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New Crash Bandicoot Mind Over Mutant Trailer
Posted by Adam Barenblat at 3:00 PM on October 7, 2008
It's been a long time since I've put my hands on a Crash game and honestly, the most entertaining run in with him I've had recent years was watching him get trampled by a mad horde of fans rushing into GC back in August. I'm not saying Mind Over Mutant will be a bad game, I'm just skeptical. Anyway, here is a launch trailer you guys can take a look at until the game hits stores tomorrow for Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, and DS.

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Stoeck
Posted 6:49 AM 7/10/08
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
Poo_and_Weeeee
Posted 6:44 AM 7/10/08
Poor Crash, no one cares about you anymore.
Poo_and_Weeeee
flukielukie
Posted 6:44 AM 7/10/08
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
cdr
Posted 6:27 AM 7/10/08
I fail to see the difference between this and Crash of the Titans.
cdr
3Sixty
Posted 6:57 AM 7/10/08
Hasn't been a good crash game since naughty dog stopped making them.
3Sixty
SaltyWater
Posted 6:54 AM 7/10/08
Why can they not back-track.
SaltyWater
burnblue
Posted 7:51 AM 7/10/08
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
Saist
Posted 8:33 AM 7/10/08
looks a /lot/ like Kameo: Elements of Power... and I'm not saying that as a /good/ thing.
Saist
homernoy
Posted 8:26 AM 7/10/08
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
Adam Barenblat
Posted 8:21 AM 7/10/08
sorry guys this went up a little prematurely earlier
Adam Barenblat
Thugmunk
Posted 8:46 AM 7/10/08
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
Eon.
Posted 8:42 AM 7/10/08
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.
Ouren
Posted 8:42 AM 7/10/08
@Stoeck: /agree
Ouren
StormdragonBlue
Posted 8:41 AM 7/10/08
To me he's a failed game icon like Bubsy. Unfortunately nobody has mentioned this yet to Crash himself...
StormdragonBlue
BlackMage66652
Posted 8:41 AM 7/10/08
They should make an HD version of Crash Bandicoot 2. None of this failed gimmick nonsense.
BlackMage66652
Kenofthedead
Posted 8:38 AM 7/10/08
I think I shall just go play the first two Crash games instead.
Kenofthedead
Greenstuff-Alex
Posted 8:37 AM 7/10/08
So, why can't I just have Crash Bandicoot HD?
Greenstuff-Alex
cZEAL
Posted 8:37 AM 7/10/08
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
excel_excel
Posted 8:37 AM 7/10/08
@burnblue: because this a quick PS2 port which everyone is sick off
excel_excel
excel_excel
Posted 8:35 AM 7/10/08
poor ol' crash....no one likes him anymore....
excel_excel
Sutekh
Posted 8:34 AM 7/10/08
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
lifeinthefridge
Posted 9:00 AM 7/10/08
To think this guy was once sonys mascot....
lifeinthefridge
Valkrin
Posted 8:56 AM 7/10/08
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
Ecks
Posted 9:25 AM 7/10/08
So this is not coming to PS3, just like the last one? Bah, what's their excuse this time...
Ecks
ChiltonGaines
Posted 9:23 AM 7/10/08
@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
Spidery_Yoda
Posted 9:17 AM 7/10/08
What have they dont to everyones favourite Bandicoot :(.
Somebody needs to re-make Crash 2. And leave it at that.
Spidery_Yoda
DMC-Man
Posted 9:48 AM 7/10/08
@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
raunchytoilet
Posted 9:37 AM 7/10/08
Sony's standards of approval?
raunchytoilet
PsycheE
Posted 9:34 AM 7/10/08
Kameoitis.
PsycheE
joeloliol
Posted 10:05 AM 7/10/08
@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
stealthpengu
Posted 11:01 AM 7/10/08
Question: Is Crash on his 2nd, or 3rd developer now?
stealthpengu
stealthpengu
Posted 11:00 AM 7/10/08
@excel_excel:
Actually, for this game, the wii is the first console it's made for, rather than the ps2 or 360.
stealthpengu
stealthpengu
Posted 10:58 AM 7/10/08
@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
Posted 10:57 AM 7/10/08
@Greenstuff-Alex:
Ugh! Levels
Greenstuff-Alex
Greenstuff-Alex
Posted 10:56 AM 7/10/08
@Eon.:
I can see Crash level's in LBP being fairly doable. Obviously not exact replicas, but tributes at least.
Greenstuff-Alex
Combichristoffersen
Posted 11:31 AM 7/10/08
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
Kenofthedead
Posted 12:09 PM 7/10/08
@stealthpengu: Jak and Uncharted? I would play that game.
Kenofthedead
Ash735
Posted 12:04 PM 7/10/08
@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
RavenGT
Posted 12:03 PM 7/10/08
@Combichristoffersen: Wrath of Cortex? But that one sucked. There only good ones were on PS1, minus Crash Bash piece of Eurocom trash.
RavenGT
Spiffyness
Posted 1:34 PM 7/10/08
@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
flagg
Posted 5:57 PM 7/10/08
i really loved crash games...but man..that voice guy really takes it away
flagg
YuniYoshi
Posted 6:44 PM 7/10/08
Looking too much like Kameo puts a bad taste in my mouth...
YuniYoshi
Nutchos
Posted 11:31 PM 7/10/08
@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
NiceMissMayonnaise
Posted 11:57 PM 7/10/08
And Activision kept this from the Vivendi catalogue and scrapped Brutal Legend, Ghostbusters and World in Conflict why?
NiceMissMayonnaise
Rakotto
Posted 12:15 AM 8/10/08
Leave Crash rest in peace. There has no good Crash game since Naughtydog sold the rights. [Biggest mistake of Naughty Dog ever]
Rakotto
Danjaranja
Posted 1:40 AM 8/10/08
Ben10dicoot?
Danjaranja
reasoncali
Posted 3:57 AM 8/10/08
how the mighty have fallen...
reasoncali
PhilipEquidistance
Posted 10:15 AM 7/10/08
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