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To me Crash is way more recognizable than Lara Croft to casual fans...sort of. No offense, but Croft pretty much just looks like a person with guns. They may accidentally call Crash him a Sonic character or something similar, but as a "cartoon-y animal platformer" he's top ten for sure. Calling his series the Dark Souls of platforming still seems to resonate with CTR
Yeah, that's what I meant. She's iconic to a numerous amount of people. Sorry if I worded it weird.
The more Playstation All-Stars that are in this game instead, the better!
I think it's possible that Activision doesn't want people to make speculations about crash.
Don't worry; as a veteran CNK player, it took me 2 weeks to unlock N. Tropy. I usually dedicated time to trying daily during the GP, since it benefits nitro as well. Remember to keep reserves at nearly all times, and really all I can say for Tiny Arena is it's usually better to extend turbo boosts than to jump on certain hills, and you have to tap the brake button in air on certain turns to get past them without losing time.
Until today (when I asked about it on another site), I had no idea what reserves were. I'll try to practice slide-boosting consistently, but I have no idea how it's going to be possible on the tracks that have a lot of bottomless pits, like the one where you race Pinstripe.
By my understanding, the more that you chain slide-dashes together (holding L and tapping R, or holding R and tapping L), the more that your reserves build up. So if you're constantly slide-dashing throughout the race, your dashes last longer and become more effective.
Crash 3 is my favorite game in the series, but the bike levels are such a huge stain on it. I don't even mind that it's so heavy on vehicle levels in general, but the bike ones are just awful, especially the post-game one with the UFOs. At least they let you retry the level instantly in the N. Sane Trilogy, which is something I guess.
It was never present on the Switch version, just on Ps4.
I'd like to provide some constructive feedback on the moveset; it seems that there's too many tornado moves in there. Yes he's known for spinning, but if you take the Sonic route with his attacks it comes off as a bit boring. Not counting the back throw there's 5 tornado moves and that seems excessive; there's a healthy amount of material to be pulled from Skylanders, the Naught Dog games and Twinsanity and it seems like they're being overlooked. A Flip-Kick and Dive-Kick from Skylanders, tons of props from ND-era gimmick levels, and at least a Down Throw from Twinsanity.
move, I’m not too big on Crash being another or where he ends up gimmicky or uninspired. AlReADy UsEs SpIN MoVE”
Yea, personally I'd only have 3 tornado moves max in my moveset: the default spin from the games and the 2 I drew up. With the default spin as his neutral B, you can extend its duration, have him hover with it, and attack people; that's versatile enough to not need any other buttons for a full spin. Spinning body parts like an arm or leg is fine but that shouldn't be overused either.I think it’s better to just keep the spin-attack for the
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It’s controls would be exactly like the Tornado move in Warped where you spin faster depending on how much you tap the button, Incineroar’s functions automatically.
Tbf he throws TNT crates around in Skylanders, so it's not unprecedented and could be a lot of fun in Smash if you also threw in some of the other crate varieties.
) As spinning whilst moving forward is pretty important in Crash gameplay, no? He could still utilise the death tornado throughout so you could play as him just like in the games, also making his slide his dash attack, his Super Charged Body Slam his down areal, his Rocket Jump as his Up Special maybe garnished with the Jetpack from Crash 2 and his Fruit Bazooka as his Special or Side Special. Maybe Neutral Special with Side Special being the crate thing?
The TNT crates are still more out of place than Mario using Koopa shells for his moveset. In Mario's case it's much more in line with his games for obvious reasons; Crash is associated with crates, but not those crates. It's almost like justifying the beakers from CTR when that's definitely N. Brio's thing. Ripper Roo's known for the explosives. Crash is known for spinning, sliding, body slamming, and gimmick levels that range from riding animals to flying aircraft. Surely, any of those props plus the non-explosive crates would be fine on Crash, especially when TNT boxes can be items that anyone could use.Tbf he throws TNT crates around in Skylanders, so it's not unprecedented and could be a lot of fun in Smash if you also threw in some of the other crate varieties.
Having him spin in different ways for at least a couple different moves is a pretty neat idea for his iconic ability. For his main spin, I'd maybe go with the Megaman route of it being his neutral/side tile/areal, but not forward/back areals? (yeah, I've been swayed
And for his Down Special, could his Super Slide from N-Tranced be used, maybe?
So, would Aku Aku work as some kind of shield, maybe?
Eh, in my case he'd take a portion of the damage and limit the knockback inflicted on Crash. Anything that hits Crash will be felt by his mask, so he's not an outright block but instead a temporary buff; he'll float near Crash but attacks will go through him, so while he's not shielding him per se he's upping Crash's defenses (flinch, damage and launch resistance) passively. There'd be a large recharge time between summoning him again, and if Aku Aku is still present after the recharge he can be upgraded to his golden form. The golden Aku Aku gives Crash higher defenses; not super armor but respectably close. He can't reach a tier higher than his golden form.
Well, I had a similar idea. Basically, it goes like this: There are two meters. One purple for damage and the other turquoise. Through attacking and taking damage, the turquoise meter fills up. When full, Aku Aku is summoned, and he increases Crash's strength, speed, durability, etc. By attacking alone, Crash can fill up the turquoise meter again, which is now yellow. Filling it completely would make it so that Aku Aku turns golden. However, taking damage fills the purple meter, and if the purple meter is full, Aku Aku disappears and both meters reset, with the yellow meter becoming turquoise again. Now, when Aku Aku is golden, the yellow meter becomes golden, but Aku Aku can still disappear when the purple meter gets full, resetting the meter to turquoise again and making Aku Aku not be there and not show up again until the turquoise meter is full. When the now gold meter becomes full when Aku Aku is golden, he becomes like how he does in the Crash games when he is summoned three times, boosting Crash's powers and stats to the max. The purple gauge does not work at this time, but Crash is hardly invincible, and can still take damage, but far less damage than without Aku Aku. That said, the gold meter drains slowly overtime, without being refilled by attacks. When the golden meter is empty, Aku Aku disappears, and the golden meter turns turquoise and Crash will have to attack and take damage to summon him again. Each time Aku turns golden or is effectively "summoned three times", the purple meter resets.
It seems like a balancing act between the two meters, and honestly I like it. It gives off a tactical element as well; it somewhat looks like he'd have to over rely on the system, but the alternative is to have him not rely on it, but that would make the system useless. Keeping the damage meter under control while maxing out the turquoise meter sounds like a rewarding challenge. Nice idea!
Well then, glad you like the idea! Of course, needless to say, using the shield and dodging attacks would be essential to keeping the purple meter from going full and causing Aku Aku to disappear.
: Jetpack from Cortex Strikes Back, either functions like or .: Tornado Spin from Warped, functions exactly like the origin game where you continue to spin rapidly depending on the button mashing and even allows you to hover.: Fruit Bazooka, functions exactly like Warped where you aim the fighters with a sensor and pelt them with Wumpa Fruits leaving a mess effect just like : Crates, he spawns all 3 types of crates from the games, the normal ones, TNT, and Nitro.
Or Aku Aku could be an item that functions like the Dragoon parts and Daybreak item, where you can collect three Aku Akus to gain enhanced abilities and reduced damage from attacks, with Aku Aku being golden when three masks are collected, of course.
The multiplayer exclusive "Carbon Crash" always comes to mind, as well as Fake Crash as an alternate character. Besides those, maybe pulling from Nitro Fueled or basing palettes off other characters, like a Blue and Bone gray skin to represent Ripper Roo?
Howdy, Madda here with another leak from around the web. Toys for Bob recently posted them doing community work on their Twitter. One of their images just so happened to reveal a little bit too much about some artwork lying around. Since then, they've deleted the tweet and reposted it cropping the section out.
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A couple of things that are noticeable:
- This is all new artwork (obviously)
- Cortex's outfit matches his original trilogy design because of the yellow gloves
- Dingodile's new outfit and design (larger, pronounced belly) suggest this is perhaps another reboot/art style shift
- N. Brio's hulk form is above N. Tropy
- Mutants(?) or Gods up at the top have never been seen before
I'm assuming the new characters at the top might be the "ancients" that Aku Aku has mentioned multiple times. A new Crash game!?Howdy, Madda here with another leak from around the web. Toys for Bob recently posted them doing community work on their Twitter. One of their images just so happened to reveal a little bit too much about some artwork lying around. Since then, they've deleted the tweet and reposted it cropping the section out.
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A couple of things that are noticeable:
- This is all new artwork (obviously)
- Cortex's outfit matches his original trilogy design because of the yellow gloves
- Dingodile's new outfit and design (larger, pronounced belly) suggest this is perhaps another reboot/art style shift
- N. Brio's hulk form is above N. Tropy
- Mutants(?) or Gods up at the top have never been seen before
With microtransactions, unfortunately.
I like most of the alternate palettes in this video.
& were featured in Skylanders and Smash being a much bigger deal then PSASBR for anyone who use that argument.
DAYUM! Now that is crazy good!https://clips.twitch.tv/CoyZealousCakePeteZarollTie
Activision approves Crash’s inclusion!
Now it just comes down to if Nintendo will select him in which I hope so.
For those who use “muh stingy company” people have to remember that Nintendo (you know, the higher ups above Sakurai?) are the ones picking DLC, not just one guy.
So while I except him to be pricey, I imagine hypothetical negotiations will go normally as we already know
Hopefully they put a good word in to the suits higher up. I know this is Activision were dealing with, But hopefully they can look past the profits and see how much Crash Bandicoot has earned a spot in Super Smash Bros to rumble with video game's elite, Please don't let this be another Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale scenario and outcome.https://clips.twitch.tv/CoyZealousCakePeteZarollTie
Activision approves Crash’s inclusion!
Now it just comes down to if Nintendo will select him in which I hope so.
For those who use “muh stingy company” people have to remember that Nintendo (you know, the higher ups above Sakurai?) are the ones picking DLC, not just one guy.
So while I except him to be pricey, I imagine hypothetical negotiations will go normally as we already know
Well you never know, nobody has ever asked Bobby Kotick (Activision CEO) if he was interested in Crash joining Smash....and with N Sane Trilogy & Nitro Fueled doing extremely well, there’s a good future for the bandicoot.