Nicktoons Racing

Not to be confused with Nicktoons Winners Cup Racing or Nicktoons Nitro.

Video game

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Nicktoons Racing is a Nicktoons crossover racing video game released for the Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, PC, and PlayStation. It was also released as an arcade cabinet.

Plot

Characters from various Nickelodeon franchises come together for a race to win the Krusty Krab Big Bun Award.

Characters

Playable

• Tommy Pickles
• Angelica Pickles
• Arnold Shortman
• Helga Pataki
• Eliza Thornberry
• Darwin Thornberry
• CatDog
• Norbert and Daggett Beaver
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Ickis
• Stimpy
• The Mystery Rider

Non-playable

• Squidward Tentacles ^(pictured)
• Mrs. Puff ^{(name only)}
• Jellyfish

Tracks

Arcade, PlayStation, and PC

Cup 1

• Reptar Raceway
• Dam Prix
• Rancid Raceway
• Bikini Bottom Blowout

Cup 2

• Race Madness
• Beaver Fever
• Nearburg Rally
• Safari Speedway

Cup 3

• Monster Mania
• Pickles Parkway
• Gritty City Circuit
• Bongo Bangup

Game Boy Advance

Cup 1

• Mrs. Puff's Driving School
• Ahhh... Real Racing
• Reptar Raceway
• Jazz Mattazz

Cup 2

• Race Madness
• Bikini Bottom Blowout
• Safari Speedway
• Beaver Fever

Cup 3

• Nearburg Rally
• Gritty City Circuit
• Pickles Parkway
• Congo Bongo Bang Up

Development

General

• There are two unused graphics in the Windows release. One is an earlier version of the title screen while the other one is a badger wearing a green suit.

Gallery

• Early cover art.
  Early cover art.

Reception

While the PC and PlayStation versions were never reviewed, the game has received mixed to positive reviews elsewhere. IGN gave the Game Boy Color version a 3 out of 10, and the Game Boy Advance version an 8 out of 10.

Walkthrough

Arcade version

File:Nicktoons Racing - Full Arcade walkthrough

Game Boy Advance version

File:Nicktoons Racing - Full Game Boy Advance walkthrough

Game Boy Color version

File:Nicktoons Racing - Full Game Boy Color walkthrough

PC version

File:Nicktoons Racing - Full PC walkthrough

PlayStation version

File:Nicktoons Racing - Full Sony PlayStation walkthrough

Trivia

General

• Most versions of this game have backwards compatibility.
  • The arcade version does not have backwards compatibility.
  • The Game Boy Advance version can be played on all Nintendo DS and DS Lite units.
  • The Game Boy Color version can be played on all Game Boy Advance/Game Boy Advance SP units.
  • The PC version can be played on all older computer units.
  • The PlayStation version can be played on all PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 units.
• Software Creations also developed multiple Rugrats games.
  • That company ceased operations in 2004.
• Mr. Krabs and Pearl's house appears in the Game Boy Color version.
• Sandy's treedome appears in the arcade and PC versions.
• One of the dialogues the mystery rider says is "Come back here, you swine!" from "Plankton!" However, the word swine is offensive in some countries.
• The PC and PlayStation versions have the same gameplay, while the arcade, Game Boy Advance, and Game Boy Color versions each have their own gameplay style.
• A sequel on PC called Nicktoons Winners Cup Racing was released in 2006 exclusively in North America and includes later Nicktoons characters, such as Timmy Turner from The Fairly OddParents!, Jimmy Neutron from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and Danny Fenton from Danny Phantom along with all of the main villain characters from those shows. There's also an arcade-only sequel entitled Nicktoons Nitro that was released in 2009. Eventually, GameMill Entertainment started up a new line of sequels for video game consoles beginning with Nickelodeon Kart Racers in 2018 which was followed up by Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix in 2020 and Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway in 2022.
• This is the first store-bought merchandise of the SpongeBob SquarePants series.
• This is the first video game SpongeBob ever appeared in. However, Legend of the Lost Spatula is the first video game to revolve solely around the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise itself.

Discs/Cartridges

• Game Boy Advance Game Pak
  Game Boy Advance Game Pak
• Game Boy Color cartridge
  Game Boy Color cartridge
• PC disc version 1
  PC disc version 1
• PC disc version 2
  PC disc version 2
• PC disc version 3
  PC disc version 3
• PlayStation disc
  PlayStation disc

Advertisements

• Print advertisement for the arcade version
  Print advertisement for the arcade version
• Print advertisement for the Game Boy Advance version
  Print advertisement for the Game Boy Advance version
• Another print advertisement for the Game Boy Advance version
  Another print advertisement for the Game Boy Advance version
• Print advertisement for the Game Boy Color version
  Print advertisement for the Game Boy Color version

Video

File:Nicktoons Racing (PC) - Commercial

Commercial advertising the PC version of this game

References