Nickelodeon Kart Racers 4: Slimeblast Race

* PS4
* PS5
* Switch
* Xbox One + Series X

***Nickelodeon Kart Racers 4: Slimeblast Race*** is an racing video game published by GameMill Entertainment and Sega. It will be released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on October 18, 2024. It will be the third sequel to the 2018 game *Nickelodeon Kart Racers* and will includes a roster of over 66 fully-voiced playable characters, plus 100 companion characters.

## Gameplay

Rebuilt and re-imagined from the ground up, *Nickelodeon Kart Racers* returns - bigger and better than ever! Featuring a fully voice acted cast of over 66 iconic characters, drift, slide and boost your way to the finish line on tracks inspired by legendary Nickelodeon and Sega shows like *SpongeBob SquarePants*, *Sonic The Hedgehog*, *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*, *Avatar: The Last Airbender* and more!

## Playable characters

The game will include a cast of over 66 characters. **Bold** text indicates characters making their first playable appearance in a racing game.

### "Pit crew" characters

The game will include 100 crew members the player can choose to match their playstyle with unique special abilities. **Bold** text there some new characters appearance in a racing game.

Chief Members

Crew Members

## Tracks

Included in this installment is a combination of new and returning tracks from previous games. Tracks marked in **bold** notate a new addition. Returning tracks have also been heavily reworked to include new mechanics, including boat sections and purple slime slides. Stages from the *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* series in particular received massive visual changes, in order to reflect the 1987 animated series, as opposed to the 2012 series depicted in previous titles.

## Trivia

* The game's existence was first confirmed by BestBuy.com and Target.com.
	+ An early version of the box art was found on a now deleted Instagram post on July 17, 2024.
* The ability to have the karts transform into planes or watercrafts, which was present in the first game but dropped from the sequel, has been confirmed to return in this game.
* Unlike the previous two games, the player can choose to have their characters use other characters' vehicles.
* This will mark the first game in the series to include voice acting.
* Unlike the previous two games, and like *Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl*, this game will feature the 1987 cartoon versions of the TMNT characters.
* The item box's design is again changed from the previous games. The first game featured treasure chests, and the second featured colored orbs; this time, the item boxes resemble the Kids' Choice Awards trophies.
* This is the fourth racing game Garfield, Odie, Arlene, and Nermal appears in; the first two were the *Garfield Kart* series, which were made released before Nickelodeon acquired the franchise.
* Shredder, Heffer, and Lucy Loud are the only characters from *Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2* and *Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3* to not return to this game as racers.
	+ Shredder, Heffer, and Lucy Loud are so far the only racer in the series to be demoted to a pit crew character.
* This is the fourth racing game Sonic and Tails appears in; the first three were the *Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing*, *Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed*, and *Team Sonic Racing* which were made released before Nickelodeon and Sega acquired the game series.
* This is the first racing game to Sega Character on Nickelodeon
* This is the first game to use the 2023 versions of the Hey Arnold!.
* This is the first The McBride House game.
* This is the first *Klonoa* racing game.

## External links

* Official Website
* Official Twitter account