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.
First and second-party crossovers
This list includes crossovers and cameos of characters from video games owned by one company and close affiliates.
Third-party crossovers
This list includes video games that have crossovers from two or more separate companies.
| Video game | Featuring |
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| Angry Birds Epic | Sonic the Hedgehog is a playable character. Enemies from Puzzle & Dragons can be fought |
| Animal Crossing: New Leaf | 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 |
| Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer | 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 | Featuring cars and circuits of SRO Motorsports Group events; GT World Challenge Europe (Sprint and Endurance Cup), Intercontinental GT Challenge, GT4 European Series and British GT Championship |
| 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 |
| BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle | Crossover fighting game featuring characters from BlazBlue, Persona 4 Arena, Under Night In-Birth, RWBY, Arcana Heart, Senran Kagura, and Akatsuki Blitzkampf |
| Brawlhalla[36] | 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 vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 | 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[37] |
| Chaos Wars | Aruze's Shadow Hearts, Atlus's Growlanser, Idea Factory's Blazing Souls and Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires, 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 Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires and Blazing Souls, Capcom's Darkstalkers, Nippon Ichi's Disgaea, and Gust Co. Ltd.'s Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg, Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy, and Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia |
| 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 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess |
| 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 |
| Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest | 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.[38] |
| DreamMix TV World Fighters | Characters from Hudson and Konami's video game series and Takara's toy lines |
| Dust: An Elysian Tail | Features cameos by various indie game characters from games such as Super Meat Boy, Spelunky, and The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai |
| Eternal Fighter Zero | Characters from the visual novels Moon, One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e, 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, Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, 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[39], Gordon Freeman from Half-Life, and P-Body from Portal 2[40] are exclusive to the Steam version of the game. Special costumes based on Gris,[41] Sonic the Hedgehog,[42] The Messenger,[43] Godzilla,[44] Doom,[45] El Chapulín Colorado,[46] and many more are available in all versions of the game. |
| Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water | 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 Monster Hunter: World |
| 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.[66] |
| Honkai Impact 3rd | Playable character crossover event with Neon Genesis Evangelion[67][68][69][70] and also Genshin Impact.[71][72][73] |
| 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, Dust: An Elysian Tail, 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 |
| KOF: Maximum Impact Regulation A | 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.[74] |
| 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 |
| Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga | Geno from Square Enix's Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars |
| Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle | Mario characters and Ubisoft's Rabbids as well as Rabbid versions of certain other Mario characters. |
| Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope | |
| 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 |
| Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | Features a minigame where the player has to catch the apes from Ape Escape |
| Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | 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, Magic: The Gathering, 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 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword |
| Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate | Toon Link costume and Koroks from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Mr. Resetti & Isabelle from Animal Crossing |
| Monster Hunter Stories | Epona from The Legend of Zelda can be unlocked as a mount |
| Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village | Items based on Hello Kitty. A special event quest grants the player a costume of Don-Chan from Taiko no Tatsujin |
| Monster Hunter: World | 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 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. 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.[75] |
| Nintendo Badge Arcade | Badges from Monster Hunter and Hello Kitty can be collected |
| Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel | Saber from Fate/stay night, Homura from Senran Kagura, and Heart Aino from Arcana Heart |
| One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X | 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.[76] |
| 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 |
| Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid | Ryu and Chun-Li from Street Fighter |
| Power Rangers: Legacy Wars | Ryu, Chun-Li, Guile, Cammy, Akuma and M. Bison from Street Fighter |
| Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney[13] | 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 |
| Puyo Puyo Tetris 2[77] | |
| Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition | A Super Mario-themed Puzzle & Dragons game for the Nintendo 3DS[78] |
| 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 |
| Senran Kagura: Estival Versus | Ayane from Dead or Alive and Kan'u, Sonsaku and Ryofu from Ikkitousen series |
| Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne | Dante from Devil May Cry, who is confirmed to return for Nocturne's HD Remaster as DLC.[79] |
| Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 | 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 |
| Skylanders: SuperChargers | Donkey Kong and Bowser in the Wii U version; their corresponding figures also work as amiibo for other Nintendo games. |
| Sly 2: Band of Thieves | TOM from Toonami appears as an unlockable item via cheat code |
| Smite | Characters from RWBY, TMNT, and Avatar: The Last Airbender & The Legend of Korra appear in crossover events |
| SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy | Thief Arthur from Million Arthur and a female version of Skullomania from Fighting EX Layer are DLC |
| SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash | SNK-produced entries; fighting game series featuring characters from Capcom and SNK Corporation |
| SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium | |
| SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters 2 Expand Edition | |
| SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos | |
| 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.[80] |
| 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. |
| Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny | 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 Nier: Automata, 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 |
| StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty | Metroids can be seen |
| Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void | Tauren Space Marine can be spawned using the Konami Code |
| Starlink: Battle for Atlas | Guest appearances by Star Fox characters exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version and Ratchet & Clank characters exclusive to the PlayStation 4 version |
| Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation | 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 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. |
| Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars | Characters from various Capcom and Tatsunoko Production franchises |
| Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! | 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 Blast: Featuring Bomberman! | Wario and Bomberman[81] |
| 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, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, The Seven Deadly Sins, and GeGeGe no Kitarō appear as available Yo-kai |
| Yooka-Laylee | Shovel Knight appears in a cameo appearance |
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:
| Video game | Featuring |
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| 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 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up | 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. |
| Injustice: Gods Among Us | 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 |
| Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure |
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:
- Cartoon Network:
- Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers (Adventure Time, The Amazing World of Gumball, Clarence, Regular Show, Steven Universe, and Uncle Grandpa)
- Cartoon Network: Block Party (Johnny Bravo, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Cow and Chicken)
- Cartoon Network: Formula Cartoon All-Stars (Mobile racing game featuring characters from Adventure Time, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Steven Universe, Clarence, Uncle Grandpa, The Powerpuff Girls, Ben 10, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Johnny Bravo, and Dexter's Laboratory)
- Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion (Fighting game in the style of Super Smash Bros. featuring characters from Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Codename: Kids Next Door, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Samurai Jack, Ben 10, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Chowder, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, and Captain Planet and the Planeteers. Also, Space Ghost from Space Ghost Coast to Coast appears as the announcer and referee of the game, as well as the narrator of the story-mode)
- Cartoon Network Racing (Courage the Cowardly Dog, Cow and Chicken, Dexter's Laboratory, I Am Weasel, Johnny Bravo, and The Powerpuff Girls)
- Cartoon Network Speedway (Johnny Bravo, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Cow and Chicken, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Sheep in the Big City)
- Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall (Now-defunct free to play MMORPG featuring representation from multiple series including Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, The Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Time Squad, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Codename: Kids Next Door, Samurai Jack, Megas XLR, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Ben 10, Camp Lazlo, My Gym Partner's A Monkey, Class of 3000, Chowder, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, The Secret Saturdays, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Generator Rex, The Amazing World of Gumball and Sym-Bionic Titan as well as TOM from the Toonami programming block and live-action series Unnatural History and Tower Prep. Also featured are programs with acquired syndication rights including Johnny Test and Total Drama)
- FusionFall Heroes (A spin-off to the main game released after its shutdown featuring playable characters from Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Ben 10, Adventure Time, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball and Johnny Test)
- TKO: Titanic Kungfubot Offensive (Fighting game featuring robot versions of characters from The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Chowder, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Adventure Time, Sym-Bionic Titan, The Secret Saturdays, and Generator Rex as well as programs with acquired syndication rights including Johnny Test and Total Drama)
- The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy (the game's last stage takes place on the future as depicted on The Jetsons, including an appearance by George Jetson)
- Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (due to the very nature of the animated series it is based on, the game includes various Hanna-Barbera characters)
- Nickelodeon (Characters from SpongeBob SquarePants, Jimmy Neutron, Planet Sheen, The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, The Ren & Stimpy Show, CatDog, Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, Hey Arnold!, The Angry Beavers, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Invader Zim, Rocko's Modern Life, Catscratch, El Tigre, All Grown Up!, Rocket Power, Tak and the Power of Juju, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Fanboy & Chum Chum, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Winx Club, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Loud House, and Monkey Quest)
- Nickelodeon Kart Racers series
- Nickelodeon Party Blast
- Nicktoons Basketball
- Nicktoons: Freeze Frame Frenzy
- Nicktoons MLB
- Nicktoons Nitro
- Nicktoons Racing
- Nicktoons Unite series
- Nicktoons Winners Cup Racing
- Nickelodeon Super Brawl series
- The Walt Disney Company:
- Club Penguin
- Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix
- Dance Dance Revolution Disney Channel Edition (similar concept but with various Disney Channel series instead)
- Disney Crossy Road (Disney characters in the style of Crossy Road)
- Disney Emoji Blitz
- Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure (characters from The Lion King, Tarzan, and Toy Story are playable skaters)
- Disney Friends (interact with Winnie the Pooh, Dory from Finding Nemo, Stitch, and Simba from The Lion King)
- Disney Heroes: Battle Mode (Mobile RPG featuring Wreck-It Ralph, Zootopia, and The Incredibles. Further updates have included Mickey Mouse, Toy Story, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lion King, Aladdin, Alice in Wonderland, TRON: Legacy, Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Moana, Brave, Coco, Inside Out, WALL-E, DuckTales, Darkwing Duck, Hercules, Lilo & Stitch, Frozen, Monsters, Inc., Big Hero 6, Peter Pan, Kim Possible, The Muppets, The Emperor's New Groove, Gargoyles, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, The Jungle Book, Mulan, Onward, Raya and the Last Dragon, Pocahontas, and The Nightmare Before Christmas)
- Disney Infinity series (characters from the many assets owned by The Walt Disney Company like the Disney original characters, the Pixar characters, the Marvel Comics super heroes and Lucasfilm's Star Wars)
- Disney Magical World and Disney Magical World 2
- Disney Tsum Tsum Festival
- Disney Universe (levels and costumes based on Mickey Mouse, Aladdin, The Lion King, Peter Pan, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Pirates of the Caribbean, Wall-E, Monsters, Inc., The Little Mermaid, Lilo & Stitch, Finding Nemo, and Tron. Additional DLC packs include The Nightmare Before Christmas, Phineas and Ferb, and The Muppets)
- Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion (levels based on Aladdin, Peter Pan, The Little Mermaid, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Lion King, Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast, and Tangled. The main antagonist returns from Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, now in the form of Maleficent)
- Kinect Disneyland Adventures
- Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure
- Kingdom Hearts series (various characters from Square Enix and Disney franchises):
- Kingdom Hearts
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
- Kingdom Hearts II
- Kingdom Hearts Coded
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
- Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep
- Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
- Kingdom Hearts χ / Kingdom Hearts: Unchained χ / Kingdom Hearts: Union X
- Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
- Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage
- Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover
- Kingdom Hearts III
- Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory
- Kingdom Hearts Mobile
- Meteos: Disney Magic (Meteos and six franchises: Toy Story, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Lilo & Stitch, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, and Pirates of the Caribbean)
- Toontown Online
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:
- Another Century's Episode series
- Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match: including Utawarerumono, Tears to Tiara, and To Heart.
- Bandai Namco:
- Heroes Phantasia (crossover of Slayers, Sorcerous Stabber Orphen, Blood+, Rune Soldier, Read or Die, Sgt. Frog, My-HiME, Darker than Black and s-CRY-ed)
- Jump Comics
- Battle Stadium D.O.N (Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Naruto)
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Arale from Dr. Slump)
- Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden
- Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin
- J-Stars Victory VS
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (Ikuro Hashizawa from Baoh)
- Jump Super Stars
- Jump Ultimate Stars
- Jump Force
- Majokko Daisakusen: Little Witching Mischiefs
- Panic in Nakayoshi World (Sailor Moon, Chō Kuse ni Narisō, Goldfish Warning! and Kurumi to 7 Ninnokobitotachi)
- Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos
- Soulcalibur IV (the character Angol Fear is said to be the cousin of Angol Mois from Sgt. Frog)
- Super Heroine Chronicle
- Super Robot Wars series (features mecha from various anime and manga series)
- Tekken 3 (Gon from the eponymous manga)
- Dengeki Bunko:
- Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax
- Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus (crossover of Dengeki Bunko light novels)
- DreamMix TV World Fighters (various Takara, Hudson and Konami characters)
- Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (A special crossover event with Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Gran Turismo series (two cars from the Initial D manga—Takumi Fujiwara's Toyota AE86 and Mako Sato and Sayuki's Sileighty[n 1]—are available throughout the series)
- Koei Tecmo:
- Magical Battle Arena
- Monster Hunter Tri (exclusive to Japan's version, some event weapons are based on anime and manga series from Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Shueisha)
- Nakayoshi All Stars – Mezase Gakuen Idol
- Nintendo:
- Donkey Konga series
- Donkey Konga (Theme songs from anime series Doraemon, Case Closed, and Hamtaro 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 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 are available)
- Super Mario Maker (A costume for Mario in the Super Mario Bros. theme based on Chitoge Kirisaki from Nisekoi)
- Donkey Konga series
- Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel
- SD Gundam G Generation
- Sega:
- Astro Boy: Omega Factor (several other characters created by Osamu Tezuka appears with important roles on the plot of the game, included Hosuke Sharaku from The Three-Eyed One, Black Jack from the series of the same name and Phoenix)
- Miracle Girls Festival (crossover of eleven anime shows: YuruYuri, Nyaruko: Crawling with Love, Vividred Operation, Kin-iro Mosaic, Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono, Wake Up, Girls!, Go! Go! 575, No-Rin, Engaged to the Unidentified and Is the Order a Rabbit?)
- Shounen Sunday x Shounen Magazine Nettou! Dream Nine
- Sunday vs Magazine: Shūketsu! Chōjō Daikessen
- Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag and Sword Art Online: Integral Factor (A special crossover event featuring characters from Persona 5 Royal)
- Tatsunoko Production:
- Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble (Multiple characters from Case Closed, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, The Seven Deadly Sins, and GeGeGe no Kitarō appear as available Yo-kai)