Nickelodeon Kart Racers 4

### Platform(s)

PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, PC, Steam

### Media

* Nintendo Switch Game Card(Nintendo Switch)
* Ultra 4K Blu-Ray (PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X)
* Blu-Ray Disk (PlayStation 4 & Xbox One)
* DVD (PC)

### Input

* Joy-Con (Nintendo Switch)
* Nintendo Switch Pro Controller (Nintendo Switch)
* DualSense Controller (PlayStation 5)
* Dual 4 Controller (PlayStation 4)
* Xbox Series X Controller (Xbox Series X)
* Xbox One Controller (Xbox One)
* Keyboard & Mouse (PC)

## Game order

### Preceded by

Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway

***Nickelodeon Kart Racers 4*** is an racing video game published by GameMill Entertainment. It was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One/Xbox Series X/S on October 14, 2022. It is the third sequel to the 2018 game *Nickelodeon Kart Racers* and includes a roster of over 40 fully-voiced playable characters, plus 90 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 40 iconic characters, drift, slide and boost your way to the finish line on tracks inspired by legendary Nickelodeon shows like *SpongeBob SquarePants*, *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*, *Avatar: The Last Airbender* and more!

## Playable characters

The game includes a cast of over 40 characters. **Bold** text indicates characters making their first playable appearance in a racing game.

### "Pit crew" characters

The game includes 90 crew members the player can choose to match their playstyle with unique special abilities.

Chief Members
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Crew Members
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## 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, 2022.
* 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 third racing game Garfield and Odie appears in; the first two were the *Garfield Kart* series, which were made released before Nickelodeon acquired the franchise.
* This marks the first time *My Life as a Teenage Robot* characters appear in a racing game.
	+ If *SpongeBob SquarePants and the Nicktoons Gravjet Racing* were not cancelled, this have made it the second time.
* This is the first racing game to feature Jimmy Neutron as a playable character since *Nicktoons Nitro*, and Cindy Vortex's first appearance in anything since *SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom*.
* This is the first game to use the 2021 versions of the Rugrats.
* Tommy Pickles, Angelica Pickles, Shredder, and Heffer are the only characters from *Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2* to not return to this game as racers.
	+ Shredder, Heffer and Angelica are the only racers in the series to be demoted to a pit crew character.
* According to the game files, Orson and Sheldon from *U.S. Acres* and Baby Pearl from *Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years* were originally set to be pit crew members.

## Videos

Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3- Slime Speedway - Official Announce TrailerNickelodeon Kart Racers 3- Slime Speedway - Official Launch Trailer
## References

1. ↑ Best Buy listing
2. ↑ Target listing

## External links

* Official Website
* Official Twitter account