History VideoGame / CrashBash

'''''Crash Bash''''' (''Crash Bandicoot Carnival'' in Japan) is the fifth and last ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot'' game on the Playstation One and the first that was not developed by Naughty Dog, who produced the original trilogy as well as ''Videogame/CrashTeamRacing''. ''Crash Bash'' was the only Crash game developed by Eurocom, and since then the franchise has seen many developers and publishers.

** Invoked in the gem challenges; you need more points than they do to win.

* LongSongShortScene: [[ExploitedTrope Exploited]]; the hardly-used N.Gin boss music in ''Warped'' is used all over the place in this game.

* SocializationBonus: Adventure Mode can be played with two people, and it makes the game so much easier it's laughable. Instead of one player (i.e. YOU) on your side and three against you, you now have 2 vs 2. If one player picks a character from the Good side and one from the Evil side, once you kill the final boss, you are pitted against each other in a best-of-5 contest to determine the winner of the universe. However, this contest is Crate Crush, which some characters are much better at than others.

* NoExportForYou: Inverted since only Japan has released the game onto the Playstation Network, meaning the original PSOne disc is the only way to play the original Western version. In addition, the Japanese version has a few extra bells and whistles not available in the original, including Fake Crash as an unlockable playable character.

* ExcusePlot: Aku Aku and Uka Uka decide to settle their rivalry by having their minions battle it out with the teams determining which alignment is better; since their ancestors' beliefs forbid them from duking it out themselves.

* HundredPercentCompletion: The relics are insanely hard to get, especially in one-player, but they can boost completion all the way to 200%. Essentially, you must face a perfectly calibrated CPU team of the best balanced characters for a particular game...and win twice in a row.

* MoodWhiplash: Despite the game upholding the series' usually wacky tone for the most part, the two alternate endings are pretty damn serious. [[spoiler: One has Uka Uka throw an [[VillainousBreakdown epic tantrum]] before [[DisneyVillainDeath getting shot into hyperspace]], the other has him [[TheVillainWins gain control of all the crystals]] "[[ChewingTheScenery and ALL OF THE POWER]]", leading Crash and Coco into exile). Naturally both fall into CanonDisContinuity.]]

** [[spoiler: But what happens in co-op when one character is good and other is evil, you ask? Why, the two of you, who have working together exclusively up to this point, are pitted against each other in a winner-take-all showdown to determine the ending.]]

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!! Spoiler Tropes:

* [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins: An epic variation for completing Adventure Mode as one of Uka Uka's team.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Uka Uka:''' There is no where to hide from the wrath of the mighty UKA UKA!!! BWAHH HA HA HA!!!]]
* [[spoiler: YouHaveFailedMe: Uka rants this at his minions in the Good ending, and for once, [[GoryDiscretionShot seems dead serious]] [[VillainousBreakdown about it]].]]

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Crash has his traditional SpinAttack in some games. Coco gains her own version, here.

* FakeBalance: Unlike ''MarioParty'', a few of the games give different attributes to each pair of characters. This is good for variety, but, as usual, some characters will probably be perceived as better than others depending on the game and the players. A good example is Crash and Coco using their spins as a "kick" in the crate war games, which cover all directions with less ending lag than the other kicks. Another example is Cortex and Brio having a charge move in the Panic (shoving) games that is more powerful but uses their entire charge bar instead of half of one.

* SocializationBonus: Adventure Mode can be played with two people, and it makes the game so much easier it's laughable. Instead of one player (i.e. YOU) on your side and three against you, you now have 2 vs 2. Supposedly, though, if one player picks a character from the Good side and one from the Evil side, once you kill the final boss, you are pitted against each other in a best-of-7 contest to determine the winner of the universe.

* SocializationBonus: Adventure Mode can be played with two people, and it makes the game so much easier it's laughable. Instead of one player (i.e. YOU) on your side and three against you, you now have 2 vs 2. Supposedly, though, if one player picks a character from the Good side and one from the Evil side, once you kill the final boss, your are pitted against each other in a best-of-7 contest to determine the winner of the universe.

* PaddedSumoGameplay: the "Panic" games involve shoving everyone else off before the time limit. While just one fall results in elimination, there are times where it's hard for one player to get the decisive shove on another, especially when it's down to two players who are moving conservatively, and in the adventure mode, draws are just like losses.

* GangUpOnTheHuman: It zigzags depending on the difficulty level - in last-man-standing games such as Tank Wars, the AIs will usually off each other just as often as they try to off you. In Adventure Mode, however, this trope becomes more noticeable. In the Gem, Crystal, and Relic challenges, this trope becomes full-blown, with opponents neglecting easy attacks at fellow CPU opponents to kill you, and only you. However, Adventure Mode is hardly even meant to be fair; the Gem challenge usually gives your CPU opponents a numerical advantage of some kind, and the Crystal challenges usually gives you a situational disadvantage.
* HundredPercentCompletion: The relics are insanely hard to get, especially in one-player, but they can boost completion all the way to 200%

* GangUpOnTheHuman: It zigzags depending on the difficulty level - in last-man-standing games such as Tank Wars, the AIs will usually off each other just as often as they try to off you. In Adventure Mode, however, this trope becomes more noticeable.

* WastedSong: [[ExploitedTrope Exploited]]; the hardly-used N.Gin boss music in ''Warped'' is used all over the place in this game.

While it has its share of detractors, some of the minigames are still quite different from anything else available to this day. The pong games in particular were very hectic, with a "kick" mechanism and permanent multi-ball. The 2-player cooperative option was fairly rare in its era, and is a less frustrating way to go through the adventure, as it forces the games into 2v2 competitions instead of the [[GangUpOnTheHuman free-for-alls]] seen in the one-player mode. Unfortunately, it was only released on the PlayStationNetwork in Japan, so only the PS One discs exist for the NA and EU regions.

* MoodWhiplash: Despite the game upholding the series' usually wacky tone for the most part, the two alternate endings are pretty damn serious. [[spoiler: One has Uka Uka throw an [[VillainousBreakdown epic tantrum]] before [[DisneyVillainDeath getting shot into hyperspace]], the other has him gain control of all the crystals "[[ChewingTheScenery and ALL OF THE POWER]]", leading Crash and Coco into exile). Naturally both fall into CanonDisContinuity.]]

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: Even with GameplayRoulette in effect. Most bosses are based on existing mini-games, but the first part of the final boss is a space shooter not seen anywhere else in the game.

* RulesAreForHumans: The crystal challenges will put restrictions on the human players. Some gem challenges do this too. This leads to very NintendoHard challenges.

'''''Crash Bash''''' (''Crash Bandicoot Carnival'' in Japan) is the fifth and last ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot'' game on the Playstation One and the first that was not developed by Naughty Dog, who produced the original trilogy as well as CrashTeamRacing. Crash Bash was the only Crash game developed by Eurocom, and since then the franchise has seen many developers and publishers.

'''''Crash Bash''''' (''Crash Bandicoot Carnival'' in Japan) is the fifth and last CrashBandicoot game on the Playstation One and the first that was not developed by Naughty Dog, who produced the original trilogy as well as CrashTeamRacing. Crash Bash was the only Crash game developed by Eurocom, and since then the franchise has seen many developers and publishers.

Like how CrashTeamRacing is the Crash version of VideoGame/MarioKart, Crash Bash is Crash's answer to the VideoGame/MarioParty series. Unlike Mario Party, Crash Bash has no boards, and the vs style of play consists of playing game after game and then tallying up the points, similar to Mario Kart. There are 28 mini-games, though most of them can be clumped into groups of four. For example, there are four different games that play like four-way pong, each with different tools or obstacles. Every game can be played in either free-for-all or 2-vs-2 matchups.

There's also an adventure mode where one or two players cooperatively take on computer opponents in each of the games, and a few added boss levels. In Crash tradition, playing a level again lets you get more prizes. In this case, gems are awarded for winning a handicap match (the computer starts with more points than you), crystals for a special match where the game is changed in some way, and relics for winning 2 or 3 games in a row against [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Cheating Bastards]].

!!Crash Bash provides examples of: