Marvel Superhero Adventures: Intergalactic Grand Prix

Marvel's Super Kart Galaxy is a of the superhero genre developed by  and published by Sega, Marvel Entertainment and Disney Interactive for, , Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

Story

 * The animation of the game's scenario, story, and characters are equivalent to the ones of Disney INFINITY.

Premise
Having retired from hosting gladiatorial battles in his kingdom out of boredom, the Grandmaster is now hosting the Intergalactic Grand Prix, an auto racing competition endorsed by the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Nova Corps where the winner is to be declared the Galaxy's greatest traveler. Earth's superheroes and supervillains eventually participate the tournament, which also becomes a battle for the fate of the Universe when the grand prize is revealed to have a powerful link with the Infinity Stones, which some of the most powerful and dastardly villains participating the Grand Prix (including evil tyrants Doctor Doom and Thanos) are after.

Plot
In space, the Fantastic Four (Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic, Susan Storm / Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm / Human Torch, and Ben Grimm / the Thing) redeem the Silver Surfer, who helps them defeat his former master Galactus, and imprison him in the Negative Zone. Watching the event, the Grandmaster, ruler of Sakaar who had recently retired from hosting gladiatorial battles out of boredom, collects a fragment of Galactus's energy-harvesting devices, and uses it to create a trophy, which he chooses as the grand prize for the Intergalactic Grand Prix, a superhuman auto racing competition which is being endorsed by S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Nova Corps, and where the winner is to be declared the Galaxy's greatest traveler.

Two months later, the Fantastic Four and other superheroes (including Spider-Man and his gang, the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy), were informed about the Grand Prix, and signed up for the competition. Supervillains (including tyrants like Thanos, Doctor Doom and Kang the Conqueror) are also participating after being convinced by the Grandmaster's brother Taneleer Tivan the Collector that the grand prize can harness the power of the Infinity Stones, prompting the heroes to work hard on the race, and ensure the Stones will be safe. During which, Spider-Man and Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel discover the Silver Surfer having been separated from his surfboard (which was blasted into pieces during his latest battle against Galactus) and rendered powerless, and agree to help him recover.

As the heroes endure a series of racing matches, challenges and battles during the Grand Prix, they also recover the fragments of the Silver Surfer's surfboard, which supervillains are attempting to use for their advantage in the Grand Prix. They also work to collect the Infinity Stones, which are scattered across numerous areas in the contest. After the heroes defeat the supervillains in a match taking place in Thanos's home world of Titan, the Collector reveals to be in possession of the Power Stone and the last fragment of the Silver Surfer's board, and uses them to create his own super-powered vehicle, and search for the Grand Prix's grand prize (with which he plans to obtain and harness the Infinity Stones, and become the galaxy's mightiest being) in the Negative Zone.

Knowing that the board fragment and the Power Stone combined will revitalize Galactus, and free him from his imprisonment, the heroes pursue the Collector in a race across the Negative Zone, and defeat him, recovering the board fragment and the Power Stone, and escaping from the Negative Zone in time before Galactus is awakened. As the Collector is arrested by the Nova Corps, the heroes are declared winners of the Intergalactic Grand Prix. The Silver Surfer departs into space with his rebuilt board in good terms with the heroes, who decide to use the grand prize to contain the Stones' power, and send them back to the Heart of Infinity. Having enjoyed their adventure, they wage a friendly race to celebrate their victory.

Gameplay
Similar to other kart racing games like the Mario Kart franchise and Crash Nitro Kart, players compete in a number of tracks in races with twelve characters and vehicles. During the races, players can pick up Power-ups to gain advantage, or perform special techniques to gain a speed boost. Each character has a personalized projectile item (such as Spider-Man shooting webs, or Thor throwing his hammer) which can be obtained from power-up items, and a special ability (called an "Super Boost", based on the "All-Star Moves" from Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed) unique to them which they may use to their advantage (such as Spider-Man using web-gliders on his karts and Captain America ramming his opponents with his shield), which they can obtain if their power matter in the right corner of the screen is full. The gate matter is filled up by attacking and defeating opponents with the power-ups, performing successful air tricks, and/or collecting Stark Coins which are scattered around the tracks.

The Story Mode features a open world third-person platform adventure style (similar to Crash Tag Team Racing), where in which player (taking control of superheroes like Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel, Iron Man, and Hulk) explores the environment to interact with non-playable characters, collect items, and complete tasks to participate in racing events. Stark Coins can also be found in the environment, and used to unlock content from Princess Shuri's workshop.

Game Modes

 * Test Drive: Taking place in a Horizon Labs facility, this level serves as the Training Tutorial level for the game. It is also played in Story Mode.
 * Quick Race: Players can select any track of their choosing to play. The maximum number of racers on a track at any one time is twelve. It can also be played in Local and Online Multiplayer Mode. There are also two Quick Racing Modes: on Individual (where players battle each other individually) or on Team (where four teams of three compete, similarly to Team Sonic Racing).
 * Time Trial: The Time Trials vary depending on which game mode is chosen: in Quick Race trials, player vies for the fastest lap. In Story Mode, player must complete a lap within a time limit.
 * Battle Arena: Up to four racers fight customized battles, launching weapons during combat in one of eight special battle arenas. It can also be played in Local and/or Online Multiplayer Mode.
 * Grand Prix: Players compete a number of races for the Bronze, Silver, and Golden trophy. It can also be played in Local Multiplayer Mode.
 * Story Mode: Player participates the game's main storyline, and completes missions and races to progress and unlock new tracks, characters and vehicles.
 * Boss Battle: Exclusively played on Story Mode, the Boss Battles take place in both racing tracks and battle arenas, and will pit player against a non-playable villain whom player must eliminate.
 * Multiplayer Mode: It has two modes: Local, which can be played with 2, 3 or 4 players in the same console and does not require internet access, and Online, which can be played with 12 players connected to internet in individual consoles.

Collectibles and Power-ups

 * Stark Coins: Stark Coins are scattered across the game's tracks, and can be used to fill up the Super Boost matter, with each Coin filling up 10%. Outside the races, the Coins can also be collected in the Story Mode's hub area, and used to unlock special content in Shuri's workshop.
 * Target Lock: Allows the player to execute the character's projectile attack.
 * Target Lock ×2: Allows the player to execute the attack twice.
 * Target Lock ×3: Allows the player to execute the attack three times.
 * EMP Wall: One of the trap items. It allows player to summon a EMP wall to immobilize rivals from behind, and block upcoming attacks.
 * EMP Wall ×2: Allows player to drop two EMP walls.
 * EMP Wall ×3: Allows player to drop three EMP walls.
 * Stark Sentry Drone: Similar to the Blue Shell from the Mario Kart games, the Stark Sentry Drone is used to chase after and blast the lead racer.
 * Shield Emblem: Allows the racer to protect himself/herself from opponents' attacks with a protective force field.
 * Bronze Star: Fills up 25% of the Super Boost matter.
 * Silver Star: Fills up 50% of the Super Boost matter.
 * Golden Star: Fills up 100% of the Super Boost matter.

Non-Playable Characters
Those appear in the Story Mode's cutscenes and adveture hubs, and also in the tracks' background.
 * The Mary Janes; consisting of:
 * Mary Jane Watson: She serves as the flag girl for racing events, and appears as a hologram alongside her fellow band mates during Ghost-Spider's Super Boost move.
 * Betty Brant: She appears as a hologram alongside her fellow band mates during Ghost-Spider's Super Boost move. Also appearing in the Story Mode's cutscenes, Betty interviews superheroes about their experience in the Intergalactic Grand Prix.
 * Glory Grant: She appears as a hologram alongside her fellow band mates during Ghost-Spider's Super Boost move. She is also one of Shuri's assistants in her workshop.
 * Gwen Stacy: She appears as a hologram alongside her fellow band mates during Ghost-Spider's Super Boost move. She is also Jane Foster's nursery assistant. Interactions with her in the Story Mode's hub areas reveal that she is from the superheroes' native universe, while Ghost-Spider (who goes by the name of Peter Parker's adopted sister Wendy) is from another universe which was inadvertently destroyed by Kang the Conqueror.
 * Jane Foster: She is the nurse for injured racers.
 * Shuri: She is the owner of a workshop where players purchase the game's content, including the racers' outfits and gear to unlock new karts.
 * J.A.R.V.I.S.: He serves as the instructor of the Test Drive level.
 * S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Nick Fury: He is one of the administrators of the Intergalactic Grand Prix.
 * Maria Hill: She serves as the racers' informant during Story Mode.
 * Phil Coulson: He serves as one of the racing announcers.
 * Nova Corps:
 * Irani Rael / Nova Prime: She is one of the administrators of the Intergalactic Grand Prix.
 * H.E.R.B.I.E.: He is occasionally seen assisting the Mary Janes.
 * Happy Hogan: He is the owner of AvengersLand (a theme park based on the Avengers which serves as the first chapter's hub area), and provides transport for the heroes to next hub areas.
 * Aunt May: She is seen in the background of the "Midtown Speedway" track, and in the Story Mode's cutscenes.
 * Lucky the Pizza Dog: He is interacted with in the Story Mode's adventure hubs, and is seen hitching a ride in Hawkeye's Lucky Shot car.
 * The Grandmaster: He is the host of the Intergalactic Grand Prix.
 * Robbie Robertson: He serves as one of the racing announcers.

Bosses
Non-Playable characters who are fought against in Boss Battles during Story Mode:
 * Annihilus
 * Judas Traveller
 * Scientist Supreme
 * Apocalypse
 * Deathbird
 * Taneleer Tivan the Collector - the game's main antagonist and final boss, he plots to obtain the grand prize for the Intergalactic Grand Prix to take control of the Infinity Stones, and become the most powerful being in the universe.

New York Cup
Taking place in the key areas of New York City.
 * Avengers Raceway - the most basic beginner track which places the racers through a Stark designed beginners course, as they race past basic jumps and turns. The starting/finishing line takes place next to the Avengers Tower.
 * New York City Chaos - a track which places the racers through the crowded and chaotic streets of New York, racing against traffic, sharp turns and eventually an attack by Fin Fang Foom.
 * Sanctum Sanctorum - a track which plops the racers through the Sanctum Sanctorum, driving up through staircases and occasional dimensional tears, including the Mirror Dimension.
 * Midtown Speedway - a track which places the racers through the key areas visited by Spider-Man and his friends and foes, such as Midtown High School, Horizon Labs, and a Daily Bugle sector, all of which are being attacked by members of Doctor Octopus's Sinister Six (Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio, Scorpion, Electro, and Rhino), as racers race through debris and even passageways created during the attack. The starting/finishing line takes place in the Parkers' neighborhood, next to Aunt May's home.

Kingdom Cup
Taking place in the Marvel Universe's most popular kingdoms.
 * Wakanda - in Black Panther's homeland and nation, racers drive through a track monitored by the Dora Milaje, and full of African themes and animals as well as Wakandan tribes, such as the Border Tribe, the River Tribe, and the Jabari Tribe. The starting/finishing line is next to T'Challa's palace.
 * Atlantis - in the underwater city ruled by King Namor, racers drive through the city's streets and air tunnels under the sea, while avoiding attacks by rogue Atlanteans led by Attuma and Tiger Shark. Namor is shown in his throne which is next to the starting/finishing line.
 * Asgard - in Thor's home world and realm, racers drive through key points of Asgard, including the Rainbow Bridge, the Valkyries' training ground, Frigga's garden, the palace, and Odin's throne room. The starting/finishing line is next to the Bifrost Bridge.
 * Attilan - the home nation of the Inhumans ruled by Black Bolt, racers drive through key points of Attilan, such as a Terrigen Crystal cave, the Arena of Judgement and the Sub-City of the Alpha Primitives.

Chaos Cup

 * Jotunheim - taking place in Loki's home world of Jotunheim, racers drive through Jotunheim's cold caves and woods, frozen lakes, and hordes of Frost Giants and Dark Elves who will attack approaching racers.
 * Pym Industries - with starting/finishing line taking place in a test field of Pym Industries, racers are shrunk by a shrinking portal device to miniature sizes and race across Hank Pym's research desk, a, and the Quantum Realm.
 * Savage Land - racers drive through the jungle of Savage Land, surviving quicksands, the volcano's lava bombs, and rampaging dinosaurs.
 * Raft Crisis - the Raft is in chaos due to an attack by Ultron's drones, and racers go through the prison while surviving the debris and even passageways created during the attacks by escaping super-villains like the U-Foes, Man-Wolf, and Juggernaut.

Warrior Cup

 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Base - a track set in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s first base of operations in Camp Lehigh, New Jersey. Racers go through the base's key areas, such as the Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. station.
 * Kamar-Taj - set the home and training grounds to the Masters of the Mystic Arts. Racers drive through key points of the temple, including its version of the Mirror Dimension.
 * Nova Empire - the home of the Nova Corps in Xandar, where racers ride across the city, including the Nova Corps HQ, and also survive attacks by the Ravagers.
 * Mount Olympus - a track set in Hercules's homeland of Olympus, ruled by Zeus. Racers drive through Hyperion Gates which teleport racers to several key points of Olympus, such as Poseidon's kingdom, Hades's underworld, Hera's gardens, and Ares's battlegrounds. The starting/finishing line is at Zeus's throne room.

Dark Empire Cup
Set in supervillains' domains.
 * Latveria - a track set in Doctor Doom's sovereign nation, where racers drive through several key areas, like the village and Castle Doom, and avoid several obstacles and traps, such as several Latverian military guards and Doombots led by cyborg ambassador Lucia Von Bardas who will shoot approaching racers.
 * A.I.M. Island - a track set in the A.I.M. headquarters ran by MODOK, where racers drive through several areas, such as MODOK's laboratory, the Super-Adaptoid factory, and the ship yard. During which, racers also need to survive attacks on them by the A.I.M. agents and Technovore.
 * The Mandarin's Palace - a track set in the Mandarin's palace at the Valley of Spirits, which is based on its appearance in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, where in which racers must avoid several traps and attacks by Clay Warriors, Shaolin Monks and Ultimo.
 * Mephisto's Realm - a track set in the hellish world of Mephisto's domain, racers drive through the track while avoiding lava pits and traps, and surviving attacks by fiery demons and Mephisto himself, who will attempt to attack approaching racers in the end of the lap, while fighting other demonic entities attempting to overthrow him; Surtur in the first lap, Hades in the second lap, and Dormammu in the third and last lap.

Dark Galaxy Cup

 * Kree Empire - set in the home nation of the Kree in Hala, racers drive the major cities of the Kree Empire, while surviving and avoiding being shot by Kree gunships and sentries.
 * Klyntar - the home planet of Venom, Carnage and other Symbiotes. Along with hostile Symbiotes, racers must also avoid gigantic tendrils which will pull them into a abyss, and survive the attacks of the Symbiote dragon known as the World Killer.
 * Titan - Thanos's lifeless home-planet, based on its appearance and status from Avengers: Infinity War (2018), racers drive through several floating debris (some of which are used as track platforms) and survive attacks by Thanos's minions (the Chitauri, the Outriders, the Leviathans, and the Sakaarans) and a meteor shower from debris of Titan's moon.
 * Negative Zone - the Grand Prix's final racing track, taking place in the Negative Zone, racers drive through a cosmic energy-projected track and Prison 42, while avoiding falling debris, and survive attacks on them by Annihilus and his insectoid slaves, as well as Galactus.

Multiverse Cup (Grand Prix Edition DLC)
A special cup taking place in the Multiverse, with three tracks on behalf of the crossover guest racers.
 * AvengersVerse Circuit - a race track taking place across different realities within the Multiverse. With the starting/finishing line taking place at the Watcher's observatory, racers drive through several dimensional portals, which send them to alternate realities of Marvel; the 2099 dimension, the Noir universe; the Zombie universe, and the 1602 reality.
 * Jedi Galactic Circuit - a race track set in the universe of Star Wars franchise. With the starting/finishing line taking place at the Mos Espa Grand Arena, racers drive through several teleportation time portals, which send racers to key points of Kashyyyk (on which cheering Wookies throw power-up items for the racers), Endor (on which power-up items are thrown for the racers by cheering Ewoks), Coruscant (which is caught in a war between the Clone Troopers and Separatist Droids), Cloud City, and the Death Star.
 * Walt Disney World Circuit - a race track taking place on the key areas of popular Walt Disney movies. With the starting/finishing line taking place at the Walt Disney World Resort, racers drive through several Keyblade Gates which send them to key points of some of the Disney movies' and games' universes; Agrabah from Aladdin, the Pride Lands from The Lion King, Atlantica from The Little Mermaid, and Twilight Town from Kingdom Hearts II.
 * Sonic Universe Circuit - a race track set in the universe of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. With the starting/finishing line taking place at the Green Hill Zone, racers drive through several dimensional portal rings, which send them to key points of the franchise's most memorable areas; the Cassino Night Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992), the Sky Sanctuary from Sonic the Hedgehog 3/Sonic & Knuckles, the Seaside Hill from Sonic Heroes, Spagonia/ Rooftop Run from Sonic Unleashed, and Planet Wisp from Sonic Colors.

Battle Arenas

 * Avengers Compound - based on the one seen in Avengers: Endgame.
 * Red Room Battlefield -
 * The Grandmaster's Sakaarian Coliseum - based on its appearance in Thor: Ragnarok
 * Heart of Infinity - based on its appearance in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order.
 * Grand Incursion (DLC) - A battle arena set in a incursion-destroyed universe (reportedly Kang's timeline which collided with Ghost-Spider's universe).
 * Mustafar (DLC) - TBD
 * Disney's House of Villains Mayhem (DLC) - TBD
 * Eggman's City of Chaos (DLC) - TBD

Voice Actors

 * Robbie Daymond as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
 * Brian Bloom as Steve Rogers / Captain America, Matt Murdock / Daredevil
 * Eric Loomis as Tony Stark / Iron Man
 * Rick D. Wasserman as Thor, Namor (DLC)
 * Travis Willingham as Bruce Banner / Hulk, Groot, Ben Grimm / the Thing
 * Wally Wingert as Hank Pym / Ant-Man, Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic
 * Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Janet Van Dyne / Wasp, Alex Power (DLC)
 * Melanie Minichino as Susan Storm / Invisible Woman, Anya Corazon / Spider-Girl (DLC)
 * Misty Lee as Doreen Green / Squirrel Girl, Aunt May, Irani Rael / Nova Prime
 * Vanessa Marshall as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, Jack Power (DLC)
 * Chris Cox as Clint Barton / Hawkeye, Happy Hogan
 * Jennifer Hale as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel, Maria Hill, Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch (DLC)
 * James C. Mathis III as T'Challa / Black Panther
 * Roger Craig Smith as J.A.R.V.I.S., Vision (DLC), Sonic the Hedgehog (DLC)
 * Laura Bailey as Jean Grey / Phoenix, Mary Jane Watson, Julie Power (DLC)
 * A. J. Locascio as Johnny Storm / Human Torch, Peter Quill / Star-Lord
 * Jason Spisak as Wade Wilson / Deadpool, H.E.R.B.I.E.
 * Kathreen Khavari as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel
 * Scott Porter as Rocket Raccoon, Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier (DLC)
 * Lacey Chabert as Gwen Stacy, Wendy Parker / Ghost-Spider, Gwen Poole / Gwenpool (DLC)
 * Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales / Kid Arachnid
 * Erica Lindbeck as Felicia Hardy / Black Cat, Jennifer Walters / She-Hulk, Jane Foster / Thor (DLC)
 * Steve Blum as Logan / Wolverine, Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
 * Liam O'Brien as Dr. Stephen Strange, Johann Schmidt / Red Skull
 * Lex Lang as Victor Von Doom / Doctor Doom, Samuel Sterns / the Leader
 * Jim Meskimen as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, Wilson Fisk / Kingpin, Ultron, Din Djarin the Mandalorian
 * Graham McTavish as Loki
 * Patrick Seitz as Johnny Blaze / Ghost Rider, MODOK, Emil Blonsky / Abomination
 * Kari Wahlgren as Madame Hydra, Amora the Enchantress
 * Troy Baker as Marc Spector / Moon Knight, Blackheart
 * Tara Strong as Elsa Bloodstone, Betty Brant, Katie Power (DLC), Tandy Bowen / Dagger (DLC)
 * Kimberly Brooks as Shuri, Glory Grant, Greer Grant / Tigra (DLC)
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Venom, M'Baku / Man-Ape, Robbie Robertson, Apocalypse
 * Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson
 * Chris Diamantopoulos as Morbius, the Living Vampire, Mickey Mouse (DLC)
 * Phil LaMarr as Nathaniel Essex / Mister Sinister, Tyrone Johnson / Cloak (DLC), Sam Wilson / Falcon (DLC)
 * Daran Norris as Hercules, Dario Agger / The Minotaur, Judas Traveller
 * Jonathan Adams as Ronan the Accuser, Kang the Conqueror
 * Fred Tatasciore as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin, the Mandarin, Skurge the Executioner, Cletus Kasady / Carnage
 * Tom Kenny as Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus, Ulysses Klaue / Klaw
 * April Stewart as Karla Sofen / Moonstone, Zora Vukovic / Victorious, Mary MacPherran / Titania
 * Robin Atkin Downes as Baron Helmut Zemo, Tony Masters / Taskmaster
 * Alex Désert as Nick Fury, Thanos
 * Jeff Bennett as the Grandmaster, Taneleer Tivan the Collector
 * Stan Lee as himself (archive audio and dialogue)

DLC Voice Actors

 * Haley Joel Osment as Sora
 * Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano
 * Logan Miller as Sam Alexander / Nova
 * Scott Whyte as Theodore "Teddy" Altman / Hulkling
 * John Paul Karliak as Billy Kaplan / Wiccan

Easter Eggs and References
There are several references and Easter eggs from the Marvel Universe, as well as from Disney's products and Sega's games, including cameo appearances of characters.
 * Stan Lee makes some small appearances in the game's background, with archive audio dialogues from his previous cameos.
 * Whenever he is defeated in a race before his kart respawns after being destroyed, Deadpool occasionally mimics Goofy's holler.
 * Posters of Sonic the Hedgehog series games (including racing titles like Sonic Riders) can be seen in the New York Cup tracks.
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Other media

 * Marvel's Super Kart Galaxy: Race to the Top! - a three-episode animated miniseries, airing on YouTube and Disney+. It it released to promote the game.
 * Marvel's Super Kart Galaxy: The Prelude - a prequel limited comic book series with six issues revealing details about the game's story.