Tokyo Crash Mobs
{{Short description|2013 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title= Tokyo Crash Mobs
|image= Tokyo Crash Mobs cover.jpeg
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|developer= Mitchell Corp.
Nintendo SPD
|publisher= Nintendo
|composer=Megumi Komagata
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|released= {{vgrelease|JP|August 8, 2012|WW|January 17, 2013}}
|genre=Puzzle game
|modes=Single-player
|platforms= Nintendo 3DS
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Tokyo Crash Mobs, known in Japan as {{nihongo|Gyōretsu Nageloop|行列ナゲループ|Gyōretsu Nagerupu}}, is a puzzle game released on the Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS on August 8, 2012, in Japan{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/dl/juej/|title=行列ナゲループ|language=ja|website=Nintendo|access-date=June 4, 2016}} and January 17, 2013, worldwide. The game uses full motion video (FMV) to portray its characters, with the cutscenes using the actors in strange situations.{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/tokyo-crash-mobs-3ds/|title=Tokyo Crash Mobs|website=Nintendo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121081022/https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/pk6mvGWK3AuJe3PNM0nQdDLc0tv8yBgi|archive-date=January 21, 2013|url-status=live|access-date=June 25, 2022}}{{cite web|last=Hinkle|first=David|date=December 19, 2012|url=https://www.engadget.com/2012-12-19-trying-to-make-sense-of-tokyo-crash-mobs.html|title=Trying to make sense of Tokyo Crash Mobs|website=Engadget (Joystiq)|publisher=Yahoo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220222552/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/19/trying-to-make-sense-of-tokyo-crash-mobs/|archive-date=December 20, 2012|url-status=live|access-date=June 25, 2022}}
Gameplay
File:Tokyo Crash Mobs Grace gameplay.jpg
File:Tokyo Crash Mobs gameplay.jpg{{more citations needed|section|date=March 2015}}
The game is divided into days and weeks, and every day the player changes characters from either Grace or Savannah, each with their own different story.
In stages featuring Grace, she is waiting in line to enter a store. She tries to shorten the line by picking up bystanders and throwing them at other bystanders. The bystanders are divided into different colors; if the player gets three of the same color touching, they will fly off the screen, shortening the line. Grace can clear the stage by clearing the line before the store opens.
In stages featuring Savannah, she has a group of people forming around her. However, they are trying to get to a Red Button, and if they are successful in pushing it, it will send Savannah falling to her death and into a black hole. Savannah rolls people instead of throwing them, meaning that people will come from below instead of above. If you were to hold your aim too long, the people would have time to react by jumping over the incoming pedestrian. Your goal is to make sure Savannah doesn't meet her intergalactic fate by getting rid of all of the people.
Every Sunday, Grace and Savannah team up to survive being ambushed by an army of ninjas wearing all black. Instead of using the Touch Screen, you will now be moving your Nintendo 3DS in all directions in order to aim, using the A button to throw, and B button to roll. The player needs to take out all of the ninjas before you are defeated in battle from losing all of your hearts.
=Game modes=
Tokyo Crash Mobs offers the following game modes
;Story Mode
:Play the game following its bizarre storyline. Unlock cutscenes in this mode.
;Challenge Mode
:Choose to play as either Grace or Savannah. Try to knock out 999 bystanders before there are too many (Grace), or before they hit the button (Savannah).
;Movie Maze
:Explore this maze to watch the game's cutscenes. Movie Maze adds (very unfitting) music to the cutscenes. There are secret cutscenes that can be found by tapping around on the touch screen.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 68/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/tokyo-crash-mobs/critic-reviews/?platform=3ds|title=Tokyo Crash Mobs for 3DS Reviews|website=Metacritic|publisher=Red Ventures|access-date=June 25, 2022}}
| Destruct = 8.5/10{{cite web|last=Holmes|first=Jonathan|date=February 3, 2013|url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-tokyo-crash-mobs/|title=Review: Tokyo Crash Mobs|website=Destructoid|publisher=Enthusiast Gaming|access-date=June 25, 2022}}
| Edge = 6/10{{cite magazine|author=Edge staff|date=January 23, 2013|url=http://www.edge-online.com/review/tokyo-crash-mobs-review/|title=Tokyo Crash Mobs review|magazine=Edge|publisher=Future plc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126073716/http://www.edge-online.com/review/tokyo-crash-mobs-review/|archive-date=January 26, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=June 25, 2022}}
| EuroG = 6/10{{cite web|last=Donlan|first=Christian|date=January 18, 2013|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/tokyo-crash-mobs-review|title=Tokyo Crash Mobs review|website=Eurogamer|publisher=Gamer Network|access-date=June 25, 2022}}
| GameRev = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web|last=Bischoff|first=Daniel R.|date=January 17, 2013|url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/58673-tokyo-crash-mobs-review|title=Tokyo Crash Mobs Review|website=GameRevolution|publisher=CraveOnline|access-date=June 25, 2022}}
| IGN = 7.7/10{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Lucas M.|date=January 18, 2013|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/18/tokyo-crash-mobs-review|title=Tokyo Crash Mobs Review|website=IGN|publisher=Ziff Davis|access-date=June 25, 2022}}
| NLife = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite web|last=McFerran|first=Damien|date=January 15, 2013|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/eshop/tokyo_crash_mobs_eshop|title=Tokyo Crash Mobs Review|website=Nintendo Life|publisher=Gamer Network|access-date=June 25, 2022}}
| ONM = 65%{{cite magazine|title=Tokyo Crash Mobs review|magazine=Official Nintendo Magazine|publisher=Future plc|date=March 2013|page=96}}
| PG = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Rose|first=Mike|date=January 15, 2013|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/tokyo-crash-mobs/tokyo-crash-mobs/|title=Tokyo Crash Mobs|website=Pocket Gamer|publisher=Steel Media Ltd|access-date=June 25, 2022}}
| VB = 81/100{{cite web|last=Grubb|first=Jeff|date=January 18, 2013|url=https://venturebeat.com/2013/01/18/tokyo-crash-mobs-is-a-hectic-puzzle-game-with-animated-gif-sensibilities-review/|title=Tokyo Crash Mobs is a hectic puzzle game with animated-GIF sensibilities (review)|website=VentureBeat|access-date=June 25, 2022}}
| rev1 = Digital Spy
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Ben|date=January 24, 2013|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/videogames/a453003/downloadable-games-round-up-10000000-tokyo-crash-mobs-more/|title=Downloadable games round-up: 10000000, Tokyo Crash Mobs, more|website=Digital Spy|publisher=Hearst Communications|access-date=June 25, 2022}}
| rev2 = Metro
| rev2Score = 6/10{{cite news|last=Jenkins|first=David|date=January 21, 2013|url=https://metro.co.uk/2013/01/21/tokyo-crash-mobs-review-delusion-now-3359519/|title=Tokyo Crash Mobs review - delusion now|newspaper=Metro|publisher=DMG Media|access-date=June 25, 2022}}
}}
The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/3ds/tokyo-crash-mobs}}
Category:Nintendo 3DS eShop games
Category:Nintendo 3DS-only games
Category:Video games developed in Japan
Category:Video games featuring female protagonists
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