I've been thinking: What if SpongeBob got a retro-style arcade beat-em-up akin to Konami's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Simpsons, and X-Men arcade games?

The playable characters would be SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy and Squidward. The plot of the game: We begin with SpongeBob and his friends watching Mermaidman and Barnacleboy on TV at SpongeBob's house, when all of a sudden Plankton interrupts the broadcast saying that he has kidnapped Mr. Krabs and unless he is given the Krabby Patty secret formula, he will drop him in a vat of chum! And so SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy and (after a little coaxing) Squidward set off to rescue Mr. Krabs.

Here's a layout of the game's structure:

Stage 1: Conch Street (Boss: Bubble Bass)

Stage 2: Downtown Bikini Bottom (Boss: Man Ray)

Stage 3: Jellyfish Fields (Boss: King Jellyfish)

Stage 4: The Kelp Forest (Boss: Sea Bear)

Stage 5: Goo Lagoon (Boss: The Dirty Bubble)

Stage 6: Rock Bottom (Boss: Alaskan Bull Worm)

Stage 7: The Flying Dutchman's Ship (Boss: guess)

Final Stage: The Chum Bucket (Bosses: Robot Krabs from "Imitation Krabs," followed by Plankton in a giant mech) (boss-only stage)

I'm not really that good at programming, so if anyone thinks this is a good idea and would like to help me with it, that would be nice. Also, if you have any other suggestions for the game, please let me know!