21 Facts About Crash Bandicoot

Crash Bandicoot is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog as an exclusive for Sony's PlayStation console.

The protagonist of the series is a genetically enhanced bandicoot named Crash, whose quiet life on the Wumpa Islands is often interrupted by the games' main antagonist, Doctor Neo Cortex, who created Crash and wants him dead as he is a failed experiment.

In September 1995, a videotape of Crash Bandicoot was shown to Sony Computer Entertainment behind closed doors.

Crash Bandicoot was first shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in May 1996.

Production of Crash Bandicoot: Warped began in January 1998, with Naughty Dog given only 10½ months to complete the game.

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Fans of the series were a source of inspiration for Crash: Mind over Mutant, having such wishes as a free-roaming environment, Coco Bandicoot being a playable character and the return of the character Doctor Nitrus Brio.

High Impact Games was developing a reboot of Crash Bandicoot Team Racing for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii, but the game was cancelled by Activision before the initial prototype.

Publications such as IGN reported that Crash Bandicoot was removed from Activision's official website, which seemed to add further credibility to the rumor.

Naughty Dog's 2016 game Uncharted 4: A Thief's End features protagonist Nathan Drake playing a level from the original Crash Bandicoot, further adding to the rumor that a return for the series was imminent.

At E3 2016 during Sony's press conference, after years of rumors, speculation and outcry, Crash Bandicoot finally made his official return when it was announced, in a timed partnership with Activision, that the first three games from the original PlayStation would be remade from the ground up.

Cortex Strikes Back introduces several new moves for Crash Bandicoot to utilize, including a high jump, high spin jump, body slam and slide attack.

Crash Bandicoot can collect up to two masks for two extra hits of damage, with an additional mask granting him temporary invincibility.

When Crash Bandicoot collects two masks, Aku Aku will turn gold in most games; however, in Crash Bandicoot Twinsanity, Aku Aku will sparkle.

Crash Bandicoot Twinsanity contains six colored Gems per level, most of which are earned by solving a small puzzle.

Crystals, which play a key role in the plot of most Crash Bandicoot games following Cortex Strikes Back, are usually required to make progress through most games.

Original Crash Bandicoot uses a fairly linear structure in which Crash clears through levels on a map, with some areas accessible by locating gems.

Crash Bandicoot makes a guest appearance in the Skylanders Academy animated series.

Crash Bandicoot returned in the episode "Days of Future Crash Bandicoot", in which Dark Spyro and Eruptor brought him to the future for different reasons, messing up their timeline in the process.

Crash Bandicoot appeared again in the season finale, "Raiders of the Lost Arkus, Part II", where he and Coco were brought from the Wumpa Islands by the Skylanders and Flynn to stop Kaos from destroying the Core of Light.

Coco's appearance in the series seems to be a combination of her Titans and Mind over Mutant design: like Crash Bandicoot, she speaks in an Australian accent and seems to not only be capable of building her own weapons but able to control technology to the point of utilizing a thought-controlled boomerang in battle.

Crash Bandicoot series is one of the few Western video game series to find blockbuster success in Japan.