History VideoGame / CrashBash

* OneHitKill:
** The Crystal challenge for Pogo Painter has mushrooms randomly appearing on multiple squares. Stepping on them instantly ends the game in your loss.

** The Crystal challenge for Metal Fox has yellow- and green-colored mines instead of the normal gray and black ones. These mines both replace the mines normally used by the players and fall from the sky in boxes. Getting hit by any mine from ''either source'' instantly kills you.

''Crash Bash'' (''Crash Bandicoot Carnival'' in Japanese) is the fifth and last ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' game on the Platform/PlayStation4 and the first that was not developed by Naughty Dog, who produced the original trilogy as well as ''Videogame/CrashTeamRacing''. ''Crash Bash'' was the only Crash game developed by Eurocom, and since then the franchise has seen many developers and publishers. This was also the last Crash Bandicoot game to be exclusive to Sony before going multi-platform in the sixth generation of consoles.

It was rereleased under the Sony Playstation "Greatest Hits" series, but this version was only released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork in Japan, so [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes only the [=PSOne=] discs and emulated versions exist for North American & European regions.]]

Distantly followed by ''VideoGame/CrashBoomBang'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS in 2006, though the preceding ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootPurpleRiptosRampage'' on the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance heavily used varied mini-games within its story mode.

''Crash Bash'' (''Crash Bandicoot Carnival'' in Japanese) is the fifth and last ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' game on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation and the first that was not developed by Naughty Dog, who produced the original trilogy as well as ''Videogame/CrashTeamRacing''. ''Crash Bash'' was the only Crash game developed by Eurocom, and since then the franchise has seen many developers and publishers. This was also the last Crash Bandicoot game to be exclusive to Sony before going multi-platform in the sixth generation of consoles.

There's also an adventure mode where one or two players cooperatively take on computer opponents in each of the games, and a few added boss levels. The story revolves around mask brothers Aku Aku and Uka Uka in an ongoing dispute on whose side reigns supreme. To resolve this, they summon their closest allies in a tournament to settle their argument. In typical ''Crash'' tradition, playing a level again lets you get more prizes. In this case, gems are awarded for winning a handicap match (the [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Cheating Bastards]] start with more points than you), crystals for a special match where the game is changed in some way, usually tilting the odds in favour of the [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Cheating Bastards]], and relics for winning 2 or 3 games in a row against [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Cheating Bastards]].[[labelnote:*]]No, [[SarcasmMode we can't see a pattern here, either.]][[/labelnote]] Playing adventure mode unlocks more minigames for you to play.

** All in all, that's three wins for a trophy, another win for the gem, yet another win for the crystal, two more wins for the gold relic and three more wins for the platinum relic. Assuming you win every time (which is next to impossible, given how hard some of them are to get), that's ten wins for each of the 28 minigames. If each one takes a minute and a half on average, getting full completion would take seven straight hours (not including loading times, cutscenes, bosses, or the time it takes to walk to each one). Crash Bash is not exactly {{Speedrun}} material.

** The Crystal challenge for Swamp Fox features a slowly moving torpedo that destroys you on one hit while others just swim over it.
** [[OverlyLongGag The Crystal challenge]] for Keg Kaboom has a bomb that walks around the edge of the arena, which kills you if you get hit by it.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard:

** Invoked in the gem challenges wherein you need more points than they do to win, and in most of the crystal challenges, which generally employ a handicap against you.