SpongeBob's Boating Bash (Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi)
common sense media says
Racer with cartoon violence that is egged on and encouraged.
parents & educators say
- 33% say violence is an issue
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that SpongeBob's Boating Bash is no ordinary racing game. While some of the events involve crossing a finish line, the vast majority involve crashing your vehicle into those of your opponents. As it is a SpongeBob game, the action is all very cartoony and unrealistic, but loud crashing sounds and flying pieces of debris are present throughout.
Educational value:
Not applicable.
Positive role models:
In the story, SpongeBob and all his friends are being duped into the demolition derby circuit, thinking it's a legitimate driving school. But ignorance does not a good role model make. Besides, these characters take mucho pleasure in the violence and destruction.
Ease of play:
Steering is not as easy as it should be, especially steering backwards (which is necessary at points in the game).
Violence & scariness:
This is a demolition derby game, in which the main goal involves smashing into your opponents cars to disable the vehicles. Vehicles break into pieces that litter the tracks and characters often yell to indicate (in a cartoonish way) that they've been hit.
Language:
There is occasionally some very mild trash-talking among competitors. And, as this is SpongeBob SquarePants we're talking about, you can also expect jokes about flatulence and underwear.
Consumerism:
The game is, of course, connected to the myriad other SpongeBob products on the market, but there's no hard sell here.
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Nick V
teen, 14 years old
teen, 14 years old
The best comment ever!!!
I love S.B. soooooo much!!! Even though i dont have it yet, i still love it and gonna buy it!
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Spike11399
kid, 13 years old
kid, 13 years old
Great for kid who like to smash car into other cars.
Kids, like me, have a craving for Cartoon and Fantesy violence, but I don't think it's a problem at all. Personaly, I love beating the living daylights out of cars! Demo Derbys are my personal fav!
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DEV13
kid, 11 years old
kid, 11 years old
I LIKE IT BECAUSE IT GOT COOL CARS AND CHARACTER.
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Nicademus
adult
adult
I grew up in a community where he had demolition derby's. It was a community event, and safety was always present and apparent. Also as a child I knew the dangers of doing this outside of the arena.
I do not find the violence to be bad at all. No one is getting "hurt", only their boats are. I remember crashing my Hot Wheels together and making them do flips, and playing this feels more like that than inflicting violence on anyone.
Talk to your kids about the encouraged crashing of vehicles and this shouldn't be a game you have to keep away from kids.
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xsheldanx
kid, 12 years old
kid, 12 years old
It Is A Very Good Game For Ages 7+
I Think This Is A Very Good Game For Ages 7+ It IS Fun For Children To Play When There Bored Or On There Own Sometimes Not Evan That :)
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Amirshaw
adult
adult
perfect for kids
This game is great, really good fun for little kids, that will have a blast. Won't even cost a thing to get the game if you did what i did, I signed up at this link gifts4points*/home?ref=amirshaw and did a few surveys and got the game free, but overall this game is great.
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