SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom is a 2003 video gamebased on the animated series of the same name, developed by Heavy Iron Studios, AWE Games, and Vicarious Visions, and published by THQ. The game was released for the PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance (GBA), Xbox, and Nintendo GameCube consoles as well as a port for Microsoft Windows. The Microsoft Windows version of the game is a point-and-click adventure game, whereas the 6th generation consoles received a 3D platformer. The Game Boy Advance version received a 2D platformer. All versions of the game feature an original storyline, in which the player attempts to defendBikini Bottom from an invasion of robots created by Plankton with a machine called the Duplicatotron 3000, playing as SpongeBob in all versions, as well as Patrick and Sandy in the console versions. The game was released on October 21, 2003, in North America and in Europe on November 28, 2003.