![]() ![]() One of the pencils lands on Patrick's head (while he was practicing his counting) and the other pencil lands a far distance behind him. Check it all out in our media tabs below.The game begins with the clumsy artist on a small boat drawing when he drops two pencils into the ocean. Until then, we've posted both new screenshots and a first-look trailer of the game in motion. (We'll post an update with multiplayer impressions in the near future.) Gamers will be able to customize their very own SquarePants platformer this fall, and we'll have more on the game leading up to our review. On top of that, the game features a two-player versus mode, which we have to experience. SpongeBob will ultimately trek through more than 20 levels, each with different objectives and unique challenges. We do have some reservations about DS titles which cannot seem to fully embrace one control configuration or the other - do we play this game traditionally or do we use the stylus? - but we can forgive this inconsistency in any Drawn to Life endeavor because the stylus-based play is very creative. From that point forward, every time an enemy type is defeated, it will transform into the doodle players have scribbled for it. Also, as the hero encounters specific enemies and bests them, the drawing interface will load, at which pointer players can recreate the look of bested foes, changing them into allies. It's possible to eliminate the doodling with an index finger, but using the stylus is both more accurate and faster. Pretty straightforward stuff, but there's a little more to it thanks to the drawing mechanics.Īs gamers progress through levels, they will find areas which have been doodled on - black, scribbly graffiti - and they will need to clean it up using their magic pencil. ![]() It's also possible to jump atop the heads of enemies. And down on the D-Pad will set the hero into a sliding motion on downward slopes, perfect for knocking down multiple enemies at a time. ![]() Meanwhile, pressing the Y button causes the character to head-butt forward. Tapping it a second time mid-air will cause the character to stomp downward. D-Pad moves the hero speedily through environments and B button jumps. Having created their main character, players will be able to control him or her through fast-moving side-scrolling 2D platformer worlds, where they will encounter simple challenges and enemies who probably won't give anybody too much trouble. SpongeBob SquarePants Edition does not revolutionize the Drawn to Life experience, but it does deliver a polished, Nickelodeon-ized take on it. Sadly, we can show you none of our designs without first age-gating this article. In our short time with the DS version thus far, we've been able to fully design not only our main character, but his house, end-level signage, ferris wheel compartments, and even enemy characters. This is the beauty of giving artistic privileges to gamers. Still, players set on conjuring truly inappropriate creations will have the power to do so, just as those who would prefer to remain within the universe will be able to do so. We're able to show you neither of these magnificent creations, unfortunately - it's a SpongeBob game, after all. We also dabbled with a grotesque, monstrous protagonist complete with a cut, bloody throat and four wiggling severed limbs. Naturally, it took us about five minutes with the game to create a ridiculously phallic main hero who wobbled limply through environments. If so, the designs become commonplace characters and items within the game. After players have doodled their drawings (which can be created using a variety of different colors), they will be asked if they are happy with the results. Directly to the right of the canvas is the toolset, which includes three different pencil sizes, a paint bucket, an eraser, an undo button, and a clear-all icon. On the bottom screen, gamers will see drawing perimeters carefully placed over a virtual canvas and would-be artists can scribble their own designs within these confines. The drawing interface, an integral component of the experience, is unabashedly inspired by (if not altogether ripped from) the original Drawn to Life. The game begins with a quick cinematic that explains all of the above and then players will find themselves drawing their hero in the first of many such chances for artistic expression. To save the day, gamers will need to draw a unique hero to battle alongside characters like SpongeBob and Patrick. In the DS title, DoodleBob escapes into Bikini Bottom with a powerful pencil of his own, which he "uses to cause havoc" all over and around SpongeBob's favorite locations. SpongeBob fans will undoubtedly recognize the character DoodleBob, the subject of an episode in which Nickelodeon's underwater mascot used a magical pencil to scribble into the world an evil clone of himself. ![]()
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