History MassiveMultiplayerCrossover / Videogames

** A more recent mod, ''[[https://revenatn.itch.io/byoc Bring Your Own Class]]'' (or just BYOC), take this to a whole new level, with 40+ different characters and counting. Along with different versions of Doomguy, you can fight the forces of hell as: a revenant, an archvile, the characters from ''VideoGame/PizzaTower'', VideoGame/SeriousSam (both his classic and 4 versions), [[VideoGame/ChexQuest Fred Chexter]], [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Heavy]], [[VideoGame/MetalSlug Marco Rossi]], [[Webcomic/MegamanSpriteComic Megaman Sprite]], Moorhuhn (''Crazy Chicken''), [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Morshu]], [[VideoGame/OneShot Niko]], [[VideoGame/CaveStory Quote]], VideoGame/{{Rayman}}, [[VideoGame/MediEvil Sir Daniel Fortesque]], [[VideoGame/NuclearThrone Yung Venuz]], [[VideoGame/{{Postal}} The Postal Dude]], [[Franchise/EvilDead Ash Williams]], [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpsons]], [[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd The Angry Video Game Nerd]], [[WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier Joueu du Grenier]], VideoGame/{{Pico}}, [[Webcomic/RageComics Trollface]], and an assortment of original characters.

* From the creators of the VideoGame/SuperSmashFlash games, ''VideoGame/Fraymakers'' currently features 6 playable Indie Game character and and abundance of others who serve as assists. With it's "[=FrayTools=] program, the player can add just about about anyone to join ''Indie Rumble'''s roster.

** A more recent mod, ''[[https://revenatn.itch.io/byoc Bring Your Own Class]]'' (or just BYOC), take this to a whole new level, with 40+ different characters and counting. Along with different versions of Doomguy, you can fight the forces of hell as: a revenant, an archvile, the characters from VideoGame/PizzaTower, VideoGame/SeriousSam (both his classic and 4 versions), [[VideoGame/ChexQuest Fred Chexter]], [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Heavy]], [[VideoGame/MetalSlug Marco Rossi]], [[Webcomic/MegamanSpriteComic Megaman Sprite]], Moorhuhn (''Crazy Chicken''), [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Morshu]], [[VideoGame/OneShot Niko]], [[VideoGame/CaveStory Quote]], VideoGame/{{Rayman}}, [[VideoGame/MediEvil Sir Daniel Fortesque]], [[VideoGame/NuclearThrone Yung Venuz]], [[VideoGame/{{Postal}} The Postal Dude]], [[Franchise/EvilDead Ash Williams]], [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpsons]], [[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd The Angry Video Game Nerd]], [[WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier Joueu du Grenier]], VideoGame/{{Pico}}, [[Webcomic/RageComics Trollface]], and an assortment of original characters.

* ''VideoGame/NewgroundsRumble'' features several characters from [[Website/{{Newgrounds}} its namesake website]] -- VideoGame/{{Pico}}, VideoGame/AlienHominid, [[WebAnimation/MadnessCombat Hank]], WebAnimation/SaladFingers, [[VideoGame/FancyPantsAdventures Fancy Pants Man]], and several more.

*** Even before ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'', there was a UsefulNotes/PlayStation FightingGame called ''Tatsunoko Fight'', which pitted four Creator/{{Tatsunoko|Production}} superhero anime (and one original made-up anime) characters, along with their females/sidekicks and villains.

** Fully realized in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch: '''''every playable character in Smash Bros. history is selectable''''' (''and then some''). The game even has more content from third-parties, with Simon and Richter Belmont from Konami's ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' and Ken from ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' as fighters and Creator/{{Konami}}'s VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}, Yacht Club Games's VideoGame/ShovelKnight, and Rathalos from Creator/{{Capcom}}'s ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' as [[AssistCharacter Assist Trophies]], with the latter also being a boss (same with ''Castlevania''[='=]s Dracula). And with DLC, you may add Joker from ''VideoGame/Persona5'', up to four heroes from ''Franchise/DragonQuest'', [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo & Kazooie]], Terry from ''VideoGame/FatalFury'', Steve from ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', Sephiroth from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', Kazuya from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', and Sora from ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' to the mix. All told, there's more than ''thirty different game franchises'' represented in the playable characters alone, and dozens more when you count stages, music, assist trophies, Mii costumes, and spirits, such as ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'', ''VideoGame/SimCity'', ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Galaga}}'', ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'', ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'', ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'', ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'', ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''. By the time the game's DLC cycle ended, the playable roster alone had fighters from '''40''' different series.

* ''Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus'' is a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS ActionRPG that throws ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'', ''Literature/IriyaNoSoraUFONoNatsu'', ''Literature/KinosJourney'', ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'', ''Literature/HarukaNogizakasSecret'', ''Literature/BludgeoningAngelDokurochan'', ''Literature/{{Toradora}}'' and ''Literature/AsuraCryin'' (with cameos from ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'', ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'', ''Literature/{{Inukami}}'' and the Literature/BoogiepopSeries) together into a CrisisCrossover.

* {{Creator/Konami}}'s {{UsefulNotes/MSX2}} Mahjong game ''Hai no Majutsushi'' featured eight mascots from various other Konami games: [[VideoGame/MazeOfGalious Popolon, Aphrodite]], [[VideoGame/AntarcticAdventure Pentarou]], [[VideoGame/GanbareGoemon Goemon]], [[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Dr. Venom]], a VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}, a moai, and a perverted version of [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Simon Belmont]].

* The Creator/SquareEnix board game series ''VideoGame/FortuneStreet'' has character crossovers of VideoGame/DragonQuest with either ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' or ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' depending on the game. Though traditionally NoExportForYou, a Western release was released for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} as ''VideoGame/FortuneStreet''.

* ''Namco Super Wars'' for the UsefulNotes/WonderSwan.

* Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment's ''Nendoroid Generation'' is an obscure UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable crossover RPG where you can see characters from ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'', ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'', ''Franchise/BlackRockShooter'', ''Anime/DogDays'', ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', and even the popular doujin series which is the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'', in cute Nendoroid forms in a story that no one seems to bother understanding. Part of the reason for the game's obscurity lies in the fact that it was never given an English version, nor did anyone make an English patch.

* ''VideoGame/GameTengoku'', also known as ''The Game Paradise'', was a 1995 arcade shooting game by Creator/{{Jaleco}} featuring five characters from the company's past (such obscure titles as ''Exerion'', ''Butasan'', ''Momoko 120%'', ''Formation Z'' and ''Plus Alpha'') uniting against a crazy MadScientist who wants to control the world of arcade games. Since the whole game is set in an arcade, there are several more nods and [[AffectionateParody parodies]] of old games from Jaleco and other sources. It also had a UsefulNotes/PlayStation-only sequel in 1998, adding even more characters.

* There was a commercial for UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem made for South Korea (which in that region is named [[MarketBasedTitle Super Comboy]]). In that commercial, [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] conducts a band of chorists conformed by Peach, Bowser, Yoshi, [[Franchise/StarFox Fox,]] [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu, Chun-Li,]] [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku, Krillin,]] [[Manga/CaptainTsubasa Tsubasa]], [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Raphael,]] [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Buster Bunny]], [[VideoGame/SecretOfMana Rhandi]], Congo from ''Congo's Caper'', an SD Gundam and the hero from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV''.

** With ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl]]'' (the third iteration), the series took it a step further by adding third-party {{Guest Fighter}}s to the mix, with Creator/{{Konami}}'s Solid Snake from the ''Franchise/MetalGear'' series and Creator/{{Sega}}'s Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog joining the fight.[[note]]''Sonic'' was actually intended to be in ''Melee'', but by the time Creator/MasahiroSakurai could ask Sega, the game was too far along its (already brutal) development. Similarly, Creator/HideoKojima wanted Snake in ''Melee'', but he requested too late in the game's development.[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}} is seeing a huge surge in crossover fighters. As of 2023, these include characters from ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'', Franchise/{{Rayman}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'', ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''ProfessionalWrestling/{{WWE}}'', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', ''Franchise/TombRaider'', ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'', ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''Franchise/GIJoe'', ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''.

* ''3D Power Drift'', an UpdatedRerelease of ''VideoGame/PowerDrift'' featured [[VideoGame/SpaceHarrier Harrier, Binsbein,]] [[VideoGame/AlteredBeast Nameless Beast Warrior]], [[VideoGame/OutRun Flagman]], [[VideoGame/{{Shinobi}} Joe Musashi]], [[VideoGame/FantasyZone Dralinflore]], [[VideoGame/StreetsOfRage Axel, Blaze, Adam]], [[VideoGame/HangOn Mr. Hang-On]], [[VideoGame/GalaxyForce Galaxy Lady]], and VideoGame/AlexKidd.

* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' started off with only original characters, but over several [=DLC=] patches, began adding licensed characters and maps from horror movies, tv-shows, and other video games. This started with Michael Myers and Laurie Strode from ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'', Bill from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', Leatherface from ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'', Freddy Krueger and Quentin Smith from ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', Amanda Young and David Tapp from ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'', Ghostface from ''Film/{{Scream}}''[[note]]The character underneath the mask is a CanonForeigner; only the mask and name are licensed, because the rights to the mask and the movie are separate.[[/note]], Ash from ''Franchise/EvilDead'', the Demogorgon, Nancy Wheeler and Steve Harrington from ''Series/StrangerThings''[[note]]Although they were eventually ScrewedByTheLawyers and removed from the game after the rights expired in 2021.[[/note]], Pyramid Head and Cheryl Mason from ''Franchise/SilentHill'', Nemesis, Jill Valentine, Ada Wong, Albert Wesker, and Leon Kennedy from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', Pinhead from ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'', Sadako Yamamura and Yoichi Asakawa from ''Literature/TheRing'', the alien from ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', and Creator/NicolasCage (yeah, just Nicolas Cage, [[AsHimself the actor]]). Skins based off of characters from the web series ''WebVideo/CryptTV'' were also added for some of the game's original characters.

* ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' can potentially become this as a result of the Miis found online and the amount of player choice in regards to who's who. For example, you could have the Burger King as an actual king, [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Tingle]] as an official fairy, [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Batman]] fighting against Dark Lord Franchise/{{Kirby}}! Of special note is that there is a search function for Mii characters. Pick any character or real person with any amount of notability and you will be given 10 Miis for it, as long as you can name that character within 10 spaces. Doesn't matter if it's [[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein "Einstein,"]] [[Creator/SergeiEisenstein "Eisenstein,"]] or [[UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower "Eisenhower"]]; or [[WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}} "Sash W.,"]] [[VideoGame/FreedomPlanet "Sash Lilac,"]] or [[Creator/SachaBaronCohen "SachaCohen"]]; you ''will'' find that character and can fit him, her, or it into the story somehow.

* Yet another pastiche of ''SRW'' would be ''VideoGame/BattleMoonWars'' which merges the three major published {{Franchise/Nasuverse}} canons together: ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', and ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners''.

* ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'' can become this by combining DownloadableContent, you can have Franchise/{{Batman}}, [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly]], Franchise/SpiderMan and [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack Skellington]] in [[Franchise/TheMuppets the Muppet Theater]], or [[Franchise/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]], [[Franchise/TheIncredibles Mr. Incredible]], [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]] and WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob|SquarePants}} in [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime the Land of Ooo]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' can potentially become this as a result of the Miis found online and the amount of player choice in regards to who's who. For example, you could have the Burger King as an actual king, [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Tingle]] as an official fairy, [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batman]] fighting against Dark Lord Franchise/{{Kirby}}! Of special note is that there is a search function for Mii characters. Pick any character or real person with any amount of notability and you will be given 10 Miis for it, as long as you can name that character within 10 spaces. Doesn't matter if it's [[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein "Einstein,"]] [[Creator/SergeiEisenstein "Eisenstein,"]] or [[UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower "Eisenhower"]]; or [[WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}} "Sash W.,"]] [[VideoGame/FreedomPlanet "Sash Lilac,"]] or [[Creator/SachaBaronCohen "SachaCohen"]]; you ''will'' find that character and can fit him, her, or it into the story somehow.

* With ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' having a lot of Crossover Collaborations, we can have a match forming with Film/JohnWick, Franchise/{{Batman}}, [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse the Avengers]] and [[Franchise/StarWars the Jedi]] to pit against ComicBook/{{Thanos}}, the Black Order and the Stormtroopers altogether, with more additions to be added in the future.

* The ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' series becomes this in the third game when it adds characters from various Koei Tecmo titles aside from the main ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' and ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' series, including: [[VideoGame/WarriorsLegendsOfTroy Achilles]], [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Ayane]], [[VideoGame/BladestormTheHundredYearsWar Joan of Arc]], [[VideoGame/TrinitySoulsOfZillOll Nemea]], and [[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden Ryu Hayabusa]]. Its {{Updated Rerelease}}s add [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Kasumi]], [[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden Momiji, Rachel]], [[VideoGame/{{Atelier}} Sterkenburg Cranach]], and a guest character from Bandai Namco, [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Sophitia Alexandra]].

** And ditto ''VideoGame/TrinityUniverse'', which has two story modes -- one with Nippon Ichi's (Franchise/{{Disgaea}}) characters, and one with Gust (''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'') characters. It apparently revolves around someone throwing trash into Laharl's back yard. Gust and NIS are making a habit of doing these crossover games -- NIS also has a habit of localizing all of Gusts' releases in the states, too.

** There's also ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'', which returns to the gameplay of the Marvel series but instead pits the Capcom characters against the works of Creator/TatsunokoProduction like ''[[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Gatchaman]]'' and ''Anime/{{Casshern}}''. It is basically ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' using Japan's Marvel.

** The ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' games, (''VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter'', ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter'', ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfTheSuperheroes'', ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'', ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' and now ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'') pit the characters of the various game series produced by Creator/{{Capcom}} against the heroes and villains of the MarvelUniverse in, naturally, a fighting tournament. Only the sketchiest rationale is drawn for this.

* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' started off with only original characters, but over several [=DLC=] patches, began adding licensed characters and maps from horror movies, tv-shows, and other video games. This started with Michael Myers and Laurie Strode from ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'', Bill from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', Leatherface from ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'', Freddy Krueger and Quentin Smith from ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', Amanda Young and David Tapp from ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'', Ghostface from ''Film/{{Scream}}''[[note]]The character underneath the mask is a CanonForeigner; only the mask and name are licensed, because the rights to the mask and the movie are separate.[[/note]], Ash from ''Franchise/EvilDead'', the Demogorgon, Nancy Wheeler and Steve Harrington from ''Series/StrangerThings'', Pyramid Head and Cheryl Mason from ''Franchise/SilentHill'', Nemesis, Jill Valentine, and Leon Kennedy from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', Pinhead from ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'', and Sadako Yamamura and Yoichi Asakawa from ''Literature/TheRing''. Skins based off of characters from the web series ''WebVideo/CryptTV'' were also added for some of the game's original characters.

* With the inclusion of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Villager]] and [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Isabelle]] as DLC and [[Franchise/{{Splatoon}} the Inklings]] in the UpdatedReRelease, as well as [[VideoGame/FZero the Blue Falcon]] as a kart and [[VideoGame/FZero Mute City, Big Blue]] and [[VideoGame/{{Excite}} Excitebike Arena]] as tracks, ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' becomes this, to an extent.

* ''VideoGame/DisneySorcerersArena'' is another Disney example, taking characters from franchises both old and new and both well-known and obscure and putting them into a [=PvP=] RPG game. In addition to the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts mainstays Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and such, the roster also includes characters from ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'', ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'', ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndDaleRescueRangers'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'', and dozens of other Disney franchises. As of 2021, this game is still active and still expanding its roster, as can be seen with playable instances of characters from ''WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon'' and ''Film/JungleCruise''. It is also one of the few Disney crossovers to use characters from the Disney Channel, the other one being...

* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfJinYong'' is set in the world of Creator/JinYong's novels, where you're inexplicably stuck in the literary world. You can repeatedly bump into the novel's characters and recruit them as part of your team, including
Zhang Wuji (''Literature/HeavenSwordAndDragonSabre'') to Shih Po-tien (''Ode to Gallantry''), Duan-yu (''Literature/DemiGodsAndSemiDevils''), Chen Jia-lo (''The Book And The Sword''), Ling Hu-Chong (''Literature/TheSmilingProudWanderer''), Yuan Cheng-qi (''The Sword Stained With Royal Blood''), Hu-Fei (''Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain''), and more heroes from several other novels. The remake also includes Zhou Bo-tong (''Literature/TheLegendOfTheCondorHeroes''), Yang-guo (''Literature/TheReturnOfTheCondorHeroes'') and agaisnt all odds, Wei Xiaobao (''Literature/TheDeerAndTheCauldron'') - the latter being from ''another later dynasty''.