Crash Boom Bang!

 DS
Metascore
37

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 11 out of 14
Buy Now
Buy on
  1. AtomicGamer
    65
    I like the game, but unless you’re comfortable with the cost to take advantage of the multiplayer functionality – the entire point of the game – I can’t recommend it.
  2. Official Nintendo Magazine UK
    61
    Despite showing enormous potential, Crash Boom Bang! is hampered by dodgy controls and a testing user interface. It's disappointing because this could have been a great multiplayer game. [Christmas 2006, p.80]
    All this publication's reviews
  3. Pocket Gamer UK
    50
    A distinct average and oddly passionless collection of touchscreen mini-games.
  5. Games Master UK
    48
    Passes the time of day in multi-player but single player is slow and dull. [Christmas 2006, p.101]
    All this publication's reviews
  6. Nintendo Gamer
    47
    Not actually broken in any way, it's just an oddly vacuous and simplistic take on the poisoned ground previously laid down by Hudson. [Nov 2006, p.69]
    All this publication's reviews
  7. GameSpot
    43
    Although it lets you wander around a game board and participate in various multiplayer challenges as your favorite Crash Bandicoot characters, the game ultimately crashes and burns because the majority of its minigames are lifeless and uninteresting.
  8. Nintendo Power
    40
    Unless you're a die-hard fan of the series, you may want to wait for the bandicoot's next offering. [Nov. 2006, p.88]
    All this publication's reviews
  9. Worth Playing
    33
    Crash Boom Bang is a mess. There are too many unneeded features, not enough time was spent developing the important ones, and hundreds of small hiccups and issues make this game feel like it should have gone through more inspections at every level of design.
  10. PALGN
    30
    A dull and poorly designed game. The mini-games are boring, you can't save in-game and you'll be waiting around a lot of the time. This is just a quickly rushed license title.
  11. Eurogamer
    30
    It could have been an interesting title but the problems with control, weird gameplay style, terrible graphics and rigged, repetitive games just kill any joy that would be garnered from playing it.
  12. Digital Entertainment News
    25
    This genre has been done better. Looks like Crash has been used to sell yet another crappy game.
  13. IGN
    20
    Crash! Boom! Bang! looks good, sounds pretty okay, and has had a decent amount of focus put into the multiplayer support of the Nintendo DS. It's just a terrible, terrible game with poor organization...Easily one of the worst games on the system.
  14. GamesRadar+
    20
    The minigames don't play any better with real-world opponents and the few games available for single-cart download play are not worth sharing.
  15. WHAM! Gaming
    13
    Games like this ought to be easy to pick up and play, but “Crash Boom Bang” is so confusing and unnecessarily complicated that it will make any player shut off the DS in frustration.

Awards & Rankings

92
#92 Best DS Game of 2006
21
#21 Most Discussed DS Game of 2006
48
#48 Most Shared DS Game of 2006

User Reviews

All reviews »
User Score
4.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 59
  3. Negative: 36 out of 59
  1. MrTacoBob
    Jul 7, 2017
    4
    Not impressed at all. I do not like the mechanic popping up words into player's faces. Also the story is bland. But what about theNot impressed at all. I do not like the mechanic popping up words into player's faces. Also the story is bland. But what about the minigames...they range from awful to mediocre.… Full Review »
  2. Untitled94
    Oct 30, 2016
    2
    This is one of the worst games ever made! Broken mini games, awful graphics and art style, and annoying sounds. This game makes some very badThis is one of the worst games ever made! Broken mini games, awful graphics and art style, and annoying sounds. This game makes some very bad games look golden...or at least silver. I honestly tried this game, hoping that the bad reviews were just overly exaggerating how bad it is like a lot of critical reviews. But I was sadly wrong, and this turned out to be one of the worst video games, if not THE worst video game I've ever played.… Full Review »
  3. ASGaming21
    Feb 12, 2015
    0
    Worst game on the DS. I don't know what went on. The graphics and sounds are so bad. I wish Sony and Naughty Dog made Crash again. All of theWorst game on the DS. I don't know what went on. The graphics and sounds are so bad. I wish Sony and Naughty Dog made Crash again. All of the developers after that made Crash terrible. Now Activision has the rights to the series. What's next, Call of Crash? No no no no no no… Full Review »
See all user reviews »