crash boom bang album similar crash boom bang crash known japan crash festival party game developed published japan internationally nintendo released japan july north_america october europe october australia november game crash series developed japanese company released japan north_america final game series released japan crash game released exclusively second party game series game story centers multi millionaire uses characters series powerful object dubbed super big power crystal game received largely negative reception reviewers criticized having dull gameplay poor controls gameplay crash boom bang stages resemble board games play area split number squares game takes place players computer assigned spare players players simultaneously roll number player rolls squares forward depending type square player lands points race won lost item obtained special event triggered mini game commence player lands fork road player select desired direction stylus control pad adventure mode characters compete race race stages containing smaller sub maps host race sets task stage task completed player continue map player points winner stage overall winner stages winner race festival mode gameplay fundamentally adventure mode exception ability select stages play freely room mode player character private room play collected view collection items obtained create motion panel unique game communication tool allow messages sent mid game help friends distract players gameplay decorations room different character crash features mini games played remotely friends balance timing intelligence required win mini games player taking mini game bet winner player help players bet players bet player special item player access shop screen bet screen buy sell items plot characters number characters past crash games return crash boom bang playable playable characters include crash doctor fake crash characters physically appear official japanese crash artwork promotions video game introduced official japanese crash artwork promotions crash model altered non japanese releases closer resemble crash model host party original character designed specifically game original japanese version devil reference devil native australia past characters cameos game point lab assistants doctor doctor polar serves player tutor makes cameo appearance item shop story developing resort tasmania finds map ancient city containing attempts find large puzzles fails resort decides gather world strongest bunch characters con finding crystal sends invitation inviting crash winner earns race starts winners traveling boat large desert legend stone buried desert contestants sent dig bring according stone actual location crystal hidden ancient map investigate matter doctor map struggle map map torn sends loyal find pieces map scattered big city bring contestants know map decides reveal true intentions grant single wish willing large sum money help find finding impossible final key boards plane travel search plane select number contestants able board propelled skies explosive volcano contestants able board plane ship tells group story explorer found final key unable find power crystal explorer grandfather explorer sailed homeland thoughts ship crashed sank taking grandfather grave sounds like movie remarks attendees tells dive sunken ship retrieve final key shock considering near freezing temperatures despite group able find final key freezing death pieces puzzle hand enters tower owner wish crash steps forward makes wish large pile grief peace prevail earth says development developing mobile phone version producer described adapting party game mobile phone big challenge wanting multiplayer game players pass phone hoping attract old new fans series development team decided integrate mobile phone creating playing hand eye closed playing chin etc biggest challenge team keeping inside phone memory cited slightly inferior playstation console series described influence making game crash game series exclusively feature japanese voice cast regional versions game voice cast includes dual role crash doctor reception crash boom bang received negative reviews game receiving average ranking score based fourteen reviews metacritic gamespot criticized game dull purely crash license citing apart way characters look way boxes explode isn lot crash like crash boom bang nintendo_power recommended game die hard crash fans advised wait crash outing eurogamer criticized game number reasons including bad stylus recognition boring gameplay terrible graphics rigged repetitive mini games ign review scathing dubbing crash boom bang terrible terrible game poor organization easily worst games system reviews come felt game hampered controls testing user interface pocket gamer dismissed game collection distinctly average oddly despite negative reception crash boom bang seventh best selling game australia week june june
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