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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Platform(s) Playstation
Release date October 31 1997
Genre Platformer
Rating(s) ESRB: Kids to Adults (K-A)
ELSPA: 3+
Mode(s) Single player

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back is a platform game and the sequel to Crash Bandicoot. It was developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation and released in the United States of America on the Halloween of 1997.

Taking place in and around the fictional N. Sanity Island, Crash Bandicoot 2 follows the anthropomorphic bandicoot Crash. Crash is abducted by the series villain Doctor Neo Cortex, who has apparently turned over a new leaf and is now willing to save the world. Crash is then thrust into several parts of N. Sanity Island in order to gather Crystals and allow Cortex to contain the power of the upcoming planetary alignment and keep the planet from being destroyed. He is joined by Coco, who is suspicious of Cortex's true intentions, and partially by Doctor Nitrus Brio, who tries to convince Crash to gather Gems instead of Crystals.

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[edit] Story

Taking place right after the previous game's events, in which Crash fights Cortex on top of an Airship, Cortex is defeated, and the rocketsled he was standing on explodes! Cortex falls to the ground, and he lands in a mine, where he discovers a large Crystal, and has a flash of inspiration. One year later, he is seen in a space station, being told by his new assistant N. Gin that to harness the Master Crystal's power, he will require an additional 25 "Slave Crystals", which are scattered across the Earth. Cortex then abducts Crash (while he is searching for a spare battery for Coco's laptop) and persuades him to gather the Slave Crystals, telling him that he will use them to harness the power of the aligned planets and prevent Earth from certain doom.

Throughout his quest, Crash is contacted by his sister Coco, who is continuously searching into Cortex's scheme and trying to figure out what Cortex is really using the Crystals for, as well as Cortex's former assistant, Dr. Nitrus Brio, who tells Crash that if he truly wants to save the world, he must collect Gems instead of Crystals, so that Brio may use the Gems to destroy Cortex. He is also Crash's primary opposing force, claiming to use all of his strength to prevent him from gathering crystals.

At the end, when all of the Crystals are collected, Coco reveals that Cortex actually intends to harness the force of the Crystals to turn every single human being on Earth into Cortex's mindless slaves with his new and improved Cortex Vortex, and Crash defeats Cortex once again, banishing him deep into space, but leaving his space station operational. After Crash gathers all 42 Gems, N. Brio uses the Gems to destroy Cortex's space station with a laser beam, temporarily ending Cortex's threat... for now, that is.

[edit] Intro Story

The Intro can be viewed here.

[edit] Ending Story

The ending can be viewed here.

[edit] 100% Ending Story

The 100% ending can be viewed here.


[edit] Game

Crash Bandicoot 2's game play is largely similar to that of the original. However, they are some differences. Players make their way through a limited environment whilst breaking of crates, each of which containing some kind of bonus. Breaking all of a level's crates earns the player that level's clear gem. The player can collect additional clear and colored gems by finding and touching them. Colored gems activate secret areas. If a player collects all of the gems in the game, the secret ending is activated.

Crash has several moves: jump, spin attack, body slam, slide, duck, crawl, and an extra-high jump performed by sliding or ducking and then jumping. Stepping on a question-mark platform/trap door takes Crash to a bonus level. Going to special locations, where something is somehow out of place, brings Crash to one of five secret levels.

Also, if the player manages to reach a certain point in some levels without losing a single life, the player can hop onto a platform with a Skull and Crossbones logo on it. This takes Crash to another path in the level of the main path and contains boxes and other secrets one might notice not being found on the main path.

  • Warp Room 1 (N. Sanity Island)
  • Turtle Woods (Crystal, Clear Gem and colored gem run: Blue Gem)(Jungle)
  • Snow Go (Crystal, Clear Gem and colored gem run: Red Gem)(Snow)
  • Hang Eight (Crystal, Clear Gem 1 and Clear Gem 2)(Waterfall)
  • The Pits (Crystal and Clear Gem)(Jungle)
  • Crash Dash (Crystal and Clear Gem)(Boulder)
  • Ripper Roo

[edit] Trivia

  • In the NTSC version of this game Tiny Tiger is oddly listed as Taz Tiger in the pause screen. This is fixed in the PAL version. This is thought to be a prototype name that wasn't removed.
  • The secret Warp Room is made of the ruins of Cortex Castle. The castle was destroyed in Crash Bandicoot 1, as it is seen as being on fire during the last boss fight. N. Brio uses it as the base for his laser beam.
  • The secret Warp Room also contains the 3D models of the first two islands in Crash Bandicoot, although they cannot be seen clearly if a portal has already appered in front of it.(The third island cannot be seen since presumably, you are already on it)
  • Each Warp Room (except for the fourth one) is based off of different level designs. Warp Room 1 is based off of Road to Ruin and Ruination and/or Turtle Woods, and all of the forest levels. Warp Room 2 is based off of Snow Go and all the snow levels. Warp Room 3 is based off of The Eel Deal and the sewer levels. Warp Room 5 is based off of all it's levels except for Night Flight.

[edit] Quotes

Main article: List of Quotes in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
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