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Source: Kotaku – Crash Bandicoot, my love, come back to me by Kate Knibbs

No worries about the parts where she mentions the rumors and comeback, we cover this way better until we get an official look at the game 😉

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For me, Crash wasn’t a knockoff. He lived in a dangerous tropical world, and he wasn’t afraid to show his butt. He just wanted scientists to stop messing with nature, man. Instead of silently zooming around like Sonic, Crash yelled “Woah!” when he messed up. He wasn’t pudgy like Mario. Crash was jacked.

Assessing Crash Bandicoot as an adult, the character is so clearly an attempt to do ‘edgy Sonic.’ Co-creator Andy Gavin even admits the original concept was literally nicknamed “Sonic’s Ass.” Crash burps, he shouts, he does a double-thumbs up gesture. He wears denim capris. He’s Poochy from The Simpsonswith a dash of Bonkers from Bonkers.

The game wasn’t particularly original, but it had plenty of merits. It looked like a Pixar movie. It was fun. I had zero social victories that December but felt a personal sense of achievement when I figured out how to move beyond N.Sanity Island. Inhabiting the colorful world of a fictional bandicoot was a psychic salve, no matter how try-hard his mohawk looked.

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