Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex is the sixth Crash Bandicoot game, but the fourth chronologically and it was the first game to feature Crash Bandicoot on the PlayStation 2.
Gameplay[]
The gameplay is similar to its predecessor, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, with a couple of new gameplay styles added. Such as new vehicles, level themes, and much more. Crash can now obtain a power-up called "Tip Toe sneakers" which allow Crash to walk on nitro crates without the risk of losing a life or an Aku Aku mask. Coco has her own levels, too, much like Warped, except that the levels are on foot, not a vehicle. If the player presses triangle on their controller, they can bring up an HUD showing their Wumpa Fruit counter (100 gives you an extra life), how many crates the player has broken out of how many crates there are in the whole entire level, and the players life counters.
Sales[]
Despite mixed reviews, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex sold quite well. The game also made Greatest Hits.
Boss Fights[]
- Crunch & Rok-Ko: In a style of the atlasphere levels with Crunch in a much larger atlasphere made of rock.
- Crunch & Wa-Wa: Crunch is in water form and can attack using power beams.
- Crunch & Py-Ro: In a style of chase and mech levels with Crunch throwing flaming boulders at you, he needs to 'cool' down.
- Crunch & Lo-Lo: Crunch is a tornado and has a lot of power moves Crash is in his glider.
- Dr. Neo Cortex, Crunch & the Elementals: Cortex does not attack you, but, Crunch jumps on four buttons of an Elementals color sending their powers: Rok-Ko sends flaming rocks raining down, Wa-Wa just sends a few ice cubes that freeze Crash for a second, Py-Ro sets the floor on fire so watch your feet, Lo-Lo uses electricity that come from the front and back.
Vehicles[]
This game has more vehicles than before, in fact, most of the levels in the game involve riding vehicles, and there are lots of variants;
- "Crash-Glider/Coco-Ship": The glider is playable in Tornado Alley and the boss Atmospheric Pressure while the Ship is only playable in Crashteroids. Both can Barrel Roll like planes from Warped but the Ship can shoot lasers where as the Glider can shoot Flaming Wumpa Fruit in Tornado Alley and lasers in Atmospheric Pressure repetitively.
- "Atlasphere": A large blue hamster ball big enough to fit Crash, this vehicle only can move and it has no attacks but is strong enough to break crates and fling away small enemies (like penguins) , just by simply running over them.
- "Minecart": This is used in Compactor Reactor and for the race in Ghost Town, its moves from side to side to smash crates on those sides, down to go slower and up to go faster.
- "Jeep": A camo colored jeep which is driven in to escape a herd of rhinos in Jungle Rumble and and to race in Smokey and the Bandicoot, the Jeep can't stop in the chase in Jungle Rumble, but can oddly stop in Smokey and the Bandicoot. Also the Jeep has no attacks.
- "Submarine": A yellow sub is used to navigate the depths of the sea in Seashell Shenanigans, H2 Oh No, and Coral Canyon, the sub can drop mines and shoot Torpedoes.
- "Firefly": This flying firefly-like plane is only playable in That Sinking Feeling, the firefly has a lock on target missile system.
- "Scooter/Snow Board: The scooter is only used in Tsunami, it has no attacks. The snowboard controls just like the scooter and is used in Avalanche and Forces of Nature. Both are only used by Coco.
- "Heli-Pak": A helicopter pack which control just like the jet pack from Crash Bandicoot 2 used maneuver the volcano in Fahrenheit Frenzy and race through rings Ice Station Bandicoot just like Rings of Power from Warped only there's 10 more rings in this course, Crash can spin while using this.
- "Mech": There are two mechs; a red one only used in the boss Crashes to Ashes and the yellow one that is playable in Droid Void and Crate Balls of Fire, the red one can spray water, and the yellow one can shoot Wumpa Fruit.
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