]

Impairment is the third class in the D.R.I.V.E. lessons. In this class, players must knock out opponents within a set time limit. When the player collides with an opposition player, stars form around that opponent, and they are briefly stopped in the current position. This gives the player the opportunity to repeatedly smash that opponent, eventually knocking them out.

Velocity[]

The fourth class in the D.R.I.V.E. lessons. In Velocity, the player must complete a race against up to seven opponents as fast as possible. To achieve a ranking, the player must finish in Top 3.

Escape[]

The final class in the D.R.I.V.E. lessons, the player must knock opponents out while they actively hunt down the player. The damage done to opponents is increased massively, however, damage done to the player is also increased. Escape occurs in waves, and at the end of each wave, the player's car will be slightly healed, the amount decreasing on each wave. The player must destroy as many cars as possible, again to achieve a ranking.

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