Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix

***Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix*** is a racing video game developed by Bamtang Games and published by GameMill Entertainment in North America, Maximum Games in Europe, and Ripples Asia Venture in Japan. A sequel to 2018's *Nickelodeon Kart Racers*, it was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on October 6, 2020, and for Microsoft Windows on December 1, 2020.

## Gameplay

*Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix* features a selection of 29 playable characters from 12 different Nicktoons, as well as real-life actress JoJo Siwa. 28 courses, some remastered from its predecessor, and 2 arenas based on different locations from the shows are included in the game. There are also 70 non-playable pit crew characters, three of whom can be equipped to racers at a time to give them additional abilities.

The game supports local multiplayer for up to four players, as well as online multiplayer for up to eight players, a feature that was not in its predecessor. The karts can be customized, and power-ups can be picked up from the courses. The kart body is determined based on the player's chosen character.

## Characters

At 30 characters, this game has the biggest roster of any Nicktoons racing game, including all of the racers from the previous entry.

## Pit Crew Characters

### Chiefs

* Plankton
* April O'Neil
* Karai
* Lisa Loud
* Lynn Loud
* Phil and Lil DeVille
* Susie Carmichael
* Gertie Shortman
* Phoebe Heyerdahl
* Ed Bighead|Ed and Bev Bighead
* Dib Membrane
* Gaz Membrane
* BowBow
* Powdered Toast Man
* Zuko
* Tenzin
* Sam Manson
* Winslow T. Oddfellow

### Crew members

* Mrs. Puff
* Pearl Krabs
* The Flying Dutchman
* Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
* Dirty Bubble
* Splinter
* Casey Jones
* Kraang
* Baxter Stockman
* Bebop and Rocksteady
* Lori Loud
* Leni Loud
* Luna Loud
* Luan Loud
* Lana and Lola Loud
* Lily Loud
* Professor Membrane
* Ms. Bitters
* Almighty Tallest
* Dil Pickles
* Kimi Watanabe-Finster
* Spike
* Lou Pickles
* Phil Shortman
* Eugene Horowitz
* Abner
* Spunky
* Paula Hutchison
* Chuck and Leon
* Really Really Big Man
* Katara
* Sokka
* Toph Beifong
* Iroh
* Asami Sato
* Mako
* Bolin
* Cob
* Tucker Foley
* Valerie Gray
* Skulker
* Vlad Plasmius
* The Greasers
* Rabbids
* Eddie the Squirrel
* Mr. Sunshine
* Mr. Horse
* Muddy Mudskipper

## Development

Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix was leaked by Target on June 10, 2020, and was announced on June 11, 2020. A trailer for the game was released the same day as its announcement.

## Reception

Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix received "mixed or average" reviews (though more positive than its predecessor), according to review aggregator Metacritic. Nintendo Life called it "everything the original game should have been" and stated that it "will appeal far more to Nickelodeon fans new and old." However, they criticized the lack of voice acting.

## Trivia

* This game marks the first appearance of *The Loud House* characters in a home console video game, and also the first Nicktoons racing game to include a real-life Nickelodeon star (JoJo Siwa) as one of the playable characters.
* This game also marks the first appearance of CatDog and Stimpy in a racing game since the original *Nicktoons Racing* (as well as Ren, though he only had a cameo in that game's PC version), and the first appearance of Aang, Danny and Zim in a racing game since *Nicktoons Nitro*.
* This is the first video game to feature characters from *Rocko's Modern Life* since the home console versions of *Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots*, and the first one to feature characters from *Ren & Stimpy*, *Invader Zim*, *Danny Phantom*, and *Avatar: The Last Airbender* since *Nicktoons MLB*.