

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.
