SpongeBob's Truth or Square (arcade game)
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Since 2001, there have been a series of video games and
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based on the Nickelodeon animated television series '' SpongeBob SquarePants''. The television series' massive rise in popularity during the 2000's led to a myriad of video games that span different genres. Several of these games are based on concepts from specific episodes, two of which are based on theatrical releases. Some of these titles had multiple distinct versions developed for a variety of home consoles and
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. Until 2013, the vast majority of titles were published by THQ. From 2013 to 2015, the license for most titles was handed to Activision. The license is currently held by THQ Nordic. Video games based on the series have often received mixed reviews from critics, yet many of these titles have performed well in sales. SpongeBob related characters have appeared in numerous other Nickelodeon crossover video games as well, featured alongside other Nicktoons.


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Reception

The SpongeBob SquarePants video game series received mixed reviews from critics. Although the video game based on the movie is the highest rated according to Metacritic, ''Battle for Bikini Bottom'' is considered by fans to be one of the best video games in the series. '' Edge'' declared ''Operation Krabby Patty'' as the 29th game in their list of "The Top 100 PC Games of the 21st Century" in 2006. ''HeroPants'' was nominated for the "Favorite Video Game Award" at the
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in
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, but lost to '' Just Dance 2016''. ''Employee of the Month'' was nominated by the editors of ''
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'' for the "Adventure Game of the Year" award in 2003, but the award was given to '' Uplink: Hacker Elite''. ''Lights, Camera, Pants!'' was nominated for the Best Animated Video Game title at the 33rd Annie Awards in 2005, but lost to '' Ultimate Spider-Man''. ''Creature from the Krusty Krab'' was nominated for the Best Animated Video Game at the 34th Annie Awards in 2006, but lost to '' Flushed Away''. It also won the award for Favorite Video Game at the
2007 Kids' Choice Awards The 20th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on March 31, 2007, hosted by Justin Timberlake. The show was held at Pauley Pavilion at the University of California, Los Angeles. Gwen Stefani (with Akon) and Maroon 5 performed during th ...
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Sales

The PlayStation version of ''SuperSponge'' sold 1.06 million copies, becoming one of the console's best-selling games. ''Battle for Bikini Bottom'' sold over 1.25 million copies. Both games were added to the
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Greatest Hits by Sony, and the latter was added to the Xbox Platinum Family Hits and the
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Player's choice by Microsoft and
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, respectively. By 2006, SpongeBob SquarePants video game series sales totaled 1.5 million copies sold, with ''Operation Krabby Patty'' having an estimated sales total of 490,000 copies. ''Edge'' also ranked ''Revenge of the Flying Dutchman'', ''Battle of Bikini Bottom'', and ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' at numbers 34, 31, and 25 respectively in their list "The Century's Top 50 Handheld Games," based on the number of copies sold. The Game Boy Advance versions of ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'', ''Battle for Bikini Bottom'', and ''Revenge of the Flying Dutchman'' sold an estimated total of 780,000, 710,000, and 740,000 copies, respectively. By 2007, the video game series totaled more than 20 million copies shipped worldwide, making it one of the
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. By 2010, the series reached more than 29 million copies shipped worldwide. ''SpongeBob Moves In!'' peaked at #6 at the App Store Official Charts of Top Paid iPhone Apps, and on #4 at the Top Paid iPad Apps in 2013. In June 2020, The NPD Group released a ranking of the Top 10 best-selling SpongeBob games in the United States as of May 2020, with ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' being in the number 1 spot followed by ''Battle for Bikini Bottom'' and ''Revenge of the Flying Dutchman''. On August 13, 2020, ''Rehydrated'' had sold over 1 million copies. And as of May 19, 2021, it reached more than 2 million copies.


References

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