This game looks mildly entertaining. It seems as if it has slightly improved on the platforming elements of the last game (which I never played). Hmm...I might pick it up. That is, if I can buy it with just $2, a half a burrito, and a button.

Stoeck

Poor Crash, no one cares about you anymore.

Poo_and_Weeeee

I really don't see why they had to put all this bollocks that no one cares about in.

Seriously I didn't mind just playing as Crash and every now and then his sister riding a tiger, Or just every now and then taking vehicles but the platforming was fantastic and getting new powers for beating the bosses was fun.

The level design was smart... I just don't see how they could mess it up that much and still make a new game. I mean honestly... just add current gen elements to the classic games. Screw taking control of monsters, is that what anyone older than 5 wanted? No.

I wish Naughty Dog still made them but they don't like holding onto things. (Still wants a new Jak game)

flukielukie

I fail to see the difference between this and Crash of the Titans.

cdr

Hasn't been a good crash game since naughty dog stopped making them.

3Sixty

Why can they not back-track.

SaltyWater

Why is it that all third party games for the Wii have weak cartoony graphics? Why can't we see more efforts like Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime? I'll even take the Twilight Princess look and feel, even though as a GameCube game it wasn't fully high-textured.

burnblue

looks a /lot/ like Kameo: Elements of Power... and I'm not saying that as a /good/ thing.

Saist

I don't know what to think about this game, but I played the shit out of the original and loved every minute. I did get a little frustrated with some of the jumping levels though.

homernoy

sorry guys this went up a little prematurely earlier

Adam Barenblat

Wow, all I heard from that entire ad was about 15 canned very generic sound effects that sound like they belong in a 1950s cartoon. I'm not saying the sound of bullets are much better, but really- I think for an action-adventure platformer, they could have done a lot better.

Thugmunk

I miss the old Crash. So much has changed yet I hold faith that someone will revive you to your true form in the future. This game however does not count as a revival.

Eon.

@Stoeck: /agree

Ouren

To me he's a failed game icon like Bubsy. Unfortunately nobody has mentioned this yet to Crash himself...

StormdragonBlue

They should make an HD version of Crash Bandicoot 2. None of this failed gimmick nonsense.

BlackMage66652

I think I shall just go play the first two Crash games instead.

Kenofthedead

So, why can't I just have Crash Bandicoot HD?

Greenstuff-Alex

My two favorite platformers for the PS1 where Crash Bandicoot and Spyro The Dragon. Nostalgia, I think, is the only reason the Bandicoot games still exist.

Unless they do something different or innovative with the series I see no point in resurrecting them all the time.

cZEAL

@burnblue: because this a quick PS2 port which everyone is sick off

excel_excel

poor ol' crash....no one likes him anymore....

excel_excel

the dude was XTREME-ly lame. the vid sounded like a straight-to-dvd trailer for a disney movie, though I guess its understandable considering the target audience.

Sutekh

To think this guy was once sonys mascot....

lifeinthefridge

Very bright. Very colorful. Very so not unique. Very Disney.

I'm speaking of the trailer only. Game could be great for all I know.

Valkrin

So this is not coming to PS3, just like the last one? Bah, what's their excuse this time...

Ecks

@excel_excel: And for good reason. The last entertaining one was the first one that came out on the PS2, back when those graphics were mind-blasting. They've just nickelodeonized him AND Sonic.

ChiltonGaines

What have they dont to everyones favourite Bandicoot :(.

Somebody needs to re-make Crash 2. And leave it at that.

Spidery_Yoda

@flukielukie: It's very similar to Sonic. People think they have to make everything all bad-ass and end up ruining the gameplay for most of the original fans.

Poor Sonic and Crash...

DMC-Man

Sony's standards of approval?

raunchytoilet

Kameoitis.

PsycheE

@3Sixty:

exactly. this is the twisted metal scenario all over again.

twisted metal 1 and 2 were great, and then 989 took over and made a couple shitty attempts at twisted metal.. and failed miserably.

..then singletrac, reformed as incognito took over, and made twisted metal black, which was actually pretty rad (although, not as amazing as twisted metal 2)... in any case, a ps3 version of twisted metal would be rad..

and as for Crash Bandicoot, the only way i'd ever look at that game again would be if Naughty Dog decided to take back the ownership, and make a real sequel.

joeloliol

Question: Is Crash on his 2nd, or 3rd developer now?

stealthpengu

@excel_excel:
Actually, for this game, the wii is the first console it's made for, rather than the ps2 or 360.

stealthpengu

@StormdragonBlue:
Difference is, Bubsy never had a good game, to my knowledge, whereas Crash had 3 very good titles. Crash was originally made by Naughty Dog, the creator of Jak and Uncharted

stealthpengu

@Greenstuff-Alex:

Ugh! Levels

Greenstuff-Alex

@Eon.:

I can see Crash level's in LBP being fairly doable. Obviously not exact replicas, but tributes at least.

Greenstuff-Alex

Good God. This looks like a blatant rehash of of Crash of the Titans.

The last good Crash game was the first one they released for the PS2 (and it was only good because it was a rehash of Crash Bandicoot 3). Makes me sad to see one of my old vidya heroes being whored out like this.

Combichristoffersen

@stealthpengu: Jak and Uncharted? I would play that game.

Kenofthedead

@Combichristoffersen: I have to agree, Crash 1-3 are legendary games and will always remain on my PSP, CTR was awesome, sadly that was the last Crash game that Naughty Dog had any involvement in. Crash Bandicoot 4 was the first game under Travellers Tales and was really just a Mash Together of Crash 2 and 3 in Updated Graphics and some new gameplay elements (and a twist on the boss fights), now that wasn't great (and I had the PS2 version, which meant waiting like a day for a level to load) but compared to the recent games, they even make that look Gold!

Ash735

@Combichristoffersen: Wrath of Cortex? But that one sucked. There only good ones were on PS1, minus Crash Bash piece of Eurocom trash.

RavenGT

@BlackMage66652: Or 3. Crash 3 had time-trials and REALLY good secret levels. On the other hand, Crash 2 had burrowing and the jetpack... hmmm....

Spiffyness

i really loved crash games...but man..that voice guy really takes it away

flagg

Looking too much like Kameo puts a bad taste in my mouth...

YuniYoshi

@flukielukie:

My thoughts exactly. It's been long enough from the last crash game that we don't need gimmicky crap to make this a viable title. I would've loved to see the same old platforming from the ps1 days updated with HD visuals.

Nutchos

And Activision kept this from the Vivendi catalogue and scrapped Brutal Legend, Ghostbusters and World in Conflict why?

NiceMissMayonnaise

Leave Crash rest in peace. There has no good Crash game since Naughtydog sold the rights. [Biggest mistake of Naughty Dog ever]

Rakotto

Ben10dicoot?

Danjaranja

how the mighty have fallen...

reasoncali

another franchise altered so drastically that it is practically unrecognizable. Tomb Raider, Sonic, Spiro, Crash... Your characters outgrew your game play and now the gamers suffer

PhilipEquidistance