So long as licensed games — particularly ones aimed at younger audiences — are going to exist, they might as well begood. While I doubt THQ’s newly-unveiledSpongeBob SquigglePantswill carry the same weight around these parts as Double Fine’sSesame StreetKinect title, it sounds interesting.

Releasing on April 12 for Wii at a budget price of $29.99, this latest SpongeBobgame works with the uDraw GameTablet. Much to my delight, it’s taking a page straight from the book ofWarioWare: Touched!with 100 or so fast-paced “nanogames.” Not wholly original, but it doesn’t have be.

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And, later this spring, THQ is putting out a 3DS version. That, my friends, is what the exchange of money sounds like.

3DS games for sale

3DS and Wii U credit

Nintendo Switch StreetPass

StreetPass

3DS and Wii U

The Netflix Wii U app

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