The variety of racers does mostly make great use of the Nickelodeon properties, although the properties are a bit unbalanced in terms of representation. There are also two versions of SpongeBob and Patrick - their usual appearances and their Muppet Babies spin-off ones. You have to clear the previous nine to unlock the 10th, but the 10th is made up of four tracks that are in other cups, including two of the ninth cup’s tracks.

The big one is the game’s grand prix mode, which is divided into 10 cups with four races each. There’s a good amount of single-player content, considering. Afterward, you have free reign of all the game’s modes. It starts with a tutorial where you’re SpongeBob attempting to get his driver’s license, which is cute. Much like most other genre entries, Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway has no story mode.

Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway doesn’t break new ground, but it offers everything you expect in a neat little package. But there’s something that’s just cuddly about playing as a childhood favorite character, listening to them quip, and drifting around a cartoony track while slamming the other racers with items. I loved Mario Kart on the SNES and N64 as a kid but mostly grew out of the genre and moved onto faster, more realistic racers. I haven’t played the first two Nickelodeon Kart Racers, but I figured it had been too long since I last played a kart game. I know what you’re thinking: “they made three of these already?” Yup, the big numero tres.

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