Nicktoons Unite on THQ video games.

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Stars from some of the most popular Nickelodeon TV shows come to life in the Nicktoons Unite! video game from THQ, Agoura Hills, Calif. It's good versus evil in this one- to four-player cooperative play, 15-level game where Professor Calamitous has pulled together Plankton, Vlad, and Crocker to wreak havoc throughout Retroville, Amity Park, Dimmsdale, and Bikini Bottom in an attempt to take over the world. Jimmy Neutron, Timmy Turner, Danny Phantom, and SpongeBob SquarePants combine their powers to take out The Evil Syndicate, along with the devastating Doomsday device. Rated E for Everyone.

In Lights, Camera, Pants!, locals are desperate to impress the talent scouts for a role in a special episode of "The New Adventures of Mermaidman and Barnacleboy," which is being filmed in Bikini Bottom. Up to four players engage in cooperative and competitive play as they compete for 10 different roles, including that of the coveted part of super villain. Gamers can play as SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton, and battle with or against their friends through 30 levels of madness. The three game modes--Story, Quick Game, and D.I.Y. Tournaments--provide an endless variety of play and the cross-game save system will unlock special levels, characters, and cheats across other Nickelodeon video games. Rated E for Everyone.

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