<s>
SpongeBob	B-Application
SquarePants	I-Application
:	I-Application
Creature	I-Application
from	I-Application
the	I-Application
Krusty	I-Application
Krab	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
platform	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
,	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
by	O
THQ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
may	O
have	O
been	O
planned	O
at	O
some	O
point	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
cancelled	O
for	O
unknown	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PS2	B-Device
,	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
versions	O
are	O
all	O
ports	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Blitz	O
Games	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
,	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
and	O
PC	O
versions	O
were	O
separate	O
games	O
developed	O
by	O
WayForward	O
Technologies	O
and	O
AWE	O
Games	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
launch	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
SpongeBob	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
(	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
versions	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
SpongeBob	O
( スポンジ・ボブ	O
Suponjibobu	O
)	O
,	O
to	O
mark	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
SpongeBob	O
series	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
Japanese	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
titled	O
SpongeBob	B-Application
SquarePants	I-Application
:	I-Application
Nighty	I-Application
Nightmare	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
player	O
uses	O
the	O
controller	O
like	O
an	O
actual	O
plane	O
control	O
stick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
version	O
features	O
controller	O
movements	O
that	O
respectively	O
activate	O
moves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
THQ	O
staff	O
revealed	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
an	O
"	O
intimate	O
"	O
business	O
relationship	O
with	O
Nintendo	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Nintendo	O
had	O
expressed	O
an	O
interest	O
in	O
having	O
a	O
SpongeBob	O
game	O
published	O
on	O
their	O
new	O
console	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
at	O
that	O
point	O
was	O
still	O
known	O
by	O
its	O
development	O
name	O
Revolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
Blitz	O
developing	O
their	O
own	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
providing	O
cross-platform	O
compatibility	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
sections	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
such	O
as	O
driving	O
and	O
platforming	O
are	O
the	O
same	O
for	O
each	O
console	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mini	O
game	O
controls	O
work	O
differently	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
console	O
was	O
the	O
main	O
focus	O
of	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
referred	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
most	O
ambitious	O
and	O
most	O
successful	O
SpongeBob	O
game	O
to	O
date	O
"	O
in	O
their	O
December	O
2006	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
positive	O
aspects	O
noted	O
by	O
reviewers	O
about	O
it	O
included	O
the	O
variety	O
in	O
gameplay	O
,	O
responsive	O
controls	O
on	O
the	O
GC	O
and	O
PS2	B-Device
versions	O
,	O
straightforward	O
and	O
solid	O
level	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
overall	O
ambition	O
,	O
while	O
negative	O
points	O
included	O
subpar	O
graphics	O
,	O
especially	O
on	O
the	O
GC	O
version	O
,	O
overly	O
long	O
and	O
poorly	O
paced	O
platforming	O
and	O
racing	O
levels	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
occasionally	O
unresponsive	O
motion	O
controls	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
