The game, while maintaining itself as a "slow burner" in sales at the time, was met with mixed reception by fans and critics alike, essentially acting as a carbon copy of Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped with new levels and bosses, and despite doing a competent job of recreating the original games' gameplay, suffered from Loads and Loads of Loading and adding little new to the series ( or at least little new that was productive), with the exception of Crunch. It was developed by Traveler's Tales' Knutsford division and originally released on the Play Station 2 and later ported to the Xbox and Nintendo Gamecube. Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex was also the first title in the series to make a leap to a next generation console. The sixth installment in the Crash Bandicoot series and the fourth platformer title. Once again it is up to Crash and his sister Coco to save the day. Uka Uka immediately devises upon releasing The Elementals, an destructive band of Elemental masks that had previously been imprisoned by Aku Aku, that can be used to power Crunch as well as bring chaos and destruction to the entire planet. However, he requires a completing element. Cortex's super secret project, Crunch Bandicoot, a super mutant with unbelievable strength.
Within their convension over how to eliminate their nemesis, N. Uka Uka is giving them an intense chewing out, they still haven't conquered the world and their current evil productivity is pathetic. Cortex and his cronies are sour over their previous defeats by Crash Bandicoot. Within their secret lair in deep space, Dr. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace.
Before making a single edit, Tropedia EXPECTS our site policy and manual of style to be followed.In June of 2017, a re-mastered compilation of the first three Crash Bandicoot games (Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot: Cortex Strikes Back, and Crash Bandicoot: Warped), was released for the PS4, showing that the series still has massive fan appeal.
Crash Bandicoot is also one of the few Western video game series to be a commercial success in Japan. The series as a whole produced over $160 million in total sales, and it is one of the top selling video game franchises. Crash is assisted through his journeys by a sentient wooden mask with colorful feathers named Aku Aku, the spirit of a witch doctor that serves as protection and also as a guide in later games. Most of the games are typical platformers, with the player guiding Crash through levels defeating monsters, collecting gems and crystals, with the ultimate goal of defeating Doctor Cortex and his minions. Originally released for the PlayStation in 1996 by Naughty Dog, and a PlayStation exclusive until 2000, numerous Crash Bandicoot games have been made across multiple platforms. The orange bandicoot's adventures to defeat the nefarious Doctor Neo Cortex and his plans for world domination are known by many.
Crash Bandicoot is one of the most iconic video game characters associated with PlayStation history.