Surprisingly Absorbing! | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, PS2: i don't have a nose review

[@idonthaveanose]

A HUGE thanks as usual to everyone who joined me for the premiere! And also thanks to ReOnion for joining as a new member! Deleted scenes for this video are currently available via Patreon for those under the 'A Nose For Secrets' tier. Otherwise, I'll see you again very soon! Michael

[@gracekim1998]

Sorry Black widow is in the game? hooray! :D

[@omarithegamer2008]

I finally got to join the premiere after a long while!

[@v0dka885]

wish I could have joined but I went to an award ceremony with my family at the rugby club

[@delvinbailey158]

And after this video which game you goes review next? And what are you doing Christmas

[@WildFirePhoenix96]

Like a sponge, this movie game really ABSORB my expectations as a kid. It was a SPONGE-TACULAR game to play.

[@jamieharrell5321]

Fun fact, a fan of SpongeBob actually re-created the goofy goober guitar and gave it to Tom Kenny, the voice actor of SpongeBob and let me tell you it looked gorgeous

[@jeremyallen5974]

Not ready for this? Buddy, I've played Jak 2. It dudn't get much more painful than THAT

[@Lula_Elena_Chapa_De_Silva]

Have you ever wondered what the Krabby Patty Secret Formula is? The answer is in “What is the krabby patty secret formula?” by Evan Rosman.

[@FrenchFries2]

I like the theory that the Krabby Patty meat is from Pearl's dead mum, there's a whole interesting video by Alex Bale, a notorious Spongebob theorist for his absurd but very well analysed reasoning to get to his theories.

[@hyperstarkage3618]

I guess SpongeBob hit the bottom 2

[@everythingpony]

2:00 The reason for the cutscene of slideshows is because this game was made during the production of the movie and they released it a couple weeks before the movie even finished and released

[@Skibster-w9l]

2:55 She said give

[@gracekim1998]

So everyone, this movie is 20 years old now, the show is a year younger than me and NOW I'm feeling it! XD With or without nuts?

[@idonthaveanose]

This is terrifying. Thanks for that. 😂

[@gracekim1998]

@@idonthaveanose you're welcome XD I'll be here all week😜

[@legerdokai581]

A couple of things to note about this game that was missed in the video: 23:13 - 23:36 You're actually supposed to use the sponge bowl to hit the targets instead. 29:51 - 30:01 You're actually supposed to hit the mid-air boxes in the order indicated by the crates behind them with the unupgraded bash move. The game does however accommodate if you've already upgraded the bash move by allowing you earn the treasure chest by blowing them all up at once by sticking the glove into either the second or third box.

[@idonthaveanose]

I tried the SpongeBowl but found it more awkward to use as he kind of freezes in place while you aim. If you simply press the button, he doesn't throw far enough.

[@Ace22]

@@idonthaveanose It's not easy to perform even with the bowl I agree. And you need the upgraded version to do it worse yet. Cause from what I remember the electricity zaps the button. Even still it takes more than 2 attempts.

[@helveticabold9425]

I discovered your channel recently and fell in love. I love your reviews of some of my favourite games from childhood, your fair and detailed critique, your giant spider alerts, your apropos props in the background, but most of all probably your genuinely impressively genius puns. Bravo, thank you, and I always look forward to your next video!

[@idonthaveanose]

Thank you so much! This is a lovely comment. 😄 Glad you enjoy them!

[@HeadphonesUK]

If I remember correctly, the 'water' that the characters fall into is known as 'goo' in the show, so it's a different, more dense liquid, I think TBF, it's clear the show after a while gave up on the whole 'under the sea' thing and just decided to do what they wanted

[@idonthaveanose]

A LOT of people have already commented with this. 😂

[@HeadphonesUK]

@@idonthaveanose I'm not surprised 🤣 I'm not the biggest SpongeBob fan either, but I do remember that detail from an old episode How fire works in the SpongeBob world though I don't think they ever explained that

[@TheDirdProductions]

32:14 THERE I AM GARY, THERE I AM

[@matthewbolitho-jones]

This is my favourite SpongeBob SquarePants game

[@carlintaylor2996]

Remember my uncle's girlfriend at the time bought me this game on PS2 for Christmas ❤❤ remember seeing the movie the first week it came out

[@ink1931]

I think an interesting thing to note is that this is basically an unofficial sequel to Battle for Bikini Bottom, the previous SpongeBob game also developed by Heavy Iron. Which is why the graphics, enemy AI, and abilities are nearly identical in both games (there's also the fact that the Movie game came out only a year after BFBB). Honestly I find their previous game BFBB to not only be better but to be the best SpongeBob game and one of the best licensed games period. The SpongeBob Movie Game's insistence on backtracking and collecting has always personally killed the game's pacing for me and I never bothered making it very far. Whereas BFBB's more open ended and forgiving collectathon style gameplay has always been more fun to me, and allowed me to play the game at my own pace without constantly gating me off. Not to say anything of this as a full on knock against the Movie game however, as it and BFBB are very different games with their own set goals in mind. Just that I personally think Battle for Bikini Bottom is a much more well rounded experience overall, and a much better video game adaptation of the franchise in general

[@Ace22]

BFBB is overrated. I prefer this game. BFBB didn't have the cooler upgrades and the harder difficulty imho. And the ending is weaker. Also BFBB having the same gameplay doesn't randomly even make the games comparable. Do you understand that this game isn't trying to be a SpongeBob homage? Not hard to figure out it's solely about the movie and in that regard it's good. Also your points are awful when you realize BFBB has backtracking too.

[@ink1931]

@@Ace22 yeah sure whatever cool. i still think BFBB is the better game so yeah. Must be crazy that people can have opinions that aren't exactly like your own, huh

[@almaelma11]

Im shocked you did a whole review on this game and didnt mention battle for bikini bottom! This game runs on that engine but people consider battle for bikini bottom the better game overall. I had this game and BfBB as a kid and absolutely loved them! Honestly some of the best collecathon games made next to the other classics. The movie game was a bit harder but young me managed to get by good enough. I also think that the cutscenes for the movie game was pretty lame but it feels like they were on a super tight budget for it. Now then, how about a few fun facts about this game and comments about stuff you said?! This game and BfBB have a lot of interesting unused stuff and oddyties in it that people still analyze to this day. Spongebob and Patrick don't swim in water under the water its actually goo, as stated in the show. In the "Welcome to Planktopolis" level you can find a secret trigger that shows you the developer times for the driving and slidings stages. You think the manly times are hard to get? Good luck! Thanks for the video!

[@idonthaveanose]

I almost did mention BFBB but decided against it. I've not yet played it and am considering reviewing it when I do. Sooo many people have mentioned the goo since I uploaded the promo short in advance of the premiere. 😂 I don't even wanna know the developer times, haha! Rock Slide was ridiculous. Thanks for watching as always, Alma!

[@berwynjones8764]

You've reviewed yet another of my favourite games! I remember crying in my bedroom because I thought I'd never finish the game!! You're right, the game gets ridiculously hard by the end! Very glad I've found and subscribed to this channel. You provide fun and insightful videos each and every time and your passion and hard work shows in each video! :)

[@idonthaveanose]

Thanks so much again!! 😄 It means a lot. I wasn't expecting much of a challenge from this game, it surprised me. And thanks for coming back. You really should've said hi, haha!

[@faiqlatif3122]

hey, great video so far! didn't expect that i get a shoutout at the end. 😂 anyway, would like to see you do more spongebob games. barnyard is also one of my fav

[@idonthaveanose]

Thank you!! And no problem! 😄

[@mekingtiger9095]

The first ever game on the PS2 that I ever got engaged with until the end and one of the first ones I played immediately after I got it for the first time! If I were to list the most memorable thing of this game for me, it would be soundtrack. It's still deeply imprinted into my memory to this day and I can remember each note almost perfectly! There times I would even purposefully stop advancing through the levels just to listen to the songs in the background. Amazing experience overall. But the difficulty indeed did stagger me a lot in certain parts when I was a kid. Some of the later block challenges in particular were incredibly frustrating to me and the watermelon sections and sidequests just as much. But honestly they only added to the memory in the end, so I do not complain. And honestly when I replayed the game as a teen I found out it was actually sufficiently easy if you know what you're doing. The backtracking for some reason barely ever bothered me, surprisingly enough. Guess I liked to wander around this game way too much to find it a bad thing.

[@RoXas4878]

The driving levels seems cool and I like the boss battle level on David’s ass , it’s a unique idea

[@flowercool6375]

I’m pretty sure the game was being developed at the same time as the movie and the game came out before the movie so they probably didn’t have the clips yet (I think)

[@idonthaveanose]

You're probably right. In fact, I've a feeling some lines of dialogue/mock-up screenshots in the slideshow cutscenes may be deleted scenes from the movie.

[@Ace22]

Yes it was you're correct.

[@jacoblippincott5089]

5 years ago I requested you do a play though on chicken little, happy to see you still going strong and uploading!

[@idonthaveanose]

Haha, I remember, and I remember your excitement at being credited for the request. 😂 Thanks man, good to see you're still around too!

[@stormshadowproductions1660]

23:50 it could be worse. You could be playing the ring challenge in Superman 64

[@everythingpony]

Thank you so much

[@clintonbailey4895]

SpongeBob SquarePants the movie video game I remember this game before on ps2 version

[@jamieharrell5321]

SpongeBob SquarePants, the movie was always my favorite growing up. I even nag my parents to let me go see in theaters but when it came out on Nickelodeon as a special what did I do I made popcorn grab myself some candy and a soda and watched it right in front of my living room and I got to be honest it was my favorite, especially when twisted sisters did the rock version of goofy goober‘s and plus no you don’t need to be a man to get a promotion just be yourself Believe me, I’ve been down that road before Michael, awesome review man keep it up❤

[@idonthaveanose]

Thanks for watching and commenting as usual!! I really enjoyed working on this one! Glad you liked it! 😁

[@jamieharrell5321]

@ your welcome

[@Seenospidey]

When I finally 100%d this, i felt nothing. Absolutely not worth it

[@idonthaveanose]

Interesting! I... partly disagree. The challenge and the rewards are very disproportionate.

[@HeadphonesUK]

I loved this game as a kid, but yeah, it is a challenge

[@tomekorzechowski5852]

Finally some SpongeBob puns

[@supermariof0521]

Happy 20th anniversary to the movie this is based on, and Happy 25th anniversary to the show that the movie is based on. :3

[@jamieharrell5321]

Holy cow 20th anniversary happy anniversary SpongeBob, the movie and happy 25th anniversary to SpongeBob

[@gracekim1998]

I'm a year older than spongebob XD

[@MrK-tp1gr]

Ah SpongeBob. I had so many good memories with it. And a movie was pretty good too. Also, it is kinda wired that the series had 2 Neptun's (with the official artwork confirmed). Also, the David Hasselhoff in this game looks like mix of David and Patchy to me for some reason. As for the video, it's great, as always.😊👍

[@idonthaveanose]

Thanks as usual Mr K! And I don't know that they're big on continuity in SpongeBob. But it is odd that they'd have another Neptune considering he was in the MOVIE. 🤨 And yes, I couldn't figure out how they'd make that David Hasselhoff impostor. It looks like it might be his body and they just ruined his face.

[@gracekim1998]

I get the feeling there was probably some legal stuff regarding whether they could use Show Neptune in the movie so we got the famous BALD BALD version

[@MrK-tp1gr]

@@idonthaveanose Well, technically Neptune appeared all the way back in the first season, but he looked completely different in the movie. As for 2 Neptun's, some sources say that it's just the same character, while others that they are two different characters (with even official artwork depicting them as such). Even though Mindy did have a cameo appearance in the show itself and the show seems to imply that there's only one Neptune... The whole thing is kinda a mess. Although it's still more consistent then with the Old Man Jenkinses.

[@supermariof0521]

18:37 And 20 years later Patrick would get his own game..........based on his solo spinoff series.

[@idonthaveanose]

I'm sure this was just as well-received. 😅

[@KegOfMeat]

It’s a shame this probably won’t ever get a PS5 port or a remake like Battle For Bikini Bottom.

[@KappaCow]

What a great video!!!! I loved this game as a kid, although I really hated the illusion of getting to pick whatever missions you wanted to do, when you had to complete most of them to progress anyway. Mindy did start pissing me off, I didn't even want to save her punk ass dad by the end of the game!!! I need to get around to playing battle for bikini bottom. Cheers!!!!

[@idonthaveanose]

Thank you! 😁 And yeah, it's very strange - it gives off this illusion of autonomy but you need to complete most missions anyway. 😂

[@stormshadowproductions1660]

I don't know if you know this but the gameplay of this game is very similar to SpongeBob Battle for bikini bottom on the PlayStation 2

[@idonthaveanose]

So I've heard! I'm curious to try it and its remake.

[@stormshadowproductions1660]

@@idonthaveanose play the original first. Walmart I've heard the remastered version is it as good

[@FrenchFries2]

Kind of in line with the video, have you seen the fan remake of The Spongebob Squarepants Movie? If you have what are your thoughts? I ask because it was made as a love letter to Stephen Hillenburg the creator of Spongebob who unfortunately passed before he saw how much the fans truly loved the movie. It's also reminiscent of that Shrek fan remake from a good few years ago now, having different unique animation styles, voice acting, inserting in jokes that weren't I'm the original movie, poking fun out of the movie, or something in the movie. So if you haven't seen it I'd give it a glowing review and recommend.

[@idonthaveanose]

I haven't seen that! I'll check it out.

[@Koujin4]

Do you have any plans on reviewing Battle for Bikini Bottom in the future? It's made by the same developer for made the movie game, but is more of a open-world collect-a-thon rather than the linear point a to point b levels the movie game has. I think you'll love it.

[@idonthaveanose]

After playing this, I do wanna get my hands on it and give it a try!

[@gracekim1998]

This was fun :D I have to see if I can get a chance to finish the game. On a unrelated note, I am compelled to ask: have you heard of a FMV game called Not for broadcast? (I'm slightly obessed with it XD)

[@idonthaveanose]

Never heard of it but will look it up!

[@TheHuntersHook]

one of my favorite games

[@lostartist7751]

Played both games, Battle for Bikini Bottom was more fun to play

[@eegleweege]

Another banger, Mr. No Nose

[@idonthaveanose]

Thanks eegleweege!! 😄

[@spacejam8765]

It's here.😊

[@omarithegamer2008]

Can't wait for this video! This game gets surprisingly brutal at times. I wonder how badly you raged when playing this game lol 😂😂. Also, do you think this game is better than BFBB? I personally think that BFBB is the better game, but I still like the movie game.

[@idonthaveanose]

I've actually never played BFBB but after this one, I'm considering it!

[@omarithegamer2008]

@idonthaveanose You should definitely play it! BFBB is a classic and is definitely one of the best licensed games out there!

[@TheNerdstalgicPodcast]

Another outstanding episode buddy!! 😀 this is a game that can be added to the long list of "I had this, but never completed it" 🤣 and im kinda glad i didn't as if it has a steep difficulty spike at the end i would of given up anyway 🤣 also i was thinking would you be up for covering surfs up the game? Maybe for the summer next year as i remember that game and thought you might enjoy it

[@idonthaveanose]

Thanks as always!! And you know, I've never actually seen the Surf's Up movie. But it's an idea! 😁

[@TheNerdstalgicPodcast]

@idonthaveanose oooo it's one of my personal favourites, but the surfing racing game was a lot of fun on the xbox 360 🤗

[@dr34mcast]

Best game reviewer on yt

[@idonthaveanose]

Haha! I don't know about that but I appreciate the compliment as always. 😄

[@jordanhowell7798]

Please review SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom next?

[@idonthaveanose]

It won't be next but I'm definitely considering it!

[@jordanhowell7798]

@idonthaveanose that's ok mate, thank you for letting me know 👍

[@TheDude-ko8to]

NEXT!!! Battle for Bikini Bottom, both of these games are classics of my childhood as SD 100 Freights/MonsterHouse.

[@jaycerrito3142]

I absolutely love this game but compared to Battle for Bikini Bottom, it's not as good. I agree the still image cutscenes are off-putting and the slide levels are tedious and collecting the treasure chests and going through the other mini games get repetitive. The game is also a lot more linear than Battle for Bikini Bottom as it's more of an open world and even Sandy is playable in that game and not in the Movie game. Heck, i remember fans being upset that she wasn't important in the first movie but as a personal pet peeve, the music and the enemies felt both downgraded and lame compared to Battle for Bikini Bottom. I only liked the Slide music and the final boss music as the music in the game sounded more like Rugrats and other games than SpongeBob and the enemies aren't as memorable or even have a purpose because the enemies of the previous game were robots that Plankton created and they weren't as awful to defeat

[@idonthaveanose]

I'm looking forward to finding out myself. 😄

[@matthewbraith0411]

The best spongebob game :)

[@Ace22]

No BFBB is not better. It doesn't have the upgrades here and this game has more interesting ideas. Idk why people feel the need to even compare the two games. Someone on yt pointed this out before just because they're the same style doesn't make them the same game. They're incomparable. Because one is about a grand adventure. The other is about being more Spongebob homage aka BFBB. It needs to be said it's not a sequel just because it has the same type of gameplay. People in your comments are just wrong.

[@idonthaveanose]

Worry not - I shall be playing BFBB myself and giving my thoughts too. And strangely enough, I've wondered if I might feel similarly. I was also well aware of BFBB's similarities and that it was released before this but as a standalone movie game I thought it best to review it as a completely separate entity as it was intended.

[@bt1g71]

Please do the SpongeBob battle for bikini bottom game next 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@idonthaveanose]

It won't be the *next* video but I'm adding it to the list as so many people have requested it now. 😂