What are the best and worst video game crossovers?

[@atakiri]

I'm kind of sad that one of the best crossovers in history, Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright, was teased at the beginning but not actually mentioned anywhere on the tier list ;;;

[@tonydelamancha5513]

s tier in our hearts

[@AbsolXGuardian]

I assume the history part is because of the thesis of the video I've been seeing around KZbin about how the Layton crossover influenced TGAA, the best of 3D Ace Attorney

[@kreativkrieg]

thanks for telling me before I watched the thing, really, ten minutes spared

[@Fluffyein]

damn, that was what I came here for

[@blanekaboom]

it was so good it needs its own tier

[@halalevangelion7272]

What, Hell Yeah, What? I haven't heard that scoring metric in a long time.

[@josegeeklml]

Josh quoting bdg is the epitome of the polygon video producer life cycle.

[@tomneilson9501]

@@josegeeklml its the crossover for the episode

[@pantio2194]

The return of the WHW

[@AbsolXGuardian]

It's a polygon staple now. They redid their E3 drinking game from BDG's, but included WHYW.

[@physchy945]

I think that by saying “what? Hell yeah! What?” You are automatically signed up to read something insane like every sonic fanfic and to explain the lore and say which is worth reading

[@MysteriousKammm]

Surpised there were no mention of Mario vs Rabbitz. At least an A tier for me

[@toedmushroom9509]

For real It's a amazing game genre that needs many more big titles

[@caionapoli3434]

Absolute S+ for me, I still can't believe this game happened

[@Innuya]

I remember when the game was first announced people were like "wtf why are they making this awful thing??" but then it was amazing

[@pliable-head]

thurshday jershday ♥♥ Thank you for this very good metric, the "car pervert" one-off and the Simple and Clean joke both took me out in the most delightful way

[@Elvalley]

This has everything I could possibly want from a video about crossovers: Simple and Clean Warthog handling Bring back Storm (very yes please) And last, but not least, "Blaghargharha"

[@Eli-db9ml]

both sad and grateful there was no mention of the sans skin for smash

[@Sophia-kj7go]

The mention of Airbnb just reminds me of freshmen honors government where we had a debate that involved me yelling ‘TONY THE TIGER SINS’ multiple times

[@deathtohumansnoah]

haven't watched yet but if Darth Vader, Yoda, and the Apprentice in Soul Calibur IV aren't the top 1-2 I will fight you,. Their inclusion slapped so hard

[@Mario-wx2so]

What is this? A crossover episode!?

[@rozohwell]

Where does Pirates of the Caribbean in Sea of Thieves stand? I think A Tier if not S

[@Rachel-xf3op]

I think what I learned from this video is that I just don't like crossovers

[@strothergross1342]

5:54 Bungie and some nerds... Somewhere, BDG starts shaking violently and knows not why

[@rhiflux]

I was hoping that MHW x FFXIV would make an appearance! That crossover felt so natural but also surprising

[@KraylebStudios]

I'm actually trying to make a crossover card game that features a few games I'm interested in. Childish? Kinda. Fun? yes

[@Feasco]

Nigel Thornberry in a crossover fighting game would be Smashing

[@Phuqr]

Good to see "what? Hell yeah! What?" is still alive

[@stonesec]

Thank you for the BDG reference

[@aa-tx7th]

youre missing dozens upon dozens of crossovers

[@MahoganyBlack]

That Nigel bit at the end tho 🤣

[@thesquirrelisking]

Protomen poster in background!

[@kreativkrieg]

Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright is the best crossover ever.

[@lmpst7915]

why do you have the Nord VPN logo on your arm? Is this more brand crossover?

[@AuntBibby]

what about when you could play as leatherface from the texas chainsaw massacre in mortal kombat x, and one of his variations let him beat the opponent to death with a wooden mallet (as a brutality)?

[@kajsapennerudmide2174]

What about Mario and Rabbits?

[@twoshirts1842]

I really hope Negan in Tekken 7 is in this S- tier. Its not, weak.

[@gjhartist3685]

What? HELL Yeah! WHAT?!

[@Technodreamer]

Y'ALL get points for bringing up the Monster Hunter x Final Fantasy crossover!

[@owlyus]

No project x zone?!

[@tomatoactual1340]

where is payday 2's millions of crossovers

[@mitkitty]

The nicktoons brawl game doesn't appeal to me because it doesnt have the most recent iteration of the TMNT. I want my idiot boys in the game, dammit!

[@haresmahmood]

Smash. The answer is Smash.

[@GrownUpKid94]

What Hell Yeah What!

[@milenacosta8299]

hell yeah new vid

[@warmenbright743]

"In this episode of *not Brian David Gilbert* we will be talking about..."

[@ScootaGray]

MH x FF is S Teir. Nothing less.

[@scarpusgaming]

Really cool video concept, shame it was made by the most annoying guy at polygon.

[@meganellis5479]

Loving the return of the WHYW!!? metric

[@DominicGo]

i can’t **believe** that katy perry’s sweet treats expansion pack for the sims 3 isn’t here, it’s easily A-tier level content wbk

[@nsalegit9482]

*Firework in simlish plays*

[@Darthpika5]

Or the Sims 2 IKEA pack

[@theolabbate1611]

Katy Perry also did a crossover with Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, which means you can see her kick some butts alongside Sephiroth or Tidus, and that's neat. Oh also Ariana Grande, too.

[@JacobPlays136]

@@theolabbate1611 Ariana grande was a pretty good member of my team.

[@blanekaboom]

everyone hated it on release, now it's a meme pack but they still should have brought it up

[@shisuiki]

Speaking of Kingdom Hearts, i still have high hopes, low expectations for a High School Musical world, just the potential for the sheer amount of camp delights me

[@cwovictor3281]

They gotta get Goofy and Donald's VAs to sing the songs from it.

[@thekleptodetective]

Strange how I mentioned this to a colleague just yesterday. Even envisaged it as something like Atlantica in KH2. And immediately back-tracked because we would have to endure Donald’s dulcet tones.

[@RFieth]

While I'm generally not in favour of bringing non-Disney Animation/non-Pixar properties into the series, I recognize that replacing KH2's Atlantica with a High School Musical world would have been a 100% improvement.

[@marluxiaheart4352]

Oh those fake leaks of a High School Musical World in 358/2 Days.

[@AutkastKain]

One of my favorite crossovers was Link in Soul Caliber 2 (specifically for GameCube). It was so good, and I played him over 60% of the time, and it's a game I still have and want to play again now

[@KarlKristofferJohnsson]

Nowadays I'm a pretty big fan of the Soul Calibur series, but I may have never played it if it hadn't been for that crossover.

[@wheatstack5018]

love the bdg reference

[@wheatstack5018]

*What, Hell Yeah, What??*

[@ritethumstik]

What, hell yeah, what? I love it

[@WTFPr0m]

Weird how you left out the only triple-S tier crossover in all of gaming: playable Mavis Beacon in Jak and Daxter 5

[@thedamnyankee1]

wait... what?

[@polygon]

SHIT

[@underthel4390]

The protomen and aquabats posters in a Polygon video are truly S-Tier crossovers

[@rowboatcop4451]

Misread his shirt and thought he just had a weird taste in pokemon

[@aidansilber2028]

Lovely to see What Hell Yeah What back at Polygon

[@Tobascodagama]

Kojima promoting Ride With Norman Reedus in Death Stranding is, of course, an S+++-tier crossover.

[@jameshayes3170]

THIS IS JUST LIKE RIDE, WITH NORMAN REEDUS

[@claytonandres1194]

Ratatat, Aquabats AND Protomen? That's a lot of bands to process in one image

[@NixLaser]

Now that's a dude with good taste in music

[@TheFahmi97]

What kind of crossover video doesn't feature the most iconic one 'featuring Dante from Devil May Cry'

[@starkiller1092]

I thought the subway uncharted crossover was hilarious.

[@greeensouls9]

a bit sad the ace attorney x professor layton wasnt mentioned, but i saw it in the beginning so at least theres that lol

[@KoWahiKit]

My man’s music taste is IMMACULATE.

[@latrodectahespara2728]

Really glad to see Dead By Daylight make its way onto this tier list, but I'm going to contest taking points away for the fluctuating cast, because the cast *isn't* fluctuating; they lost literally one license which came as a huge surprise to everyone, seemingly including the devs DBD definitely deserves S-tier status

[@Gek7237]

my favorite one is professor layton X ace attorney

[@IamJacksSTD]

S Tier stands for Smash Tier.

[@joshykinnz9894]

Love a good Josh vid

[@Feyraligatr]

Monster Hunter and FFXIV was great on both ends in both games! If I can add, the FFXIV and NieR Automata crossover was also so so much better than it had any right to be. Absolutely stellar.

[@xurtis]

Queue BDG singing simple and clean

[@maura462]

the $5 ft long taunt was hilarious

[@avigailpaikowsky]

Am I the only one feeling like this is a mellow version of a video that could have fit perfectly into unraveled, if it was titled "calculating the best crossover of all time" and involved a lot of bdg screaming or singing?

[@blanekaboom]

omg if only unraveled wasn't discontinued

[@jimsnotreal]

Capcom VS SNK was a great one. I never really cared about X-men in fighting games, but 2 major fighter franchises going head to head went down real smooth.

[@TristanHawthorne]

Yes, but shooting Rathalos with a rocket launcher in Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker is the best crossover

[@TheDCIAgent]

Aw no mention of Pokémon conquest? (Pokémon x Nobunaga’s Ambition)

[@mitochondria6247]

Ahem, I believe the phrase is, "HELL YEA, BRUTHER."

[@josephm.408]

Great ending, keep it up

[@zircondeez]

video just came out and you're praising the ending lmao

[@magicl3o]

@@zircondeez xD

[@zircondeez]

1:03 I get that reference, I too use words

[@avataraarow]

This was great lol. One thing is I think the tier list thumbnail seemed a bit generic, I didn’t notice it was a polygon video I missed until today since I see a lot of KZbin videos with tier lists and ignore them pretty much categorically. Not sure if that happens to other people but happened to me

[@stevencisneros9306]

There are many potential crossovers like *DC vs Capcom, Transformers vs Gundam,* heck even a *SEGA Smash Bros style game* would be awesome as well, the possibilities are obviously ENDLESS to think about!!!!

[@LutraLovegood]

There are a bunch of other games like Tatsunoko vs Capcom, Street Fighter vs Tekken, Super Robot Wars, the Jump fighting games

[@stevencisneros9306]

@@LutraLovegood heck yeah!!!

[@i8dacookies890]

Good for you, cable sucks!

[@TheMakoknight]

Not even mentioning Super Robot Wars, the longest running and most choice crossover series out there??

[@tubaterry]

I don't know what it is about the phrase "car pervert" but it's so perfect

[@jlh2b]

I thought the Bruce Lee and UFC crossover was pretty awesome. The Action Bronson crossover…not so much

[@isaiasvazquez5792]

Am I the only one that played and loved Mario and Sonic at the Vancouver Olympics Winter games? Like not only did it had great mini-games like the previous game, but it had a story mode I really enjoyed.

[@MCrow-kn2wl]

Obligatory comment that Cyclops doesn't shoot laser beams. His eyes are a portal to another dimension that release Concussive Blasts. There was an X-Men character that DID have lasers and they had to put a lot of effort into reminding us that Cyclops is different.

[@P1EX]

Got to comment for the ratatat love. Their separate projects just aren’t the same

[@blanekaboom]

Dont forget about my favorite crossover ever, professor layton vs phoenix wright for 3ds it was so good

[@lukeparsons6305]

I feel like josh should try a more serious, deadpan tone. Like, leave the script exactly the same and just tell every joke like it is

[@YourRyeBread]

YESSSS LOVE FOR KINGDOM HEARTS

[@damienmichiels4119]

imagine getting exited about soda ads in your pirate game

[@saulitix]

I'm gonna have nightmares with that ending

[@Paledomain]

i can imagine becoming a nigel thornberry main

[@actionmatt09]

Ok but that Protomen poster though

[@MiseFreisin]

Speaking of Snake crossovers, did I hallucinate the ape escape missions in MGS3 or did those actually happen??

[@clairefrank8905]

hell yeah they did, and there was a mgs mini game in ape escape 3 that was fantastic

[@pokkiheart]

WHATHELLYEAHWHAT?

[@Allesef]

i feel like smash manages to dodge around the corporate angle due to it's age, but it still fundamentally does tick that box.

[@drewbrew444]

“what? hell yeah! what?” is the polygon cross-over we needed

[@MD-xi5vd]

Great list but Mortal Kombat was left out with the Terminator, The Joker, Rambo, Robocop, etc

[@SuperGoomba19]

Love the Aquabats and Protomen posters 👍

[@alecweiker]

How many times do I need to tell you, KZbin - GIVE ME ALL POLYGON ALERTS

[@cheungwai318]

doom guy /daisy

[@baltasarjimenez2091]

This was a very truncated list, with a very recent focus. I was surprised by the brevity.

[@Sonic107TheHedgehog]

Well for sonic the hedgehog crossovers their some I like and Some Hate, *Some I Like:* Crossover with Spongebob Crossover with Looney Tunes Crossover with Ratchet & Clank Crossover with Angry Birds Crossover with Mickey Mouse Crossover with Pixar Cars Crossover with Transformers Crossover with Scooby Doo Crossover with Pokémon Crossover with Demon Slayer Crossover with Ghostbusters Crossover with Donkey Kong Crossover with Crash Bandicoot Crossover with Batman *Some I Hate:* Crossover with My Little Pony Crossover with MLAATR Crossover with Kill La Kill Crossover with SAO Crossover with Genshin Impact And the #1 Worst Crossover I’ve ever seen and hate the most of all time is……….. 🔥Crossover With Fricking Shantae And Fricking Neptunia!🔥 Omg……. These two are the worst Crossovers I’ve Ever seen In my life!! This is my worst One I hate with a huge Rage Of Anger! Because That is Running My Childhood Life!! I don’t ever want to see theses two crossovers ever In my life, otherwise it’s gonna make my stomach go Heartless, And Giving me a headache!! And those are all The Sonic Crossovers I like, And Hate

[@isverycre8tive]

I finally was able to correctly guess a Josh video!

[@gmsh3794]

where's my arknights x rainbow 6 siege collab gang at

[@SirJorb]

No mention of Shrek in Tony Hawk's Underground 2???

[@khan-bm3zz]

No mention of everything Super Robot Wars have ever done? For Shame.

[@minhhenrynguyen9066]

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[@arthurcedric6847]

I love you brain

[@adamssmith6127]

Am definitely stealing this, you are genius 💯

[@danielsdavid4311]

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[@joshmandy4793]

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[@saito1001]

Project x Zone series is an S-tier for me, because it is basically Smash but tactical RPG. The game has crossovers of various JRPGs from Bandai Namco, Capcom, Sega and Nintendo, both known and unknown. All of the characters have moves pulled from their home series, beautifully animated in anime style. Not only that, the game has a very good plot that keeps me wanting to watch more and more as it goes.