History VideoGame / CrossyRoad

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* SpiritualSuccessor: As mentioned above, this game is one for ''Frogger'' and ''VideoGame/FlappyBird''.

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* ObviousBeta: The initial ''Lilo & Stitch'' update for ''Disney Crossy Road'' introduced a myriad of bugs into the game, including in places that never had bugs before. Even after a patch fixed most of the bugs (such as fixing the memory orbs in the ''Inside Out'' world after they would randomly be visible or invisible to the player), a handful (including the GameBreakingBug mentioned above) still remained until the next character update.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: Subverted in ''Disney Crossy Road''; the second ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' update saw several characters suddenly removed from the game, making them this for everyone who hadn't gotten them yet. Said "retired" characters eventually returned in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' update with no adequately explained reason, with no one knowing if the characters disappearing was a bug[[labelnote:*]] Which it might have been, considering the arbitrary and somewhat baffling choices of characters removed; [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Lock and Barrel]] were removed, but not Shock, for example.[[/labelnote]] or the developers returning them to the game after the playerbase rejected the idea of retiring characters.

*** The ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' world doesn't just have a "points-per-hop" point system like the other worlds. You also score by completing laps around a racetrack while avoiding other racers, who come from behind you instead of from the sides in all other worlds. You can also increase your character's speed by picking up enough gas cans on the track.

* {{Freemium}}: You can unlock a single character for $0.99. Every now and then you'll get an offer to buy a character, which comes with 250 coins for a few goes at the prize machine. The Piggy Back, which speeds up coin collecting, can only be unlocked by buying it for $2.99. (The Piggy Bank in ''Disney Crossy Road'' is [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Hamm]] and costs two more dollars. The Disney version also has a character for speeding up blue coin collecting as well, namely the Genie in his lamp, that costs the same price.)

** And that's not even counting how many characters are in ''Disney Crossy Road'', which contains all manner of characters from various Disney and Pixar movies. It's far from limited to the main characters as well; you can play as everyone from [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Lenny the wind-up binoculars]], to Mortimer Mouse, to [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 a random grub]], to almost every single one of the [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph Sugar Rush racers and Nicelanders]], to [[spoiler:much of Disney's and Hipster Whale's respective staff as an EasterEgg]]. In total, there are more than '''''500''''' playable characters.

** Some of the settings in ''Disney Crossy Road'' replace the bird with setting-appropriate equivalents. For example, Mr. Ray leaves with your character in the ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' setting while the Claw will pick up a slow character in the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' area. The ''Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass'' setting forgoes even having something carry you off at all and has your character out-running the rust from a time paradox.

*** An [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory LGM]] and [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 Buttercup]]

* LittleGreenMen: Specimen 115 in the original game and an [=LGM=] from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' in the Disney version.

* ArtShift: A very slight one in the Disney version; originally, most of the human characters lacked any facial features beyond their noses like the human characters in the original version. Later, though, more facial features were added to them, presumably to make them more recognizable and to avoid the UncannyValley effect. %%Did the same thing happen in the original version?

You remember how addictive ''VideoGame/FlappyBird'' was, with its [[EndlessGame simple, see-how-far-you-can-go gameplay]]? Remember how challenging ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' was as you tried to safely cross a busy road and turbulent river? Now, imagine those two concepts put together, and add ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters several]]'' {{Secret Character}}s [[GottaCatchThemAll for you to collect]]. Oh, and if you love Creator/{{Disney}}, there was a version of this game (released on March 28, 2016) [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover that features many of the company's characters, too]]. (In fact, the Characters tab above is actually for characters that appear in this version.) However, that game has now been removed from all app stores, with all in-app purchases disabled. ''Disney Crossy Road'' [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames ceased to be playable on March 12, 2020]].

* GottaCatchThemAll[=/=]LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters:

[[JustOneMoreLevel Yeah, and you thought]] Wiki/TVTropes [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife ruined your life...]]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crossyroad.jpg]] ''Crossy Road'' is a 2014 MobilePhoneGame available for UsefulNotes/{{iOS|Games}}, UsefulNotes/{{Android|Games}}, Windows Phone, [=tvOS=], and [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows 8.1 and 10]], created by IndieGame studio Hipster Whale.

* {{Robot}}: There are three: the Rusty Robot, a {{Retraux}} toy robot, and Epoch, a more advanced model with a machine gun. Four if you count [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Baymax]] in the Disney version.

You remember how addictive ''VideoGame/FlappyBird'' was, with its [[EndlessGame simple, see-how-far-you-can-go gameplay]]? Remember how challenging ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' was as you tried to safely cross a busy road and turbulent river? Now, imagine those two concepts put together, and add ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters several]]'' {{Secret Character}}s [[GottaCatchThemAll for you to collect]]. Oh, and if you love Creator/{{Disney}}, there is a version of this game (released on March 28, 2016) [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover that features many of the company's characters, too]]. (In fact, the Characters tab above is actually for characters that appear in this version.) However, that game has now been removed from all app stores, with all in-app purchases disabled. ''Disney Crossy Road'' ceased to be playable on March 12, 2020.

You remember how addictive ''VideoGame/FlappyBird'' was, with it's [[EndlessGame simple, see-how-far-you-can-go gameplay]]? Remember how challenging ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' was as you tried to safely cross a busy road and turbulent river? Now, imagine those two concepts put together, and add ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters several]]'' {{Secret Character}}s [[GottaCatchThemAll for you to collect]]. Oh, and if you love Creator/{{Disney}}, there is a version of this game (released on March 28, 2016) [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover that features many of the company's characters, too]]. (In fact, the Characters tab above is actually for characters that appear in this version.) However, that game has now been removed from all app stores, with all in-app purchases disabled. ''Disney Crossy Road'' ceased to be playable on March 12, 2020.

You remember how addictive ''VideoGame/FlappyBird'' was, with it's [[EndlessGame simple, see-how-far-you-can-go gameplay]]? Remember how challenging ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' was as you tried to safely cross a busy road and turbulent river? Now, imagine those two concepts put together, and add ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters several]]'' {{Secret Character}}s [[GottaCatchThemAll for you to collect]]. Oh, and if you love Creator/{{Disney}}, there is a version of this game (released on March 28, 2016) [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover that features many of the company's characters, too]]. (In fact, the Characters tab above is actually for characters that appear in this version.) However, that game has now been removed from all app stores, with all in-app purchases disabled. ''Disney Crossy Road'' will cease to be playable on March 12, 2020.

** In the ''Pac-Man 256'' theme, instead of a bird, you will be swallowed up by The Glitch if it catches you.

* DontLookBack: If you try to go in reverse, the Eagle snatches you and the game ends.

* OneUp: In a first across both games, the ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'' world in ''Disney Crossy Road'' has one in the form of Cri-Kee in a cage. Picking him up will enable your character to get hit once without losing the round; instead being transported to the nearest safe area with no traffic. You can only find it and pick it up once, however.

** Also in ''Disney Crossy Road'', if you find it worth five bucks, you can double all blue coin/pixel payouts you receive (via gift boxes or getting duplicate figures from the prize machine, for example) by buying the [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Genie in his lamp]], trivializing the difficulty in getting the blue coins and making the AwesomeButImpractical coin/pixel exchange almost completely unnecessary.

*** "[[Music/{{Shakira}} Try Everything]]" plays when you play as either Gazelle or Clawhauser in the ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' world.

*** "Arabian Nights" plays if you play as Gazeem in the ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' world.
*** The default music in the ''Disney/{{Moana}}'' world is "[[VillainSong Shiny]]" (befitting the setting of the world, namely the realm of monsters), but playing as certain characters will change the music to "How Far I'll Go" (Moana), "Where You Are" (Tui, Sina, Pua, Tala), or "You're Welcome" (Maui).

*** The ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' world has a mechanic where you can collect fruits/veggies to give to Mrs. Hasagawa, who appears periodically in-game by a table, for bonus points. If you play as Mrs. Hasagawa herself, Nani will be standing by the table instead.

** A fair few characters in ''Disney Crossy Road'' have this happen as well within their worlds. For example, the ''[[Disney/TheJungleBook Jungle Book]]'' world is largely based on the 2016 [[Film/TheJungleBook2016 live-action remake]], but the "classic" 1967 versions of Baloo and King Louie can be unlocked in the area. Playing as them changes the more realistic setting of the area into that of the animated movie. Other characters have the setting change to night. (Such as Babyhead, a.k.a. the baby-headed spider toy in the ''Toy Story'' world and Gazeem in the ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' world.)

* EverythingDances: The vehicles in the ''Mickey & Friends'' world sway to the beat of ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub'' theme song. Most vehicles in the ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' world also sway to the beat of "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride".

** And that's not even counting how many characters are in ''Disney Crossy Road'', which contains all manner of characters from various Disney and Pixar movies. It's far from limited to the main characters as well; you can play as everyone from [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Lenny the wind-up binoculars]], to Mortimer Mouse, to [[Disney/TheLionKing a random grub]], to almost every single one of the [[Disney/WreckItRalph Sugar Rush racers and Nicelanders]], to [[spoiler:much of Disney's and Hipster Whale's respective staff as an EasterEgg]]. In total, there are more than '''''500''''' playable characters.

** [[spoiler: The ghost of Moana's grandmother Tala]] is one of the playable characters in the ''Disney/{{Moana}}'' world in the Disney version. The presence of [[spoiler: Matai's spirit]] as a playable character in the same world can also be this; while the existence of character themselves is not ''strictly'' a spoiler, they appear this way during a critical moment within the movie itself.
** The game ''will'' ruin most of the plot twists of ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' if you play the game before you watch the movie.

* LevelAte: The setting of the ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' world, based on the famed "Be Our Guest" sequence.

*** [[Disney/TheLionKing Spirit Mufasa]]

*** Disney/{{Aladdin}} in his Prince Ali attire

*** A tuxedo-wearing Disney/WreckItRalph (from [[spoiler:Felix and Calhoun's wedding at the end of]] the movie), Ralph in a Santa Claus outfit, and Turbo.

*** [[Disney/{{Tangled}} Shorty]] (a.k.a. [[RecurringExtra that short bearded guy from the Snuggly Duckling who's dressed like Cupid]])
*** [[Disney/{{Zootopia}} Duke Weaselton]]
*** A muscular [[Disney/BigHero6 Fred]] astride a winged tiger ([[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/c/c0/Fred_Portraits_02.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20141218181914 as he is depicted in one of his portraits]])

*** [[Disney/{{Moana}} Tamatoa and Shark Head Maui]]
*** [[Disney/{{Mulan}} The head Ancestor Fa and Mushu carrying the Great Stone Dragon's Head]]

*** [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle and the Beast]] in their ballroom outfits.
*** [[Disney/LiloAndStitch Stitch]] in an [[GreenAesop Earth Day]]-themed outfit.[[note]]This is based on [[https://disney.wikia.com/wiki/File:Disney_Auctions_-_Stitch_Earth_Day.jpeg an obscure Disney trading pin released via Disney Auctions]] years ago.[[/note]]

*** The ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' world is based more around getting a high-score than it is being based around how far you can go. Picking up candy and attacking non-vehicle obstacles after picking up a Cherry Bomb (but only with certain characters!) will add to a score multiplier (up to 10x).

* MythologyGag: You can play as Scar in the Disney version's ''Disney/TheLionKing'' world, but not through the prize machine. How do you unlock him? [[spoiler: By playing as Mufasa[[note]] whose method of unlocking is also this as you unlock him by playing as Simba's younger self and being in a wildebeest stampede area for long enough[[/note]] and getting run over in a wildebeest stampede, obviously!]]
* {{Robot}}: There are three: the Rusty Robot, a {{Retraux}} toy robot, and Epoch, a more advanced model with a machine gun. Four if you count [[Disney/BigHero6 Baymax]] in the Disney version.

** Emperor Zurg and Jessie continue this trend in ''Disney Crossy Road'', (Zurg with his Ion Blaster and Jessie with a plunger gun) but like with the two aforementioned characters this is only useful for knocking away falling blocks in the ''Toy Story'' world and can't eliminate any obstacles besides those. Calhoun and Hero's Duty!Ralph also occasionally fire their weapons in the ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' world, but this time it ''is'' possible to clear non-moving obstacles this way. (Via picking up a Cherry Bomb.)

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crossyroad.jpg]]
''Crossy Road'' is a 2014 MobilePhoneGame available for UsefulNotes/{{iOS|Games}}, {{Android|Games}}, Windows Phone, [=tvOS=], and [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows 8.1 and 10]], created by IndieGame studio Hipster Whale.

You remember how addictive ''VideoGame/FlappyBird'' was, with it's [[EndlessGame simple, see-how-far-you-can-go gameplay]]? Remember how challenging ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' was as you tried to safely cross a busy road and turbulent river? Now, imagine those two concepts put together, and add ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters several]]'' {{Secret Character}}s [[GottaCatchThemAll for you to collect]]. Oh, and if you love Creator/{{Disney}}, there is a version of this game (released on March 28, 2016) [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover that features many of the company's characters, too]]. (In fact, the Characters tab above is actually for characters that appear in this version.)

''Crossy Road'' is a 2014 MobilePhoneGame available for {{iOS|Games}}, {{Android|Games}}, Windows Phone, [=tvOS=], and [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows 8.1 and 10]], created by IndieGame studio Hipster Whale.

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''Crossy Road'' is a 2014 MobilePhoneGame available for UsefulNotes/{{iOS|Games}}, UsefulNotes/{{Android|Games}}, Windows Phone, [=tvOS=], and [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows 8.1 and 10]], created by IndieGame studio Hipster Whale.

!!This game has examples of:

*** [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} Tamatoa and Shark Head Maui]]

* KidnappingBirdOfPrey: One will snatch you up should you dawdle.
** Some of the settings in ''Disney Crossy Road'' replace the bird with setting-appropriate equivalents. For example, Mr. Ray leaves with your character in the ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' setting while the Claw will pick up a slow character in the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' area. The ''Film/AliceThroughTheLookingGlass'' setting forgoes even having something carry you off at all and has your character out-running the rust from a time paradox.

* PinballScoring: In Disney Crossy Road, some worlds have additional items/objectives you can go after which gives you more points than what you can get from merely hopping forward. The biggest example is the Wreck-It-Ralph level, whose multiplier mechanic usually allows you to score ''thousands'' pretty easily (whereas you have to be very skilled/patient to score 500+ points in most other levels).

*** [[Disney/LiloAndStitch Stitch]] in an [[GreenAesop Earth Day]]-themed outfit.