Castle Crashers

"I loved it. I'm gonna give it five Castle Crashers out of five!"

- Mari's review of Castle Crashers

Castle Crashers is a beat 'em up role-playing game played on Super Mari Fun Time and Boss Fight of the Week.

Game Information
Castle Crashers is a 2008 beat 'em up role-playing game developed and published by The Behemoth. The game is set in a medieval universe in which a dark wizard steals a mystical gem and captures four princesses. Four knights are charged by the king to rescue the princesses, recover the jewel, and bring the wizard to justice. In June 2015, The Behemoth announced a remastered version of the game titled Castle Crashers Remastered.

The game supports cooperative gameplay for up to four players, either locally or online. Game progression is defined by the player furthest in, although some levels require all players to have unlocked them before proceeding to them; however, each player character will gain experience points and acquire wealth, weapons, and animal orbs independently as they progress with the rest of the party. In each stage, the player can use melee and combination attacks and a magical ability to defeat foes. In single-player, depletion of the health meter ends the stage, but in multiplayer, other players may attempt to revive the downed character.

Characters gain experience by damaging foes to level up. Each level gained allows the player to allocate points towards the character's four basic combat attributes. The character's magic level is also tracked by a meter and regenerates over time. Players can find numerous weapons that have various effects on the character's attributes when equipped, as well as animal companions that may assist in battle, improve their attributes, or provide another special ability such as increased treasure earned from defeated foes.

Each version of the game features two minigames. In Arena, players attempt to survive through several waves of enemies or fight each other. This minigame is available on all versions. Several versions feature a minigame called "All You Can Quaff," a button-mashing contest to attempt to eat as much food as possible. The PS3 version features a Volleyball minigame for up to four players and four bots.