Nickelodeon Kart Racers 4: Racers Unite is a racing video game published by GameMill Entertainment. It was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Matrix, Nintendo HDS, and Xbox One/Xbox Series X/S on October 15, 2024. 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.
| Show | Character | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Rugrats | Reptar | Fred Tatasciore |
| Purple Reptar | ||
| Tommy Pickles | E.G. Daily | |
| Angelica Pickles | Cheryl Chase | |
| Chuckie Finster | Jessica DiCicco | |
| Susie Carmichael | Cree Summer | |
| Kimi Watanabe | Charlet Chung | |
| The Ren & Stimpy Show | Ren Höek | Billy West |
| Stimpy J. Cat | Billy West | |
| Powdered Toast Man | David Kaye | |
| Rocko's Modern Life | Rocko Rama | Carlos Alazraqui |
| Heffer Wolfe | Tom Kenny | |
| Filburt Turtle | Mr. Lawrence | |
| Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Ickis | Charlie Adler |
| Oblina | Alex Cazares | |
| Hey Arnold! | Arnold Shortman | Zane VanWicklyn |
| Helga Pataki | Francesca Marie Smith | |
| Gerald Johanssen | Ramone Hamilton | |
| Phoebe Heyerdahl | Anndi McAfee | |
| Harold Berman | Justin Shenkarow | |
| The Angry Beavers | Daggett Beaver | Richard Steven Horvitz |
| Norbert Beaver | Nick Bakay | |
| CatDog | CatDog | Jim Cummings and Tom Kenny |
| The Wild Thornberrys | Eliza Thornberrys | Lacey Chabert |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | SpongeBob SquarePants | Tom Kenny |
| Patrick Star | Bill Fagerbakke | |
| Sandy Cheeks | Carolyn Lawrence | |
| Squidward Tentacles | Rodger Bumpass | |
| Mr. Krabs | Clancy Brown | |
| Plankton and Karen | Mr. Lawrence and Jill Talley | |
| The Fairly OddParents | Timmy Turner (with Cosmo and Wanda) | Tara Strong, Daran Norris, and Susanee Blakesee |
| Trixie Tang | Dionne Quan | |
| Invader Zim | Zim | Richard Steven Horvitz |
| GIR | Rosearik Rikki Simons | |
| Dib | Andy Berman | |
| Gaz | Melissa Fahn | |
| The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius | Jimmy Neutron | Debi Derryberry |
| Cindy Vortex | Carolyn Lawrence | |
| Sheen Estevez | Jeffrey Garcia | |
| My Life as a Teenage Robot | Jenny Wakeman | Janice Kawaye |
| Danny Phantom | Danny Phantom | David Kaufman |
| Sam Manson | Grey DeLisle | |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender | Aang | Davis Pak |
| Katara | Mae Whitman | |
| Sokka | Jack De Sena | |
| Toph Beifong | Vivian Vencer | |
| Zuko | Vincent Tong | |
| Catscratch | Waffle | Kevin McDonald |
| El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | El Tigre | Alanna Ubach |
| Frida Suarez | Grey DeLisle | |
| Back at the Barnyard | Otis | Chris Hardwick |
| The Mighty B! | Bessie Higgenbottom | Jessica DiCicco |
| T.U.F.F. Puppy | Dudley Puppy | Chris Hardwick |
| Kitty Katswell | Grey DeLisle | |
| The Legend of Korra | Korra | Janet Varney |
| Mako | David Faustino | |
| Asami | Seychelle Gabriel | |
| The Loud House | Lincoln Loud | Bentley Griffin |
| Lucy Loud | Jessica DiCicco | |
| Clyde McBride | Jaeden White | |
| Leni Loud | Liliana Mumy | |
| Lynn Loud | Jessica DiCicco | |
| Luan Loud | Cristina Pucelli | |
| The Casagrandes | Ronnie Anne Santiago | Izabella Alvarez |
| Sid Chang | Leah Gold | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Leonardo | Cam Clarke |
| Donatello | Barry Gordon | |
| Michelangelo | Townsend Coleman | |
| Raphael | Rob Paulsen | |
| Eastman and Laird Raphael | Rob Paulsen | |
| April O'Neil | Abby Trott | |
| Shredder | Jim Cummings | |
| Master Splinter | Peter Renaday | |
| Garfield | Garfield | Frank Welker |
| Odie | Gregg Berger | |
| Arlene | Audrey Wasilewski | |
| Nermal | Jason Marsden | |
| Big Nate | Nate Wright | Ben Giroux |
| Monster High | Clawdeen Wolf | Gabrielle Green |
| Draculaura | Courtney Lin | |
| Frankie Stein | Iris Menas | |
| Deuce Gorgon | Tony Revolori | |
| Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years | Kamper SpongeBob | Tom Kenny |
| Kamper Patrick | Bill Fagerbakke | |
| Kamper Sandy | Carolyn Lawrence | |
| The Patrick Star Show | Squidina Star | Jill Talley |
| The JoJo & BowBow Show Show | JoJo Siwa | N/A |
"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.
| Show | Track |
|---|---|
| SpongeBob SquarePants | The Lost City of Atlantis |
| Mrs. Puff's Boating School | |
| Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years | Kamp Koral |
| Jelly Mellows | |
| The Patrick Star Show | The Road Show |
| Rugrats | Reptar Ruins |
| Toy Palace | |
| Sahara | |
| Invader Zim | Foodcourtia |
| Irken Armada | |
| Hey Arnold! | San Lorenzo Cruise |
| PS.118 | |
| Hillwood Aquarium | |
| The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius | Retroland |
| Jimmy's Lab | |
| Rocko's Modern Life | Nature-O-Rama |
| CatDog | House of CatDog |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender | Ba Sing Se |
| Fire Nation | |
| Northern Water Tribe | |
| The Legend of Korra | The Spirit World |
| Danny Phantom | The Ghost Zone |
| The Ren & Stimpy Show | Space Madness |
| Black Hole | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Technodrome |
| NYC Rooftops | |
| Turtle Lair | |
| The Loud House | Royal Woods Rally |
| Most Haunted Tour | |
| Hole In One-derland | |
| Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Student Housing |
| My Life as a Teenage Robot | The Goop Zone |
| The JoJo & BowBow Show Show | D.R.E.A.M Land |
| Garfield | Hawaii |
| Arbuckle Farm | |
| Miscellaneous | Double Dare |
| Kids' Choice Awards (Battle Mode Only) |
Trivia[]
- The game's existence was first confirmed by BestBuy.com and Target.com.[1][2]
- 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 is the first game in the series to include voice acting.
- Unlike the previous two games, and like Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, this was the first game in the series to 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 would 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 pit crew characters.
- 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.
- JoJo Siwa is the only racer who is a mute in the game not having any lines at all.