Overview and Gameplay
Professor Calamitous fills the Nicktoons worlds with evil toys and robotic copies of familiar characters. The Game Boy Advance adventure follows SpongeBob SquarePants, Jimmy Neutron, Danny Phantom, Timmy Turner, and Tak across six side-scrolling levels.
Each hero follows routes built around a specific ability. Progress requires clearing character-focused sections with the available team before the selected lead character faces the boss. Boss victories unlock additional heroes, while upgrades improve the starting character. Completing the campaign opens stage codes and contributes toward the harder Super Elite mode.
Controls And Mechanics
The directional pad moves the active hero, A jumps and performs a second jump, and R activates Danny’s ghost phasing. Timmy changes form to pass narrow spaces, Jimmy uses inventions and hacks terminals, SpongeBob fights underwater and traps enemies in bubbles, and Tak climbs ropes and attacks from range.
Stages contain gems, hazards, enemies, checkpoints, and character-specific obstacles. Collecting 25 gems grants a Stun Bomb that clears ordinary enemies onscreen. Only one bomb can be carried, and losing a life removes the current bomb and gem total. Most heroes have five health points, Timmy has four, and unlimited lives return the character to a checkpoint. Progress uses two-word passwords.
Version Notes
The Game Boy Advance edition is a dedicated 2D platform adventure with five playable heroes, character-specific routes, password progression, and its own unlock structure.
Release And Credits
- Release year: 2007
- Developer: Firemint Pty Ltd
- Publisher: THQ
