Fantendo Kart Crystalwas revealed on April 13th, 2022 at the Fan15 Showcase to celebrate Fantendo's 15th Anniversary. It features a variety of characters, locations and items from Fantendo's history, including both Classic Characters and Modern Characters on its roster.
Fantendo Kart Crystal, like previous entries in the Fantendo Kart, is inspired by the gameplay of popular racing games such as the Mario Kart series and Crash Team Racing series. The objective of a race is to complete 3 laps of a course in the fastest possible time, outperforming the 9 other racers on the track. Races are fast-paced and chaotic, owing to a variety of factors such as tracks' layouts, items, track hazards.
The main new feature in Fantendo Kart Crystal is the obtaining of Items. Though items have existed in previous Fantendo Kart titles, they have been reworked in Fantendo Kart Crystal for a refreshing gameplay experience. Throughout all of the game's 32 tracks, racers can pick up Coins. Once 5 Coins have been collected, the player can press a button on their controller or keyboard to exchange these Coins for a random item, which provides them help in the race by either speeding them up, slowing other racers, or protecting them from the effects of other racers' items.
Characters[]
Fantendo Kart Crystal has 22 playable characters. These characters are organized into the Blue Team and the Purple Team.
The Blue Team consists of 11 characters from Fantendo's classic era (pre-2012) which are represented by blue outlines around their icons. These have all appeared in previous Fantendo Kart games.
The Purple Team consists of 11 characters from Fantendo's modern era (2017-present) which are represented by purple outlines around their icons. These are all newcomers to the Fantendo Kart series.
6 characters from each of these groups are available by default (on the left), while the remaining 5 from each group must be unlocked through regular gameplay (on the right).
Characters are organized by 5 different statistics which have minor effects on how they play in-game. These statistics are:
Speed - Determines the racer's maximum speed. The higher the Speed stat, the higher the racer's maximum speed.
Acceleration - Determines how quickly the racer accelerates. The higher the Acceleration stat, the faster they can reach their maximum speed.
Drift - Determines how effectively this race can drift. The higher the Drift stat, the more effective the subsequent mini-turbo boost is.
Handling - Determines the racer's turning ability. The higher the Handling stat, the more easily and quickly the racer can make sharp turns.
Weight - Determines the racer's air and collision physics. There are three classes: Light, Medium and Heavy. Light characters will get more airtime, but are knocked around more easily, while Heavy characters get less airtime but don't get knocked around much.
Default Characters[]
These 12 characters are available to the player from the start of the game, meaning they don't need to be unlocked to be played as.
Blue Team[]
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Unten
The last Beorn (apparently), Unten is the mascot of Fantendo and has been ever since his creation in Fantendo's early years. He has starred in countless adventures across a myriad of universes and timelines. His past is largely unknown but he was raised by the Baraenion Tribe on Zeon.
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Strafe
Son to Palutena and Lock, Strafe Lockborn is a relaxed anti-establishment demigod hero. After his father killed his mother, he fled his home to Marais and began studying how to use his light powers granted to him by his mother. Ever since he has roamed the Fantendoverse as a thief, all while planning to find his father and avenge his mother.
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Pesh
Resident knight of Pushopolis, Pesh was once a normal child fascinated with knights, until one day he got into an accident and began wearing a knight's helmet to cover the scars. He is known as a noble hero in the city of Pushopolis, protective of his friends but often letting his overconfidence get the better of him.
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PalmMan
PalmMan is a robot from Planet 4.5. An ally of DragonMan and enemy of MineMan, PalmMan is a humble yet powerful hero with built-in arm cannons which fire napalm. PalmMan's goal is to find and rescue his friend and crush, DragonMan, while on the way finding out about himself and his purpose in the universe.
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Ella Metals
Hailing from VineVille, Ella Metals is a woman with special powers that allow her to manipulate metals, a power that she discovered at the age of 3 when she somehow saved her best friend, Andy Pasta, from a Bullet BoB. She is a warm and caring girl, almost always putting others before herself.
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McBoo
Murphy Quinton McBoo was once a commander of King Boo's army, who left the evil ghost king to live in a mansion with his friends and girlfriend, Booberry, whom he greatly enjoys the company of. He also loves scaring people, and is always seen wearing his signature red cap with his initials, and red bowtie.
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Redge
Redge his a half-demon who once joined the KillGames for a chance to kill his mother, Soul. Sarcastic and rude, Redge doesn't show much care for anyone else, though as his time in the KillGames progressed, he developed empathy towards Lane and Yuki. He has supernatural powers, such as the ability to manipulate fire, and wields his signature weapon, the Cauterizer, a chainsaw-sword hybrid.
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Rundrake
Rundrake, the Timid Kotomo. Rundrake have been a prime target of Kotomo hunters for many years due to their impressive hidden potential, though as a result they are very timid and fearful for their lives and will flee at a moment's notice. It is a Plant and Mythic-type Kotomo with the ability Escape Artist, which always guarantees its escape from a battle.
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Agustaclove
A Natuorb from the Overclove, Agustaclove's exact origins are unknown, though he was adopted by Krogbord and was raised by him alongside his sister, Cephona. Agustaclove possesses a variety of abilities, including a durable body, shooting seeds and plasma bolts, and having incredible luck. Though he is 7'7", he is somewhat of a gentle giant.
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Chewout
Chewout, real name Gabriella Brooks, is a 22-year old superhero from Neo Metroville. She wields the power to manipulate gum, and ability she gained one day when exploring an abandoned chemical laboratory. Following this, she put her powers to use to protect the city of Neo Metroville and was invited to join the Project Cape Initiative. She's a laid-back and coolheaded type of person.
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Alec
Alec Korakakis is a member of the Primordial Program, who joined after an offer from Zoya because he wanted to avenge his mother's death at their hands. Being an Heirs, Alec has the power to transform into a powerful mythological deity, but unlike most other Heirs, he has access to two forms: Apollo, God of the Sun, and Helios, Titan of the Sun.
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Jack
Experiment Jack, otherwise known as Jacqueline Redd or Jack O'Lantern, is a vigilante hero from Ares City who uses their pyrokinetic abilities and various hi-tech weapons and gadgets to fight crime in the city's streets. They're an amnesiac, their earliest memory being waking up in a dumpster with a name tag and being taken in by their friend and love interest, Kizzy Thunder.
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Unlockable Characters[]
These characters aren't available straight away and must be unlocked by completing various challenges within the game.
Blue Team[]
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Netnu
Originally known as Kaio, Netnu is a spiteful and malevolent Beorn who became obsessed with the idea of defeating Unten after losing to him in battle many years ago - so much so that he made it his life goal and changed his name to Unten's in reverse. Despite his hatred of Unten, he is not truly evil, and has reluctantly teamed up with him on occasion to fight the Doomuli.
Win the Mana Cup on 100cc
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Litle P
Litle P is a seven-year-old Pichu, distinguished by his blue tail. He is often times naïve and clueless, but means well, aspiring to be just like his brother Sandslash P. He has a passion for adventure which sometimes gets him into trouble, and like the other members of his species, he has electrical powers.
Win the Fandom Cup on 100cc
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Mr. Chilli
Douglas Matthew Chilli is a confident yet laid back, lazy, and often sarcastic lawyer, though despite this he is very good at his job. Due to his laziness combined with the fact that he is almost always late to court cases, juries and other lawyers don't like him very much yet they always seem to end up losing their cases to him.
Win the Mana Cup on 150cc
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RedYoshi
A friendly and playful Yoshi, RedYoshi often finds himself rescuing his girlfriend, RedBirdo, from the clutches of his mysterious rival, BlackYoshi. He lives on a large island known as RedYoshi Island and spends most of his time swinging from branches and collecting his favorite food, blueberries.
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Teardrop
An Oceanian and one of the Knights of Atlantica, Teardrop Seaside is a noble warrior who has fought on numerous occasions to protect the land of Atlantica as well as son and wife, Ritvert and Elfain, from evil threats such as Inferadness. He has the ability to change his body to suit the different forms of water, such as steam, bubbles or ice.
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Purple Team[]
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Taxi
Taxi is a Magnetoid driver, who unsurprisingly, drives runs a Taxi service that operates all across Starcenta. She'll drive you almost anywhere, apart from Magnetoid territory, so long as you pay her sufficiently. Being a Magnetoid, she also eats metal, meaning that her taxi, or in Fantendo Kart Crystal, her kart, can provide her with sustenance if she gets hungry.
Win the Blorp Cup on 100cc
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Cousteau
Captain Cousteau is the Seamorph captain of a great ocean vessel known as The Cretalamna. He's a famous pirate with a reputation for being adventurous and always up for a challenge, using his intelligence and physical strength to overcome them. He also has a mysterious power known as the Riptide, but he hasn't used it in a very long time as he believes he doesn't need it to be strong.
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Jimmy
Jimmy is a Thirdborn who was sold to The Pit when he was 9 years old by his parents. This was at the same time as he awakened his Quaito, a magical ability that is accumulated when he is hurt and lets him use attacks such as Blast Finisher. He is an enthusiastic person despite his dark past and will always do whatever he can to keep spirits high among his allies, even if it's at the expense of his own humility.
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Theodore
The thirteen-year-old prince of Terra, Theodore is adventurous and co-operative, but due to being an outcast, doesn’t receive a lot of help from the people of Terra when he sets out to find his missing older sister, Kyra. He holds his allies close and is adept in physical combat through the use of knives and swords.
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Demiurge
Demiurge is a bronze dragon from the Draconic Gardens, who like many other members of his species, wanted to rule over one of the planets surrounding the gardens. He was able to convince his caretaker and guardian, Sophia, to take him to one of these worlds so that he could rule over it and make it his own.
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Tracks[]
There are 8 cups in Fantendo Kart Crystal with 4 tracks in each, for a total of 32 tracks in the game. These can be raced on either in Grand Prix mode, where a cup is selected and played through in its entirety, or VS Mode, where tracks can be freely chosen from any cup in the game.
Nitro Cups[]
Fantendo Kart Crystal has 16 Nitro Tracks, these being tracks that are new to the Fantendo Kart series. Most of these are inspired by Modern Fantendo projects and locations. Out of these cups, only the Untencake Cup is intially available, but the others are unlocked by completing the cup that precedes them, meaning they are unlocked in order from left to right as seen here.
Untencake Cup
Discord Circuit
Aquafront City
Boltzmann University
Anubis Temple
TAGOS Cup
Slugrest Circuit
Maddening Mineshaft
Neo York Freeway
Pantheon Colosseum
Blorp Cup
Rusal Fields
Cretalamna Cruise
Blorp Jungle
Starcenta Crash Site
Ripplite Cup
Gem Island Loop
Shellcrash City
Netnu's Fortress
Lunar Base
Retro Cups[]
Fantendo Kart Crystal has 16 Retro Tracks. These are tracks that have appeared in previous Fantendo Kart games and are almost identical in layout and appearance as to how they appeared in those games. Most of these tracks are based on Classic Fantendo IPs. Out of these cups, only the Blump Cup is intially available, but the others are unlocked by completing the cup that precedes them, meaning they are unlocked in order from left to right as seen here.
The prefixes before the track names indicate which Fantendo Kart game the track originated from.
FK indicates that the track originated from Fantendo Kart.
Unlike in previous Fantendo Kart games, where items are obtained from item boxes lying on the track, items in Fantendo Kart Crystal can only be obtained by collecting five Coins and exchanging them for an item using the button. At this point, a random item will be given to the racer, depending slightly on their position in the race.
Below is a list of items that appear in Fantedo Kart Crystal.
A brilliant silver bullet. When used, the racer is able to fire it, from where it explodes on contact with an opponent, obstacle, or wall. Bullet BoBs have moderate homing ability, generally targeting the nearest racer, though this ability is not perfect and they can occasionally miss or be dodged.
A collection of three Bullet BoBs. These essentially work like three individual Bullet BoBs which can be fired one after another. If fired in quick succession, they will typically lock onto different targets, though if there aren't many targets within range, multiple Bullet BoBs may go for the same opponent.
A special net that allows the racer to steal an item from a nearby opponent. When used, the racer will swing the net once in a circular path around them. All racers that are hit by the net will spin out, and any items held by any of these racers will be stolen by the user of the net.
A consumable item that when used, flies up into the sky, making it night time. This causes the screen to become incredibly dark for all racers and making it hard for them to see, with the exception of the racer that activated it who receives night vision. This effect lasts for approximately 6-8 seconds before the track returns to normal.
A throwable item. After being thrown, it bounces off walls until it hits the ground, where it breaks on impact and leaves a puddle of oil for the rest of the race. Any racers that drive through this oil puddle will be spin out and be substantially slowed down for a few seconds. The oil puddle remains even after a racer drives through it.
A collection of three throwable Oil Cans. They can either be thrown all together, or independently. When thrown independently, they function the same as regular Oil Cans but can be thrown three times in succession. When thrown simultaneously by holding the item button, they create a much larger oil puddle than normal.
When used, an Untencake gives the user a short 1-second speed boost. If timed correctly, this speed boost is enough to negate the effects of certain hazards, such as oil puddles, and it can also be used to cut across off-road sections of the track that would usually slow the racer down.
When used, an Netnucake gives the user a speed boost, considerably longer than that of an Untencake. This speed boost lasts for approximately 4 seconds when used and can allow the user to drive through hazards such as oil puddles and Blorp clouds unharmed, while also granting the ability to cut across large off-road sections of the track.
A throwable item. It explodes on impact with the ground, creating a cloud of vile stench that covers the race track. Any drivers that drive through this cloud will become poisoned, becoming slowed down severely for several seconds. The original thrower of the Blorp is unaffected by the cloud, which persists for about 10 seconds after being activated.
A special fruit that unlocks the racer's inner latent powers. When the racer uses a Blump, their kart becomes surrounded in electricity for approximately 8 seconds. During this time, the racer becomes significantly faster and the electricity grants them immunity to all other items and hazards such as oil puddles and Blorp clouds.
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Gallery[]
This gallery features all original character artwork that was made for this project.
Fantendo Kart Crystal began development as two separate titles - a Fantendo Smash Bros. game and a Mario Kart game. The head developer decided to merge the two concepts during development, partly because they thought Fantendo Kart games had gone underrepresented in recent years.
Fantendo Kart Crystal was developed and released as part of Fantendo's 15th Anniversary in 2022. The title is a reference to how 15th Anniversaries are often called Crystal Anniversaries.
Fantendo Kart Crystal is Button Studios's second Fantendo crossover game, the first being Fantendo's Card Cataclysm in 2020. Unlike that game, Fantendo Kart Crystal has a much stronger focus on characters from Fantendo's classic era, i.e. before 2012.
Bunea was originally considered as a playable character, but was replaced Experiment Jack during development.
This game marks the first appearance of Mr. Chilli in over 9 years, as he last appeared in Chilli Rhythm in July 2012.
This game marks the first crossover appearances of Taxi and Jimmy.
button. At this point, a random item will be given to the racer, depending slightly on their position in the race.
