Article by Raquay A. Holland
Surely there are some people who remember that orange, crazy, spinning bandicoot who kicked Neo Cortex's hindquarters first with PlayStation One. Some say that Crash is dead, some say that Crash is just going slow, others say that production is maybe just going slow. But for people who just don't know, the information will all be here.
Crash Bandicoot was initially created by Naughty Dog. You may know Naughty Dog for creating games such as the Jak and Daxter original trilogy, Jak X, and the Uncharted series. Notice something here? All of these are exclusives for PlayStation 2 or PlayStation 3. My saying is, “exclusives are usually better,” and Crash Bandicoot was no exception. Naughty Dog had made Crash Bandicoot the first game and series for the original PlayStation. The first game sold over 6.8 million copies! And, with any great game, there's gonna be a sequel sometime released. Crash 2 received almost equal success, which lead on to Crash 3. Then, with making an amazing Crash Bandicoot trilogy, Naughty Dog decided to try a spin-off, with Crash Team Racing.
Yet, two programmers decided to try to make another game, which was, yet, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. It was the first game made by Naughty Dog for the PS2. Ever since it blew up, more Naughty Dog creators wanted to work on the sequel to Jak II, just to make the sequel much better than the original. So, Crash Bandicoot was left in the hands of Traveller's Tales, who made the game Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex. It was the first game in the series not to be released for PSOne, and it was the first game to be on the PS2, Xbox, and Gamecube. You know games that have more than one developer. They try to do their own thing and it completely messes up the game. Yet, Crash 4 actually tries to make this game like the originals, which is a surprise for somebody that took a game's rights. Of course, the game looks different, but that's because the graphics are better in a later generation of gaming. This game got mixed reviews, really the first time that that has ever happened.
Traveller's Tales tried to make something else happen, but this time, with a different take. Traveller's Tales made Crash Twinsanity. This is the first free-roaming 3D game in the series. This is also the first game where you play as Neo Cortex and his niece, Nina. (Well, in the main series.) For this game, it had more success than Wrath of Cortex, but not by much. The game was probably more successful because it was not released for any Nintendo console. Anyway, Naughty Dog is working on Jak 3 by then. After Twinsanity, Radical got a hold of the series and made Crash Tag Team Racing. That pretty much had the same amount of success as Wrath of Cortex.
After that, Crash took a non-fatal injury. Radical tried to make a game that was something like the original, with having specific tracks for you to follow, with something new, such as having huge monsters that you can control. To me, it didn't seem so bad, just a little different from what I'm used to seeing of Crash. It was better received than Tag Team Racing, yet most people just hated it.
Radical made yet another Mutant game, Crash: Mind Over Mutant. This time, it was a little bit more free-roaming, but just nailed a few more nails to Crash's coffin. Fans were disappointed that Crash Bandicoot didn't really come back.
So, to recap, Naughty Dog first made Crash. They made the first three games, which were a huge success. Then, they made Jak and Daxter, which was another success, and the Dog forgot about Crash and stuck with Jak. Crash was under the hands of Traveller's Tales, who made Wrath of Cortex and Twinsanity. Next, it was owned by Radical, who made Tag Team Racing, Titans, and Mind over Mutant. The last two games pretty much sucked eggs, according to the fans, so now, Crash has seen the light of day for the last time. Maybe. With the possibility of a new game called Crash: Unleashed Mutant, it may resurrect the series. Oh, who am I kidding, since it's another Mutant game! Something tells me that Crash is long gone.
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