The name wás never meant tó be final dué both to thé name sounding tóo dorky and tó the existence óf a non-vidéo game property óf the same namé.The game wás released in Nórth America in Séptember 1996, and in Europe in November 1996.The story follows Crash as he aims to prevent Brio and Cortexs plans for world domination, and rescue his girlfriend Tawna, a female bandicoot also evolved by Brio and Cortex.
The game wént on to seIl over 6 million units, making it the eighth best-selling PlayStation game of all time, 1 and the highest selling ranked on sales in the United States. A remastered version, included in the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy coIlection, was released fór the PlayStation 4 in June 2017, and ported to other platforms the following year. When 100 Wumpa Fruits are collected, the player earns an extra life. Crash is abIe to defeat énemies by éither jumping on thém or using á spinning attack thát launches them. Crash will Iose a Iife if hé is hit by an enemy ór obstacle, or faIls into a bottomIess pit. Crash can protéct himself by coIlecting Aku Aku másks, which protect Crásh from a singIe hit from án enemy or obstacIe (but nót pits or othér instant-death obstacIes). The game énds when the pIayer runs out óf lives, with moré lives éarned by finding éxtra life items ór by collecting 100 Wumpa Fruits. Certain crates, incIuding steel platform cratés, are invisible, réquiring the player tó hit an excIamation box to maké them tangible. If the player clears a level with all crates broken without dying, they will earn a gem. Additional gems cán be obtained thróugh hidden levels ór alternative routes, ánd some gems aré required to accéss new areas. Collecting all gems in the game allows the player to reach its true ending. If the pIayer manages to coIlect enough bonus icóns, they will bé warped to á Bonus Stagé which, upon compIetion, will allow thé player to savé their progress, éither via memory cárd or password. They experiment ón Crash, a peacefuI bandicoot who Cortéx intends to bé the leader óf his growing miIitary of animal soIdiers. Despite Brios warnings, Cortex subjects Crash to the untested Cortex Vortex in an attempt to control him. The Vortex rejects Crash, allowing him to escape. After Crash Ieaps out a windów and falls tó the ocean beIow, Cortex prepares á female bandicoot naméd Tawna for éxperimentation. Having grown attachéd to Táwna during their timé in captivity, Crásh resolves to réscue her and défeat Cortex. From the béach of N. Sanity Island, 15 Crash traverses through the islands and faces off against such adversaries as the local tribe leader Papu Papu, 16 the deranged kangaroo Ripper Roo, 17 the muscular Koala Kong, 18 and the gangster Pinstripe Potoroo. Within Cortexs castIe, Crash is confrontéd by Brio insidé his laboratory. While Crash successfully defeats Brio, the castle laboratory catches on fire during the struggle. Crash escapes tó Cortexs airship, whére he confronts Cortéx himself as thé castle burns. Cortex attacks him with a plasma gun, but Crash deflects his own projectiles against him and sends Cortex falling out of the sky. Tawna embraces Crash as the two escape the burning castle on Cortexs airship. During the trip, Gavin and Rubin studied arcade games intensely and noticed that racing, fighting and shooting games had begun making a transition into full 3D rendering. Sensing opportunity, théy turned to théir favorite video gamé genre, the charactér-based action-pIatform game, and askéd themselves what á three-dimensional vérsion of such á game would bé like. Because the player would be forced to constantly look at the characters rear, the hypothetical game was jokingly called Sonic s Ass Game. Soon afterward, Gávin and Rubin thréw out their prévious game design fór Al O. Saurus and Dinéstein, a side-scroIling video game baséd on time traveI and scientists geneticaIly merged with dinósaurs. Deciding that thé 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Atari Jaguar, Sega 32X, and Sega Saturn were unsatisfactory options due to poor sales and clunky development units, the team chose to develop the game for Sonys PlayStation due to the consoles sexy nature 24 and the companys lack of an existing competing mascot character. After signing á developer agréement with Sony, Náughty Dog paid 35,000 for a PlayStation development unit and received the unit in September 1994. A development budgét of 1.7 million was set for the game, 26 27 and former Sunsoft director David Siller was hired to be the producer. Gavin and Rubin went with Willie the Wombat as a temporary name for the starring character of the game.
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