Press Release: THQ Releases SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula for Game Boy Color
From Videogame Morgue File
THQ RELEASES SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS: LEGEND OF THE LOST SPATULA FOR GAME BOY COLOR[edit]
CALABASAS HILLS, Calif., March 5, 2001 - THQ Inc. (NASDAQ NMS: THQI) and Nickelodeon today announced the release of the first interactive SpongeBob SquarePants adventure, SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatulaä for Game Boy Color. Based on Nickelodeon’s chart-topping animated television show, SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula is now available at major retail outlets nationwide. “SpongeBob SquarePants currently ranks the #2 property on all Kids TV with more than 28 million viewers each month,” stated Peter Dille, vice president of marketing, THQ. “The retail community is very excited about the release of the first SpongeBob SquarePants videogame.” “THQ and Nickelodeon’s most recent Game Boy Color release, Rugrats in Paris, currently ranks among the top five Game Boy Color titles at retail,” stated Steve Youngwood, Vice President Interactive Products and Publishing, Nickelodeon Consumer Products. “We look forward to that same level of success with SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula for Game Boy Color.” In SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula, players travel through Bikini Bottom as the bubbly, off-beat SpongeBob, on a quest to become the greatest fry cook of all time. SpongeBob must find hidden clues, unlock secret levels, feed hungry ghosts and avoid jellyfish as he searches for the Flying Dutchman’s Golden Spatula, the key to fry cook success. SpongeBob is joined by Sandy Cheeks, Squidworth, Mr. Krabs and, his very best friend, Patrick Star in this under water Game Boy Color adventure. For more information on SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula and THQ’s upcoming SpongeBob SquarePants adventures for PlayStation and Game Boy Advance, please visit www.thq.com. Now in its 22nd year, Nickelodeon has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the U.S. and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, magazines, books and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 77 million households, and has been the number #1 rated cable network for four consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. THQ Inc. develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software worldwide for a variety of hardware platforms including PC CD-ROM, and those manufactured by Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. The THQ site is located at www.thq.com.
