For almost all of the game, the camera angles were on spot. The right analog stick controls the camera angle. Square, X, Circle, and Triangle control different actions depending on which character you’re playing at the time and which level you're on. The left analog stick controls all your motions.
The controls in Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab are very easy to learn and use. Unlike some platformers, where there's a set amount of coins for each level, so you have to find them all (or at least most of them), the coins in Spongebob are all back each time you replay a level, so there are as many available as you might want to collect. To unlock these, you simply collect coins and buy them. The other thing you can unlock are bonus images, sound clips, alternate costumes, and automobile skins. They’re not exactly hard to find though, especially considering there’s an icon that flashes every time you're near one. Unlocking Patrick and Plankton to race with in the last stage requires finding "hidden" seeds. Some of "Dreaded Patrick's" henchmen are a little harder, but not much.
Krabs, and lobsters that look like Larry, take no skill at all to beat. The enemies, mostly crabs that look like a mini Mr. Every save point refills your health completely, and there’s a save point around just about every corner. I think I only died one time throughout the entire game. My one complaint with this Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab game is that it’s just a little too easy. Select Extras and then Shop to spend those Z’s buying bonus videos, art, etc. You’ll also notice that you start collecting a lot of Z coins and have nothing to do with them. If you want to play any of the mini-games again, after you’ve beaten the level, they’re selectable under Bonus Games.
In Free Play, you can select any of the previous levels to replay. If you miss items in the level or just want to go back and play a particular area again, exit out of Story mode and choose Free Play. At the end of each level, you’ll finish the level off with a mini-game. You’ll go through 9 different dream locations. And then back to Spongebob, Patrick, etc.
And then eventually you’re in Plankton’s dream. Once you get your license, you race against several other characters including Gary, Patrick, and Plankton.Įventually, you end Spongebob’s dream and start in Patrick’s. Puff, guides you through searching out the various parts to your car and in doing so, teaches you the controls of the game. To do so, you must win a race, but your car is broken. As usual, Spongebob is trying to earn his driver’s license. You’ll begin in Spongebob’s dream, a very familiar dream for fans of the show. To start out, you play Story mode to unlock everything else. Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab gives you several different options of play.