Remember when Crash Bandicoot wanted to be the PlayStation's mascot? Yeah, that didn't really work out… But the franchise has survived and is now getting the party game treatment on the Nintendo DS in the form of Crash Boom Bang!. We got our mitts on the title recently and are here to report on how it has shaped up.
Crash Boom Bang! plays similarly to Mario Party, in that the characters move around a game board and compete in mini-games along the way. There are 40 bite-sized games to compete in, and they all make use of the touch screen and stylus. Fans of the franchise will see their favorite characters make appearances, as well as a new villain named the Vicount. Seems this devil is looking for something called the "Super Big Power Crystal" (psst, developer Dibbs is a Japanese studio) and he's tricked Crash and friends into competing in the World Cannonball Race and finding the Crystal for him. The winner is promised $100 million.