Y'know I have never played these games so how about you hype them up? Might get me a new game to play on the bus if you do a good enough sales pitch
Both games have drawing mechanics where you design your own heroes. You also get to design various power-ups and other objects throughout both games, even platforms and vehicles. Drawing elements are a consistent mechanic and narrative theme in both games.
You get a variety of unique and fun power-ups in both games and a variety of levels so the gameplay is always changing things up and doesn't get stale without changing too jarringly.
Combat is a little different in both games, and both games have largely different content and gameplay outside of the drawing mechanic, making both very worth playing.
The games are respectably challenging without being overly frustrating, (well, for the most part. I haven't played the games in a while so it's possible that they aren't
quite as difficult as I remember. The original is definitely the more challenging of the two, however).
The boss fights are especially fun.
The OSTs are a bop, especially in the Spongebob Edition.
The original game has a solid and surprisingly intriguing storyline that continues into two sequels. Whether you like the gameplay itself or not, it's easy to get invested in the game's story and characters.
The Spongebob Edition brings back Doodlebob. 'Nuff said.