On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Disney Speedstorm on Nintendo Switch (originally released on April 18th 2023 in North America, Europe, and Japan)!
Disney Speedstorm – Ver. ??? (Season 7 – Sugar Rush)
Release date: April 18th 2024 (North America, Europe) / April 19th 2024 (Japan)
Patch notes:
NEW CONTENT
adds 5 new Racers, including Ralph, Vanellope von Schweetz, Sergeant Calhoun, Fix-It Felix, and King Candy
adds a new racing environment “Candy Kingdom” inspired by the Sugar Rush game from Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph
adds new Crew Members
adds a mid-season surprise Racer’s debut from a beloved franchise.
UI IMPROVEMENTS
The Main Menu has been updated with a new layout.
The sections break down in the following way:
World Map will include the Season Tour and Tournaments.
Ranked Race will include Ranked Multiplayer.
Special Events will include time-limited events and Regulated Multiplayer.
Friendly Race will include Private Track and Local Freeplay.
The garage has been given a fresh new look! Players will now also be able to rotate and zoom in to their selected Racer from the garage.
The Golden Pass menu has received a visual revamp, giving a better visualization to the rewards and adding clear Season goals.
NEW CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS – DELUXE KARTS
We are introducing Racer-specific karts and premium decorations for several Racers. This season those Racers will be Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Mulan and Ralph. This list will grow in future Seasons.
These new customization options include new kart liveries and two types of decorations: antennas for the back of the kart, and ornaments for the front.
LIMITED EVENTS
Time-limited event objectives will now appear in the race pause menu.
RACER BOOST
Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Oswald, Ortensia, WALL•E, Eric and King Triton are now available to select.
RACER VOICEOVER
Starting this Season, only a select number of Racers will have voice lines added in the game. This Season, those Racers will be Ralph, Vanellope von Schweetz, and the yet-to-be-announced mid-Season Racer.
GENERAL FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS
Various game crash occurrences fixed across all platforms.
A new type of reward is being added to the game – Reward Capsules will automatically pull a reward from a pre-determined pool of items.
RACER & SKILL BALANCING
COMMON SKILL: FIRE
A Racer can only be stunned once by each instance of the backwards activation.
The stun duration from the backwards activation has been reduced.
COMBAT STAT, BRAWLER RACER CLASS & STUNS
The Combat stat in-game directly affects the duration of stuns, whether that be when you stun a rival Racer or when your own Racer is stunned. Our team is implementing changes so Racers getting stunned feels less punishing for players. These adjustments are as follows:
The duration of a stun for Racers with a low Combat stat will be shorter.
The speed reduction effect from being stunned has been lowered.
The duration of stuns received from a Brawler Class Racer Dash has been reduced.
The knock back effect received from a Brawler Class Racer Dash has been increased.
RACER BALANCING
RACER JASMINE
The normal activation of Jasmine’s Unique Skill only grants invulnerability while she is in proximity to Rajah.
The duration of the charged activation of Jasmine’s Unique Skill has been reduced by 1 second across all Star Levels.
Rajah’s speed has been reduced at Star Levels 4 and 5 for the charged activation of Jasmine’s Unique Skill.
Rajah’s speed has been increased at Star Levels 2 and 3 for the charged activation of Jasmine’s Unique Skill.
RACER ALADDIN
The speed at which Aladdin travels while the normal activation of his Unique Skill is active has been reduced by 10%.
RACER GENIE
Genie’s Top Speed stat has been reduced.
RACER JAFAR
Jafar’s Top Speed stat has been increased.
RACER ARIEL
The speed boost granted from Ariel’s charged Unique Skill after collecting 4 Relics has been reduced between 7-13% depending on the Star Level.
RACER PRINCE ERIC
The length of the trail effect from Prince Eric’s charged Unique Skill has been reduced by 25%.
Prince Eric’s Top Speed stat has been increased.
RACER KING TRITON
King Triton’s Top Speed stat has been increased.
King Triton’s Handling stat has been increased.
RACER URSULA
Ursula’s Handling stat has been increased.
RACER HANS
The duration of the charged activation of Hans’ Unique Skill has been reduced by 20%.
Hans’ Handling stat has been increased.
RACER SULLEY
Sulley’s Top Speed stat has been reduced.
Sulley’s Handling stat has been increased.
RACER RANDALL
Randall’s Top Speed stat has been increased.
RACER BUZZ LIGHTYEAR
The speed boost granted from Buzz Lightyear’s charged Unique Skill has been reduced by 10%.
Buzz Lightyear’s Handling stat has been increased.
RACER MINNIE MOUSE
Minnie Mouse’s Top Speed stat has been increased.
RACER STEAMBOAT MICKEY
The duration of the charged activation of Steamboat Mickey’s Unique Skill has been reduced by 1 second across all Star Levels.
The length of the trail effect from Steamboat Mickey’s charged Unique Skill has been reduced by 25%.
RACER MULAN
Mulan’s Top Speed stat has been increased.
RACER MOWGLI
Mowgli now generates more Manual Boost when he is in proximity to the wolves while the normal activation of his Unique Skill is active.
Mowgli instantly fills his Manual Boost bar after the charged activation of his Unique Skill.
RACER LILO
The duration of the normal activation of Lilo’s Unique Skill has been increased across all Star Levels.
RACER CAPTAIN GANTU
Captain Gantu’s Handling has been increased.
RACER OSWALD
The speed at which Oswald travels while the charged activation of his Unique Skill is active has been reduced by 10%.
RACER WALL•E
The amount of Manual Boost granted by collecting the piles of scrap metal from the normal activation of WALL•E’s Unique Skill has been reduced by 15%.
RACER STAT CAPS & CREW CHANGES
RACER STAT CAPS
As some players started to “max out” their Racers by reaching 5 Stars and Racer Upgrade Level 50, an issue was identified where stat bonuses granted by Crew members were being “capped”.
After a lengthy investigation by the team, a solution was identified, but it requires re-balancing some stats for Racers at Upgrade Level 50 only. The changes to the affected Racers are listed in full below:
RACER JAFAR
Top Speed stat has been increased.
RACER ARIEL
Handling stat has been increased.
RACER PRINCE ERIC
Top Speed stat has been increased.
RACER KING TRITON
Top Speed stat has been increased.
Handling stat has been increased.
RACER URSULA
Handling stat has been increased.
RACER HANS
Handling stat has been increased.
RACER OLAF
Boost stat has been decreased.
RACER SULLEY
Top Speed stat has been reduced.
Handling stat has been increased.
RACER RANDALL
Boost stat has been increased.
RACER BUZZ LIGHTYEAR
Handling stat has been increased.
RACER WOODY
Boost stat has been decreased.
RACER MINNIE MOUSE
Top Speed stat has been increased.
RACER GOOFY
Acceleration stat has been increased.
RACER CAPTAIN GANTU
Top Speed stat has been increased.
Handling stat has been increased.
RACER OSWALD
Top Speed stat has been reduced.
RACER ORTENSIA
Top Speed stat had been reduced.
RACER THE BEAST
Boost stat has been increased.
RACER MULAN
Top Speed stat has been increased.
CREW CHANGES
The previously mentioned Stat Cap changes gave us an opportunity to review how Crew stat bonuses are applied. Previously, Crew members granted a purely numerical stat bonus, for example, +500 to Top Speed. Going forward, Crew members will now grant percentage-based stat bonuses with the max percentage for each individual stat being +5%. Taking the Top Speed stat as an example, the 5% bonus is tied to the maximum possible Top Speed stat for a Racer.
These changes also allow us to increase the number of different Racer stats a Crew member can grant bonuses to. This means that Common Crew members will now grant bonuses to 2 different stats, while Rare Crew members will now grant bonuses to 3 different stats.
We are also making a change to normalize the behavior of Epic Crew members. Previously, Epic Crew members granted a higher stat bonus to Epic Racers than to Common or Rare Racers. From now on, Epic Crew will grant the same stat bonuses, regardless of the rarity of the Racers they are equipped to.
We are also making some adjustments to the skill bonus granted by the following Crew members:
King Louie will now grant a skill bonus to Boost instead of Shield. (The Jungle Book Collection)
Auto will now grant a skill bonus to Rush instead of Shot. (WALL•E Collection)
Mrs. Hasagawa will now grant a skill bonus to Shot instead of Hack. (Lilo & Stitch Collection)
Elephant On A Bicycle will now grant a skill bonus to Hack instead of bomb (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Collection)
Release date: March 5th 2024 (North America, Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:
ATLANTICA RACE ENVIRONMENT
It is no longer possible to gain an unfair advantage by continually hopping on the Atlantica race environment.
Fixed multiple other exploit techniques on the Atlantica race environment.
Fixed a particular instance where air lifts were not working as intended on the Atlantica race environment.
LOBBY SIZE
The game will now prioritize having at least 3 players in the lobby before a race is launched. This should reduce the number of 1 vs 1 races at the highest MPR levels. (An issue with this change was identified which prevented it going live with the start of Season 6)
GAME CRASHES
Fixed several game crash instances on Nintendo Switch™.
Various game crash occurrences fixed across all platforms.
Disney Speedstorm – Ver. ??? (Season 6 – Under the Sea)
Release date: February 8th 2024 (North America, Europe) / February 9th 2024 (Japan)
Patch notes:
4 NEW THE LITTLE MERMAID-INSPIRED RACERS
Racers Ariel, Ursula, Prince Eric, and King Triton are revving up their engines to take you on an underwater racing challenge.
Ariel is a Defender Class Racer, Ursula is a Trickster, Prince Eric is a Speedster, King Triton is Brawler a Class Racer.
Details of how to unlock each of our 4 seasonal Racers are listed below.
Ariel will be unlockable via the premium tier of the Golden Pass
Ursula will be unlockable via the Season Tour
Prince Eric will be unlockable via the free tier of the Golden Pass
King Triton will be unlockable via a season-long Time Limited Event
THE LITTLE MERMAID-INSPIRED RACERS UNIQUE SKILLS
ARIEL – RELIC HUNTER
Normal Activation: Several relics from the human world are spawned on the track in front of Ariel. Collecting each relic passively increases her top speed.
Charged Activation: Ariel spends all collected relics and gains a speed boost.
URSULA – SEA WITCH
Normal Activation: Ursula uses her two eel pets Flotsam and Jetsam to slow down Racers in front. Each eel follows a different adversary.
Charged Activation: Ursula causes her opponents to make an unfortunate wish. She activates an aura for several seconds. Whenever an opponent touches the aura, they gain the speed boost, but briefly lose the possibility of steering the kart.
PRINCE ERIC – SET SAIL
Normal Activation: Prince Eric summons his half-ruined ship, and controls it in assisted drive mode. The ship protects Eric from being stunned, and stuns opponents on touch.
Charged Activation: The ship rushes forward without Eric, following the racetrack. It can stun several opponents and can take several hits before breaking down.
KING TRITON – TRITON’S TRIDENT
Normal Activation: King Triton uses his trident to cast a beam of energy in front of him. The beam stuns opponents on hit.
Charged Activation: King Triton uses his trident to send a wide tide backwards. The tide follows the race track and stuns opponents on hit.
NEW CREW MEMBERS
A whole new collection of Crew members will also be added to support you during your races, including:
Flounder
Max
Sebastian
Flotsam and Jetsam
Scuttle
Grimsby
Chef Louis
Ariel’s Sisters
The Seahorse Herald
Glut
Under the Sea Band
Ursula’s Garden
ATLANTICA
Our 4 new The Little Mermaid-inspired Racers are ready to dive into a thrilling racing adventure under the sea in the all-new environment, Atlantica! The new underwater racetrack is the perfect setting for exhilarating combat racing action with 6 different circuits to discover.
Siren Cove Speedway
Dinglehopper Dash
Undersea Grand Prix
Ocean Odyssey
Sea Witch Circuit
Landlubber’s Rally
MID-SEASON RACERS
Be ready to welcome the new mid-season Bonus Racer EVE during the dedicated Time Limited Event! EVE will be a Defender Class Racer. If you’re eager to learn more about how EVE’s Unique Skill works, we have all the details for you below.
EVE – PLASMA CANNON
Normal Activation: EVE uses her plasma cannon to stun nearby opponents. She activates a stance and stuns the first 3 opponents that enter her visibility range.
Charged Activation: EVE instantly cast several explosive projectiles forward.
TELEPORT SKILL
The duration of the teleportation granted by the Teleport Skill has been reduced and is now consistent. It is no longer calculated based on a player’s distance from the Racer in first place.
The trail left by a Racer using Teleport is now longer and persists for a longer period of time to make it clearer to other players that someone has teleported.
RACER BALANCING
TRICKSTERS
Dashing a rival with a Trickster Class Racer will no longer apply the Hack Skill effect to the rival Racer, it will now grant the Trickster a random level 1 Common Skill from their own skill loadout.
RACER ELIZABETH SWANN
The length of the trail effect from Elizabeth’s charged Unique Skill has been reduced by 50%.
The duration of Elizabeth’s charged Unique Skill has been increased by 1 second across all Star levels.
RACER STEAMBOAT MICKEY
The length of the trail effect from Steamboat Mickey’s charged Unique Skill has been reduced by 35%.
Manual Boost is now granted to Steamboat Mickey each time a rival Racer enters the trail effect of his charged Unique Skill.
Steamboat Mickey’s Top Speed stats have been increased.
RACER STEAMBOAT PETE
Steamboat Pete’s Acceleration and Handling stats have been increased.
RACER OLAF
The length of the trail effect from Olaf’s charged Unique Skill has been reduced by 35%.
The duration of the stun effect from Olaf’s charged Unique Skill has been reduced by 50%.
Manual Boost is now granted to Olaf each time a rival Racer enters the trail effect of his charged Unique Skill.
Olaf’s Top Speed stats have been increased.
RACER LILO
The trail effect of the charged activation of Lilo’s Unique Skill no longer stuns rival Racers.
Lilo’s Top Speed stats have been increased.
RACER ALADDIN
The speed at which Aladdin travels while the uncharged activation of his Unique Skill is active has been reduced by 15 KPH/9 MPH across all Star/Upgrade levels.
RACER JASMINE
The duration of the normal activation of Jasmine’s Unique Skill has been reduced by 20%.
Jasmine is now invulnerable while the normal activation of her Unique Skill is active.
The duration of the charged activation of Jasmine’s Unique Skill has been reduced by 20%.
The amount Rajah moves while the charged activation of Jasmine’s Unique Skill is active has been reduced by 10%.
Jasmine now generates Manual Boost while the charged activation of her Unique Skill is active.
Jasmine’s Top Speed stats have been increased.
RACER KRISTOFF
The duration of the charged activation of Kristoff’s Unique Skill has been reduced by 1 second across all Star levels.
The amount Sven moves while the normal activation of Kristoff’s Unique Skill is active has been reduced by 10%.
Kristoff now generates Manual Boost for every rival Racer Sven stuns while the charged activation of his Unique Skill is active.
Kristoff’s Top Speed stats have been increased.
RACER ANNA
The duration of both the normal and charged activations of Anna’s Unique Skill has been reduced by 20% across all Star/Upgrade levels.
The amount of Manual Boost generated by both the normal and charged activation of Anna’s Unique Skill has been reduced by 20% across all Star levels.
RACER ELSA
Elsa’s Top Speed stats have been increased.
RACER HANS
Hans will now be invulnerable in addition to invisible while the normal activation of his Unique Skill is active.
Hans’ Top Speed stats have been increased.
RACER BELLE
The duration of the speed boost granted by touching the birds while Belle’s charged Unique skill is active has been reduced by 20%.
RACER BEAST
The Beast’s Acceleration and Handling stats have been increased.
RACER MIKE WAZOWSKI
The teleportation distance granted by doors from both the normal and charged activations of Mike Wazowski’s Unique Skill has been reduced by 10%.
RACER FIGMENT
Both the normal and charged Unique Skill activations now grant Figment 1 speed boost star regardless of whether a rival Racer is inside the skill’s Area of Effect (AOE).
RACER HERCULES
The duration of the speed boost granted by both the normal and charged activations of Hercules’ Unique Skill has been increased by 0.5 seconds.
The durations of both the normal and charged activations of Hercules’ Unique Skill have been increased by 1 second.
RACER MINNIE MOUSE
Minnie Mouse’s Top Speed stats have been reduced.
RACER SHANG
Shang’s Top Speed stats have been increased.
RACER MOWGLI
The wolves from Mowgli’s Unique Skill will no longer disappear if they collide with a rival Racer’s projectiles.
GAMEPLAY
STUNS & WALLS
We have made adjustments that should reduce the number of instances where Racers end up trapped against walls after being stunned.
AIRLIFT MOMENTUM
We have made adjustments that should reduce the instances where Racers are unable to traverse areas such as the nets in The Silver Screen race environment due to a lack of momentum.
SEASON TOUR
SEASON TOUR CHAPTER PREVIEW
Players will now be able to preview locked Season Tour chapters. Upcoming race conditions and rewards will be visible which will allow players to plan their progression better throughout the whole season.
LIMITED EVENTS
RACER BOOST
Aladdin, the Genie, Jafar, Hades, Gaston, Kristoff and Hans are now available to select.
SHOP
SEASON BOX
The Season Box is being split into seasonal Racer-specific boxes. Each of the new boxes will include Racer Shards for that particular Racer, as well as Crew Shards. Players will be able to use Season Box Credits on any of the available Season Boxes
While the free Golden Pass track and seasonal Time Limited Event Racers will have their boxes available for all players from the start of the Season, the premium Golden Pass track and Season Tour Racers’ boxes will only become available in the Shop once that Racer is unlocked.
MULTIPLAYER COIN BOX
The Multiplayer Coin Box is being split into 2 separate boxes.
1 Box containing Plates, Avatars, Kart Colors, and Mottos, for 200 Multiplayer Coins.
1 Box containing Race Suits, Kart Liveries, Kart Wings, Wheels and Victory Animations, for 600 Multiplayer Coins.
GENERAL FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS
Improvements have been made for de-sync issues with trail-based Common & Unique Skills.
New loading screens with Unique Skill descriptions have been added.
Additional race Objectives have been added to Season Tour, Limited Events, and Missions.
Racer Star Levels are now visible in the Edit Racer menu.
New players now have the option to unlock one additional Racer after completing the first Starter Circuit race. New players can choose one Racer from Belle, Donald Duck, Mike Wazowski, Mulan, Jack Sparrow & Jessie.
Fixed an audio bug that caused the sound of Shang’s charged Unique Skill to keep playing beyond the duration of the skill.
Disney Speedstorm – Ver. ??? (Season 5 – Let It Go)
Release date: November 30th 2023 (North America, Europe) / December 1st 2023 (Japan)
Patch notes:
LIMITED EVENTS
UPGRADE YOUR RACER OF CHOICE
A new type of Time Limited Event will be introduced in Season 5 that will give players more flexibility on the Racers they wish to upgrade. In this new Time Limited Event, players will be able to select a specific Racer from a selection to earn rewards for, giving you more agency on how you progress in the game.
Once a player has completed all Objectives for a particular Racer, they will need to wait for the refresh timer to reset to be able to select a different Racer to progress. Players will also have the option to automatically reset the refresh timer by using Tokens.
“IT ALL STARTED WITH A MOUSE” TIME LIMITED EVENT
The “It All Started With A Mouse” Limited Event previously enabled players to earn 1 Mickey Mouse Racer Shard each day until they reach Star Level 3 with Mickey. Players will now be able to earn 1 Shard each day via this Time Limited Event, all the way to Star Level 5.
RANKED MULTIPLAYER
RANKED REWARDS
Starting in Season 5, we will be increasing the amount of Upgrade Parts players can earn by playing Ranked Multiplayer for all Racers. This change is aimed at making it easier for players to reach Star Level 3 with each Racer.
Rewards for progressing through the different MPR Leagues can only be earned once, which means that some of our veteran players will not be able to benefit from the aforementioned increase in rewards.
LOBBY SIZE
The game will now prioritize having at least 3 players in the lobby before a Race is launched. This should reduce the number of 1 vs 1 races at the highest MPR levels.
RACER BALANCING STITCH
The Normal and Charged Activations no longer grant Stitch invulnerability.
JESSIE
Both Normal and Charged Activations spawn fewer toys.
STEAMBOAT PETE
Both Normal and Charged Activations spawn fewer ink blots.
OBSTACLE COMMON/UNIQUE SKILLS
We are making a change to Common and Unique Skills that create obstacles to stun rivals. If you are stunned by an obstacle created by a rival’s Common or Unique Skill, you will be stunned for a shorter duration and will lose less speed.
The Skills currently in the game affected by this change are outlined below. This change will also be reflected in all obstacle-based Skills that stun rivals introduced in the future.
COMMON SKILLS
Bomb – Backwards Activation
UNIQUE SKILLS
Jessie – Normal & Charged Activation
Steamboat Pete – Normal & Charged Activation
Captain Gantu – Normal & Charged Activation
Baloo – Normal Activation
Belle – Normal Activation
Hercules – Charged Activation
SEASON TOUR
DAILY & SEASON MISSIONS.
Daily Missions now grant 250 XP towards your Golden Pass progress.
Season Missions now grants either 650 or 1400 XP towards your Golden Pass progress.
MYSTERY RACES
Mystery Race Boxes in the Season Tour now require less races to earn all the rewards. The amount of rewards has not been reduced.
GENERAL FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS
Daily and Season Missions will no longer have game mode restrictions.
The skip button now works as intended during the race intro animation.
Various improvements have been made to mobile version control schemes.
Improvements have been made to several Menu animation and UI elements.
Various audio improvements and fixes.
This update also brings the following to the game:
5 new Frozen-inspired Racers, including Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Kristoff, and Hans.
New skills to master, such as Elsa’s striking Ice Magic, Anna’s unique skill, Love Thaw, and Olaf’s chilling Snowfall.
New Arendelle-inspired racing environment, filled with icy hazards and other unique track features.
15 new Crew Members from the Frozen film franchise, including Sven, Bruni, Grand Pabbie, Oaken, the Duke of Weselton, and more.
Bonus Racers: Oswald and Ortensia and Wall-E
Store
Based on the feedback we have received, we will be making the following adjustments to prices in the Shop starting on November 30.
Price of Racer Shards in Tokens reduced.
Price of Customization items in Tokens reduced, with the exception of wheels.
Price of Customization items in Multiplayer Coins reduced.
Price of Upgrade Parts in Tokens reduced.
Season Coin Bundles grant double the amount of Season Coins for the same Token price.
MULTIPLAYER COINS
In addition to the reduction to the price of Customization items in Multiplayer Coins, we are also making the following changes:
Increasing the number of Multiplayer Coins earned via leaderboard Time Limited Events.
Increasing the number of Multiplayer Coins earned at each MPR level until Platinum League.
Up to 500 Multiplayer Coins can now be earned in Regulated Multiplayer each week.
The Multiplayer Coin Box is also being split into 2 separate boxes.
1 Box containing Plates, Avatars, Wheels and Mottos, for 200 Multiplayer Coins.
1 Box containing Race Suits, Kart Liveries, Kart Wings and Victory Animations, for 600 Multiplayer Coins.
TIME LIMITED EVENTS
We are working on other ways to give players more agency in how they choose to progress in the game. We recently added new “Star Chaser” Time Limited Events to allow players to unlock past Racers with Mowgli and Elizabeth Swann next in line!
We also have a new Time Limited Event coming in Season 5 that allows players to upgrade Racers of their choice!
COMPENSATION
Any players who have purchased Tokens or Founder’s packs prior to November 30 at 9AM GMT will receive the following gift as compensation for the upcoming price adjustments:
100,000 Season Coins
5 Season Box Credits
5 Belle Racer Shards
5 Captain Jack Sparrow Racer Shards
5 Mike Wazowski Racer Shards
5 Randall Racer Shards
5 Figment Racer Shards
5 Bo Peep Racer Shards
5 Lilo Racer Shards
5 Minnie Mouse Racer Shards
5 Daisy Duck Racer Shards
5 Jafar Racer Shards
Additional details:
Characters
Elsa will be unlockable for free via daily TLE that will reward players with a shard each day
Anna will be unlockable for free via the Season Tour
Olaf will be unlockable via the premium tier of the Golden Pass
Kristoff will be unlockable via the free tier of the Golden Pass
Hans will be unlockable for free via a season-long Time Limited Event
FROZEN-INSPIRED RACERS UNIQUE SKILLS
ELSA – ICE MAGIC
Normal Activation: Elsa casts a frost beam forward. Rival Racers who hit the beam have their steering frozen.
Charged Activation: Elsa spawns ice walls behind her kart which will stun any rival Racers who hit them.
ANNA – LOVE THAW
Normal Activation: Anna fills her Manual Boost bar very quickly.
Charged Activation: Anna creates an aura around her kart that grants her invulnerability and fills her Manual Boost extremely quickly. Rival Racers who enter the AOE of the aura all gain invulnerability.
OLAF – SNOWFALL
Normal Activation: Olaf throws snowballs in front of him, stunning any rival Racers the snowballs hit.
Charged Activation: Olaf leaves a snow flurry trail behind his kart. Rival Racers who hit the trail have their steering frozen.
KRISTOFF – SURVIVAL SKILLS
Normal Activation: Kristoff’s reindeer Sven, charges forward, stunning any rival Racers he knocks out of the way.
Charged Activation: Kristoff throws burning blankets behind his kart, which stun any rival Racers they hit.
HANS – ROYAL INFLUENCE
Normal Activation: Hans becomes invisible. He will stun the first rival Racer he collides with and become visible again.
Charged Activation: Hans fires volleys of arrows and spears in front of his kart, stunning any rival Racers they hit.
NEW CREW MEMBERS
A whole new collection of Crew members will also be added to support you during your races, including:
Sven
Bruni
Grand Pabbie
Snowgies
Royal Guards
Bulda
Oaken
King Agnarr
Queen Iduna
Lieutenant Mattias
Trolls
Marshmallow
Sitron
Duke of Weselton
Erik and Francis
ARENDELLE
Our 5 new Frozen-inspired Racers are ready to drift onto a new thrilling (and chilling) racing environment, Arendelle!
The new icy racetrack, Arendelle, is the perfect setting for exhilarating combat racing action with 9 different circuits to discover.
The North Mountain
Snow-covered Kingdom
The Village
Sheets of Ice
Icy Road to the Palace
The Frozen Pass
Icy Winter
Forging Ahead
The Sky’s Awake
MID-SEASON RACERS
Be ready to welcome new bonus Racers Oswald, Ortensia, and WALL•E during dedicated Time Limited Events! Oswald will be a Trickster Class Racer, Ortensia will be a Speedster Class Racer, and WALL•E will be a Speedster Class Racer.
If you’re eager to learn more about how their Unique Skills work, we have all the details for you below.
OSWALD – EARFUL VERSATILITY
Normal Activation: Oswald starts spinning his ears, pushing away opponents around. For each stunned opponent, Oswald increases spin duration.
Charged Activation: Oswald starts spinning his ears faster and hovering forward, using them as a propeller.
ORTENSIA – LOVELY FLOWERS
Normal Activation: Ortensia generates several red flowers. After colliding with the enemy, Ortensia stuns them, spending one of the flowers and receiving short speed boost.
Charged Activation: Instead of offensive flowers, Ortensia generates defensive ones. If someone tries to stun Ortensia, she will spend one flower to deflect a stun and receive a speed boost.
WALL•E – WASTE ALLOCATION
Normal Activation: Piles of scrap metal appear on the track. Collecting the piles refills the Manual Boost bar and spawns a wall that can stun rival Racers.
Charged Activation: WALL•E uses his fire extinguisher to get a speed boost.
Release date: November 2nd 2023 (North America, Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:
RANKED MULTIPLAYER PARTY LEVEL REQUIREMENTS
In Ranked Multiplayer, the party system was being exploited by a small portion of the player base. To address this issue and to help improve matchmaking in general we have now introduced Racer Upgrade limits to Multiplayer parties. This means a party cannot be comprised of Racers with an Upgrade Level difference of more than 10 levels. For example, if a Racer is Upgrade Level 1, the maximum Upgrade Level you can queue in a party with is Upgrade Level 11 or a level 40 Racer cannot queue with a level 29 Racer and so on. We will monitor how this new system works and adjust it based on community feedback, if needed.
RANKED MULTIPLAYER MATCHMAKING
Racers with a very high Upgrade Level but very low MPR League will no longer be matched with Racers with both a low Upgrade Level and MPR League. This change should improve the initial Ranked Multiplayer experience for new players, while ensuring more challenging races for experienced players.
HOP EXPLOIT
Players were able to exploit both Common and Unique Skills that grant a speed boost by repeatedly hopping after activating the skill to maintain top speed for a longer duration than intended. It is no longer possible to maintain top speed by hopping repeatedly when using one of these skills.
DASH FIXES
The hit detection when Dashing a rival Racer in Multiplayer has been improved.
Fixed an issue causing Racers to be sent backwards after Dashing a Rival Racer.
CRASHES
Fixed crash occurrence after completing Limited Time Events on Nintendo Switch™.
Fixed crash occurrence when equipping customization items on PlayStation®.
Various crash occurrences fixed across all platforms.
GENERAL FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS
Racers should no longer collide with invisible “walls” during races.
Jumba and Baloo will no longer appear as CPU Racers in Leaderboard Limited Time Events.
“Accept All” and “Delete All” buttons added to Friend Invites tab of the Social Menu.
Achievements/Trophies should now correctly unlock across all platforms.
Haptic feedback has been added for Nintendo Switch™.
Racer Icons will no longer appear to teleport quickly around the mini map.
Charged & Backwards Skills Tutorials added to Starter Circuit.
Improvements have been made to the Collection Level Menu navigation & UI.
Improvements have been made to several Menu animation and UI elements.
Release date: September 28th 2023 (North America, Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:
New Content
adds a new track environment: Agrabah!
New Racers:
Aladdin will be unlockable for free via the Season Tour.
Genie will be unlockable via the premium tier of the Golden Pass
Jasmine will be unlockable via the free tier of the Golden Pass.
Jafar will be unlockable for free via a season-long Time Limited Event.
New crew members: Abu, Magic Carpet, Rajah, Iago, the Sultan, and more
4 bonus Racers (two will be revealed at a later date)
Hades
Hades’s Unique Skill is called “Lord of the Underworld”
Normal Activation: Hades activates a cool mood for a short period of time. He refills nitro fuel when overtaking an opponent while the Skill is active.
Charged Activation: Hades activates an angry mood for a short period of time. He spawns a large fire explosion if being overtaken while the Skill is active.
Gaston
Gaston’s Unique Skilled is called “Trophy Hunting”
Normal Activation: Gaston uses his bow to stun opponents in front at a long range. Right after the Skill is activated Gaston gets a speed boost.
Charged Activation: Gaston activates the boxing stance, stunning the next opponent he collides with within a short interval.
Patch notes
UPGRADE MATERIALS IMPROVEMENTS
The Upgrade Materials system is receiving an overhaul to become more simplified for all players in time for the shift of Disney Speedstorm to free-to-play. The changes include:
Reducing the total number of Upgrade Materials per Racer from 15 to 10.
Maintaining 3 Universal Materials and 4 Collection Materials (per Collection).
Introducing 4 new Class Materials.
Changing Material rarity based on the category of the Material.
Unifying the types of Materials each Racer needs.
At the start of Season 4, the Upgrade Parts inventory of all existing players will be converted to the new Upgrade Materials. Worry not, the conversion system is designed to ensure that it benefits the player and your new inventory of Upgrade Parts will have at least as much utility as previously, if not more.
COLLECTION LEVEL IMPROVEMENTS
The Collection Level system is getting revamped next Season! Following the changes, Collection Level rewards will include Racer Shards, Crew Member Shards, vanity items, Upgrade Parts and in-game currency.
As part of this change, all players’ Collection Level points will be recalculated at the start of the Season based on their inventory. Players will receive a pop-up informing them of their updated Collection Level, as well as the rewards of all Collection Levels they’ve reached under this new system.
RACER BALANCING
The following changes are being made to Racers’ Unique Skills:
Stitch
The size of the projectiles has been decreased by 30%.
The duration of the Charged activation has been reduced by 1 second per each Skill level (up to 4 seconds).
The lifetime of each projectile has been reduced by 30% during the Charged activation.
The speed of the projectiles blasted backwards or sideways during the Charged activation has been slightly reduced.
Celia Mae
The amount of Manual Boost fuel gained during both Normal and Charged activations has been increased for each Skill level.
Top Speed/Acceleration
The Top Speed and Acceleration stats for the below Racers have been increased at all levels between Racer Level 1 and Racer Level 50. This change gives all of the below Racers a little extra horsepower on the track.
Mickey Mouse
Hercules
Mowgli
Sulley
Celia Mae
Bo Peep
Jessie
Jumba
Figment
RANKED MULTIPLAYER CHANGES
We’ve noticed that players have signaled issues with racing against CPU Racers, and we are making the following changes to address this:
CPU Racers are being disabled in Ranked Multiplayer races for Racers with an MPR over 3.
The number of CPU Racers in Ranked Multiplayer races for Racers with an MPR between 0-3 is being reduced to 4.
ARBEE DRIVE
Update 3 will introduce an additional control feature to the game – Arbee Drive. With Arbee Drive, the steering and acceleration are controlled by the AI of the game while the player chooses which route to take on the track. All other actions, such as boosting, dashing or using a Skill, remain under the player’s control.
You will be able to toggle Arbee Drive on or off before the start of a race, in the mid-race pause menu, or from the controls settings.
USERNAME CHANGES
Starting from this update, all players will have a unique username in the game. On PC and consoles, the default username will be the one of the platform. If your PC or console username is Arbee123, it will default to Arbee123 in-game as well.
If the platform username is already in use by another account, the player ID number will be added to the end of the username.
Additionally, players will now be able to customize their username from their in-game Player Profile.
KNOWN ISSUE
When dashing a rival Racer, players may occasionally be teleported backwards. This issue will be addressed shortly in an upcoming Hotfix. Stay tuned to our social channels for updates.
GENERAL FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS
A notification showing users with a poor connection will be added to Multiplayer races.
Players will be able to contact Customer Care directly from inside the game.
A progress bar will be added for all missions in Time Limited Events.
Visual improvements have been made to the Golden Pass and Universal Box menus.
Fixed instances of crashes on Nintendo Switch when pressing the Home button during a loading screen.
Release date: August 1st 2023 (North America, Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:
No patch notes available yet. This update brings the following to the game:
Lilo & Stitch environment
NEW ISLAND PARADISE RACETRACK
New Lilo & Stitch inspired Season Tour
Lilo & Stitch Racers (Stitch, Lilo, Jumba, Captain Gantu, and Angel)
Lilo will be unlockable for free via the Season Tour.
Stitch will be unlockable via the premium tier of the Golden Pass.
Jumba will be available to unlock via the free tier of the Golden Pass.
Captain Gantu will be unlockable for free via a season-long Time Limited Event.
Angel will be unlockable via Mystery Races in the Season Tour.
New Racer: Daisy Duck (Time-Limited Event)
Bonus Racers Minnie Mouse and another surprise guest
Lilo & Stitch customization items
New Crew Members
Token Packs
STARTER CIRCUIT
We are revamping the Starter Circuit to improve the onboarding experience for new players. The new Starter Circuit has been streamlined while also introducing and explaining new game features to new players more gradually.
The Starter Circuit will now have 3 Chapters. (previously 6 Chapters)
After completion, the Starter Circuit will be available to replay via the Settings menu.
As a result of this change, we will be granting the below rewards to all players who launch the game during Season 3:
10 Mulan Shards
20 Hercules Shards
20 Captain Jack Sparrow Shards
600 Tokens
50000 Season Coins
5 Universal Box Credits
COMMON SKILLS
TELEPORT
We collected lots of feedback on challenges the Teleport Skill was causing in Ranked Multiplayer races in particular. We are making the below changes as a first step towards adjusting the skill.
The probability of picking up Teleport is being decreased in general.
The distance from 1st at which Teleport starts to be picked up will be increased.
The distance a Racer is teleported when closer to 1st position will be decreased.
The distance a Racer is teleported when further from 1st position will be increased.
GAME MODES
PRIVATE TRACK
Players will now be able to select any Racer currently playable in the game in Private Track, even if they do not have them unlocked. Mid-season Racers will become available for selection in both Private Track & Local Freeplay once their respective Time Limited Events have concluded.
Racers will be available at different preset Upgrade & Star levels, similar to Local Freeplay.
Crews will not be in effect in this game mode.
REGULATED MULTIPLAYER
The correct MPR levels of Racers will now be shown in the Regulated Multiplayer race intro screen.
MENU/USER INTERFACE (UI)
We are now separating the Singleplayer and Multiplayer game modes into their own dedicated menus.
SINGLEPLAYER MENU
This menu will contain the Starter Circuit, Season Tour & Limited Events game modes.
The Starter Circuit will move to the Settings menu once completed or if already completed.
MULTIPLAYER MENU
This menu will contain the Ranked Multiplayer, Regulated Multiplayer, Private Track & Local Freeplay game modes.
SHOP
A new free Daily Box has been added to the Shop. Login each day to claim yours!
Performance when accessing the shop should now be improved on certain platforms.
GENERAL FIXES
New season’s Collections will no longer appear hidden when a new season starts.
Disney Speedstorm – Ver. ??? (Season 2: To Infinity and Beyond)
Release date: June 12th 2023 (North America, Europe) / June 13th 2023 (Japan)
Patch notes:
No patch notes available yet. This update brings the following to the game:
Adds a new racing environment inspired by Andy’s Room from Pixar’s Toy Story
Includes 9 new tracks
“Loop the Loop”
“3… 2… 1… Launch!”
“Pizza Planet Voyage.”
and more…
Adds new playable characters
Woody
Buzz Lightyear
Jessie
Bo Beep
Steamboat Pete
Racer Steamboat Pete’s Unique Skill is called “Steamboat Wheel”
Normal Activation: Steamboat Pete launches a large steamboat wheel forward that will stun any rival Racers it hits. The wheel also leaves a trail of ink that will stun any rival racers unfortunate enough to cross its path!
Charged Activation: Steamboat Pete will start spinning the steamboat wheel around his head. Any rival racers he collides with will be stunned. The wheel also throws large ink blots ahead on the track that will stun any rival Racers who run into them.
Steamboat Mickey
Racer Steamboat Mickey’s Unique Skilled is called “Happy Whistling”
Normal Activation: Steamboat Mickey spawns a musical note on the track for every Racer in front of him, including one note for himself. Steamboat Mickey or any other Racers for that matter, will receive a speed boost by passing through these notes.
Charged Activation: Steamboat Mickey’s kart transforms into an actual steamboat and he will be invulnerable while his kart is in this form. The steamboat also leaves a trail of smoke and water behind it which obscures rival Racer’s screens and affects their handling.
Adds new Crew Members
Disney’s Mickey & Friend: Caroline Cow and Chief O’Hara
Toy Story: Bullseye, Slinky Dog, Rex, and more.
Adds two new game modes
“Color Match”: in Color Match, speeding through skill boxes of the same color as one’s Racer gives players an edge with a sudden boost. But beware of opposite-colored boxes as they’ll stun Racers for a short time.
“Follow the Leader”: in the Follow the Leader game mode, Racers leave a long visible trail behind them that other players can follow to earn a boost. If players would rather not help their opponents take the lead, all they need to do is grab a cloak skill and their trail will disappear for some time.
MENU/USER INTERFACE (UI)
GENERAL
The “Edit Racer” button on the main menu will now open a Racer selection menu so players can choose exactly which Racer to edit rather than just their last played Racer.
The last unlocked Racer selected in the Collections tab will now be the Racer displayed upon returning to the main menu.
If a player is about to begin a race with a Racer with an empty Crew slot and a Crew member available, a reminder will be given to fill the slot before starting.
SEASON TOUR MYSTERY NODES
A Season Tour Chapter will now not be marked as complete until all of the rewards from that chapter’s Mystery Box have been earned.
Fixed an issue causing Mystery Race Nodes to appear in their “complete” state before all of their associated Mystery Box rewards had been earned.
Mystery Race Nodes will now display exactly how long you need to wait to attempt them again.
We remind players that mystery Race Nodes can be attempted twice per day with a total of 20 rewards available to unlock from the Mystery Box.
SEASON TOUR
Weekly Missions are now called “Season Missions”.
New Season Missions appear each week and can be completed over the course of the entire season.
We have added a shortcut button to each Chapter of the Season Tour to allow players to more easily check their Season Missions progress.
LIMITED EVENTS
Limited Event tiles will no longer display a timer until revealed.
Limited Event tiles will now be marked as completed once all objectives have been completed.
An animation has been added to better indicate when Season Coins are earned for revealing new Limited Event tiles.
Limited Event objective visuals have been improved to make tracking progress easier.
Difficulty levels have been removed from Limited Event objective visuals.
Fixed an issue causing Limited Event objectives to appear out of order when adjusting the difficulty level.
INVENTORY
Players are now reminded of how many Golden Pass Credits they have remaining when purchasing the Golden Pass from the Shop.
Player’s Multiplayer Coins inventory is now only viewable while in the Shop.
GOLDEN PASS
When opening the Golden Pass tab, the focus will now always be on the current rewards tier of the player.
GAME MODES
RANKED & REGULATED MULTIPLAYER
CPU Racers in Ranked Multiplayer will now target real player Racers less often.
Fixed issue causing some Racers to appear as if they had finished a race after 1 lap.
The Flying Objects race type will now appear in Ranked & Regulated Multiplayer races.
LOCAL FREEPLAY
Your Local Freeplay Racer selection settings and race rule settings will now be maintained between sessions.
CONTROLS
Haptic Feedback (Vibration/Rumble) Support is now available for Xbox and PC.
New players will now receive a prompt to help them better understand how Assisted Steering works and allow them to enable this setting.
RACETRACKS
Respawns have been improved when players fall off rails.
GENERAL
Fixed issue causing FPS drops when accessing the Shop on some platforms.
The full reward animation will now only be displayed when opening Boxes or claiming Golden Pass rewards.
This update also brings the following:
makes additional adjustments to Racer Mike Wazowski’s Unique Skill, “Hold the Door!”
Doors will now take longer to become active aftr materializing.
Racers with Shields or Invulnerability active will now break doors.
makes adjustments to the Brawler class
Dashing rival Racers now fills Brawler Racer’s Manual Boost bar
Manual Boost bonus for stunning rival Racers with Skills increased (x2 bonus increased to x3 bonus)
Release date: May 16th 2023 (North America, Europe) / May 17th 2023 (Japan)
Patch notes:
RACER BALANCING
Mike Wazowski
Normal Activation of the “Hold The Door” Unique Skill will now spawn 1 door instead of 2. Charged Activation will still spawn 2 doors.
The distance players are teleported by doors in both directions has been reduced by 10%.
Doors will now disappear after 10 seconds. (Down from 20 seconds)
Sulley
The Area of Effect (AOE) of the “Fearsome Roar” Unique Skill has been increased, making it easier to stun rival Racers.
The shape of the AOE has also been adjusted to make it easier to stun rivals.
The effect “Fearsome Roar” has on rival Racers has been changed from a long stun to a shorter stun and now has knock back.
Activating “Fearsome Roar” will now refill Sulley’s Manual Boost Bar whether rival Racers have been stunned or not.
Additional Manual Boost is now received by Sulley for each rival Racer stunned by “Fearsome Roar”.
FIXES
UNIQUE SKILLS (FIX LIVE AS OF MAY 5)
Fixed an issue causing the effects of the Charged Activation of Celia Mae’s Unique Skill “Snake And Shake” to persist for the duration of a race under certain circumstances.
GENERAL (FIXES LIVE ON MAY 16)
Fixed an issue causing players to sometimes get stuck in an infinite respawn loop after falling off a grind rail on the Toon Village racetrack.
Release date: April 18th 2023 (North America, Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:
No patch notes available.
Additional notes: none.
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How to download updates for Disney Speedstorm for the Nintendo Switch?
To download the updates for Disney Speedstorm, you have three options:
let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off
If not…
try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;
OR
select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.
To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.
