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'''''Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time''''' is a platformer title that serves as a retcon of the games that initially succeeded ''[[Crash Bandicoot: Warped]]''. It was developed by [[Toys for Bob]] (with help from [[Beenox]]) and published by [[Activision]]. Despite its name, ''Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time'' is the eighth installment of the main ''[[Crash Bandicoot (series)|Crash Bandicoot]]'' series. The game was first released for the [[PlayStation 4]] and [[Xbox One]] in 2020, and was later released for the [[PlayStation 5]], [[Xbox Series X/S]], the [[Nintendo Switch]], and [[Microsoft Windows]] in 2021. | '''''Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time''''' is a platformer title that serves as a retcon of the games that initially succeeded ''[[Crash Bandicoot: Warped]]''. It was developed by [[Toys for Bob]] (with help from [[Beenox]]) and published by [[Activision]]. Despite its name, ''Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time'' is the eighth installment of the main ''[[Crash Bandicoot (series)|Crash Bandicoot]]'' series. The game was first released for the [[PlayStation 4]] and [[Xbox One]] in 2020, and was later released for the [[PlayStation 5]], [[Xbox Series X/S]], the [[Nintendo Switch]], and [[Microsoft Windows]] in 2021. | ||
== | ==Story== | ||
''Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time'' is set in alternate timeline following the events of the first three games, while all other mainline titles, including a couple of Game Boy Advance games in the ''Crash Bandicoot'' franchise, are retconned in its place. After [[Crash Bandicoot]]'s [[Crash Bandicoot: Warped|last triumph]], [[Uka Uka]] attempts to bust himself, [[Doctor Neo Cortex|Dr. Neo Cortex]], and [[Doctor Nefarious Tropy|Dr. N. Tropy]] from their prison in the past. His latest effort tears open a hole in the fabric of space and time and puts him in a deep sleep due to exhaustion. Cortex and N. Tropy swiftly escape, leaving Uka Uka, and discover that the Quantum Rift they use links their universe to the rest of the multiverse, leading them deciding to make use of it to conquer all dimensions. To ensure success, the pair creates the Rift Generator, capable of opening other Quantum Rifts, and recruit aid from [[Doctor N. Gin|Dr. N. Gin]] and [[Doctor Nitrus Brio|Dr. N. Brio]] to provide an army in anticipation of their enemies' interference. Meanwhile, [[Aku Aku]], Uka Uka's older twin brother, senses the disturbance in space and time emanating from [[N. Sanity Peak]] and enjoins Crash to investigate. Upon arriving, he comes across [[Lani-Loli]], whom Aku Aku recognizes as one of the [[Quantum Masks]]—four ancient witch doctor masks that have great power over space and time, and who would only appear if something has opened up the multiverse. Lani spots a rift and suspects there is suspense, leading to Crash and his sister Coco agreeing to follow him across the multiverse and find the other Quantum Masks, while dealing with the anarchy the evil doctor is creating. | ''Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time'' is set in alternate timeline following the events of the first three games, while all other mainline titles, including a couple of Game Boy Advance games in the ''Crash Bandicoot'' franchise, are retconned in its place. After [[Crash Bandicoot]]'s [[Crash Bandicoot: Warped|last triumph]], [[Uka Uka]] attempts to bust himself, [[Doctor Neo Cortex|Dr. Neo Cortex]], and [[Doctor Nefarious Tropy|Dr. N. Tropy]] from their prison in the past. His latest effort tears open a hole in the fabric of space and time and puts him in a deep sleep due to exhaustion. Cortex and N. Tropy swiftly escape, leaving Uka Uka, and discover that the Quantum Rift they use links their universe to the rest of the multiverse, leading them deciding to make use of it to conquer all dimensions. To ensure success, the pair creates the Rift Generator, capable of opening other Quantum Rifts, and recruit aid from [[Doctor N. Gin|Dr. N. Gin]] and [[Doctor Nitrus Brio|Dr. N. Brio]] to provide an army in anticipation of their enemies' interference. Meanwhile, [[Aku Aku]], Uka Uka's older twin brother, senses the disturbance in space and time emanating from [[N. Sanity Peak]] and enjoins Crash to investigate. Upon arriving, he comes across [[Lani-Loli]], whom Aku Aku recognizes as one of the [[Quantum Masks]]—four ancient witch doctor masks that have great power over space and time, and who would only appear if something has opened up the multiverse. Lani spots a rift and suspects there is suspense, leading to Crash and his sister Coco agreeing to follow him across the multiverse and find the other Quantum Masks, while dealing with the anarchy the evil doctor is creating. | ||
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As Crash and Coco arrive at [[Tranquility Falls, 1402|Tranquility Falls]], N. Brio abruptly appears and tells them to go to his battlefield to get a reward after defeating his creatures. Tawna encounters the doctor just as he was about to toss a beaker of potion onto the Bandicoot. She surprises him, causing him to miss his shot. However, when Tawna prepares to fight Brio herself, he escapes using his beakers. Crash and Coco later arrive at Brio's testing grounds to battle him. After getting badly damaged, he drinks the potion and transforms into a hulking form to crush the Bandicoots. Akano is able to help Crash and Coco knock him out of his grounds; however, N. Brio has eventually survived his defeat, having transformed into a pterodactyl form, in an attempt to deal the decisive blow, only to lay an egg that Crash claims and fly off, mortified, much to Coco's shock. Meanwhile, in [[Mosquito Marsh, A Few Days Ago|Mosquito Marsh]], [[Dingodile]], who has recently retired from villainy to run his own restaurant, finds himself caught up in the chaos as his business is burned down by a rival restaurant, and he is sucked into another dimension by a Quantum Rift after exacting revenge on a group of Wumpashiners after they detonate his business, and he traverses through dimensions in his search for home to rebuild his diner. When Crash and Coco traverse across the bayou, [[Kupuna-Wa]] joins the duo. | As Crash and Coco arrive at [[Tranquility Falls, 1402|Tranquility Falls]], N. Brio abruptly appears and tells them to go to his battlefield to get a reward after defeating his creatures. Tawna encounters the doctor just as he was about to toss a beaker of potion onto the Bandicoot. She surprises him, causing him to miss his shot. However, when Tawna prepares to fight Brio herself, he escapes using his beakers. Crash and Coco later arrive at Brio's testing grounds to battle him. After getting badly damaged, he drinks the potion and transforms into a hulking form to crush the Bandicoots. Akano is able to help Crash and Coco knock him out of his grounds; however, N. Brio has eventually survived his defeat, having transformed into a pterodactyl form, in an attempt to deal the decisive blow, only to lay an egg that Crash claims and fly off, mortified, much to Coco's shock. Meanwhile, in [[Mosquito Marsh, A Few Days Ago|Mosquito Marsh]], [[Dingodile]], who has recently retired from villainy to run his own restaurant, finds himself caught up in the chaos as his business is burned down by a rival restaurant, and he is sucked into another dimension by a Quantum Rift after exacting revenge on a group of Wumpashiners after they detonate his business, and he traverses through dimensions in his search for home to rebuild his diner. When Crash and Coco traverse across the bayou, [[Kupuna-Wa]] joins the duo. | ||
Crash and Coco enter [[The 11th Dimension, 1954|the 11th Dimension]] where they hear a warning message from a hologram of Cortex; he informs them not to freeze while they try to find him on the mountain. As the Bandicoots make it to a ship, the doctor pulls out a button that will explode it upon pressing it, attempting to blow the bandicoots into smithereens, only to sneeze hard and inadvertently press the button too early, thus failing his plan. When Crash and Coco climb their way across the mountain, Tawna comes across a button and upon pressing it, it raises a platform full of [[Nitro Crate]]s, which the Bandicoots proceed thanks to Kupuna-Wa. The Bandicoots use Polar to give chase on their way to Cortex's [[Doctor Neo Cortex's airship|airship]], where | Crash and Coco enter [[The 11th Dimension, 1954|the 11th Dimension]] where they hear a warning message from a hologram of Cortex; he informs them not to freeze while they try to find him on the mountain. As the Bandicoots make it to a ship, the doctor pulls out a button that will explode it upon pressing it, attempting to blow the bandicoots into smithereens, only to sneeze hard and inadvertently press the button too early, thus failing his plan. When Crash and Coco climb their way across the mountain, Tawna comes across a button and upon pressing it, it raises a platform full of [[Nitro Crate]]s, which the Bandicoots proceed thanks to Kupuna-Wa. The Bandicoots use Polar to give chase on their way to Cortex's [[Doctor Neo Cortex's airship|airship]], where he is awaiting their arrival. Following their confrontation against Cortex, N. Tropy betrays him and reveals that he and his new partner—eventually revealed to be an [[Doctor Nefarious Tropy (female)|alternate version of himself]] from Tawna's universe—are seeking to use the Rift Generator's power to reset the timeline in all dimensions as gods. They put the multiverse in turmoil and plan to subsequently erase Cortex, the bandicoots, and the Masks from existence. A mad Cortex agrees to team up with the bandicoots. | ||
The three arrive in the [[Eggipus Dimension, 88 Million B.C.B|Eggipus Dimension]] where they rescue the final Quantum Mask, [[Ika-Ika]]. They eventually arrive at [[Bermugula's Orbit, ???|Bermugula's Orbit]] where they meet up with Dingodile and Tawna; together, they see the | The three arrive in the [[Eggipus Dimension, 88 Million B.C.B|Eggipus Dimension]] where they rescue the final Quantum Mask, [[Ika-Ika]]. They eventually arrive at [[Bermugula's Orbit, ???|Bermugula's Orbit]] where they meet up with Dingodile and Tawna; together, they see the Tropies on a television with [[Nitros Oxide]]. The female N. Tropy orders Oxide to take his ship to planet Bermugula to protect the Rift Generator, leading Cortex making his way through the interior of his space station in order to prevent him from leaving inside his spaceship. Cortex later makes it to the control panel and presses a big red button that stuns the ship. As Crash and Coco arrive at the ship, Tawna captures them and leaves them bound as she goes to face the Tropies at the Rift Generator herself. After Dingodile and Cortex free Crash and Coco, they happen upon Tawna trying to deal with the Tropies, and the female N. Tropy tauntingly reveals that she killed Crash and Coco herself in Tawna's dimension. The Bandicoots defeat the doctors, leading the Quantum Masks destroying the Rift Generator, sealing all the space-time disruptions. | ||
However, when | However, when the group takes a celebratory trip to Neon City in [[The Sn@xx Dimension, 3023|the Sn@xx Dimension]], Cortex accidentally kidnaps Kupuna-Wa and uses her powers to travel back in time to [[Cortex Island, 1996|1996]] (the year of his original bid for world domination) in an attempt to preclude [[Crash Bandicoot (game)|Crash's creation]]. In the end, he is unable to both convince his past self to capture and evolve a wombat instead of the past Crash for the experiment and repel the present Crash, Coco and Aku Aku, who followed him from the future. When the Quantum Masks banish him to the end of the universe, the past Cortex proceeds with the experiment, preparing to brainwash the past Crash with the [[Cortex Vortex]]; the present Crash inadvertently destroys the Vortex's power source, causing it to malfunction and fail to brainwash his past self, thereby ensuring his own creation thanks to a casual loop. Dingodile rebuilds and reopens his diner, Cortex relaxes on the end of the universe and enjoys the peace and quiet, and Crash, Coco, Tawna, Aku Aku and the Quantum Masks play video games at their home on [[N. Sanity Island]]. Following an epilogue narrated by Crash detailing the fates and whereabouts of the game's characters, Cortex's relaxation is interrupted by the sudden appearance of Uka Uka. | ||
== | ==Characters== | ||
=== | ===Playable characters=== | ||
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==Bosses== | |||
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|align=center|[[File:IATDrNGin.png|90px]]<br>[[Doctor N. Gin|Dr. N. Gin]] | |align=center|[[File:IATDrNGin.png|90px]]<br>[[Doctor N. Gin|Dr. N. Gin]] | ||
|align= | |align=center|Dr. N. Gin operates a giant mech known as the Weapon of Mass Percussion. To defeat weaken the mech, Crash or Coco must spin or slide three Ramblers caught on fire in each phase. If done so, the speakers explode, and after entering the stage, the bandicoot must spin the Weapon of Mass Percussion's glass dome within fifteen seconds for N. Gin to be hit. The player has an option whether to use [[Lani-Loli]] or not to hit him. He takes four hits to defeat. | ||
|align=center|[[Stage Dive]] | |align=center|[[Stage Dive]] | ||
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|align=center|[[File:Crash 4 Louise artwork.png|90px]]<br>[[Louise]] | |align=center|[[File:Crash 4 Louise artwork.png|90px]]<br>[[Louise]] | ||
|align= | |align=center|Louise guards [[Akano]], acting as a lone mini-boss. She lashes out at Crash or Coco with her tentacles. The bandicoot must guide [[pi-rat]]s giving chase through the water to her tentacles. She takes six hits to defeat. | ||
|align=center|[[Jetboard Jetty]] | |align=center|[[Jetboard Jetty]] | ||
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|align=center|[[File:IATDrNBrio.png|90px]]<br>[[Doctor Nitrus Brio|Dr. N. Brio]] | |align=center|[[File:IATDrNBrio.png|90px]]<br>[[Doctor Nitrus Brio|Dr. N. Brio]] | ||
|align= | |align=center|Dr. N. Brio attacks Crash or Coco by tossing beakers that create rings of toxic clouds that he or she must avoid. Following that, he throws beakers containing one or more [[blob]]s that Crash or Coco must defeat to hit him. After one hit on the first phase, two one the second phase, and three on the third phase, he transforms into a hulking monster. He or she must use Akano to knock N. Brio off the edge of the platform three times to defeat him. | ||
|align=center|[[Trouble Brewing]] | |align=center|[[Trouble Brewing]] | ||
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|align=center|[[File:IATDrNeoCortex.png|90px]]<br>[[Doctor Neo Cortex|Dr. Neo Cortex]] | |align=center|[[File:IATDrNeoCortex.png|90px]]<br>[[Doctor Neo Cortex|Dr. Neo Cortex]] | ||
|align= | |align=center|Dr. Neo Cortex is the sworn creator of Crash Bandicoot, Crash's longtime archenemy, and the true main antagonist of the game. In [[The 11th Dimension, 1954|The 11th Dimension]], Cortex attacks Crash or Coco by using missiles, discs of light, and purple energy trombies that can be safely avoided using [[Kupuna-Wa]]. In each phase, he summons [[Punchbot Mark 2]] to punch the bandicoot, and he or she must use Kupuna-Wa to defeat it, causing it to fly towards the doctor. After four hits, the doctor is defeated for the first time in the game. In [[Cortex Island, 1996|Cortex Island]], it was eventually revealed that Cortex is the true final boss; here, he kidnaps the [[Quantum Masks]] and uses not only the [[Shoot-o-Matic]]s to fire rings of electricity that electrocute Crash or Coco, but also the effects of each Quantum Mask. After defeating all the Shoot-o-Matics in each phase, Cortex summons one or more [[Lab Assistant]]s that attack the bandicoot, which he or she must defeat, causing them to fly towards him. After eight hits (one for each of the first four phases and four for the fifth and final one), he is defeated a second time. | ||
|align=center|[[4th Time's a Charm]]<br>[[The Past Unmasked]] | |align=center|[[4th Time's a Charm]]<br>[[The Past Unmasked]] | ||
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|align=center|[[File:IATDrNTropy.png|90px]]<br>[[Doctor Nefarious Tropy|Dr. N. Tropy]] | |align=center|[[File:IATDrNTropy.png|90px]]<br>[[Doctor Nefarious Tropy|Dr. N. Tropy]] | ||
|rowspan=2 align= | |rowspan=2 align=center|Dr. N. Tropy is the main antagonist of the game; he and his female counterpart are the final boss of the game. Upon returning to [[Bermugula's Orbit, ???|Bermugula's Orbit]], Crash or Coco must reach the space station by through floating and fast moving platforms with the help of Akano and Kupuna-Wa while avoiding a laser beam sent by the doctors. Upon reaching the space station, the bandicoot is assisted by Ika-Ika and must avoid energy balls and destroy power sources. After destroying some of the energy sources, The male N. Tropy eventually starts to give chase, and Crash or Coco must destroy more power sources until the male N. Tropy gets hurt. Then, the player must to do the same thing with the female N. Tropy to win the boss fight, and then the two doctors crash right into the Rift Generator. | ||
|rowspan=2 align=center|[[A Hole in Space]] | |rowspan=2 align=center|[[A Hole in Space]] | ||
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==Levels== | |||
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