This game, however, had a full fledged story mode and rewards for drifting. After three very successful platformers, Naughty Dog went in to develop a Mario Kart-style game, but with the cast of Crash. This mask's name is Uka Uka, which is Aku Aku's name spelled backwards. Cortex also finds his own mask, which unlike Aku Aku, this one is actually evil. However, the main story of this game involves time travel. Like the last two, this game follows the same hallway-structure gameplay. I'm not going to explain the entire story, but I'm pretty sure you can guess Cortex's real plans. As such, Cortex advises Crash to collect crystals to "save the world". Its very similar in gameplay to the first game, but in this game, Crash is convinced that Cortex, Crash's main villain, has had a change of heart, and has become a good guy. This game introduces Coco Bandicoot, who is Crash's little sister. The second game is known as Cortex Strikes Back. It was a game that was very successful for both Sony and Universal, that they went and made two sequels in years prior. This mask is named Aku-Aku and he also provides you tips along the adventure. This mask grants you special abilities like being able to become invincible and rewarding you extra hit points. However, unlike most stories with that usual cliche, this game actually had a ton of personality and gameplay compared to other platformers at the time. The main story of this game is like with most games, complete levels and save your girlfriend. In this game, you meet an orange marsupial named Crash, who is a Bandicoot that resides on N. Crash was seen as a character that defined 90's gaming, up there with the likes of Mario And Sonic themselves, and all three of them were seen as rivals.Ĭrash's first game, simply known as Crash Bandicoot, was released in 1996.
The franchise used to be owned by Vivendi Universal (Universal Interactive at the time.), and published by Sony's subsidiary, Naughty Dog.
2 As part of Challenger Pack -, Crash Bandicoot joins the battle!Ĭrash Bandicoot is a series of 3D platformers that were released for the original PlayStation.