{"id":134725,"date":"2023-09-11T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-155264"},"modified":"2023-09-11T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:15:00","slug":"free-update-is-coming-to-spongebob-squarepants-the-cosmic-shake-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/09\/11\/free-update-is-coming-to-spongebob-squarepants-the-cosmic-shake-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Update Is Coming To SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a71c739c824b8\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a71c739c824b8\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a71c739c824b8\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"YnzunC7eF7w\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/spongebob_squarepants_the_cosmic_shake\">SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake<\/a> will be getting a free update on 16th October 2023 on Switch to coincide with the game&#8217;s next-gen version release, publisher THQ Nordic has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The Purple Lamp-developed platformer, which launched on Switch back in January, will soak up more of the limelight with its PS5 and Xbox Series release next month. But Switch owners won&#8217;t be missing out on any of the new additions.<\/p>\n<p>These new features coming to the game are Photo Mode \u2014 a staple of modern gaming \u2014 and costumes of King Doubloon and Plush Gary. Bug fixes have also been announced for a handful of issues reported since the game&#8217;s launch earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s coming to the Switch version of the game next month, then:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Nintendo Switch<br \/>&#8211;<\/strong> New Feature &#8211; Photo Mode! Apply one of 19 different filters to enhance your pictures.<br \/><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> New Costumes<br \/>&#8211; New costume &#8220;King Doubloon&#8221; for collecting all doubloons is now available.<br \/>&#8211; New costume &#8220;Plush Gary&#8221; for unlocking all awards is now available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bug Fixes (all platforms)<br \/>&#8211;<\/strong> Fixed a rare bug where saving stopped working.<br \/><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Fixed a bug where the playtime did not pause while on a loading screen.<br \/><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Many general bug fixes to improve stability and playability of the game.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>While the spiritual successor to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/spongebob_squarepants_battle_for_bikini_bottom\">SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom<\/a> wasn&#8217;t the commercial success Embracer Group (which owns THQ Nordic) expected, it did believe the game will &#8220;have a long tail of revenue&#8221;. And despite mixed critical reception, we rather enjoyed our time with the game:<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:143580 @ 2023-09-12T03:30:04+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be returning to Bikini Bottom next month with this free update? Let us know in the comments<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake will be getting a free update on 16th October 2023 on Switch to coincide with the game&#8217;s next-gen version release, publisher THQ Nordic has revealed. The Purple Lamp-developed platformer, which launched on Switch back in January, will soak up more of the limelight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134725\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}