Crash Boom Bang!

Crash Boom Bang! is a party game developed by Dimps and published by Vivendi Universal Games in Japan and by Sierra Entertainment internationally for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on July 20, 2006, in North America on October 10, 2006,[1] in Europe on October 27, 2006, and in Australia on November 2, 2006.[3] It is the only game in the Crash Bandicoot series developed by a Japanese company and the first to be released in Japan before North America. It was also the last game in the series to be released in Japan. Crash Boom Bang! is the first game released exclusively for the Nintendo DS, and the second party game in the series after Crash Bash. The game's story revolves around a multimillionaire who uses the characters of the series to find a powerful object called "Super Big Power Crystal". The game was received mostly negatively by critics. They criticized the unoriginal, boring gameplay and poor controls.