Who are you people?! (Unexpected Guest)
Have you ever played a game and then a character from another game just appeared out of nowhere? If the answer is no, then it's totally understandable 'cause this is a highly specific topic.
Still, there have been a couple of instances where certain characters just cross-over for no reason other than the surprise of it; I personally adore when this happens and makes these occurrences exciting in a different way than if it was just advertised in the box. Again and as always, suggestions are always welcomed, especially in a case such as this where is so specific, it would be fun to discover what games meet the criteria!
Still, there have been a couple of instances where certain characters just cross-over for no reason other than the surprise of it; I personally adore when this happens and makes these occurrences exciting in a different way than if it was just advertised in the box. Again and as always, suggestions are always welcomed, especially in a case such as this where is so specific, it would be fun to discover what games meet the criteria!
102 Games
Mort the Chicken from... well, Mort the Chicken, makes a surprise appearance as a gimmick in one of the levels and in the final one.
Toree from Toree 3D makes an appereance. (Added by @DeltaWDunn)
The Knight from Hollow Knight shows up in a secret room as an easter egg.(Added by @Taaroni)
The Everyone is Here Update was a special update that was an official crossover event with several other Indie games, like Hollow Knight or Tomb of the Dead Gods, adding new weapons and outfits that were either pulled from or inspired by each game.(Added by @DeltaWDunn)
Yooka and Laylee make an appereance.(Added by @DeltaWDunn)
Frog Detective makes an appearance as a cameo. (Added by @Taaroni)
Pepinno from Pizza Tower and Clive from Clive N' Wrench are playable characters. (Added by @DeltaWDunn)
... quite literally ''Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series''... (Added by @AlphaOne2 and @EVX)
Several crewmates from Among Us appear through-out the game. (Added by @Matt)
A monster from God Eater shows up.(Added by @Matt)
Miriam from Bloodstained makes a cameo in this game. (Added by @AlphaOne2)
Multiple characters from Double Dragon appear in the game. (Added by DeltaWDunn)
Spyro from Spyro the Dragon is a playable character.
Aurora from Child of Light is a playable character. (Added by @DeltaWDunn)
There are a total of two different EX Characters to chose from with Copen and Empress from different games by Inti Creates.(Added by @DeltaWDunn)
Jill from Va-11 Hall-A shows up. (Added by @MobileSpider)
Several Star Fox characters show up in the Nintendo Switch version. (Added by DeltaWDunn)
Shovel Knight and Isaac appear as playable characters. (Added by @EVX)
Cars from Carmaggedon can be used.(Added by @Matt)
Shovel Knight is a playable character. (Added by @EVX)
There are boss battles with Final Fantasy's Behemoth and The Witcher 3's Leshen, and had Moogles and Geralt for the respective crossovers.(Added by @AlphaOne2)
There was a whole FFXV even and even Ardyn shows up. (Added by @Matt)
Shovel Kight is a playable character. (Added by @EVX)
Shovel Knight has an entire quest in one of the first levels.
Shovel Knight and Ori are playable DLC fighters. (Added by @EVX)
Shovel Knight and Shantae are playable characters. (Added by @EVX)
The knights of Castle Crashers and the protagonist of Hyper Light Drifter can be found on the backgrounds of the game. (Added by @DeltaWDunn)
Plague Knight from Shovel knight is a playable character. (Added by @EVX)
Shovel Knight appears if you use its amiibo. (Added by @EVX)
Shovel Knight is one of the playable heroes. (Added by @EVX)
A lot, and I mean, A LOT of playable characters based on movie monsters. There are also Resident Evil and Silent Hill characters together in the same game, i.e. Nemesis, Wesker, Jill, Chris, Leon, HUNK, Ada, Rebecca, and Claire for RE and Pyramid Head, Heather, James, Lisa, and Robbie the Rabbit for Silent Hill. Plus there's Bill from Left 4 Dead. Plus, there are Jill, Sheva, Carlos, Cybil and Maria as alts.(Added by @Matt)
Shovel Kight, Rick and Morty are playable guest characters. (Added by @EVX)
Shovel Knight and other characters appear as guest playable character. (Added by @EVX)
Several guest indie characters can be played as. (Added by @EVX)
Shovel Knight makes a background cameo. (Added by @EVX)
Negan from The Walking Dead, Akuma from Street Fighter, Fatal Fury's Geese Howard and Noctis from FFXV are playable fighters. (Added by @Yanser94)
There are various nods to other Nintendo franchises, but most notably, Chain Chomp appears as a weapon.(Added by @AlphaOne2)
Shovel Knight appears on the retro level. (Added by @EVX)
Characters like the Battletoads and Kratos show up as console exclusive boss fights. (Added by @EVX)
Rayman and even characters from Steven Universe show up as playable fighters. (Added by @EVX)
Bayonetta, Jeanne, and Rodin are secret characters from the Bayonetta series.(Added by @AlphaOne2)
Crewmate, Shantae, VVVVVV and Abe from Oddworld are some of the playable guest characters. (Added by @EVX)
Heavy, Scout and Spy are playable characters. (Added by ZapRowsdower)
In the Wii U version, you can summon a ton of different Nintendo characters like Mario, Peach, Bowser, Link, Zelda, Ganondorf, among others from those two series. (Added by @AlphaOne2)
Many indie characters, like Cuphead, Rusty or Shovel Knight, can be played as. (Added by @EVX)
In the PC version, the characters from L4D2 are playable in the mercenaries mode. (Added by ZapRowsdower)
Meat Boy from Super Meat Boy is one of the secret playable characters.(Added by @Taaroni)
Patches, while being better known thanks to Dark Souls, it originated from Demon's Souls, a completely different continuity and world.
Also, Seath the Scaleless shares name with Seath, a boss from King's Field; that one doesn't really count but it's worth mentioning.
Also, Seath the Scaleless shares name with Seath, a boss from King's Field; that one doesn't really count but it's worth mentioning.
Raz from Psychonauts makes a cameo. (Added by ZapRowsdower)
Kratos and Freddy Krueger make an appereance as guest characters.(Added by @moschidae and @MegaTheRealOne)
Several Final Fantasy characters appear as playable characters. (Added by @Baird)
There are a ton of different characters that can be unlocked, like Jill from Mighty Jill-Off or even Steve from Minecraft. (Added by @AlphaOne2)
Lars Alexandersson from Tekken 6 is a playable character. (Added by @cappone_ceraio)
Isaac Clarcke from Dead Space shows up. (Added by @conman)
Monster Hunter's monsters make a surprise apparition in one of the missions.
Several characters from different Sega series make an appereance as playable characters. (Added by @DeltaWDunn)
DK is the only secret boxer after finishing the game. (Added by @DeltaWDunn and @EVX)
King K. Rool is a playable character. (Added by @Plokster)
Han Solo is a playable character.
Vyse, Fina and Aika from Skies of Arcadia appear as playable troops / Support. (Added by @FallenGrace)
Indiana Jones is a playable character.
The Prince from Katamari, Pooka + Frygar + Mr. Driller from DugDug, and Mappy are playable characters. (Added by @Plokster)
Same as Sports Mix. (Added by @Baird)
President Wilson from Metal Wolf Chaos is a playable character.(Added by @Detectivefail)
Jack Frost from SMT shows up. (Added by @MobileSpider)
R.O.B. makes a surprise appearance in this one as the only non-Mario character in the game, which to this day I do not understand why, but hey, it's funny as shit so I'm not complaining.
Starfy makes a surprise appearence.(Added by @Dalaamclouds)
Ratchet from Ratchet & Clank can be unlocked as a playable character for the races.
The surprise that gave us the best cutscene in all of gaming
Mario, Peach, Luigi and Yoshi show up in the GCN version(Added by @EVX)
There's a minigame where you catch monkeys from Ape Escape. ( Added by @Corrugated_Fox)
Spyro shows up in one of the cutscenes as a gag. (Added by @AlphaOne2 and @MegaTheRealOne)
Raccoon City is a level an Jill, Carlos and Nemesis appear though-out it. (Added by @MendelPalace).
Spyro the Dragon is a secret playable character.
Ok, while the apparitions of Link, Heihachi and Spawn are very much advertised in each of the boxes, they are some of the first examples of guest fighting characters and such an interesting surprise that I had to put them here.
Klonoa from the Klonoa series shows up. (Added by @MobileSpider)
Mad Scienstein from The Frog for whom the Bell Tolls shows up. (Added by DeltaWDunn)
Mad Scienstein from The Frog for whom the Bell Tolls shows up. (Added by DeltaWDunn)
Mad Scienstein from The Frog for whom the Bell Tolls shows up. (Added by DeltaWDunn)
The general from Tonic Trouble appears in the game. (Added by DeltaWDunn)
Dan Fortesque from MediEvil and Gex are playable characters. (Added by @Plokster)
Nights shows up in the casino level.(Added by @Matt)
There are actually a handful of cross-overs in this one, R.O.B also appears alongside Donbe & Hikari from Shin Onigashima and Chao & Goku from Yūyūki, but perhaps most known of all, the Metroids and Samus can be found in one of the many levels, the former as enemies and the latter as an ally.
Earthworm Jim and Boogerman are guest playable fighters.
Max from Sam & Max makes a cameo. (Added by ZapRowsdower)
Duke Nukem appears as a cameo. (Added by @MendelPalace).
There are several cameos from different characters, like Lara Croft or even Sailor Moon. (Added by @Matt)
Max from Sam & Max makes a cameo. (Added by ZapRowsdower)
Gon from the Gon series is a playable fighter. (Added by @taigamask and @EVX)
You can play as Sonic and defeat Eggman in one of the levels. (Added by @Matt)
There's an easter egg in a secret room, in the last corridor you'll encounter pyros from Ultima viii pagan. (Added by @Pilotin_67)
The Doom Guy makes a cameo. (Added by @EVX)
Samus, Link, Captain Falcon and Fox make cameos through-out the game.
Pepsiman is a playable character.(Added by @conman)
Link and Mario appear in the final results screen. (Added by @AlphaOne2)
Earthworm Jim shows up as a playable character. (Added by @conman)
Comander Keen and the Nazis from Wolfenstein 3D show up. (Added by @Matt)
Sonic appears as a NPC. (Added by @MagneticBurn)
Mike Haggar shows up. (Added by @EVX)
Several characters from other Nintendo series, most notably Mario enemies and Wart from Doki Doki Panic/Super Mario Bros 2, appear in the game. (Added by @Nyo)
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@Pilotin_67 That's actually a super cool secret I had no idea about, to the list it goes! Thank you for sharing :)
Fun list! I have a few if you're still taking these:
Hot Shots Golf 2 - Dan Fortesque from MediEvil and Gex are playable characters
Pac-Man World Rally - The Prince from Katamari, Pooka + Frygar + Mr. Driller from DugDug, and Mappy are playable characters
Mario Super Sluggers - King K. Rool is a playable character
Hot Shots Golf 2 - Dan Fortesque from MediEvil and Gex are playable characters
Pac-Man World Rally - The Prince from Katamari, Pooka + Frygar + Mr. Driller from DugDug, and Mappy are playable characters
Mario Super Sluggers - King K. Rool is a playable character
@Plokster Thank you so much! All of these are fantastic additions, I'll include them as soon as I can :D
Pilotin_67
6 months ago