Crossover Battle Royale

Crossover Battle Royale is a crossover fighting game (similar in concept to Super Smash Bros. but bigger in scale) developed by Arc System Works (of Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, and Dragon Ball FighterZ fame) in collaboration with Type-Moon and French Bread, and published by NIS America.

Plot
One day, all of the crossover worlds got bored and decided to host a tournament between their citizens to strengthen diplomatic ties (with help from the dynamic duo of Odo and Claire, who have citizenship across many of these worlds), thus resulting in the first-ever annual "Cross Festival". Cue everyone (including their alternate counterparts if the characters appear in more than one crossover series) kicking the asses of one another.

Franchises Represented
We have so many franchises to list, so buckle up. UNDER CONSTRUCTION
 * 1) A Certain... (light novel series, 2004-present)
 * 2) Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, The (Nicktoon, 2002-2006)
 * 3) Amazing World of Gumball, The (TV series, 2011-2019)
 * 4) Amphibia (TV series, 2019-2022)
 * 5) Arthur (children's book and TV series, 1976-2022)
 * 6) Art's Animations (multi-billion dollar cash cow multimedia franchise, 2022-present)
 * 7) As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World (light novel series, 2019-present)
 * 8) Atom Town (TV series, 2022-present)
 * 9) Battle for Dream Island (animated web series, 2010-present)
 * 10) BlakeIsHere-verse (media franchise that started on the internet, 2023-present)
 * 11) Bleach (manga and anime series, 2001-2016)
 * 12) Breaking Bad (live-action series, 2008-2013)
 * 13) Chainsaw Man (manga and anime series, 2018-present)
 * 14) Challenge Clashers (TV series, 2021-present, original characters only)
 * 15) Cookie Run (mobile game series, 2009-present)
 * 16) Crazy-Ass Group Show, The (world-reviled adult animated TV series, 2021-present, original characters only)
 * 17) D.Gray-man (manga and anime series, 2004-present)
 * 18) Dona Direidi (series, 2012-present)
 * 19) Drugstore in Another World (light novel series, 2016-2020)
 * 20) Durarara (light novel series, 2004-2015)
 * 21) Family Guy (adult animated TV series, 1999-present)
 * 22) Fullmetal Alchemist (manga and anime series, 2001-2010)
 * 23) Genshin Impact (video game, 2020)
 * 24) Grand Theft Auto (video game series, 1997-present)
 * 25) Gravity Falls (TV series, 2012-2016)
 * 26) Harvey Beaks (Nicktoon, 2015-2017)
 * 27) Hellsing (manga series, 1997-2008)
 * 28) Horrid Henry (children's book and TV series, 1994-present)
 * 29) Inanimate Insanity (animated web series, 2011-present)
 * 30) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (multimedia franchise, 1987-present)
 * 31) Just Dance (rhythm game series, 2009-present)
 * 32) Kenny Rosenberg Cinematic Universe (multimedia franchise, 2023-2027, original characters only)
 * 33) Kill la Kill (anime, 2013-2014)
 * 34) Loti Borloti (TV series, 2014-present)
 * 35) Loud House, The (Nicktoon, 2016-present)
 * 36) Medaka Box (manga and anime series, 2009-2013)
 * 37) MeteoHeroes (TV series, 2020-present)
 * 38) Monogatari (light novel series, 2005-present)
 * 39) Most Heretical Last Boss Queen, The (light novel series, 2018-present)
 * 40) Naruto (manga and anime series, 1997-2014)
 * 41) National Tyres and Autocare characters (mascots of tyre retailer, company 1970-present, characters 1984/2003-present)
 * 42) Nutshack, The (Filipino-American cartoon, 2007-2011)
 * 43) Odo (Polish-British cartoon, 2021-2022)
 * 44) Olympic Games mascots (mascots used for the international sporting events, games 1896-present, mascots since 1932/1968-present)
 * 45) Owl House, The (TV series, 2019-2023)
 * 46) Proud Family, The (Disney Channel show, 2001-2005 (Original), 2022-present (Louder and Prouder))
 * 47) Pupstruction (Disney Junior show, 2023-present)
 * 48) Ray of Sunshine (TV series, 2022-present)
 * 49) Rick and Morty (Adult Swim show, 2013-present)
 * 50) Rowland the Owl & his family (mascot(s) of British pharmacy chain Rowlands Pharmacy, company 1810-present, mascots 2004-2020, if going by the British Intellectual Property Office's file date for trademarks of the mascot )
 * 51) Shrek (CGI film series, 2001-present)
 * 52) Shin Megami Tensei (video game series, 1987-present, also includes Persona characters)
 * 53) Simpsons, The (adult animated TV series, 1989-present, shorts 1987-1989)
 * 54) Sonic the Hedgehog (multimedia franchise, 1991-present)
 * 55) Soul Eater (manga and anime series, 2004-2013)
 * 56) Star Wars (live-action movie series, 1977-present)
 * 57) Steven Universe (TV series, 2013-2020)
 * 58) U Got 45'd (world-reviled multi-billion dollar multimedia franchise, 2023-2032)
 * 59) World Cup mascots (mascots used for the quadrennial football tournament, tournament 1930-present, mascots 1966-present)

Version Exclusives
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 * 1) God of War (2005-present)
 * 2) Halo (2001-present)
 * 3) Mario (1981-present, going by Donkey Kong. 1985-present, going by Super Mario Bros.)
 * 4) Mother (1989-2006)
 * 5) Splatoon (2015-present)
 * 6) Pokémon (multimedia franchise, 1996-present)

New Franchises
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
 * 1) .hack (multimedia series, 2002-present)
 * 2) Baccano!! (light novel series, 2003-present)
 * 3) Disgaea (tactical RPG series, 2003-present)
 * 4) Fate (multimedia franchise, 2004-present, does not include FGO characters as part of its roster)
 * 5) FLCL (anime series, 2000-present)
 * 6) Honkai (video game series, 2011-present)
 * 7) Hotline Miami (video game series, 2012-2015)
 * 8) I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness (light novel series, 2019-present)
 * 9) I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too (light novel series, 2015-present)
 * 10) Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World, The (light novel series, 2019-present)
 * 11) Kingdom Hearts (video game series, 2002-present)
 * 12) Lyrical Nanoha (anime series, 2004-present)
 * 13) Negima! Magister Negi Magi (manga and anime series, 2003-2012)
 * 14) Noragami (manga and anime series, 2009-present)
 * 15) Reborn! (manga and anime series, 2004-2012)
 * 16) Samurai Jack (TV series, 2001-2017)
 * 17) Spec Ops: The Line (video game, 2012)
 * 18) Sweet Reincarnation (light novel series, 2015-present)
 * 19) Tsukihime (multimedia franchise, 2000-present)
 * 20) Under Night In-Birth (fighting game series, 2012-present)
 * 21) Wolf Children (anime movie, 2012)
 * 22) World Ends With You, The (multimedia franchise, 2007-present)

Why It Rocks
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 * 1) Every version runs at 60 fps.
 * 2) The sprites for everyone are well-made.
 * 3) The voice actors of said franchises reprise their roles as their characters, keeping the charm and faithfulness of the franchise they represent.
 * 4) Beautifully-animated cutscenes courtesy of Bones.
 * 5) The U Got 45'd & Art's Animations characters are finally likable (yay!).
 * 6) Funny moments, such as:
 * 7) *Blake beating up the Art's Animations characters with a piano.
 * 8) *Everyone turning into Neco-Arcs, with variations on the basic design for characters who aren't associated with cats.
 * 9) No microtransactions, even though it's published by EA.
 * 10) It can be very satisfying to be able to beat up hated characters like the Hated Bunch (TCAGS), the Art's Animations characters, Black Mamba P3, and controversial real people like Harvey Weinstein and Vladimir Putin.

Bad Qualities
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
 * 1) It occasionally suffers from long load times (which are all but absent on the Switch version, fortunately) of up to 30 seconds.

Reception
Being a game based on many famous crossover franchises, "Crossover Battle Royale" was bound to get plenty of attention. At first, people (including fans of the original crossover shows) were skeptical about it, but boy, were they wrong. Eventually, word of mouth helped bring positive reviews, and it later went on to be played competitively at EVO.

Trivia

 * Warner Bros. Discovery, along with The Multiversal Team, was initially reluctant to have the stars of "Multiverse" appear in this game due to Klauss McGee not being a big risk-taker, and it took Fred Dungles' intervention for the Multiverse characters to show up. Hypocritically enough, Warner Bros. Discovery showed no objection to having characters from "The Crazy-Ass Group Show" and "Art's Animations" appear in it.
 * The game has been banned in several countries including Russia, China, and Syria due to the game making fun of their leaders, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Bashar al-Assad respectively. Inevitably, fans of the game living in these countries would make fan translations of it.