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Crash Boom Bang!

Crash Boom Bang! is a party game developed by Dimps and published by Vivendi Universal Games in Japan and by Sierra Entertainment internationally for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on July 20, 2006…

28 20 July 2006

Crash Boom Bang! is a puzzle developed by Dimps, released 20 July 2006 on Nintendo DS.

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What Crash Boom Bang! is

Crash Boom Bang! is a puzzle game developed by Dimps and released in 2006. It was published by Sierra Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Crash Boom Bang! is a party game developed by Dimps and published by Vivendi Universal Games in Japan and by Sierra Entertainment internationally for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on July 20, 2006, in North America on October 10, 2006,[1] in Europe on October 27, 2006, and in Australia on November 2, 2006.[3] It is the only game in the Crash Bandicoot series to be developed by a Japanese company and the first to be released in Japan before North America. It was also the final game in the series to be released in Japan. Crash Boom Bang! is the first game to be released exclusively for the Nintendo DS, and the second party game of the series, after Crash Bash. The game's story…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Crash Bandicoot series

Crash Boom Bang! is the 40th of 72 entries we hold in the Crash Bandicoot series. It arrived 7 months after Crash & Spyro Super Pack Volume 3. The next entry was Crash Bandicoot Party Games in 2007. Its critic score of 28 is 40 points below the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time at 86.

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How it was received

Crash Boom Bang! holds a critic score of 28 out of 100. That places it above 1% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 37 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Crash Boom Bang! launched on 20 July 2006, within three weeks of Persona 3, FlatOut 2, Dead Rising and Prey. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Persona 3, FlatOut 2, Dead Rising, Prey.

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When did Crash Boom Bang! come out?
Crash Boom Bang! was released on 20 July 2006 for Nintendo DS.

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