This is a list of crossovers in video games. "Crossovers" occur when otherwise usually separated fictional elements - video game characters, settings, and gameplay mechanics - exist and interact in the same video game.
This list includes crossovers and cameos of characters from video games owned by one company and close affiliates.
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World | A crossover between 2 Sega properties, taking Shinobi settings and themes and combining it with Alex Kidd character and platforming gameplay.[1] |
Anarchy Reigns | A beat em up game featuring playable characters from 2 PlatinumGames' series; Bayonetta from her respective series, and multiple characters from MadWorld.[2] |
The player can purchase several costumes and decorations inspired by the Mario franchise.[3] | |
Asura's Wrath | Asura's Wrath, a Capcom action game, has DLC, that features the ability to fight Street Fighter-styled fights with 2 characters from the series, Ryu and Akuma.[4] [5] |
Super Bomberman R | DLC updates added characters from Konami's other franchises as playable characters with unique abilities in the game's classic Bomberman multiplayer, including Vic Viper from Gradius, Simon Belmont from Castlevania, Pyramid Head from Silent Hill, and Solid Snake, Naked Snake, & Raiden from Metal Gear.[6] |
Bye-Bye BoxBoy! | The protagonist can wear costumes based on characters from the Kirby series via amiibo.[7] |
Cannon Spike | Mega Man, Cammy and Charlie from Street Fighter, Arthur from Ghosts 'n Goblins, Baby Bonnie Hood from Darkstalkers, and Shiba Shintaro from Three Wonders. |
Capcom Fighting Evolution | Fighting game featuring characters from 4 of Capcom's other series of games:Street Fighter, Street Fighter Alpha, Darkstalkers, and Red Earth.[8] |
Joker from Persona 5 is a DLC playable character for the game's non-story modes, and other members of the cast provide gameplay commentary, all with original voice actors.[9] | |
Christmas Nights | Sonic the Hedgehog appears as an unlockable playable character in the Sega Saturn version.[10] |
This expansion pack for Civilization V allowed for the recruiting of characters from .[11] | |
Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage and Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy | A game combining the characters, gameplay, and worlds of the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon series.[12] |
A fighting game with a roster of playable characters coming from a number of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko publishing line. Some Sega characters also appeared, including Akira Yuki of Virtua Fighter and Selvaria Bles from Valkyria Chronicles.[13] | |
Disgaea | A Strategy role-playing game series that features characters from other Nippon Ichi Software developed games, notably including characters from, and The Witch and the Hundred Knight.[14] |
The game took characters from the JRPG Final Fantasy VII (Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockhart, Yuffie Kisaragi, Sephiroth, Vincent Valentine, and Zack Fair) and integrated them into the Ehrgeiz fighting game setting and gameplay. | |
Fighters Megamix | A fighting game with the characters primarily coming from Sega's Virtua Fighter and Fighting Vipers game, with some additional unlockable characters coming from other Sega franchises.[15] |
Final Fantasy XI and XIV | Square Enix's two Final Fantasy MMORPG did cross over events with other Square Enix franchises, and at times, even each other.[16] |
Dissidia Final Fantasy series | A fighting game subseries of the Final Fantasy JRPG series, featuring a player roster consisting of characters from various series entries.[17] [18] [19] |
Final Fantasy Record Keeper | A mobile game that sees a cast of original characters see battles from past Final Fantasy entries recreated, later expanding out to other Square Enix franchises as well.[20] [21] |
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius | Special crossover events with Kingdom Hearts, Nier: Automata, Octopath Traveler, SaGa, Mana, Valkyrie Profile, Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light, Crystal Defenders, Just Cause 3, Tomb Raider,, Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, King's Knight: Wrath of the Dark Dragon, , and Bravely Default. |
World of Final Fantasy | |
Growtopia | Ubi Soft's 2D MMO sandbox game allowed for the integration of many characters and elements from a number of their other franchises, including Rayman, Assassin's Creed, and Far Cry.[22] |
Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law | The game includes cameos from the cast of Street Fighter, due to being published by Capcom |
Heroes of the Storm | A MOBA that features various characters and themed levels from Blizzard's franchises such as Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch.[23] |
Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable | Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy |
Killer Instinct (2013) | Rash from Battletoads, the Arbiter from Halo, and General RAAM from Gears of War appear as guest characters |
Kirby's Dream Land 3 | Donbe & Hikari from Shin Onigashima, Chao & Goku from Yūyūki, Metroids and Samus Aran from Metroid, and R.O.B. appear at the end of certain levels. |
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror | Master Hand and Crazy Hand from Super Smash Bros. are bosses |
Konami Wai Wai World | A series of family crossover games featuring characters from Metal Gear, Castlevania, Contra, Gradius, Parodius, Getsu Fūma Den, Pop'n Music, Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Twinbee, Power Pros, Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa, Yume Penguin Monogatari, and Rakugakids |
Konami Krazy Racers | |
Lego Dimensions | A lego game featuring content from over 30 franchises across film, comics, television, and other video game series.[24] |
Crossover with Paper Mario | |
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Features playable characters from various other Nintendo franchises, including Link (The Legend of Zelda) Isabelle and the Villager (Animal Crossing) and the Inklings (Splatoon). Zelda, Animal Crossing, F-Zero, and Excitebike race courses also exist along with a Splatoon battle arena.[25] |
A special collaboration event with Bayonetta | |
Minecraft | Skins based on characters from Halo, Gears of War, Banjo-Kazooie, , and Conker |
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate | A costume based on Amaterasu from Ōkami |
Monster Hunter Frontier G | Weapons inspired by Dead Rising 2, and armor and gear based on Ryu and Chun-Li from Street Fighter |
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe | Mortal Kombat and DC Comics characters |
Mortal Kombat (2011) | Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare on Elm Street film series appears as DLC |
Mortal Kombat X | Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th film series and a Predator from the “Predator” series appear as DLC for Kombat Pack 1, a Xenomorph from The Alien film series and Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series later appeared as DLC for Kombat Pack 2. Freddy Krueger also returns as a mobile version exclusive character on the Update 1.11 of the game |
MotoGP | Klonoa is a playable racer |
Lars Alexandersson from Tekken | |
NeoGeo Battle Coliseum | An SNK fighting game featuring over 30 characters pulled from various SNK franchises.[26] |
New International Track & Field | Solid Snake, Simon Belmont from Castlevania, Frogger, Pyramid Head from Silent Hill, Pentarou from Parodius, Sparkster from Rocket Knight Adventures, Evil Rose from Rumble Roses, and Power Pro-kun from Power Pros |
Ninja Gaiden (2004) | Ayane and Kasumi from Dead or Alive |
Nintendo Land | Minigames based on Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin, Animal Crossing, F-Zero, Yoshi's Island, Metroid, Balloon Fight, Game & Watch, and The Mysterious Murasame Castle |
Various Nitroplus characters | |
Onimusha Blade Warriors | MegaMan.EXE and Zero |
Overwatch | Skins based on Illidan, Tyrande, Blackhand and Magni Bronzebeard from Warcraft, Barbarian class and the Butcher from Diablo, and Nova from StarCraft universe |
Pac-Man Fever | Reiko Nagase from Ridge Racer, Astaroth from Soulcalibur, and Heihachi Mishima and Tiger Jackson from Tekken |
Pac-Man World Rally | Characters and race tracks from Dig-Dug, Galaga, Katamari Damacy, Mappy, and Mr. Driller |
Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 3 | Cthulhu Saves the World and Molly the Were-Zompire |
Persona 4 Arena | Crossover with the casts of Persona 3 and Persona 4 |
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax | |
Crossover with the casts of Persona 3, Persona 4, and Persona 5 | |
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale | A PlayStation-themed fighting game in the vein of Super Smash Bros. with an entire roster of playable characters and stages pulled from various PlayStation-related franchises.[27] |
PlayStation Move Heroes[28] | Crossover of the Ratchet & Clank, Jak and Daxter and Sly Cooper franchises |
Characters from the entire Power Rangers franchise, including the TV series, the Boom Studios' comic book series, and the 2017 film | |
Ezio Auditore from Assassin's Creed II | |
Scorpion from Mortal Kombat | |
Samurai Shodown (2019) | Hibiki Takane from The Last Blade 2 is added as a DLC character for Season Pass 3.[29] |
Samurai Warriors | Lu Bu of Dynasty Warriors makes an appearance as a hidden boss |
Saturday Night Slam Masters | Mike Haggar from Final Fight |
Super Scribblenauts | The Japanese version includes cameos of many characters from Metal Gear, The Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Castlevania, Gradius, and Loveplus as it was published by Konami |
Scribblenauts and various DC Comics characters. | |
Sega Superstars Tennis | A tennis game with its roster of playable characters coming from a number of different Sega franchises, with tennis courts themed around their respective games.[30] |
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing | A racing game with its roster of playable characters coming from a number of different Sega franchises, with race courses themed around their respective games. |
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed | A racing game with its roster of playable characters coming from a number of different Sega franchises, with race courses themed around their respective games.[31] |
Sega Heroes | A match three mobile game featuring characters pulled from many Sega franchises.[32] |
Segagaga | Cameos and callbacks to Sega characters and series including Sonic the Hedgehog, Ristar, Alex Kidd, Sir Pepper III from Clockwork Knight, Nei from Phantasy Star 2, Opa-Opa from Fantasy Zone, the Bad Brothers from Golden Axe, Panda from Baku Baku Animal, Amigo from Samba de Amigo, and the F-14 Tomcat from After Burner |
Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis | Richard Miller from Time Crisis, Heihachi Mishima, Eddy Gordo and Yoshimitsu from Tekken, Reiko Nagase from Ridge Racer, and Pac-Man |
Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2 | Heihachi Mishima and Ling Xiaoyu from Tekken, and Cassandra Alexandra and Raphael Sorel from Soulcalibur |
SNK Gals' Fighters | Several female characters:
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The fighting game's character roster is largely made of characters from various SNK video games, such as Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, and The King of Fighters.[33] | |
Solomon's Key | Jack from Bomb Jack makes an appearance in certain rooms |
Sonic Riders | AiAi from Super Monkey Ball, Ulala from Space Channel 5, and NiGHTS from NiGHTS into Dreams... |
Amigo from Samba de Amigo, Billy Hatcher from Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, and NiGHTS from NiGHTS into Dreams... | |
Sonic Pinball Party | Playable characters from NiGHTS into Dreams..., Samba de Amigo, ChuChu Rocket!, Phantasy Star, and Burning Rangers |
Soulcalibur II | Heihachi Mishima from Tekken in the PS2 and HD versions |
Soulcalibur Legends | Lloyd Irving from Tales of Symphonia |
Steel Diver: Sub Wars | A paid DLC submarine, the Blue Marine, is based on the Great Fox ship from Star Fox |
Street Fighter Alpha 2 | Ken's stage features several cameos in the background from other Capcom series:[34] Morrigan Aensland, Felicia, Zabel, Hsien Ko, and Mei Ling from Darkstalkers, Strider Hiryu, Captain Commando and Ginzu from Captain Commando, Jumbo and Biff Slamkovich from Saturday Night Slam Masters, Michelle Heart from Legendary Wings, Pure the Mage from Adventure Quiz, and Linn Kurosawa from Alien vs. Predator. |
Street Fighter V | Crossover costumes for certain characters based on other characters from Mega Man, Resident Evil, Darkstalkers, Devil May Cry, Monster Hunter, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Viewtiful Joe, Captain Commando, Asura's Wrath, Star Gladiator, Breath of Fire II, Red Earth, Forgotten Worlds, Onimusha, CyberBots: Full Metal Madness, Haunting Ground, and Capcom Fighting All-Stars |
Street Fighter X Mega Man | Street Fighter characters in Mega Man levels. |
Stunt Race FX | Arwings from Star Fox can appear and drop power-ups for the player. Fox McCloud, Mario, and Luigi also appear in some billboards in certain racetracks |
Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix | Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, and Red Earth |
Super Mario Maker | Various Nintendo characters were made playable in the 8-bit levels based on which amiibo were scanned while playing the game.[35] [36] |
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD | Sonic is an unlockable character. |
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania | Sonic and Tails, Kazuma Kiryu from Yakuza, and Beat from Jet Set Radio are unlockable characters. Morgana from Persona 5 appears via downloadable content. |
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo | Various characters from Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, and CyberBots: Full Metal Madness |
Super Smash Bros. series | A fighting game series featuring playable characters, stages, and other elements from a number of different Nintendo franchises. |
Songs from Pac-Man Championship Edition 2, The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls, Techno Drive, Critical Velocity, Assault, Ridge Racer, and The Genji and the Heike Clans | |
Tales of Vs. | A fighting game in the vein of Super Smash Bros. featuring a player roster consisting of characters from various games in the Tales of series.[37] |
Rabbids are playable exclusively on the Wii version | |
Teppen | Mobile card game featuring characters from Mega Man X, Street Fighter, Monster Hunter, Devil May Cry, Darkstalkers, and Resident Evil |
Tetris | Mario and Luigi appear in the multiplayer mode. A secret ending features Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Link, and Pit playing instruments and congratulating the player |
Tetris Attack | Characters from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island |
Tetris DS | Boards and minigames themed around Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Donkey Kong, Balloon Fight, Ice Climber, Excitebike, Devil World, Urban Champion, Duck Hunt, and Yoshi's Cookie |
Tetris 99 | Several free updates have added boards based on contemporary Nintendo Switch games, such as Splatoon 2, , and Pokémon Sword and Shield. |
The King of Fighters series | Characters from 3 Count Bout, Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Psycho Soldier, Ikari Warriors, Buriki One, Burning Fight, Robo Army, Aggressors of Dark Kombat, , Savage Reign, Kizuna Encounter, Metal Slug, World Heroes, Sky Love, Dragon Gal, Samurai Shodown, and The Last Blade |
Different elements from the Super Mario and the Kirby series appear during the game. Richard from the Japan-only game For the Frog the Bell Tolls also makes a rather niche cameo appearance. | |
Armor based on Rex's outfit from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | |
Tom Clancy's Elite Squad | Mobile RPG featuring characters from Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell, The Division, and Ghost Recon |
Sam Fisher from Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell | |
Tony Hawk's Project 8 | The Grim Reaper from Guitar Hero |
TowerFall | Madeline and Badeline from Celeste |
Trick'N Snowboarder | Claire Redfield and Leon S. Kennedy from Resident Evil |
Under Night In-Birth | Sion Eltnam Atlasia (dubbed as Eltnum) from Melty Blood |
Unreal Championship 2 | Raiden from Mortal Kombat |
Urban Reign | Paul Phoenix and Marshall Law from Tekken |
Ryu from Street Fighter | |
Venus & Braves | Multiple Tales series characters on the PSP remake |
Viewtiful Joe | Dante and Trish from Devil May Cry are playable characters in the PlayStation 2 version |
Wangan Midnight | Shutokou Battle series characters |
Warriors All-Stars | Features characters from Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive, Nioh, Samurai Warriors, Dynasty Warriors,, Deception,, Nights of Azure, Rio, Opoona, Atelier, and Samurai Cats |
Warriors Orochi | Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors |
Warriors Orochi 3 | Ryu Hayabusa, Momiji, and Rachel from Ninja Gaiden; Kasumi and Ayane from Dead or Alive, Joan of Arc from , Achilles from , Nemea from , and Sterkenburg Cranach from Atelier |
Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate | Joan of Arc and Ryu Hayabusa return |
We Love Golf! | Playable golfers:
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World Kicks | Klonoa and Pac-Man can be part of a soccer team |
Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble | Characters from Professor Layton, Inazuma Eleven, Snack World, and Ni no Kuni appear as Yo-kai |
This list includes video games that have crossovers from two or more separate companies.
Angry Birds Epic | Sonic the Hedgehog is a playable character. Enemies from Puzzle & Dragons can be fought | |
Felyne can be invited to move into the player's town by scanning any Monster Hunter amiibo. Furniture based on Sanrio characters Hello Kitty, My Melody, Kero Kero Keroppi, Little Twin Stars, Pom Pom Purin, and Cinnamoroll can be added via their corresponding amiibo card | ||
Felyne can appear by scanning in any Monster Hunter amiibo | ||
Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space | The Phantom Thieves of Hearts from Atlus' Persona 5 are playable | |
Assetto Corsa Competizione | ||
Ape Escape 3 | A Metal Gear-based minigame | |
Battle Arena Toshinden | Interplay's Earthworm Jim appears as a selectable character in the PC version | |
Battletoads/Double Dragon | A game produced by Tradewest/Rare with characters from Technos' Double Dragon series | |
Bayonetta | Costumes based on Peach and Daisy from Super Mario (with Bowser's limbs for Wicked Weaves), Samus from Metroid, Link from The Legend of Zelda, and Fox from Star Fox are available exclusively in the Wii U and Nintendo Switch versions. Chain Chomp from Super Mario is also available as a weapon | |
Blade Strangers | Crossover fighting game featuring characters from 1001 Spikes, Azure Striker Gunvolt, The Binding of Isaac, Cave Story, Code of Princess, Doki Doki Poyacchio, Shovel Knight, and Umihara Kawase | |
Blaster Master Zero | Gunvolt, Ekoro, Shantae and Shovel Knight as downloadable guest characters | |
Crossover fighting game featuring characters from BlazBlue, Persona 4 Arena, Under Night In-Birth, RWBY, Arcana Heart, Senran Kagura, and Akatsuki Blitzkampf | ||
Brawlhalla[38] | Crossover fighting game featuring:
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Brawlout | Fighting game featuring guest characters from Dead Cells, Guacamelee!, Hyper Light Drifter, and Yooka-Laylee | |
Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring The Legend of Zelda | Rhythm game set within The Legend of Zelda universe with the gameplay of Crypt of the NecroDancer | |
Capcom-produced entries; a series of fighting games featuring characters from Capcom and SNK | ||
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001 | ||
Capy Fine Racing GP | A crossover racing game between Double Fine Productions and Capybara Games only available on floppy disks released during PAX East 2013[39] | |
Chaos Wars | Aruze's Shadow Hearts, Atlus's Growlanser, Idea Factory's Blazing Souls and , and RED Entertainment's Gungrave and Code of the Samurai | |
Sid Meier's Civilization V | A scenario in the game is based on The Lord of the Rings franchise | |
Cross Edge | Crossover RPG featuring characters from Idea Factory's and Blazing Souls, Capcom's Darkstalkers, Nippon Ichi's Disgaea, and Gust Co. Ltd.'s , , and | |
Crystal Crisis | Crossover puzzle game featuring characters from 1001 Spikes, Astro Boy, The Binding of Isaac, Black Jack, Blade Strangers, Cave Story, Code of Princess, Johnny Turbo, The Tempura of the Dead, and Umihara Kawase | |
DAEMON X MACHINA | Free DLC costumes based on Renton Thurston from Eureka Seven, Suzaku Kururugi from Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, and Geralt of Rivia and Ciri from | |
Dead by Daylight | Killers and survivors from multiple horror franchises including Halloween, Left 4 Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Saw, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Scream, Stranger Things, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and Hellraiser | |
Dead or Alive 4 | Nicole, a Spartan super-soldier created by Bungie, is a playable fighter. | |
themed stage with Ridley appearing as a stage hazard while Samus appears at the end of the match | ||
Dead or Alive 5 | Akira Yuki, Pai Chan, and Sarah Bryant from the Virtua Fighter series. Jacky Bryant appears on the Ultimate and Last Round versions of the game. Mai Shiranui from Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters is added as DLC for the Last Round version of the game | |
Dead or Alive 6 | Mai Shiranui and Kula Diamond from The King of Fighters | |
Diablo III: Eternal Collection | A Nintendo Switch-exclusive armor set based on Ganondorf from | |
Disney Tsum Tsum Festival | A Tsum Tsum version of Pac-Man is playable | |
Divekick | Johnny Gat from Deep Silver's Saints Row franchise and the Fencer from Nidhogg appear as guest fighters | |
Diddy Kong Racing | Rare's Banjo and Conker are playable racers, notably appearing before their individual games' releases. | |
Donkey Kong Country | Sabrewulf from Killer Instinct appears mounted on the wall in the Game Boy Advance port | |
Chief Thunder from Killer Instinct appears in Cranky Kong's Monkey Museum, as does a Killer Instinct arcade cabinet. Sonic the Hedgehog's shoes and Earthworm Jim's raygun appear in a rather joking manner as it was released during Nintendo's rivalry with Sega though it was later removed in the Game Boy Advance port | ||
Donkey Konga | Theme songs from anime series Doraemon, Case Closed, and Hamtaro and television series Unexpected Gourd Island and Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger are exclusive to the Japanese version | |
Donkey Konga 2 | Theme songs from anime series Naruto, Doraemon, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Heidi, Girl of the Alps, Mazinger Z, Chibi Maruko-chan, Futari wa Pretty Cure, and Kaiketsu Zorori and television series Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, Aim for the Ace, and Minimoni's Town Musicians of Bremen are exclusive to the Japanese version | |
Donkey Konga 3 | Theme songs from anime series Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Case Closed, Fullmetal Alchemist, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Atashin'chi, Touch, and Crayon Shin-chan and tracks from Namco games Pac-Man, Mappy, Dig Dug, The Tower of Druaga, Sky Kid, and Xevious are available | |
Dragalia Lost | The mobile game held special limited-time events featuring characters from Mega Man, Monster Hunter, Fire Emblem Heroes and Persona 5 Strikers.[40] | |
DreamMix TV World Fighters | Characters from Hudson and Konami's video game series and Takara's toy lines | |
Features cameos by various indie game characters from games such as Super Meat Boy, Spelunky, and | ||
Eternal Fighter Zero | Characters from the visual novels Moon, , Kanon and Air | |
Everybody's Golf 2 | Gex is a secret character | |
Everybody's Golf (2017) | Completing a limited time event called the "Collaboration Cup" rewards the player with costumes based on Level-5 series Professor Layton, Yo-Kai Watch,, White Knight Chronicles, and Dark Cloud; DLC golf cart designs based on Yo-Kai Watch, Professor Layton, and White Knight Chronicles are available. Choccobo from Final Fantasy can be ridden on. | |
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout | Special costumes based on Scout from Team Fortress 2[41] , Gordon Freeman from Half-Life, and P-Body from Portal 2[42] are exclusive to the Steam version of the game.Special costumes based on Gris,[43] Sonic the Hedgehog,[44] The Messenger,[45] Godzilla,[46] Doom,[47] El Chapulín Colorado,[48] and many more are available in all versions of the game. | |
Ayane from Dead or Alive appears in a special episode | ||
Fight Night Round 2 | Little Mac from Super Punch-Out!! | |
Fighting Layer | Allen Snider and Blair Dame, created by Arika, were previously in the original Street Fighter EX | |
Fighting EX Layer | Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury is a playable guest character | |
Fighting Vipers | The Japanese mascot of Pepsi, Pepsiman, appears in the Japanese release of the Sega Saturn version | |
Final Fantasy XIII-2 | DLC alternate costumes based on the N7 Armor from Mass Effect and Ezio Auditore da Firenze from Assassin's Creed | |
Final Fantasy XIV | Special events featuring characters from Yo-kai Watch and | |
Final Fantasy XV | An Assassin's Creed-themed special expansion titled "Assassin's Festival" was released for a limited time to promote Assassin's Creed Origins | |
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius | Special crossover events with Monster Hunter: Explore, Xenogears, Terra Battle, and Brave Frontier as well as anime series Fullmetal Alchemist | |
Fortnite | An evergrowing cast of franchises and characters are added in a nearly weekly basis with in-game skins, gear, locations and items.
Artists, brands, celebrities, content creators and athletes are also added to the game. | |
Forza Motorsport 4 | The Top Gear Test Track can be driven on | |
Forza Motorsport 6 | DLC expansion packs features vehicles from the previous Fast and Furious movies and Hot Wheels versions of cars. The Chryslus Rocket 69 is a vehicle available only to those who also purchased a copy of Fallout 4 | |
Forza Motorsport 7 | The Stig from Top Gear is playable | |
Forza Horizon 2 | A standalone expansion features vehicles from throughout the Fast and Furious franchise and Tej Parker (voiced by Christopher Brian Bridges) in voiceover | |
Forza Horizon 3 | The Autovista roster featured the Warthog military vehicle from the Halo series, the Quartz Regalia from Final Fantasy XV, and new vehicles in their Hot Wheels form | |
Forza Horizon 4 | The Warthog returns. A DLC pack from the James Bond series called 'Best of Bond Car Pack' gives access to Q Branch cars including the 1974 AMC Hornet and Citroen 2CV6. A free update adds a new story featuring The Stig from Top Gear with narration from Chris Harris. An expansion adds new vehicles and tracks but in LEGO Speed Champions form | |
Fruit Ninja | Boards and blades based on Puss in Boots and Ghostbusters | |
Genshin Impact | Aloy, playable guest character from Horizon Zero Dawn. | |
Honkai Impact 3rd | Playable character crossover event with Neon Genesis Evangelion and also Genshin Impact. | |
Identity V | Survival horror game that hosted a special event featuring characters from Persona 5 | |
Indie Pogo | Features playable characters from Awesomenauts, Azure Striker Gunvolt, Bit.Trip, The Blocks Cometh, Divekick, Downwell, , Enter the Gungeon, Freedom Planet, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, Jack the Reaper, Leap Day, The Next Penelope, Octodad, Rivals of Aether, Shovel Knight, Shütshimi, Stardrop Blaster, Super Meat Boy, Teslagrad, Velocispider, VVVVVV and Zorbié, a non-playable boss character from Nefarious, and collectible trophies based on characters from many other indie games. | |
Itadaki Street DS | Characters from Dragon Quest and Mario | |
Fortune Street | ||
Itadaki Street: Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary | Characters from the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy franchises | |
Jet Force Gemini | The Greenwood Village racetrack from Diddy Kong Racing can be unlocked | |
Just Dance 3 | A song based on Super Mario Bros. exclusively for the Wii version | |
Just Shapes & Beats | Tracks and stages based on the music of Shovel Knight | |
Makoto Mizoguchi from Data East's Fighter's History series | ||
The King of Fighters All Star | Features guest characters from Dead or Alive, Guilty Gear, Seven Knights, Street Fighter, Soulcalibur, Tekken, Virtua Fighter, and WWE. | |
Killing Floor | Pyro from Team Fortress 2 is a playable character should the player download both games | |
Konami Wai Wai World | King Kong and Mikey from The Goonies appear | |
Lego Dimensions | Playable characters and settings from The A-Team, Back to the Future, Doctor Who, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Ghostbusters, Jurassic World, Knight Rider, Mission: Impossible, Portal, The Simpsons and Sonic the Hedgehog franchises and intellectual properties. HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey makes a cameo. Using the TARDIS in certain locations allows access to an area from Red Dwarf | |
Lost Planet 2 | Characters from other Capcom games, including Frank West from Dead Rising, and Albert Wesker from Resident Evil, are present in game, in addition to Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago from Gears of War.[68] | |
Lost Saga | Mobile fighting game featuring guest characters from Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, Fatal Fury, The King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown, Beyblade, Order & Chaos Online, Soldier Front, The Great Merchant Online, Sudden Attack, Soul Guardians, Dragon Nest, Red Stone, Priest, Point Blank, Eroge, Line Wind Runner, The God of High School, Indonesia, Changchun Online, Vindictus, Musa Baek Dong-soo, and Trace | |
Mario Hoops 3-on-3 | Characters from Final Fantasy | |
Mario Sports Mix | Characters from the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy franchises | |
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Karts and wheels based on three Mercedes-Benz vehicles: the GLA-Class, the W25 Silver Arrow, and the 300 SL Roadster. Mii costumes based on Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man, and Pac-Man accessible only through their corresponding amiibo | |
Super Mario Maker | Multiple costumes for Mario to wear exclusively in the Super Mario Bros. theme including Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Felyne from Monster Hunter, Chitoge Kirisaki from the anime series Nisekoi, Sanrio's Hello Kitty and My Melody, Shinya Arino from GameCenter CX, Necky from Japanese video game publication Famitsu, the rock band BABYMETAL, Aardman Animations' Shaun the Sheep, and the Mercedes-Benz GLA-Class | |
Geno from Square Enix's | ||
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle | Mario characters and Ubisoft's Rabbids as well as Rabbid versions of certain other Mario characters. | |
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games | Characters from Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog compete in real-world Olympic Games tournaments. | |
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | ||
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games | ||
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games | ||
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games | ||
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 | ||
Mario Kart Arcade GP | Bandai Namco-developed series of arcade-exclusive Mario Kart games that feature a few of their characters:
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Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 | ||
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX | ||
Marvel vs. Capcom | Crossover series with Marvel Comics and characters from multiple Capcom series | |
Features a minigame where the player has to catch the apes from Ape Escape | ||
Contains missions where Naked Snake can face either Rathalos or Tigrex from Monster Hunter | ||
Minecraft | The game includes skin packs based on: Mass Effect, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, LittleBigPlanet, Super Mario, Tony Hawk's series, Fallout, Castle Crashers, Spelunky, Left 4 Dead, Bit.Trip, Half-Life, Portal, Assassin's Creed, The Simpsons, Doctor Who, Star Wars, Marvel Comics, The Walking Dead, Power Rangers,, Adventure Time, Moana, Final Fantasy XV, The Incredibles, Street Fighter, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Steven Universe, Toy Story, and Ice Age | |
ModNation Racers | Flo from Progressive Insurance and a Canada-exclusive character based on the Froster cups are playable drivers | |
Monster Hunter 4 | A costume based on Link as he appears in | |
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate | Toon Link costume and Koroks from and Mr. Resetti & Isabelle from Animal Crossing | |
Monster Hunter Stories | Epona from The Legend of Zelda can be unlocked as a mount | |
Items based on Hello Kitty. A special event quest grants the player a costume of Don-Chan from Taiko no Tatsujin | ||
The Behemoth from Final Fantasy XIV is a monster that can be fought. Geralt of Rivia is playable in a downloadable side quest inspired by . Aloy is playable in downloadable side quests featuring weapons and gear inspired by Horizon Zero Dawn | ||
Mortal Kombat (2011) | Kratos from Sony's God of War appears as a PS3/PSVita exclusive | |
Mortal Kombat X | Available as a part of Kombat Pack 1:
Available as a part of Kombat Pack 2:
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Mortal Kombat 11 | As a part of Kombat Pack 1:
As a part of Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath expansion:
As a part of Kombat Pack 2:
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MX vs. ATV Unleashed | Crossover between THQ's MX trilogy and Sony's ATV Offroad Fury series, two offroad racing games that solely involve a particular, different vehicle class. Each game features famous, licensed appearances of real-life MX and ATV racers competing against each other. | |
MX vs. ATV Untamed | ||
MX vs. ATV Reflex | ||
MX vs. ATV Alive | ||
MX vs. ATV Supercross | ||
MX vs. ATV All Out | ||
MX vs. ATV Legends | ||
Namco × Capcom | Action RPG for the PlayStation 2 featuring characters from multiple Namco and Capcom franchises. | |
NBA Street V3 | Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach are playable exclusively on the Nintendo GameCube version | |
Ninja Gaiden Z | Beck from Mighty No. 9 appears as a downloadable skin | |
Ninjala | Acollaboration event with Sonic the Hedgehog as a part of Season 2.[69] | |
Nintendo Badge Arcade | Badges from Monster Hunter and Hello Kitty can be collected | |
Saber from Fate/stay night, Homura from Senran Kagura, and Heart Aino from Arcana Heart | ||
Costumes based on Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Samus Aran, Fox McCloud, Marth, Kirby, and the Wii Fit Trainer made available by scanning their corresponding amiibo | ||
Pac-Man Vs. | Mario is the announcer in the GameCube and Nintendo Switch versions | |
Payday 2 | Heists were added taking place in Goat Simulator and Hotline Miami. Characters from John Wick and Hardcore Henry were added as playable characters | |
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale | Playable characters:
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Pokémon Conquest | A game that merged the tactical role-playing game style of Koei Tecmo's Nobunaga's Ambition games with the setting and characters of Nintendo's Pokémon.[70] | |
Poker Night series | Sam & Max, Tycho from Penny Arcade, Strong Bad from Homestar Runner, Heavy from Team Fortress 2, Brock Samson from Venture Bros, Claptrap from Borderlands, Ash Williams from The Evil Dead and GLaDOS from Portal | |
Ryu and Chun-Li from Street Fighter | ||
Ryu, Chun-Li, Guile, Cammy, Akuma and M. Bison from Street Fighter | ||
Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney | Crossover between the Professor Layton and Ace Attorney franchises | |
Project X Zone | Characters from Capcom, Sega and Namco Bandai | |
Project X Zone 2 | Characters from Capcom, Sega and Namco Bandai. Nintendo's Chrom and Lucina from Fire Emblem Awakening and Fiora of Xenoblade Chronicles make guest appearances with the former two being teammates and the latter being partnered up with KOS-MOS from Xenosaga | |
Puyo Puyo Tetris | Combines the gameplay of Tetris and the gameplay, characters, and setting of Puyo Puyo. Sonic the Hedgehog also makes a guest appearance as a playable character in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2. | |
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2[71] | ||
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition | A Super Mario-themed Puzzle & Dragons game for the Nintendo 3DS[72] | |
Rayman Legends | Mario and Luigi costumes exclusively available in the Wii U and Nintendo Switch versions | |
Ridge Racer (2011) | Hornet car from Daytona USA | |
Rivals of Aether | Guest characters from Ori and the Blind Forest and Shovel Knight | |
Rocket League | DLC vehicles based on:
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Runbow | Various independent video game series including Shovel Knight, SteamWorld Dig, Guacamelee!, Sportsball, Scram Kitty and His Buddy on Rails, Bit.Trip, Azure Striker Gunvolt, Teslagrad, Stealth Inc., The Fall, Xeodrifter, Chariot, Mutant Mudds, Hyper Light Drifter, Freedom Planet, and Shantae | |
Samurai Shodown (2019) | The Warden from Ubisoft's For Honor, Gonsun Li from Tencent's Honor of Kings, and Baiken from Arc System Works' Guilty Gear are added as DLC. | |
Samurai Warriors 3 | Takamaru from Nintendo's The Mysterious Murasame Castle | |
Scribblenauts Unlimited | Characters from the Super Mario and the Legend of Zelda series in the Wii U version | |
Ayane from Dead or Alive and Kan'u, Sonsaku and Ryofu from Ikkitousen series | ||
Dante from Devil May Cry, who is confirmed to return for Nocturne | ||
A special collaboration event with Devil May Cry 5 | ||
Shoot Many Robots | The Steam version of the game contains Gordon Freeman's suit, turrets from Portal and some items from Team Fortress 2 | |
Shovel Knight | Kratos and the Battletoads appear as console-exclusive boss fights for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One respectively | |
Skate 3 | Isaac Clarke from Dead Space appears as a playable character | |
Donkey Kong and Bowser in the Wii U version; their corresponding figures also work as amiibo for other Nintendo games. | ||
TOM from Toonami appears as an unlockable item via cheat code | ||
Smite | Characters from RWBY, TMNT, and & The Legend of Korra appear in crossover events | |
Thief Arthur from Million Arthur and a female version of Skullomania from Fighting EX Layer are DLC | ||
SNK-produced entries; fighting game series featuring characters from Capcom and SNK Corporation | ||
SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters 2 Expand Edition | ||
SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS | ||
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing | Banjo and Kazooie and Xbox 360 Avatars in the Xbox 360 version, and Miis in the Wii version | |
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed | Playable racers:
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Sonic Lost World | The game featured three separate DLC levels that crossed over with three separate franchises for themed levels with aspects of each implemented into the setting and gameplay: Yoshi's Story, The Legend of Zelda, and Nights into Dreams.[74] | |
Sonic Dash | Red, Chuck, & Bomb from Angry Birds Epic, Sanrio's Hello Kitty, My Melody, Chococat and Badtz-Maru, Pac-Man & Ms. Pac-Man, and Bongo the Danimals mascot | |
Soulcalibur II | Link from The Legend of Zelda in the GameCube version and Spawn of Image Comics in the Xbox and HD versions | |
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. | |
Kratos from Sony's God of War series | ||
Soulcalibur V | Ezio Auditore from Assassin's Creed | |
Soulcalibur VI | Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher, 2B from , and Haohmaru from Samurai Shodown | |
Splatoon | Special online Splatfest events themed around Dragon Quest, Transformers, SpongeBob SquarePants, Japanese food brands Maruchan and Meiji Dairies, convenience store chain 7-Eleven, and the Kura restaurant chain | |
Splatoon 2 | Special online Splatfest events themed around Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sanrio, McDonald's, clothing brands Nike and Uniqlo, Japanese food brands Meiji Dairies and Ezaki Glico, the Nippon Professional Baseball league, and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology research institute | |
SSX on Tour | Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach are playable exclusively on the Nintendo GameCube version | |
Metroids can be seen | ||
Tauren Space Marine can be spawned using the Konami Code | ||
Guest appearances by Star Fox characters exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version and Ratchet & Clank characters exclusive to the PlayStation 4 version | ||
Characters from Rival Schools, Louis Cha's novels, Cyborg 009, and president Barack Obama | ||
Taisen Net Gimmick: Capcom & Psikyo All Stars | Japan-exclusive mahjong game released for the Sega Dreamcast featuring characters from Street Fighter and Psikyo games | |
Japan Sumo Cup ~Yokozuna vs. Street Fighter~ | Online rhythm Japanese-exclusive game made to promote the Japan Cup featuring Street Fighter characters and real-life Yokozuna wrestlers | |
Street Fighter V | Crossover costumes for certain characters based on other characters from Fighting EX Layer | |
Street Fighter 6 | Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui from SNK's Fatal Fury series are playable via downloadable content.[75] | |
Street Fighter X Tekken | Street Fighter characters, Tekken characters, Cole MacGrath from Sucker Punch's inFamous series, Capcom's Mega Man, Namco's Pac-Man and Sony's mascots Toro and Kuro | |
Super Bomberman R | Console-exclusive guest characters Master Chief, Ratchet & Clank, and P-Body; also features WWE wrestler Xavier Woods as a playable character | |
Super Crate Box | Characters from Canabalt, Spelunky and Super Meat Boy | |
Super Meat Boy | Various indie game characters, such as Steve from Minecraft, Tim from Braid, and Gish; the Headcrab from Half-Life is playable in the Steam version | |
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania | Sanrio's Hello Kitty and Suezo from Koei Tecmo's Monster Rancher are playable via downloadable content. | |
Super Smash Bros. series | Includes playable characters from Metal Gear, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Street Fighter, Final Fantasy VII, Bayonetta, Castlevania, Persona 5, Dragon Quest, Banjo-Kazooie, Fatal Fury, Minecraft, Tekken, and Kingdom Hearts. Additional franchises are represented in the form of collectible trophies and Spirits, music tracks, summonable Assist Trophies, and Mii Fighter costumes. | |
Characters from various Capcom and Tatsunoko Production franchises | ||
Songs from Super Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Pokémon: Let's Go! Pikachu and Let's Go! Eevee, Teddy Together, and Undertale | ||
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 | The Wii U version features a mode that uses power-ups from Super Mario as well as character costumes based on Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Star Fox, and F-Zero | |
Tekken 7 | Akuma from Street Fighter, Geese Howard from Fatal Fury, Noctis Lucis Caelum from Final Fantasy XV, and Negan from The Walking Dead | |
Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE | Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem | |
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands | A special limited-time event lets players hunt down The Predator along with gear and weapons based on the films | |
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint | A special event featuring The T-800 Terminator | |
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 | Iron Maiden's mascot Eddie the Head, and Jango Fett from Star Wars | |
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 | Lil Wayne and King Graham from King's Quest. Tyler, the Creator and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were added in a free update. | |
Tony Hawk's Underground | Iron Man from Marvel Comics and a C.H.U.D. appears under the name T.H.U.D. | |
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 | Shrek from the Shrek films and a soldier from Call of Duty | |
Trinity Universe | Characters from the Disgaea and Atelier series | |
Under Night In-Birth | Akatsuki from SUBTLE STYLE's Akatsuki Blitzkampf appears in Under Night In-Birth EXE: Late and updated versions | |
Vampire Survivors | Downloadable content expansions have added characters, weapons, and elements from other games, including Among Us ("Emergency Meeting") and Contra ("Operation Guns"). | |
Wario and Bomberman[76] | ||
Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate | Sophitia from Soulcalibur | |
The Wonderful 101 | Bayonetta, Jeanne and Rodin appears as Wonderful Ones from the game Bayonetta | |
Yo-kai Watch 2 | Don-Chan from Taiko no Tatsujin is an available Yo-kai | |
Yo-kai Watch 3 | ||
Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble | Multiple characters from the mainline Final Fantasy games, Monster Strike, Sanrio, Mr. Necky from Japanese video game publication Famitsu, The T-800 from The Terminator, and anime series Case Closed,, The Seven Deadly Sins, and GeGeGe no Kitarō appear as available Yo-kai | |
Yooka-Laylee | Shovel Knight appears in a cameo appearance |
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:
Soulcalibur II | Spawn of Image Comics in the Xbox and HD versions | |
Tekken 7 | Negan from Image Comics' The Walking Dead appears as a DLC character in the console versions | |
Marvel Super Heroes | Darkstalkers Anita | |
X-Men: Children of the Atom | Akuma from Street Fighter | |
Marvel vs. Capcom | Crossover series featuring characters from various Capcom and Marvel Comics series | |
Fortnite | In-game content such as characters from Marvel Comics and DC Comics, alongside tie-in comics from the two. | |
Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal | Marvel's Iron Man and Valiant's X-O Manowar | |
Revenge of Shinobi | Batman and Spider-Man are bosses | |
Ubisoft's Rabbids on the Wii version | ||
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 | The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles appear as playable characters. Various Marvel Comics characters appear throughout the series. | |
Scorpion from Mortal Kombat | ||
Injustice 2 | Hellboy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Raiden and Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat | |
The King of Fighters All Star | Features guest characters from Hideaki Sorachi's Gin Tama and Nakaba Suzuki's The Seven Deadly Sins | |
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe | A major crossover game that features characters from Mortal Kombat and DC Comics superheroes. | |
Mortal Kombat 11 | DC Comics' Joker and Image Comic's Spawn are a part of DLC Kombat Pack 1. Bonus costumes based on other Harley Quinn for Cassie Cage, Killer Croc for Baraka, Catwoman for Kitana, Darkseid for Geras, The Batman Who Laughs for Noob Saibot, and a Hellspawn for Jacqui Briggs are also available through the Kombat Pack | |
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:
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: