A gaming crossover occurs when otherwise separated fictional characters, stories, settings, universes, or media in a video game meet and interact with each other. These may exist as a gimmick if two separate games in question are developed by the same company. Otherwise, they may exist as a gag from a rival company.
The following is a list of games in which crossovers appear in either the form of a cameo of any kind, a guest character, or the theme of "crossover" in general in a video game itself:
[edit] First-party crossovers
This includes games in which the crossovers are within the same company.
- Alex Kidd in Shinobi World (Alex Kidd and Shinobi characters)
- Aggressors of Dark Kombat (Fuuma from World Heroes series)
- Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis (various Namco characters, including Richard Miller from Time Crisis, Heihachi Mishima and Yoshimitsu from the Tekken series, Reiko Nagase, and Pac-Man)
- Art of Fighting 2 (Geese Howard from Fatal Fury series)
- Bad Dudes (Karnov)
- Breath of Fire (Chun-Li)
- Capcom Fighting Evolution
- Captain Rainbow (various Nintendo characters)
- Dead or Alive (series) (Ryu Hayabusa)
- Dissidia: Final Fantasy
- Famicom Wars (Samus Aran)
- Fatal Fury Special (Ryo Sakazaki from Art of Fighting)
- Fighter's History (Karnov)
- Fighters Megamix (Sega characters)
- The King of Fighters series (Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Psycho Soldier and Ikari Warriors)
- Konami Krazy Racers (Metal Gear, Pop'n Music, Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Twinbee among others)
- Ninja Gaiden (Ayane)
- New International Track & Field (Various Konami characters)
- Onimusha Blade Warriors (MegaMan.EXE and Zero)
- Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (Scorpion)
- Quake III Arena (Doom and Quake)
- Rival Schools: United by Fate (Sakura Kasugano)
- Samurai Warriors (Lu Bu of Dynasty Warriors makes an appearance as a hidden boss)
- Saturday Night Slam Masters (Mike Haggar from Final Fight)
- Sega SuperStars
- Sega Superstars Tennis
- Segagaga
- Solomon's Key (Mighty Bomb Jack)
- Soulcalibur II (Heihachi Mishima from Tekken)
- Soulcalibur Legends (Lloyd Irving from Tales of Symphonia)
- Star Ocean series (Lenneth Valkyrie and Freya from the Valkyrie Profile series. Many tri-Ace games also feature crossover secret bosses and the like.)
- Street Fighter Alpha series (tie-in with Final Fight)
- Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix (Street Fighter, Darkstalkers and Red Earth)
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Link and Samus both make cameos)
- Super Smash Bros. series (various Nintendo characters including Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Pikachu, etc.)
- Tales series (some games feature crossovers from other Tales of timelines {i.e. Lloyd Irving in Tales of Fandom)
- Tecmo Super Bowl (Mighty Bomb Jack)
- Urban Reign (Paul Phoenix and Marshall Law)
- Viewtiful Joe (Dante from Devil May Cry makes an appearance in the PlayStation 2 version)
- Warriors Orochi (Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors)
- We Love Golf! (Assorted Capcom characters)
[edit] Third-party crossovers
This includes games which have crossovers from two or more separate companies.
- Cross Edge (NIS, Gust, Namco-Bandai, Idea Factory, Capcom)
- Chaos Wars
- Battletoads & Double Dragon (game produced by Tradewest/Rare with characters from Technos' Double Dragon series)
- Cannon Spike (Capcom characters)
- Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage and Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy
- Dead or Alive 4 (Nicole - a Spartan super-soldier created by Bungie Studios for exclusive use in DoA 4)
- Diddy Kong Racing 64 (Banjo, Conker, Krunch)
- Dream Mix TV World Fighters (Konami, Hudson, Takara)
- Ehrgeiz (various characters from Final Fantasy VII including Cloud, Tifa, Sephiroth, etc.)
- Eternal Fighter Zero (Moon., One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e, Kanon, and Air)
- Itadaki Street Special (Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy)
- Fighting Layer (Allen Snider and Blair Dame, created by Arika, were previously in the original Street Fighter EX)
- Fight Night Round 2 (Little Mac)
- Itadaki Street DS (Mario and Dragon Quest)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
- Mario Kart Arcade GP (Mario and Pac-Man)
- Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (Mario, Pac-Man, and Tamagotchi)
- Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (Mario and Final Fantasy)
- Marvel vs. Capcom (series) (Capcom and Marvel Comics)
- NBA Street V3 (Mario, Luigi, and Peach)
- Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Mortal Kombat and DC Comics characters)
- Namco x Capcom
- Neo Geo Battle Coliseum (Characters from ADK, which was bought by SNK Playmore, appear in the game alongside SNK characters)
- Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (Dante from Devil May Cry)
- SNK vs. Capcom (series) (Capcom and SNK Playmore)
- Soulcalibur II (Link, Heihachi, and Spawn make appearances on respective consoles)
- Soulcalibur IV (Darth Vader, Starkiller and Yoda from Star Wars; the bonus character Angol Fear is implied to be the cousin of the character Angol Mois from the Sgt. Frog series.)
- Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny (Kratos from Sony's God of War series.)
- SSX on Tour (Mario, Luigi, and Peach)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Solid Snake, Sonic the Hedgehog, and various Nintendo characters)
- Super Robot Wars (series)
- Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars (Capcom and Tatsunoko Production characters).
- Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! (Wario and Bomberman)
[edit] Comic book/video game crossovers
Video games that have comic book franchise characters encountering or facing off against other comic book franchise characters or third-party video game characters in a crossover video game or as a guest character in a third-party video game include:
[edit] Cartoon/video game crossovers
Video games that have cartoon franchise characters encountering or facing off against other cartoon franchise characters or video game characters in a crossover video game or as a guest character in a third-party video game include:
[edit] Manga/anime crossovers
Video games that have manga franchise characters or anime franchise characters encountering or facing off against other manga or anime franchise characters in a crossover video game include:
[edit] See also
