July saw the surprise announcement of upcoming Switch title Nickelodeon Kart Racers - a multiplayer racing game starring characters from 12 Nickelodeon series. Now, publisher GameMill Entertainment has shared some fresh details on some of the features that will be present in the game.
As it turns out, Nickelodeon's iconic green slime (which has been unashamedly poured over the heads of countless celebrities and kids on TV since the late '70s) will play a major part of the racing on each track. Players can fill their 'slime bar' by driving over the fluorescent green goo to activate speed boosts, and these slime patches come in many shapes and sizes. The patches are slippery, however, with the larger ones potentially causing your kart to transform into a jet ski to glide across.
If you're lucky, slipping and sliding across one of the slime patches could open up a new shortcut for you to exploit and - thanks to the slime valve and item boxes - you never know when you or your opponents might get slimed. It sure looks like you'll be getting your tyres dirty in this one.
If this isn't enough for you, though, feel free to check out the rest of the game's feature list below to see what else you'll be getting up to.
Key Features:
- Choose a racer from 12 of the most iconic characters: SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hey Arnold!, Rugrats and MORE!!!
- Race on 24 different Slimed-filled tracks including Bikini Bottom, NYC sewers, Tommy Pickle's house, Arnold's school and more!
- Awesome Co-Op and Local Multi-Player for non-stop action the entire family will love!
- Customisable Karts with multiple power-ups and special attacks!
- Team-based co-op multiplayer, players can perform devastating fused attack for TONS of FUN!
- Slime overload will have you turning you Karts into jet-ski racers!
As a reminder, the game launches on Switch on 23rd October. You can watch some of the chaos unfold in this trailer if you'd like to see more.
Are you excited for this one? Tell us below.
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"a multiplayer racing game starring characters from 12 Nickelodeon series."
I think you mean starring 12 characters. I think it's four Nickelodeon series.
Where's Ren & Stimpy though?
Looks like hot garbage. Think I'll stick to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Team Sonic Racing when that launches.
Where's Zim and GIR?
Wheres Banjo and Kazooie?
Nick, seriously, you have so many series, both new and old. And you limit it to 12 racers from 4 series!? The heck is this? 2000? Nickelodeon Racing on PS1 had more series and probably characters too! I'd have considered buying it if you put any effort in this.
Not to mention one of the represented series is TMNT!
Mario Kart 8 is still my Numero Uno.
Looks pretty poor. I shall remain in waiting for V-Rally as it seems to be the only proper racing game on the horizon.
Where does it say that it only picks it's characters from four series? The sentence "Choose a racer from 12 of the most iconic characters: SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hey Arnold!, Rugrats and MORE!!!" indicates that more series are represented.
This does look fun enough... But, uh, I’d still like to know what happened to that company who was apparently going to be re-releasing all those classic Nickelodeon-based games. I hope they didn’t abandon that project...
@GoldenGamer88 @Beatley82 Um, they mentioned those four franchises “and more”. I think you’re jumping to conclusions here.
@Parafin You have twelve characters, so three from each series. SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy have been seen. Tommy, Angelica and Reptar for Rugrats. Arnold and Helga from Hey Arnold and likely all four TMNT. That's 12.
I think the more either refers to the race tracks being from more than just four series or dumb advertising talk.
Like to see characters added from old shows on Nick.
I'm guessing/hoping that they will be unveiling more characters in time as well as possible DLC. Aang, Dagget, Norb, CatDog, Eliza Thornberry, Chucky Finster, Zim, Gir, Otto and Reggie Rocket, Ginger, Jimmy Neutron, Gerald Johansen, Plankton, and many more would be welcome additions.
I will say I love the attention to detail with Arnold driving the infamous "Mauve Avenger" from the Grand Prix episode. You can't have enough Arnold in any game. I would race as Coach Wittenberg repetitively.
I dont' think releasing 2 months before Sonic Team Racing - barring a delay which is probable since no date, just "December 2018" - isn't a good decision. The $39.99 price is nice, but so is Sonic.
I guess if Sega puts out a big mea culpa a week before this releases delaying Sonic Racing until "spring 2019" that could help this along a little.
Then again, this is for parents to buy for their young kids, Sonic is for Sonic fans, so maybe not that much overlap.
Not sure about Switch, but this will be $5 on a PSN or Xbox sale by next summer.
Hmm, this game does not look good... and I'm wondering if it's a game that's been sat on for a while, especially considering the older Turtle designs.
Having watched the trailer I hope the game gets a little more polish. Those characters are completely dead-eyed, watching the reanimated, bloated corpses of my teenage idols being forced around a track could cause nausea.
I'll admit - for a licensed kart racing game, turning the powerup mechanic into a potential hazard is a surprisingly clever take on it. It's something you'd expect from an indie game.
Could be fun, though I'll wait til it's on sale. $40 feels a little steep for this one.
I'll bite the bullet and buy it if there are more characters, whether they be unlockable or substantial DLC. I mean, where's Timmy Turner, Danny Phantom, Jimmy Neutron, Ren and Stimpy, and Zim? If they wanted to have something more recent, throw in Lincoln Loud from The Loud House.
I love when they say "and MORE!!!" which implies that there isn't much else of value.
The footage that I have seen also lacks voice overs. What's the point if Angelica isn't disparaging her fellow racers as "dumb babies?" I'm sure Helga had some endearing shrewish qualities as well.
I was vaguely interested at first, but the absence of V/Os is a dealbreaker. Pass.
Where's Cartoon Network Racer.
A Nickelodeon crossover with only 4 shows represented? One of them not being natively from Nickelodeon? Think I might stick with the Nickelodeon Racing game on PS1/arcade.
@Majora101 Liked for Aang, more Avatar representation please!
It was never going to outdo Mario Kart, but this at least had potential to capitalize on nostalgia with a much larger and more diverse cast. As it stands it’s just so hollow and sad looking.
So...I guess the Salute Your Shorts and Hey Dude kids will be DLC?
@Silly_G Indeed. If Helga doesn't say "move it footballhead!" As she overtakes Arnold then this will all be a complete waste.
Where's Jimmy Nutrin?
No Ren and Stimpykus, no buy
@Parafin THQ Nordic, afaik it's still the plan
LOL this looks like garbage
I just wanna know if Doug Funny or more importantly, Quailman is in this game. Insta-buy if so. Here's hoping for Porkchop as well.
@Parafin It's THQNordic and I haven't seen anything where they stated the plans have changed. I think they are busy focusing on releasing Darksiders 3 and Bio-Mutant. They've also acquired a few other franchises.
I know Nickelodeon games have a reputation for being almost unequivocally awful (I still have nightmares from the hour or so I spent trying to play "Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies" on the GameCube back in 2004), but perhaps there's a more diplomatic way to introduce a feature on one of their games than "Introducing the Nickelodeon slime".
I know this is a budget 2 minutes of thought game for profit but...what? The ps2 has better graphics. They just took mario karts item boxes. Only a few cartoon reps rather than many? Geez, the old GBA game i used to play looks better. Why am I getting mad over a game for 6 year olds is the REAL question...
More garbage for the kids 🙄 For $12 more you can get Forza Horizon
A must have, but only if Angelica is voiced. Otherwise what's the point. And can we have a rerelease of Dreamcast Wacky Races please. That was awesome.
I still am not sure who this game is for. Are these shows still popular? Do kids these days know these characters? This game seems like it should have been released 10-15 years ago. I doubt adults who grew up with these characters number enough to make this game sell well.
As lackluster as people say Team Sonic racing is, this game looks like garbage next to it. So I don't see myself jumping on this at all, aside from bargain bin dives when big releases slow down.
No Budnick, then PASS!
Needs some Avatar, Doug Funnie, and Aaaahh Real Monsters in here.
Huh, it’s only 12 different characters now? I’m pretty sure they’ve said that there would be characters from 12 different shows, and since each announced show so far has more than one character, the character total should be way more than 12.
Why does it look so freaking low budget though?? Yuck...
@WiiHawk 😂 be careful bruh you showing your age real bad with that question...
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@Bizzyb Ain't nothing worth hiding..still gaming actively at my age is the sign of a life full of smart decisions.
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