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Crash Boom Bang! (JP) is a video game for the Nintendo DS developed by Dimps and published by Vivendi Universal Games. It was released in Japan on July 20, 2006, in North America on October 10, 2006, in Europe on October 27, 2006, and in Australia on November 2, 2006. It is the first video game in the Crash Bandicoot series to be developed by a Japanese company and the first to be released in Japan before North America.

Crash Boom Bang! is the first video game in the Crash Bandicoot series to be released for the Nintendo DS, and the second party game in the series after Crash Bash. The game's plot follows a multi-millionaire Viscount who uses Crash and his friends to unearth the "Super Big Power Crystal".

When the game was released, it was met with very negative reception, with most publications criticizing the unoriginal gameplay and controls.

Mini-games[]

Note these mini games are only what is in the photos for the game. these are not official names

  • A Maze
  • Racket Ball
  • Boxing
  • Drawing
  • Canu Racing
  • Baseball

Reception[]

Upon its release, Crash Boom Bang! received largely negative reviews. It received a score of 37 out of 100 from Metacritic based on fourteen reviews.

Frank Provo of GameSpot criticized the minigames as "dull" and the cosmetic use of the Crash license, citing that "apart from the way the characters look and the way the Nitro boxes explode, [...] there isn't a whole lot that's Crash-like about Crash Boom Bang!".

Nintendo Power rated the game a 4 out of 10, recommending it to only the die-hard Crash Bandicoot fans and told others to wait for Crash's next outing.

Eurogamer's Lesley Smith criticized Crash Boom Bang! for a myriad of reasons, ranging from bad stylus input, the gameplay being "boring", terrible graphics, and the mini-games as "repetitive" and "rigged."

Craig Harris of IGN was harsher than others, rating the game a 2 out of 10. He criticized the lack of tutorial and the minigames as "dull," drab," and "pointless". The review concluded with Harris saying that Crash Boom Bang! is "a terrible, terrible game with poor organization" and "easily one of the worst games on the system".

The Official Nintendo Magazine felt that the game was impeded by "dodgy" controls and a "testing user interface." Jon Jordan of Pocket Gamer dismissed the minigames as "distinctly average and oddly passionless."

Despite Crash Boom Bang! receiving negative reviews, it was the seventh bestselling Nintendo DS game in Australia from June 4 to June 10, 2007.

Gallery[]

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