History VideoGame / CrashTwinsanity

Despite these changes to form, the game manages to feel very ''Crash''-like, possibly more than its extremely standard predecessor, ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'', also developed by Traveller's Tales.

Three years after the events of ''The Wrath of Cortex'', Crash has returned to his usual sedentary lifestyle of sleeping on the beach, Cortex stuck out in the antarctic wastes. But while [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext digging up an old shoe]], he hears his sister calling for him, following her into the jungle...

Later, Crash and Cortex end up meeting the [[IncomingHam Evil]] [[BigBad Twins]], strange, bird-like creatures from the Tenth Dimension, who've come to get some sort of strange revenge on Cortex, take over the dimension, and make everyone their slaves. This forces Crash and Cortex to set aside their differences, and form a very [[EnemyMine uneasy alliance]] against them, [[HilarityEnsues and make their way to the Tenth Dimension to stop their evil plans.]]

But as bright and happy a game as it is, the story behind it is [[DevelopmentHell not]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen as]] [[ExecutiveMeddling fun.]]

Traveler's Tales Oxford, a [[CaptainObvious division of Traveler's Tales]] was created to work on the ''Crash Bandicoot'' series, this being their first, and last, game. It was intended to be a breath of fresh air for the series, since ''The Wrath of Cortex'' had been a near carbon copy of ''Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped''.

Their intention was to make a huge game, full of what made the ''Crash'' games so good and then some, and spanning multiple dimensions, and even planets, where Crash would help out the locals in fending off the Evil Twins' forces, called ''Crash Bandicoot Evolution''.

Despite loads of concept art and tons of ideas, ''Evolution'' was scrapped in favor of the simpler ''Twinsanity'', which would simply span a few islands and a few dimensions.

But even that turned out to be too much as even more was lost as [[ExecutiveMeddling executive meddling]] began. Vivendi Universal Games started pulling back the deadline and rushed the game into its unfinished state. Entire completed stages and mechanics were DummiedOut to save time, and the game was released [[ObviousBeta buggy and incomplete]], although enjoyable in its own right.

Poor reviews and poor sales were the final nail in the coffin for Traveler's Tales Oxford, and the studio shut down soon after, leaving Crash to be handed over to Radical Entertainment.

Whether that was a good thing is up to you.

!!Tropes Used In This Game:

* DevelopmentHell: An ''astounding'' example of this. There's loads of missing content, unused ideas, and whole models that ended up getting thrown out. As a result, the game is pitifully unfinished, even if pretty fun.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Debi Derryberry voices both Coco Bandicoot and young Neo Cortex, who are both kid geniuses. [[ActorAllusion Sound]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius familiar?]]
** Victor and Moritz happened to be voiced by Quinton Flynn. [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII Got it memorized?]]

* TheOtherDarrin: First appearance of Lex Lang as Dr. Neo Cortex.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Several hours worth of content was removed from the game, including several returning characters, new levels, and a VillainSong for Dr. Cortex entitled "Take a Walk Inside My Brains". Two members of the development team released a great deal of information on these removed items, which can be viewed here: http://www.crashmania.net/?menu=ts&page=concepts

* JustDeserts: [[spoiler:Victor and Moritz manage to escape after the final boss fight and seek refuge in a hut. Unfortunately for them, it's Evil Crash's hut, and he's hungry.]]

--> '''Neo Cortex:''' "The check bounced!? Are you sure? Well, the past few years have been awfully slow. [[VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex Wrath of Cortex]] [[TakeThat didn't do aw well as we hoped and]]-"

** The mention of VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex in Slip Slide Icecapades.

* PaperThinDisguise: Cortex dresses up as Coco to lure Crash through the jungle. Crash doesn't really seem to notice that his sister suddenly has a man's voice, a completely different body shape, a giant triangular head, and a beard. Of course, this ''[[{{Cloudcuckoolander is]]'' [[IdiotHero Crash Bandicoot]] we're talking about...

* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Cortex is a lot more invunerable and can do a lot more in cutscenes. While playing as him... [[GameplayAndStorySegregation not so much.]]

* [[EvilMeScaresMe Good Me Scares Me]]: In the cut material, Cortex was going to be terrified by his good conterpart in the Tenth Dimension. In other bits of cut material, Cortex was going to ''be'' his good counterpart, and Crash his evil counterpart.

--> '''Coco:''' "YouMonster Let my brother go!" ''(she delivers the aforementioned kick)''

** Subverted in that while playing as him, you're just as vunerable as Crash is, and he can be killed in the Doc Amok stages. Also if he's left standing somewhere, waiting for Crash to join up with him again, he'll be instantly killed by any hazard that comes into contact with him. Thankfully, if only Cortex dies, Crash doesn't lose a life.

--> '''Cortex, speaking too fast to be intelligible''': "Ishallcrushyoulikethepunyruntsyouare, youarenothingtomeforIamthegreatandallpowerfulNeoCortex! Howdareyoumock, manhandleandmanipulateme! Restassured, Iwilltakemyterriblevengeanceupon..." ''[He stops, panting heavily.]''

* PaperThinDisguise: Cortex dresses up as Coco to lure Crash through the jungle. Crash doesn't really seem to notice that his sister suddenly has a man's voice, a completely different body shape, a giant triangular head, and a beard.

* ContinuityPorn: It's obvious the developers played the Naughty Dog games. Within the first half hour of gameplay, you've already seen Crash's House, briefly glimpsed in ''Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped'', and seen a truckload of villains from the previous games.

But even that turned out to be too much, even more was lost as ExecutiveMeddling began, Universal Studios Interactive started pulling back the deadline, rushing the game into its unfinished state. Entire completed stages and mechanics were DummiedOut to save time, and the game was released [[ObviousBeta buggy and incomplete]], although enjoyable in its own right.

--> '''Cortex:''' "Aren't you two ''adorable''. Let me see, I might have some chalky treats here for you!"
--> '''Moritz:''' [[BigEater "Chalky treats?! Ooh, ooh!"]]

* WastedSong: Quite a few songs didn't make it in, or had the stage they belonged to cut. Some found use in the trailers, but others were just left on the soundtrack. An even stranger example of one is the music for Uka-Uka's boss fight, due to the boss being so pitifully easy and short, you won't hear much of the song unless you wait around forever.

* BigBad: The Evil Twins.

Turns out, it's actually Dr. Cortex, still bitter about his last defeat, and has gathered most of Crash's [[RoguesGallery old foes]] together to watch his demise. Despite [[BossArenaIdiocy giving it his best shot]], and even bringing in a [[HumongousMecha giant robot version of Crash]], Cortex ends up defeated once again.

** This was actually part uf an undersea CutLevel in which Crash was use the Mecha Bandicoot to walk underwater and destroy the device.

** Even [[spoiler: Spyro]] makes an appearance.

* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Cortex is a lot more invunerable and can do a lot more in cutscene. While playing as him... [[GameplayAndStorySegregation not so much.]]

* EverythingsWorseWithBees: Totem Hokum. All sympathy for Cortex in this level is completely non-existent - by the first checkpoint the bees chasing him give him [[AmusingInjuries visible blisters]], a beehive gets dropped on him, and that eventually lures a [[BearsAreBadNews hungry bear]] into the chase!

* FreudianExcuse: Late in the game, it's explained why the Evil Twins want revenge. [[spoiler: They were Cortex's pet parrots, from when he was a child. He warped them to the Tenth Dimension due to a malfunction with the Evolve-O-Ray.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Victor:''' "Your failed experiment sent two innocent parrots to the ''Tenth Dimension!'' The severe reversive radioactive conditions here sharpened our skills, and ''warped'' our fragile, eggshell minds." ]]

--> '''Cortex, sliding through the building:''' "Coming through! Ladies... Excuse me madam! Are those ''real''? ...'''Mother?!'''"
* [[EvilMeScaresMe Good Me Scares Me]]: In the cut material, Cortex was going to be terrified by his good conterpart in the Tenth Dimension. In other bit of cut material, Cortex was going to ''be'' his good counterpart, and Crash his evil counterpart.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: While paired up, Crash spins Cortex around, swinging him into enemies. He can also slam the flat top of his head down like a hammer, and toss him like a frisbee.

* HumongousMecha: The Mecha Bandicoot. [[spoiler: Also the Evil Twins' four-legged robot that serves as the final boss.]]

** Subverted in that while playing as him you're just as vunerable as Crash is, and he can be killed in the Doc Amok stages. Also if he's left standing somewhere, waiting for Crash to join up with him again, he'll be instantly killed by any hazard that comes into contact with him. Thankfully if only Cortex dies, Crash doesn't lose a life.

* LighterAndSofter: While the ''Crash'' games have never been particularly dark, ''Twinsanity'' places a greater emphasis on humor which would continue throughout the Radical games.

--> '''Cortex''' "I will-"
--> '''Moritz, dismissively''' "Bo-riiing!"
--> '''Cortex, speaking too fast to be intelligible''' "Ishallcrushyoulikethepunyruntsyouare, youarenothingtomeforIamthegreatandallpowerfulNeoCortex! Howdareyoumock, manhandleandmanipulateme! Restassured, Iwilltakemyterriblevengeanceupon..." ''[He stops, panting heavily.]''

* TheOtherDarrin: First appearance of Lex Lang as Dr. Neo Cortex.

-->'''Cortex:''' "I'm an evil scientist, what did you expect? [[LeaningontheFourthWall This isn't a game.]]"

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: During the final boss, Crash runs away, leaving Nina and Cortex to fight it themselves. [[spoiler: He comes back in the final stage of the boss, driving the Mecha Bandicoot, which he uses to defeat the Evil Twins' HumongousMecha.]]

* TheVoiceless: Crash, who's even more voiceless than usual, and Nina, save for a few grunts. Also Dr. Nitrus Brio.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Several hours worth of content was removed from the game, including several returning characters, new levels and a VillainSong for Dr. Cortex entitled "Take a Walk Inside My Brains". Two members of the development team released a great deal of information on these removed items, which can be viewed here: http://www.crashmania.net/?menu=ts&page=concepts

--> '''Dingodile:''' "Cozy, ain't it? I hear you two have your hands on some treasure, and I want a piece of that pie."

* '''DevelopmentHell''': An ''astounding'' example of this. There's loads of missing content, unused ideas, and whole models that ended up getting thrown out. As a result, the game is pitifully unfinished, even if pretty fun.

* EverythingsWorseWithBees: Totem Hokum. All sympathy for Cortex in this level is completely non-existent - by the first checkpoint the bees chasing him give him [[AmusingInjuries visible blisters]], a beehive gets dropped on him, and that eventually lures a [[EverythingsWorseWithBears hungry bear]] into the chase!

-->--The game's tagline.

'''''Crash Twinsanity''''' is an action platformer, developed by Creator/TravellersTales, and is the fifth game in the ''CrashBandicoot'' series, released for the PlayStation2 and {{Xbox}}.

* NostalgiaLevel: Most of the first world counts, specifically Jungle Rumble and Totem Hokem. The first is a throwback to the first stages of the original ''CrashBandicoot'', and the second is a throwback to the native fortress stages, complete with a recreation of Papu Papu's hut, [[ContinuityPorn down to the textures.]]

->''"They're working together, but they ''don't'' have to like it."''
-->--The tagline, used in promotions.

''Crash Twinsanity'' is an action platformer, developed by Creator/TravellersTales, and is the fifth game in the ''CrashBandicoot'' series, released for the PlayStation2 and {{Xbox}}.

Designed as a departure from the usual Crash level style, Twinsanity greatly opens up levels, giving the game a more free-roaming feel. In lieu of totally linear levels, every 'stage' flows seamlessly into the next, and are more open for exploration. There are hidden areas and collectables scattered throughout the game, making many levels have small side paths or puzzles to complete.
Despite these changes to form, the game manages to feel very Crash-like, possibly more than its extremely standard predecessor, ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'', also developed by Traveller's Tales.

Traveler's Tales Oxford, a [[CaptainObvious division of Traveler's Tales]] was created to work on the Crash Bandicoot series, this being their first, and last, game. It was intended to revive the Crash series, breathe some much-needed life into it, since ''The Wrath of Cortex'' had been a near carbon-copy of ''Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped''.

Their intention was to make a huge game, full of what made the Crash games so good and then some, and spanning multiple dimensions, and even planets, where Crash would help out the locals in fending off the Evil Twins' forces, called Crash Bandicoot Evolution.

Despite loads of concept art and tons of ideas, Evolution was scrapped in favor of the simpler Twinsanity, which would simply span a few islands and a few dimensions.

* AwesomeAussie: Dingodile. Period.

* AbortedArc: At the end of the game's first world, the Evil Twins describe something called the 'Vice-Versa Reversa Device', which is sucking the goodness out of Crash's dimension, and depositing it into the Tenth Dimension. This is brought up once, in a cutscene, and is never mentioned again, and never comes up in-game.

* BigBallOfViolence: The 'Rollerbrawl' segments of the game, where you control Crash and Cortex in a literal ball of violence through Marble Madness-like levels.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Crunch shows up at Crash's 'birthday party' with a cake and a party hat. He's clearly confused by all the villains that are there.
* ContinuityPorn: It's very clear the developers had played the Naughty Dog Crash games a good twenty times a piece. Within the first half hour of gameplay, you've already seen Crash's House, briefly glimpsed in Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, and seen a truckload of villains from the previous games. It only gets better from there.
* CrateExpectations: As per usual for the Crash games, crates litter each stage with no explanation. Only this time, you don't need to break [[GottaCatchEmAll every single one.]]

* DoorToBefore: Being a more free-roaming game, there are passageways back to previous areas. Strangely, few of the 'doors' actually are, most of them are platforms that appear out of nowhere, or start moving.
* DualBoss: N. Tropy and N. Brio show up [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere out of seemingly nowhere]] to confront crash on a small floating landmass. N. Brio attacks Crash as a huge frog-like thing, and N. Tropy splits up the platform into bits and attacks Crash from a distance. N. Tropy is the only one you can actually attack, though.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Nina showed up in Crash Purple during this game's creation. She had a completely different personality, and was used [[TheyJustDidntCare without any permission from Traveler's Tales.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Naturally, as it is a Crash game, but Nina gets in on the spinny fun as well.

--> '''Coco:''' "YouMonster Let my brother go!" ''(She delivers the aforementioned kick)''

* LighterAndSofter: While the Crash games have never been particularly dark, Twinsanity places a greater emphasis on humour which would continue throughout the Radical games.

* NostalgiaLevel: Most of the first world counts, specifically Jungle Rumble and Totem Hokem. The first is a throwback to the first stages of the original CrashBandicoot, and the second is a throwback to the native fortress stages, complete with a recreation of Papu-Papu's hut, [[ContinuityPorn down to the textures.]]
* NotableOriginalMusic: The soundtrack was composed by Spiralmouth, an a capella group, which gives the game a very distinctive sound style, compared to all the other CrashBandicoot games.

* OneWingedAngel: N.Brio, as usual, only this time he turns into some sort of giant frog.

* PowerCrystal: The [[PlotCoupon Plot Coupons]] of the game, as mentioned above. [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment There's only twelve in the entire game, and it's impossible]] ''[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment not]]'' [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment to get them.]]

* SceneryPorn: Unlike ''The Wrath of Cortex''[='s=] stiff, ugly, off-model graphics, Twinsanity is very, very pretty, filled to the brim with little details, crisp textures, great character models, and good special effects.

* TheStarscream: Almost ''every'' prominant ally of Cortex turns on him after hearing of the Twin's supposed treasure. Dingodile even directly attacks the doctor at one point.

* ToiletHumour: To be expected, as the script was written mostly by former RenAndStimpy writers, but this also means it's ActuallyPrettyFunny.

-->'''Cortex:''' "The check ''bounced''?! Well, [[CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex Wrath of Cortex]] didn't do as good as we had hoped..."

* SceneryPorn: Unlike CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex's stiff, ugly, off-model graphics, Twinsanity is very, very pretty, filled to the brim with little details, crisp textures, great character models, and good special effects.

Despite these changes to form, the game manages to feel very Crash-like, possibly more than its extremely standard predecessor, ''CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'', also developed by Traveller's Tales.