Crash Bandicoot Franchise

Crash Bandicoot is a game franchise comprised of 19 games

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What at first glance appears to be a failed attempt of Sony's to create a Sonic or Mario of their very own, the Crash Bandicoot games have nevertheless proved popular enough to warrant multiple sequels. The series has sold 40 million copies and 14 games as of 2007.

The Crash Bandicoot franchise takes place on the Wumpa Islands, three close by islands in the waters off the coast of the south-east of Australia . The base island for the games, and Crash's home Island, is affectionately known as N.Sanity Island. In Crash Twinsanity an alternate version of this Island is visited in the 10th dimension, known as Twinsanity Island. The franchise begins with the creation of Crash with the Evolvo Ray, a devise created by Doctor Neo Cortex, the main antagonist for the franchise, and his friend and ingenious scientist Doctor Nitrus Brio. This device turns unsuspecting animals into beasts with intelligence, and varying levels of strength and abilities. When the duo try to take complete control of Crash with the Cortex Vortex and use him as a leader for the animal-army, Crash is able to escape jumping out the window of Cortex's castle and waking up on a beach on N.Sanity Island, the starting point of the first game.

Gameplay

The Crash Bandicoot Franchise for the most part plays with a strong emphasis on linear design, with the exception of games in the Crash Racing series, Party Games such as Crash Bash, and games with elements of free-roaming capabilities such as those found in Crash Twin sanity.

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The classic Naughty games all run with the simple jump and spin buttons, with the inclusion of skidding, crouching, and weapon handling in the beginning in the second and third installments of the series. The sole premise of the early games was based around the collection of gems, collected when you smashed 100% of the boxes in a level, and the collection of crystals, found on every level and used to unlock new warp rooms in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex strikes back and Crash Bandicoot Warped. The games are based around a lives system, in which the player accumulates lives by collecting them from boxes and bonus missions, and by collecting wumpa fruit from the other types of boxes. Every time a player loses a life they a forced back to the start of the level, unless they have reached a checkpoint. When all lives are lost the player is taken to the Game Over screen, and restarts the level or a t the last save point. Some levels in the classic games took the gamer away from direct control of crash, putting him in control of various animals such as a wild hog from the famous level Hog Ride, a dinosaur in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, and a tiger in Crash Bandicoot Warped. Other games in the series allow the control of other characters, such as Crash's sister Coco, and Neo Cortex himself.

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Name	Platforms	Developer
Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant	PSP, PS2, X360, WII, DS	Radical Entertainment Inc.
Crash: Mind Over Mutant released on Oct. 8, 2008	PSP, PS2, X360, WII, DS	TOSE Co., Ltd., Radical Entertainment Inc., Virtuos Ltd.
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D released on July 14, 2008	IPOD, IPHN
Crash of the Titans released on Oct. 2, 2007	GBA, PSP, PS2, X360, WII, DS	Amaze Entertainment, Inc., Radical Entertainment Inc., SuperVillain Studios, Inc.
Crash Bandicoot Action Pack released on June 12, 2007	PS2	Traveller's Tales Ltd., Radical Entertainment Inc.
Crash Tag Team Racing released on Oct. 19, 2005	PSP, PS2, GC, XBOX	Radical Entertainment Inc.
Scaler released on Oct. 20, 2004	PS2, GC, XBOX	Artificial Mind & Movement
Crash Twinsanity released on Sept. 28, 2004	PS2, XBOX	Traveller's Tales Ltd.
Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage	GBA	Vicarious Visions
Crash Nitro Kart released on Nov. 11, 2003	GBA, PS2, GC, XBOX, NGE	Vicarious Visions
Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced	GBA	Vicarious Visions
Crash Bandicoot (Collector's Edition)	PS1	Eurocom Entertainment Software
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure	GBA	Vicarious Visions
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex released on Oct. 29, 2001	PS2, GC, XBOX, XBLM	Traveller's Tales Ltd.
Crash Bash	PS1	Eurocom Entertainment Software
Crash Team Racing released on Sept. 30, 1999	PS1, PSN	Naughty Dog, Inc.
Crash Bandicoot: Warped released on Nov. 3, 1998	PS1, PSN	Naughty Dog, Inc.
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back released on Oct. 31, 1997	PSP, PS1, PSN	Naughty Dog, Inc.
Crash Bandicoot released on Aug. 31, 1996	PSP, PS1, PSN	Naughty Dog, Inc.

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Crash Bandicoot General Information Edit

Name:	Crash Bandicoot
Total games:	19 games
First game:	Crash Bandicoot
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	Crash Bandicoot first in Crash Bandicoot	18
	Coco Bandicoot first in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back	17
	Doctor Neo Cortex first in Crash Bandicoot	17
	Aku Aku first in Crash Bandicoot	14
	Uka Uka first in Crash Bandicoot: Warped	12
	Dr. N. Gin first in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back	12
	Crunch Bandicoot first in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex	10
	Tiny Tiger first in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back	10
	Dingodile first in Crash Bandicoot: Warped	9
	N. Tropy first in Crash Bandicoot: Warped	7
	Pinstripe first in Crash Bandicoot	4
	Nina Cortex first in Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage	4
	Spyro the Dragon first in Spyro the Dragon	4
	Dr. N. Brio first in Crash Bandicoot	4
	Nitros Oxide first in Crash Team Racing	3
	Dr. N. Tropy first in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex	2
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