Fictional crossovers in video games
A gaming crossover occurs when otherwise separated fictional characters, stories, settings, universes, or media in a video game meet and interact with each other. These may exist as a gimmick if two separate games in question are developed by the same company. Otherwise, they may exist as a gag from a rival company.
The following is a list of games in which crossovers appear in either the form of a cameo of any kind, a guest character, or the theme of "crossover" in general in a video game itself:
First-party crossovers
This includes games in which the crossovers are within the same company.
- Alex Kidd in Shinobi World (Alex Kidd and Shinobi characters)
- Aggressors of Dark Kombat (Fuuma from World Heroes series)
- Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis (various Namco characters, including Richard Miller from Time Crisis, Heihachi Mishima and Yoshimitsu from the Tekken series, Reiko Nagase, and Pac-Man)
- Art of Fighting 2 (Geese Howard from Fatal Fury series)
- Bad Dudes (Karnov)
- Binding of Isaac (Characters from Gish and Time Fcuk)
- Blizzard DOTA (Various character from the Warcraft,Diablo and Starcraft universe, generically characters featured in games developed by Blizzard and Blizzard North. )
- Breath of Fire (Chun-Li)
- Cannon Spike (Capcom characters)
- Capcom Fighting Jam
- Captain Rainbow (various Nintendo characters)
- Cthulhu Saves the World (Characters from Breath of Death VII and Molly the Were-Zompire)
- Dead or Alive (series) (Ryu Hayabusa)
- Dead Rising (You can find a Mega Man buster and suit)
- Dissidia Final Fantasy
- Ehrgeiz (various characters from Final Fantasy VII including Cloud, Tifa, Sephiroth, etc.)
- Everybody's Golf series (various PlayStation characters)
- Everybody's Tennis Portable (A Helghast soldier from Killzone)
- Famicom Wars (Samus Aran)
- Fatal Fury Special (Ryo Sakazaki from Art of Fighting)
- Fighter's History (Karnov)
- Fighters Megamix (Sega characters)
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two (the icebreaker Borealis, belonging to the company Aperture Science of the Portal series; its drydock makes also an appearence in Portal 2)
- The King of Fighters series (Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Psycho Soldier, Ikari Warriors, Buriki One, Savage Reign, Metal Slug and Samurai Shodown)
- Konami Krazy Racers (Metal Gear, Pop'n Music, Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Twinbee among others)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Contains reference to many various Nintendo games, and a bunch of enemies from Mario (series))
- Mario (series) (Doki Doki Panic)
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 (Lars Alexandersson from the Tekken series)
- Ninja Gaiden (Ayane)
- New International Track & Field (Various Konami characters)
- Onimusha Blade Warriors (MegaMan.EXE and Zero)
- PlayStation Move Heroes (crossover of the Ratchet & Clank, Jak and Daxter and Sly Cooper franchises)
- Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition
- Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (Scorpion from Mortal Kombat)
- Quake III Arena (Doom and Quake)
- Rival Schools: United by Fate (Sakura Kasugano)
- Samurai Warriors (Lu Bu of Dynasty Warriors makes an appearance as a hidden boss)
- Saturday Night Slam Masters (Mike Haggar from Final Fight)
- Sega SuperStars
- Sega Superstars Tennis
- Segagaga
- Solomon's Key (Mighty Bomb Jack)
- Soulcalibur II (Heihachi Mishima from Tekken)
- Soulcalibur Legends (Lloyd Irving from Tales of Symphonia)
- Star Ocean series (Lenneth Valkyrie and Freya from the Valkyrie Profile series. Many tri-Ace games also feature crossover secret bosses and the like.)
- Street Fighter Alpha series (tie-in with Final Fight)
- Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix (Street Fighter, Darkstalkers and Red Earth)
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Link and Samus both make cameos)
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (Various characters from Capcom fighting games)
- Super Smash Bros. series (various Nintendo characters including Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Pikachu, etc.)
- Tales series (some games feature crossovers from other Tales of timelines {i.e. Lloyd Irving in Tales of Fandom}, as well as sometimes featuring characters from other Namco series)
- Tecmo Super Bowl (Mighty Bomb Jack)
- Title Fight (various Sony characters such as Kratos, PaRappa, Sweet Tooth, and Sly Cooper).
- Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Grim Ripper from the Guitar Hero series)
- Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (Judy Nails from Guitar Hero)
- Urban Reign (Paul Phoenix and Marshall Law)
- Venus & Braves (Multiple Tales series characters on the PSP remake)
- Viewtiful Joe (Dante from Devil May Cry makes an appearance in the PlayStation 2 version)
- Warriors Orochi (Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors)
- We Love Golf! (Assorted Capcom characters)
Third-party crossovers
This includes games which have crossovers from two or more separate companies.
- Cross Edge (NIS, Gust, Namco-Bandai, Idea Factory, Capcom)
- Chaos Wars
- Battletoads & Double Dragon (game produced by Tradewest/Rare with characters from Technos' Double Dragon series)
- Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage and Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy
- Dead or Alive 4 (Nicole - a Spartan super-soldier created by Bungie Studios for exclusive use in DoA 4)
- Dead or Alive: Dimensions (Metroid: Other M themed stage with Ridley appearing as a stage hazard while Samus appears at the end of the match.)
- Diddy Kong Racing 64 (Banjo, Conker, Krunch) (At the time, Rareware was a second party developer)
- Dream Mix TV World Fighters (Konami, Hudson, Takara)
- Eternal Fighter Zero (Moon., One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e, Kanon, and Air)
- Itadaki Street Special (Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy)
- Fighting Layer (Allen Snider and Blair Dame, created by Arika, were previously in the original Street Fighter EX)
- Fight Night Round 2 (Little Mac)
- Itadaki Street DS (Mario and Dragon Quest)
- KOF: Maximum Impact Regulation A (Makoto Mizoguchi)
- Layton-kyōju VS Gyakuten Saiban (Professor Layton and Ace Attorney)
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
- Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
- Mario Kart Arcade GP (Mario and Pac-Man)
- Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (Mario, Pac-Man, and Tamagotchi)
- Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (Mario and Final Fantasy)
- Marvel vs. Capcom (series) (Capcom and Marvel Comics)
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Contains missions that tributes to the Monster Hunter (series) by Capcom, where Naked Snake can face either Rathalos or Tigrex)
- Mortal Kombat (2011) (Kratos from Sony's God of War series and Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare on Elm Street film series as downloadable content)
- Namco × Capcom
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 (Lars Alexandersson from Tekken 6)
- NBA Street V3 (Mario, Luigi, and Peach)
- NeoGeo Battle Coliseum (Characters from ADK, which was bought by SNK Playmore, appear in the game alongside SNK characters)
- Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (Dante from Devil May Cry)
- SNK vs. Capcom (series) (Capcom and SNK Playmore)
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (Banjo and Kazooie and Xbox 360 Avatars)
- Soulcalibur II (Link from Legend of Zelda, Heihachi from Tekken, and Spawn from Image Comics make appearances on respective consoles)
- Soulcalibur IV (Darth Vader, Starkiller and Yoda from Star Wars; the bonus character Angol Fear is implied to be the cousin of the character Angol Mois from the Sgt. Frog series.)
- Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny (Kratos from Sony's God of War series)
- Soulcalibur V (Ezio Auditore fom Assasin's Creed)
- SSX on Tour (Mario, Luigi, and Peach)
- Street Fighter X Tekken (Street Fighter characters, Tekken characters and Cole MacGrath from Sucker Punch's inFamous series)[n 1]
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Solid Snake, Sonic the Hedgehog, and various Nintendo characters)
- Super Meat Boy (Various indie game characters such as Tim and Gish)
- Super Robot Wars (series)
- Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars (Capcom and Tatsunoko Production characters).
- Tekken X Street Fighter (Street Fighter and Tekken characters)[n 2]
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Spider-Man from Marvel Comics)
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (Darth Maul from Star Wars, Wolverine from Marvel Comics, Kelly Slater and Doomguy from Doom)
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (Eddie the Head (Iron Maiden's mascot) and Jango Fett from Star Wars)
- Tony Hawk's Underground (Iron Man from Marvel Comics)
- Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (Shrek from the Shrek films)
- Trinity Universe (Disgaea and Atelier characters)
- Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman! (Wario and Bomberman)
Comic book/video game crossovers
Video games that have comic book franchise characters encountering or facing off against other comic book franchise characters or third-party video game characters in a crossover video game or as a guest character in a third-party video game include:
Cartoon/video game crossovers
Video games that have cartoon franchise characters encountering or facing off against other cartoon franchise characters or video game characters in a crossover video game or as a guest character in a third-party video game include:
Manga/anime crossovers
Video games that have manga franchise characters or anime franchise characters encountering or facing off against other manga or anime franchise characters in a crossover video game include:
- Battle Stadium D.O.N. (Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Naruto)
- Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus (crossover of Shakugan no Shana, Kino's Journey, Toradora!, Toaru Majutsu no Index, Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu and Asura Cryin')
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
- Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden (Jump Manga)
- Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin (Jump manga)
- Jump Super Stars (Jump Manga)
- Jump Ultimate Stars (Jump Manga)
- Kobato (Crossover with Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle character just as Syaoran, Fai D. Flowright, Kurogane, and Mokona Modoki on episoed 20 Travelers List of Kobato. episodes)
- Magical Chaser ~Stardust of Dreams~ (Crossover of five magical girl anime series)
- Monster Hunter Tri (Exclusive to Japan's version, some event weapons are based by anime/manga cartoon series from Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Shueisha)
- SD Gundam G Generation
- Super Robot Wars series (Robots from Anime/Manga)
- Sunday VS Magazine: Shūketsu! Chōjō Daikessen
- Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
- Tekken 3 (Gon)
See also