<s>
Crash	O
Boom	O
Bang	O
!,	O
known	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
Festival	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
party	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Dimps	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Vivendi	O
Universal	O
Games	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
Boom	I-Application
Bang	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
the	O
first	O
Crash	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
second	O
party	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
after	O
Crash	B-Application
Bash	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
Boom	I-Application
Bang	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
player	O
lands	O
on	O
a	O
fork	O
in	O
the	O
road	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
will	O
have	O
to	O
select	O
the	O
desired	O
direction	O
with	O
either	O
the	O
stylus	O
or	O
the	O
control	B-Device
pad	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
Boom	I-Application
Bang	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
characters	O
from	O
past	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
games	O
return	O
in	O
Crash	O
Boom	O
Bang	O
!,	O
though	O
only	O
eight	O
are	O
playable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
playable	O
characters	O
include	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
,	O
Coco	O
Bandicoot	O
,	O
Crunch	O
Bandicoot	O
,	O
Pura	O
,	O
Doctor	O
Neo	O
Cortex	O
,	O
Tawna	O
,	O
Pinstripe	O
Potoroo	O
,	O
and	O
Fake	O
Crash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
physically	O
appear	O
as	O
they	O
do	O
in	O
official	O
Japanese	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
artwork	O
and	O
promotions	O
(	O
making	O
the	O
game	O
the	O
only	O
Sierra	O
Entertainment	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Japanese	O
artwork	O
and	O
promotions	O
)	O
,	O
though	O
Crash	O
's	O
model	O
was	O
altered	O
for	O
the	O
non-Japanese	O
releases	O
to	O
closer	O
resemble	O
his	O
Crash	B-Application
Twinsanity	I-Application
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
Boom	I-Application
Bang	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
as	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
Festival	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
Boom	I-Application
Bang	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ultimately	O
released	O
as	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
MiniGames	O
in	O
March	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
Boom	I-Application
Bang	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
received	O
"	O
generally	O
unfavorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andy	O
Myers	O
of	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
was	O
surprised	O
by	O
the	O
title	O
's	O
perceived	O
staleness	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
Dimps	O
 '	O
"	O
stellar	O
"	O
work	O
on	O
Sonic	B-Application
Rush	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Craig	O
Harris	O
of	O
IGN	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
sends	O
the	O
once	O
A-list	O
mascot	O
into	O
an	O
area	O
usually	O
reserved	O
for	O
generic	O
,	O
nameless	O
furry	O
videogame	O
heroes	O
for	O
bargain	O
budgets	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jon	O
Jordan	O
of	O
Pocket	O
Gamer	O
found	O
the	O
opponents	O
 '	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
to	O
be	O
capricious	O
,	O
which	O
rendered	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
minigames	O
unrewarding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dickens	O
deemed	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
touch	O
screen	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
gimmick	O
,	O
and	O
Luke	O
Van	O
Leuveren	O
of	O
PALGN	O
proposed	O
that	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
minigames	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
better	O
served	O
with	O
controls	O
via	O
the	O
d-pad	B-Device
or	O
shoulder	O
buttons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Provo	O
and	O
Van	O
Leuveren	O
complimented	O
the	O
character	O
animation	O
and	O
detail	O
,	O
but	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
license	O
was	O
purely	O
cosmetic	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
components	O
outside	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
lacked	O
any	O
resemblance	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
previous	O
installments	O
.	O
</s>
