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Mini Fanfic #1042: Another Round, Santa Baby?~ (Sonic X Crash)

10:54 p.m. at the Crocodile's Residence's Living Room........

Vanilla: (Watches the Kids Sleeping Together on the Living Room Sofa With a Bright Smile on her Face) Awww~ Look at how cute our babies are bundled up together, Vector-Kins~

Vector: (Chuckles Lightly With his Arms Crossed Together) I know, right? Our kids are pretty cute as hell if I do say so myself. And look at this.

Vector points at Tails and Coco sleeping woth one another with the later covered up nicely around her fox friend's two, fluffy tails.

Vanilla: (Starts Gushing Some More at the Two Sleeping Duo) My goodness~ Those two look so precious cuddling up with one another~ (Turns to Vector) Do you think they'll make a cute couple one of these days?

Vector: (Shrugs) I think so. Those two kept saying they're only just friends, but give 'em a few more years. (Smirks Teasingly) They'll be all lovey dovey with one another in no time.

Vanilla: (Giggles Softly) Right. But now with that out of the way....(Sticks her Hand Out to Vector) Shall we complete our Christmas shopping for the year, my dear husband?~

Vector: (Place his Hand on Top of his Wife's) Let's.

Few Minutes Later at the Time Square's Grand Market, Hats' Section......

Vector: (Examines a Backless, Burnt Like Hat Resembling That to Jotaro Kujo's) I don't get it. Like, how the heck did that Jotaro guy was able go on his weird, bizarre adventures wearing this messed-up looking thing on his head all day?

Vanilla: (Walks Towards her Husband While Pushing a Buggy With Five Boxes of Candy Inside) Maybe he put something on his hair that helps it stick together?

Vector: Maybe. Cheese been a fan of the guy for longest now, so he might know the real answer better than any of us.

Vanilla: Ooh! Which reminds me. Vector, we need to find a pair fighting gloves for Cheese to wear.

Vector: (Raises an Eyebrow in Confusion) Fighting gloves? Honey, have you seen all the times that Chao beaten all of Eggman's robots at ease? And at approximately fifteen seconds nonetheless!

Vanilla: ('Sigh') Yes, yes, I'm aware of the impressive feats. I just don't want our baby boy to start getting his hands broken. Or....rather his arms. I think?

Vector: (Shrugs) Eh. Fair. Here's hoping we can find his size.

Few Minutes Later at the Electronics Section.......

Vanilla: (Picks a DVD Up From the One of the Shelves with a Little, Cartoonish Looking Bee Grinning on the Cover) So this the Bee Movie Charmy wants for Christmas this year?

Vector: ('Sigh') Yeeup. The boys and I saw on the big screen a long while back and the kid is only one in the entire audience who actually likes it surprise- surprise.

Vanilla: Was it really that bad?

Vector: It was more weird if anything. The bee factory, bee military, the honey trial that happened at one point down the line, there's even this whole subplot of a woman having a romantic relationship with that bee on the cover who, mind you, is hell of a lot smaller than Charmy is in their universe.

Vanilla: I...see. (Smiles Sheepishly) Well, I guess our opinions doesn't really matter all that much iif he still likes the movie himself, right?

Vector: ('Sigh') Yeah, I guess so. Still weird.

Few Minutes Later at the Books Section..........

Vector: (Takes a Look at a Book that Reads "Ninja Powers For Dumbies" on the Front Cover) Huh. They actually made a about ninjas. Doubt any of this is accurate, buuut I'm sure Espio would find some use out of it. (Turns to Vanilla Behind Him) Got any more books to give him, dear?

Vanilla: (Pulls Up One of the Books He Has in her Hand) Just a few cookbooks and ingredients he'll might be interested in.

Vector: (Walks Over and Reads the Title of the Book Vanilla's Holding Up in Particular) "The Essence of Ramen Dishes"?

Vanilla: He's been taking a lot interest in making us ramen lately that I figured I would give him a book on how make different varieties of them.

Vector: His ramens are pretty tasty.....You think he'll might make a restaurant business out of this one of these days?

Vanilla: (Smiles Softly) I can see that as a possible future for him, so long as he's safe and happy.

Vector: Amen to that. (Gently Pulls Vanilla into a One Arm Hug) You're a good mom, you know that?

Vanilla: (Heart Begins to Melt as She Happily Hugs Vector Back) And you're a wonderful daddy~(Gives Vector a Loving Kiss on the Lips Before Raising an Eyebrow at Him) But do you mind telling me how we have bunch of dessert related coombooks in our buggy right now?

Vector: Uhhh...... (Shrugs With a Sheepish Smile Crept Up on his Face) Cause....I love you?

Vanilla: (Giggles Softly Before Hugging her Husband Again) Love you too, you silly crocodile~ Now, how about we wrap this night up by getting our baby girl her best gift yet?

Vector: Yeah, it that cute looking pony bike she's been asking for, right? We can get that for her no problem.

Few Minutes Later at the Bicycle Section......

The crowd of adults begins to fist fight one another for the pony like bike as Vector and Vanilla watches the action unfolds in the mid distance.

Vector: ('Sigh') Never mind. Guess we're gonna have to deal with THIS crap now, unfortunately....

Vanilla: (Frowns Deeply at the Scene) Why couldn't they just talk it out instead of pointlessly hurting each other?

?????: Because that would assume that they would have common sense.

The couple to see the evil scientist, Dr Eggman, standing right next to them.

Eggman: Which they clearly don't. (Takes a Loud Sip of his Drink)

Vector: Eggman, what are you doing here?

Eggman: Christmas shopping obviously. I got almost everything on the list. The only thing I need to do now is to find something that would peek interest to my little girl back home.

Vanilla: (Eyes Widened in Surprise and a Bit of Disbelief) I'm sorry. But....are you implying that you have a-

Vector: (Eyes Widened in Complete Disbelief) DAUGHTER!?

Eggman: (Smiles Brightly) That's right. (Shows the Couple a Photo of His Daughter Smiling Sitting Next to her Father and Robot Brotherings While Wearing a Black Vest) Her name is Sage Ivo Robotnik. A power A.I. I created a while back whom I've now treated as one of my own ever since.

Vanilla: ('Gasps') Oh my gosh, Vector, she looks so cute and squish~

Vector: Yeah. She....actually looks good in this photo, doc. In fact, the entire family portrait as a whole looks nice.

Eggman: Why, thank you! I cannot tell you how long it took me find a decent photographer take our pictures. (Rolls his Eyes) And don't even get me started on the payment fees.....It was a nightmare to pay! ('Sigh') But I suppose all of that doesn't so long as my little angel is satisfied.

Vanilla: (Clasps her Hands Together While Gushing Over the Doctor's Words) Awww~

Vector: (Almost at a Loss For Words) Wow. You're.....really taking the whole parent role this seriously, aren't you?

Eggman: Of course I'm taking it seriously. I mean, yeah, it's a challenge, a very exhausting one at that.....(Takes a Deep Breath While Speaking) But it's fine. I knew what I was getting myself into the moment I made Sage from scratch and I intend keep moving with this responsibility going forward. Ooh but speaking of which, would it be fine with you two if we set up a play date for the kids in the near future? The last thing I want is for my girl be coped up in a laboratory all day.....

Vanilla: (Turns to Vector For a Brief Second Before Turning Back to the Doctor with a Simple, Happy Nod) It would be an honor, Doctor. We could start the play date on the first week of the new year if you like. There's just one, teensy favor I need from you first.

Eggman: (Smiles Brightly) Spendid! A-And sure! What sort of favor you two need at the moment.

Vanilla: (Places her Hand onto Eggman's Shoulder) Oh it's nothing too grand~ Just wanted to let you know that- (Suddenly Gives Eggman a Dark, Menacing Glare as She Starts Squeezes his Shoulder Tightly With her Nails) If you ever try to kidnap me and/or bring harm to my family again, I'll find and I will beat and burn you and your entire legacy down to the ground in body bags, got it?

Vector: (Crosses his Arms at a Very Terrified Doctor) Better take her words to heart, doc. Saw her got provoked once. (Shakes his Head a Bot Slowly) Not a pretty good sight.

Eggman: (Starts Sweating Bullets as He Begins to Let Out a Gulp) Y-Yes. Dully noted, 100%!

Vanilla: (Immediately Went Back to Smiling at the Doctor) Wonderful!~ (Lets Go of Eggman's Shoulder Before Sweeping the Dust Off of Him With her Hand) I'm so glad we came to an agreement.

Eggman: Yes. (Chuckles Awkwardly and Nervously) Me too. And don't worry about Sage. She's a very kind young lady for the most part, so I'm sure the your offsprings will take a liking to her instantly. (Turns Back to the Brawling Crowd) As for the crowd in front of us.....

Eggman pulls out a highly tech mini blaster from his buggy and freeze the crowd in each of their place. Leaving the bicycle itself unharmed.

Vanilla: (Gasps at What She Just Witnessed)

Eggman: (Whirls the Blaster Up and Back Down to the Buggy With a Satisfied Smile on his Face) There. Problem solved.

Vanilla: (Immediately Turns Back to Eggman With a Glare on her Face) Doctor Robotnik Eggman! You didn't have to freeze them solid like that!!

Eggman: On the contrary, Mrs. Crocodile, I did. They were getting too crowded and noisy for my liking.

Vector: Yeah and besides....(Picks the Bicycle Up and Carries It With Him) At least we don't have to worry about fighting tooth and nail to get our baby carrot's gift.

Vanilla: ('Sighs in Defeat') That's true. And this is the final gift on the list, so....(Reluctantly Shrugs) Mission accomplished I suppose....(Turns to the Frozen Crowd) They won't be frozen forever, will they?

Eggman: (Flail his Arm Down) Oh relax, will you? (Starts Walking Away With the Married Couple Following Pursuit) They won't stay like that forever. Give it a few minutes or so and they'll be unthaw in no time. Probably. I haven't used this blaster for the longest time now, so i don't have slightest clue how long the freezing process will take.

Vector: Ah geez...

Moments Later at the Market's Parking Lot.......

Vector: (Let's Out a Sigh as He Gets Into the Family Van Along with Vanilla) Finally. We're done shopping for the year.

Vanilla: And we didn't have to spend anything too expensive this time around. Thank goodness for that.....

Vector: Tell me about it. (Places his Hand on his Forehead) I still can't get over the fact that Eggman of all people, is being a parent. And a fairly decent one at that......

Vanilla: (Smiles Sheepishly) I'd be lying if I say that didn't took me out of the loop for a second there. But I'm sure there isn't for us to worry about so long as he treats her well.

Vector: ('Sigh') Yeah, you're right about that. I still got my eye on him though.

Vanilla: (Giggles a Little) Of course you do, dear. ('Sigh') But alas, Christmas morning is upon us. And I suppose that means you're going to play the role as Santa again, aren't you?

Vector: Yeah, but.....(Turns to Vanilla With a Smirk on his Face) Not without help.

Vanilla: Not without hel- (Immediately Gasps Loudly by that Statement) Wait. Y-You don't mean-

Vector: I got your costume up and ready for you in my detective office. So with that in mind....(Gently Picks Vanilla's Hand Up in a Propsal like Fashion) Would you do me the honors of being my Mrs. Claus-

Vanilla: YES!~ (Immediately Pulls Vector into a Tight, Loving Hug)

Vector: ( Chuckles Lightly While in her Wife's Embrace) Sheesh, Vanilly!~ I know you wanted to play the role, but I didn't think you be that excited for it.

Vanilla: I couldn't help it~ Her sweet, mother hen characteristics were practically made for me. Granted, I.....am not really sure what her usual lines are...(Quickly Puts On a Determined Look on her Face) But I'll do my very best to do her proud!

Vector: (Smiles Sheepishly) That's good and all, but try not to stress over it too much, alright? You'll do just fine.

The Next Morning......

'Door Opens'

Santa (Vector): (Walks in the Living Room Carrying a Large, Red Sack) HO! HO! HO! HO!

Kids/Cheese: SANTA!/CHAO CHAO!

Cream: (Eyes Begins to Sparkle at the Sight of the Man in Red) You're visiting us again, this year!?~

Santa: Better believe it, Little Cream! And joining me on this fine Christmas Morning is none other thaaaaan.....

Vanilla: (Happily Presents Herself in Front of the Doorway While Wearing a White Wig and Red and White Dress) Mrs. Claus!~

Cream: ('Gasps') Mrs. Claus is here too?~

Mrs. Claus: (Walks Into the Living Room) That's right, my sweet darling. I'm sorry I wasn't able to make it last year. I had to make sure the workshop is in good shape while Santa was away delivering presents.

Cream: There's no need for you to apologize for that, ma'am. (Walk Over and Gives "Mrs. Claus" a Loving Hug) We're just so happy to finally meet you in person.

The rest of the kids soundly agrees as they join in on the hug fest, making the woman in red heart melt and tear up at how precious each of them are.

Mrs. Claus: Oh my sweet little angels.....(Happily Pulls The Gang into a Big Hug) I'm so happy to see you all too!!~

Santa: (Watches the Group in the a Bit of a Short Distance, Standing Next to Espio) ('Sigh') This is sweet. (Snickers a Bit) And ironic that I'm getting my thunder stole by my own wife of all people.

Espio: Considering her absent last year, It's only fair that she takes the limelight of attention for once, Mr. Claus. (Raises an Eyebrow) Or should I say Vector?

Vector: Already figured me out, huh?

Espio: I already knew it was you last year. I just choice not to say it outright.

Vector: (Ruffles the Top of Espio's Head) Appericate you for doing that. Which reminds me.....(Turns to Espio While Pointing at Him) I need a favor from you.

Espio: (Slowly Raises his Eyebrow at Vector Again in a More Suspicious Like Manner) ....What sort of favor exactly?

Vector: Well, I've been thinking, since I've managed to get your mother to play Mrs. Claus, we might be in need of an elf-

Espio: No.

Vector: Oh come on, man! I can't blow my cover by asking one of the kids to do it for us. You're the only person right for the job!

Espio: (Groans While Giving Vector an Unconvinced Look)

Vector: Please? You can be the silent, assassin bodyguard or whatever. You don't even have say or do anything if you don't want to. Promise.

Espio: (Stares at Vector a Few Seconds More Before Letting Out a Sigh of Defeat) I'll see what I can do.

Vector: (Smiles Brightly) Thanks man, you won't regret it. Ooh! And I also got a lot to tell you about Eggman too.

Espio: You do? What about him exactly?

Vector: Well...

Vector Starts whispering the details into the chameleon's ears until eventually.....

Espio: HE WHAT!!!?

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[pulciozza]

Fun fact N. Gin's my 2nd fav scientist ::]]

Brio and Tropy got ruined for me fuck this shit

[baa-whatever]

Alright so, I get that the Sun and Moon family are not blood related. That's fine. HOWEVER, they still see each other as siblings and have common sense to know that it's creepy to turn around from calling their brother/sister to calling them bf/gf. They've literally made fun of people on their show for shipping them with each other.

You do not get to demand the writers to change it because you said so either, that's...absolutely pathetic you think you can.

Just reminded me of that one person who was like "We need to get the creators of Crash bandicoot to make Coco his girlfriend instead of his sister!!!" it's old but still that was stupid they thought they could get people to do that. Pretty sure that got taken down by now it's been years since then.

Stop trying to shove your ships in people's face. Not everybody's going to agree with it.

Molten isn't their sibling, they've talked about it. He was built to blend in with his surroundings and capture someone they needed. That's all he did anyway, he captured and tortured Ruin, he captured Goliath and brought him back to the lab.

Ruin is just an Eclipse. He's not THE Eclipse. His Sun and Moon died and he just took over after.

The thing in Sun's head? A torture device the creator built. I'm assuming anyway since it's designed to watch and-I think he mentioned it was able to recreate something into a nightmare? Have to wait and see what'll happen once it breaks out.

Puppet isn't their sibling, Henry doesn't see Sun and Moon as his family even though he helped build them, even Puppet and Moon agreed on this.

Goliath is just another tool for the Creator. I see him as just another Bloodmoon where Molten was a bit more willing to listen and help out which made it easier on them to bring him in and fix his systems. He calls them his siblings but he would hurt them for the Creator and have fun with it. So he's pretty much dead to them right now.

[centralcazer]

My top 3 favorite characters from each videogame franchise I like:

Super Mario:

1 - Yoshi

2 - Peach

3 - Waluigi

Honorable mention: Captain Syrup

Sonic the Hedgehog:

1 - Tails

2 - Rouge

3 - Any. I like most of the characters equally

Kirby:

1 - Dedede

2 - Meta Knight

3 - Kirby (maybe)

Mega Man:

1 - Proto Man

2 - Mega Man

3 - Elec Man

Honorable mention: Zero

Contra:

1 - Bill Rizer

2 - Ray Poward

3 - Lance Bean

Crash Bandicoot:

1 - Crash

2 - Coco

3 - Isabella

Honorable mention: Tawna

Castlevania:

1 - Alucard

2 - Richter Belmont

3 - Trevor Belmont

Street Fighter:

1 - Vega

2 - Ryu

3 - Cammy

Honorable mention: R. Mika

Zelda:

1 - Din (Oracle of Seasons)

2 - Link

3 - Nayru (Oracle of Ages)

Metroid:

1 - Samus

2 - Ridley

3 - Mother Brain

Mortal Kombat:

1 - Johnny Cage

2 - Sonya Blade

3 - Kung Lao/Kenshi

Fatal Fury:

1 - Joe Higashi

2 - Duck King

3 - Billy Kane

The King of Fighters:

1 - King

2 - Kyo Kusanagi

3 - Shingo Yabuki

[kinghijinx22]

So I bought Crash Bandicoot 4 It's About Time on my laptop and I've been playing it today

Holy shit dude this game is awesome, I think I'm about half way and it might actually be the best Crash game. It feels like an absolute love letter to the entire series but especially that original trilogy while doing so many cool new things as well. It finally brings back that old style of platforming and introduces cool concepts to build on it, especially with the new masks they add which give you different abilities like turning platformers on and off, slowing down time, longer spinning in the air ect.

They also bring back a lot of the iconic character from throughout the series and you actually get to play as a few of them. In Crash 3 they made Coco playable but only in her own gimmick levels, in Crash 4 you actually get to play as her in every normal level, you can choose between her and Crash which is great because I love Coco, the tech girl and smarter younger sister of Crash has always been really cool to me. They also bring back Tawna, except it's not Crash's ex but instead a new Tawna from a different dimension with a different explorer sort of design and spy kind of attitude that I actually really like, she almost feels like the Spider Gwen of Crash and I'm assuming you know exactly what I'm talking about when I say that. Tawna gets some of her own unique levels though, because they are designed around her unique abilities of grapple hook and wall jumping. A bunch of the series villains previous also come back as boss fights, but you even get to play as a couple of them, including Crash's rival Cortex and massive fan favorite Dingodile who I don't think has ever been playable before, but they both get their own unique abilities and levels as well.

So yeah this game has been very fun and there is so much to love, I will say that it's probably also the hardest game in the series? Like by a bit actually and only Crash 1 comes close, and it's surprising because I think for a lot of long running series they usually suffer from the later games becoming too easy. But along with all the nostalgic callback, the game's difficulty also kind of feels like it was designed with long time fans in mind? I think newer players could still enjoy it but it does get hard. Still a very fun game to play though, and it is overflowing with Crash's usual charm. One more thing I'll mention is that the presentation is amazing as well, beautiful animation and I absolutely love the cartoony style, it feels like a natural evolution of the PS1 cartoony style.

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Spell out your url using characters you love from any media. then, tag as many people as there are letters in your url ( or however many you'd like ! ) inspired by the song titles dashboard game.

s - Starfire, duh!

t - Titania from Fire Emblem

a - All my own characters (bc I have to mention them and don't wanna fill a dozen spots with them)

r - I can't think of anyone except bc I played that recently Rivet from Ratchet&Clank (wouldn't say love but I need more names to add)

s - Sailor Moon (? More like the whole show and not that one specific character)

m - Mercy from Overwatch

u - Ur characters when I get to love them through RP! (General 'u' here bc it happened with multiple ppl before)

s - (Super) Princess Peach (I need an excuse to add her when talking about fav chars)

e - Eevee and all it's eeveelutions (idk I would name specific ones but I couldn't think of anything for E thus Eevee it is)

r - Ran from Detective Conan (wouldn't say love but I need more names to add)

a - Angewomon (more Gatomon/Tailmon and all evolutions but again I needed sth for A)

i - Jirachi (yes I know it's J not I but I'm trying)

n - Nora from RWBY (would've named Pyrrha more but I don't wanna name my own chars where avoidable bc they're obvious)

b - Bandicoot, Coco

o - Ookami (mostly the game, but for the sake of character let's say Amaterasu)

w - W.i.t.c.h. and Winx! (Yes yes I know, come on I'm trying)

Tagged by @nuravity thank you! This was way more of a challenge than I expected!

[shinigami-striker]

Crash Bandicoot: Warped | Friday, 11.03.2023

On this day in gaming, Crash Bandicoot: Warped was released on this date exactly 25 years ago on the original PlayStation console! Produced by both Sony Computer Entertainment and Universal Interactive Studios and developed by Naughty Dog, the 3rd game in the series introduces time travel to the game's plot, with the addition of playing as Crash's sister, Coco for the very first time. Not to mention that the game itself received critical acclaim for its solid improvements on its audio, gameplay, and graphics compared to the previous two predecessors.

P.S.: although Warped received several new sequels after it came out over the years, it was directly followed by Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time in 2020 as the official (and canon) sequel.

[thedestinysunknown]

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex - Tsunami:

"Second level with Coco, and in the previous post I've mentioned how much I liked her gameplay and first level...unfortunately I can't say the same about this one. There's way too many annoying moments, specially if you are trying to beat the game 100%."

PS: the gameplay used for this gifset is not mine. The original video belongs to the user: JokerAlex21, on Youtube.

[patchdotexe]

what happens in the sonc ass bazooka games. i have never played crash bandicoot. i have two cash banooca cartridges (one for either gba/ds and one for switch) but i have only touched the switch version for five seconds. what happens in the sonic's ass games

absolutely thrilled at the first sentence of this ask. crash does get a bazooka btw i dont remember if ive said that yet

UM OK SO in the first game crash is an experiment by dr cortex to try and make an army of super-furries but the brainwashing fails on him so crash bails and then realizes "oh no i left my girlfriend :(" so he goes All The Way Back to fight cortex and rescue tawna (who then didnt appear in any other games for a very long time)

gameplay-wise, you go through a bunch of levels with different themes (jungle, water, spooky bridge, spooky castle, ancient ruins, toxic waste factory, etc) and break boxes as you go to get gems that unlock optional side paths and a 100% ending. crash can only take 1 hit before he dies but he can collect masks to give himself an extra hit or two and if he gets 3 masks then he becomes invincible for a bit. it sometimes gets described as a sidescroller but Forwards? bc the level design is very straightforward and corridor-ish, but i never found it feeling too restrictive or anything

in the second game cortex is like HEY. CRASH. I KNOW YOU HATE ME BUT UHHHMMMM GET ME 25 CRYSTALS OR THE EARTH IS GONNA BLOW UP :( NOT BC OF ME THO IM GONNA FIX IT I SWEAR and crash goes 👍 and then finds out that actually cortex is lying out his ass and needs the crystals to power his orbital space laser. and then crash blows it up

this is also the game that introduces warp rooms as the level hubs!! bc crash 1 had a Map you'd traverse (which crash 4: it's about time brought back) but a lot of crash games starting with 2 have rooms with portals you go through and i like the crash 2 warp room a Lot because each level entrance is subtly styled based off of what type of level it is! like uhh the ruin levels have an entrance that looks kinda like the statues in it, and each floor of the warp room has a different visual aesthetic that matches the different level themes (snowy, sewer, space, space 2 this time with a jetpack, stream, statue ruins, s... sforest. Man)

the third game is the one i Actually Owned As A Kid and its got TIME TRAVEL !! WAOW cortex and his buddies are messing around in different time periods trying to get the crystals Again so crash and his sister coco have to try and get them first! i like cbc3 a lot, its really fun, also it's the one where crash gets a bazooka. and a motorcycle. and a plane. coco steals a tiger

(it also introduces my FAVORITE VILLAIN GUY, dingodile!! i was very bad at his bossfight as a kid)

HOWEVER the one that ive been mentioning me playing on here is the switch remake of Crash Team Racing, which is. not like any of those. because those are all collect-a-thon platformers. CTR is a kart racing game. with the plot being... what did i tell sion hold on

(i also owned the original as a kid and i was obsessed with it about as much as i was obsessed with crash 3. i was also very terrible at it so its very fun having the remake as an adult and having the nostalgia plus "oh im way better at this now")

uhhh after that it's like. crash gets an evil brother named crunch that barely gets to do anything after he becomes a good guy (he cameos in twinsanity and like. talks in titans ig? he doesn't really contribute to the plot. and gets possessed in mind over mutant.), cortex accidentally pisses off some birds from another dimension that are trying to take over the multiverse so he has to work with crash For Real This Time, cortex makes a bunch of really powerful mutant furries and builds a giant robot to do .. something..? and kidnaps coco and then gets upstaged by his evil-er niece nina (and everybody got redesigns that are very polarizing. im still mad that tiny got changed from a tasmanian tiger / thylacine to a normal tiger), cortex manages to mind control everybody but crash with vr headsets (i guess?? i didnt play those last two) so crash beats him up and the cutscenes have a lot of different art styles which is kinda cool, and then the current developers (bc crash keeps getting tennised around between developers) decided to roll all of that back and made a new timeline branching off of crash 3 where cortex and his time travel buddy n. tropy break time and space and crash needs to collect the quantum masks with power over time and space to fix it (and also tawna is back! except its an alt dimension version of her and shes super cool)

[crash 1 finishing a level voice] WHEW

[blackhakumen]

Mini Fanfic #1036: Finally Home at Last (Sonic X Crash x SSBU)

7:34 p.m. Outside of Tails' House.........

Tails: (Hops Out From his Tornado II Plane and Let Out a Sigh of Relief as Head His Way to.his House) Finally....I'm back home where I belong.

????: TAILS!!

Without any time to react, Tails suddenly gets tackled down onto the ground out of nowhere. As he winces a bit in pain, he looks up to see his tech buddy, Coco, looking down at him with a tearful smile on her face.

Coco: You're back home and okay!~

Wave: (Walks Towards the Grounded Duo With a Smile of her Own) About time too.

Tails: (Looks at his Two Friends in Front of Him) Coco?......Wave?......(Grabs Coco's Hands as She Helps Him Get Up From the Ground) What are you girls doing here?

Wave: We've been looking after your house and searching for you when you suddenly disappeared that day. (Points at Coco Besides Her) Bandicoot girl over here have been crying over you throughout the whole week.

Coco: (Eyes Widened Before Blushing and Glaring at Wave) W-Wave! I mean, sure....(Looks Away While Rubbing the Back of Her Head Back and Forth) I've been worried and....haven't gotten a lot of sleep as of late, but I haven't cried too much!.....Right?

Wave: Kid, you cried throughout the whole foxes documentary while eating through two cartons of ice cream earlier today.

Coco: Yeah, well....it wasn't my fault the similarities between them and Tails are uncanny....

Wave: Those foxes only have one tail.

Coco: It's been a long week, okay!?

Tails: (Frowns Worryingly at Coco) I'm really sorry, Coco. I didn't mean to make you guys worry for that long....

Coco: (Hugs Tails Woth a Reassuring Smile on her Face) Hey, you standing here in front of us right now is worth all the worry and sobbing.

Wave: Oh so NOW you admit it.

Coco: Shut up! (Rolls her Eyes in Annoyance) Anyways, there's nothing for you to apologize here, okay?

Tails: ('Sigh') If you say so. (Hugs Coco Back) I miss you guys so much....

Wave: (Gently Ruffles the Top of Tails' Head) We miss you too, shortie. Now, would you mind telling us where you've been all this time?

Tails: I got teleported into an alternate, cyber like universe.

Coco: Teleported? Like, out of the blue?

Tails: ('Sigh') Yeah.....There's so many crazy stuff that happened back there that I don't even know where to start. But first....there is a question I wanna ask you two before anything else.

Wave: Hm?

Coco: What's up, bud?

Tails: Of it's alright with any of you, do you...maybe....want to go on an adventure together someday? Just the three of us?

Wave: (Raises an Eyebrow in Curiosity) Adventure, you say? I'm guessing your cyberspace misadventure has brought to this question?

Tails: More or less. I had a lot to think about these past few days....about myself and everything been through up to this point. I've been following Sonic around for so long that I've practically forgotten how to be more independent. (Starts Frowning a Bit Sadly) Not to mention the fact I have been a burden to him in some cases......

Coco: Tails.......

Tails: (Starts Walking Back and Forth) So I figured that maybe just maybe, if I could go and embark on my own crazy, grand adventures, then it could could not only help me get out of my comfort zone of being the young, resourceful sidekick, but to also help me gain the confidence and independence that I've been losing for so long. (Stops Walking for a Second) And....what better way to start then to go on one.....(Let his Hand Out Towards the Girls While Letting a Smile, Hopeful Smile) with the two people I care about the most, besides Sonic, Amy, and my... aunts of course. N-Now, obviously, you guys don't have to come along woth if you really don't-

Coco: (Giggles Softly) Are you kidding? (Places One Arm Around Tails' Shoulder) Of course we can all go on an adventure together!~ I've been wanting to go to one with you dorks for a while now.

Tails: Really?

Coco: Really Really. Just don't ever worry about being burden, okay? Cause you can never to be one to us even if you try.

Tails: (Stares at Coco For a Belief Before Nodding in Agreement With a Smile) Right. (Hugs Coco Again) Thanks, Coco. (Places his Hand on his Chin While Thinking) Now, all we need to do is find what a place to start.

Wave: You know....there has been a few Babylonian Treasures I've been meaning to search for.

Tails/Coco: (Turns to the Older Swallow) Babylonian Treasures?

Wave: Yep. Jet wanted to look for them himself, but since our Extreme Gear business has been a marketable success for some time now, he never had a lot of freetime to do so. (Grabs her Chin While Thinking) Now that I mentioned it, i think most of them might be located all the way across the middle eastern from here.....

Tails: Middle Eastern.....(Eyes Begins to Widened at the Realization) You think they might be located at Glyphic Cannon? Maybe the Sky Temple above from it?

Wave: Probably. The only way the find out is go to those places ourselves.

Coco: (Smiles Brightly) Then it's settled. A future traveling trip to the Middle Eastern is go.

Wave: Hooold up. (Crosses her Arms) Before I inevitably agree to this notion, there's some ground rules we should set first.

Coco: (Immediately Gives Wave the Deadpinned Look) Seriously?

Tails: (Shrugs at Coco) She was the one who suggested a treasure adventure in the first place.

Coco: ('Sighs in Defeat') True. Alright, what are the rules?

Wave: First and foremost, since this lovely idea was made from yours truly, I will the leader of this operation, got it?

Tails: Okay.

Coco: Fair.

Wave: Second, any money related treasures we find will be split fifty-fifty. And any artifact treasures we'll happen to find will be given to Jet and Babylon Rogue Inc. Since again, it was-

Tsils/Coco: (Roll Their Eyes) Your idea. We get it, Wave...../We know....

Wave: Okay, okay, just making sure we're on the same page here is all. And third.....(Clicks her Teeth While Shrugging) I dunno. Don't get yourselves killed or whatever. Can't think of anything else besides that really.

Coco: Well, if that's the case....(Raises her Fost Up in the Air) Our future adventure trip- ('YAAAAAWN') is....officially a go.....

Tails: (Places his Arm Around his Bandicoot Friend While Chuckling Softly) Okay. I think I speak for the three of us that we all are in need for some R&R right now.

Wave: Agreed. (Starts Stretching her Arms Up While Yawning) The down low search party has been getting tiring each day.

Coco: ('Yawn') Yeah, no fooling. (Rest her Head Onto Tails' Shoulder as They Made Their Back to His House) Tails, can I use your tails as a blanket tonight?

Tails: (Gently Ruffles the Top of Coco's Hair) Sure thing, bud.

Coco: (Points at Tails While Pouting at Him) Hey. No ruffling on the hair, mister!

Tails: (Giggles Softly as He Takes his Hand Off of Coco's Head) Right. Sorry~

To Be Continued

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2024 Media Thread - #34

Crash Bandicoot Warped (N Sane Trilogy) (8/26/24) -  Score - 8/10

Oh hey, they stopped being extra. I was worried about going into this one. While Crash 2 was better it still had a lot of problems. This was the game I really wanted to play again and was worried kid me lied to me. Luckily, I think overall this is easily the best Crash game and a mostly good game. I’m going to start with the negatives cause there are way less this time. The split path thing I mentioned in Crash 2 is still here occasionally and it still sucks. Not nearly as bad as any of the Crash 2 examples but still stop making me have to take two paths awkwardly. The most notorious level in this game for me was one of the dinosaur levels where you had to backtrack and really hope you didn’t accidentally step in instant death lava. They also still have cases of the extra paths not taking you back to where you left off (I think that was the issue with the dino level as well,) but at least there isn’t any kaizo shenanigans or anything as extreme as those two levels I never beat in Crash 2. Everything else in the game is great. The time travel plot allows for a much more diverse set of levels, ranging from the land before time, the great wall of china, the future and even Arabian nights. You also have even more game play variation, from motorcycle levels, jet ski levels and airplane levels. Some of these are…better than others but they at least offer a nice break from the normal crash game play. The motorcycle levels can be a bit tough to do, but I honestly enjoyed trying to win the race in these. The air plane levels are really easy and the jet ski levels control kind of weirdly but are easy enough at least. There is also a tiger level that I think is much better than the polar bear levels from 2. Playing it normally is much slower than the polar bear, but if you want the time challenge, you’ll need to speed up a bit with your dash move. And yea this game has time challenges that are required. Technically the remake added time challenges into the first two games, but they don’t serve much of a point beyond bragging. Here you need so many time trials to unlock some extra levels. Trying to do the levels fast is pretty fun honestly. If these levels were stupid long I don’t think I’d enjoy it as much, but the short nature of them makes replaying them not as much as a slog. It also helps that I feel like unlike the first two games, they were clearly designed around this mechanic. Crash also gets upgrades for some reason after each boss. IDK why but it’s kind of neat to get a double jump or….wait a gun? WHY THE HELL DOES CRASH GET A GUN? Honestly the bazooka makes some annoying crates way easier because you can cheese them by shooting them with the gun. But, yea, it's just really silly. Because of these upgrades and individual challenges being less difficult in favor of more challenges and more variety the game ends up being overall way more chill. Lives barely matter here, mostly because the game is not even close to as demanding as in the past. Everything else from Crash 2 is mostly back. Alternate gems feel a bit less kaizo this time, with most of them not being that hard to obtain. Colored gems you can also gun for a bit easier with the level layout, so that aspect while still here is pretty much a non issue. I had most of the color gems obtained before I needed them. Bosses are about the same as Crash 2 and the music is about the same if a bit better. Coco is also officially here so that’s awesome. Overall, this is the Crash game you should play if you want to play Crash. It doesn’t make you cry by smashing crates on your head, 100 percent doesn’t feel like a herculean task, and the solid Crash gameplay you love is still here. And with time trials, you still have an element of perfection and challenge to aim for without making not as skilled players feel like shit. Let the good players try to go for the platinum relics, but don’t make it required. Crash 3 is a fun time and an actually good game.

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500 word sample of A Cortex Crises chapter 25

N. Gin got Tawna to put Nina into the wheelchair and all three of them walked out of the MechaBandicoot. Nina looks around where her eyes fall on Coco, or Coco’s body at least as the purple eyes shine to show it’s her mum. She seems to look so happy talking to Tiny who lets out a boisterous laugh at what she said. 

“Do you want to talk to her?” Tawna asks her. Nina takes a deep breath and gives a firm nod to show she’s ready as Tawna and N. Gin wheels her towards Nadia.

“HAHAHA THAT WAS MASTER USED TO BE LIKE?” Nadia laughs along with him,

“Oh shush you. It was really cute.” They hear someone clearing their throat and turn to see Nina, Tawna and N. Gin. Nadia’s eyes sparkle, 

“Hello Nina! Are you feeling better?” she asked as Nina looks away,

“Yes. I’m ready to talk now.” Tawna comforts her by touching her shoulder, 

“We’ll leave you alone.” she whispered as Tawna leaves her and N. Gin walks towards Tiny. 

“Come on you. Let’s see Dingo and Crunch. They have food.” N. Gin said, getting Tiny excited,

“TINY LOVES FOOD!” he shouts and sprints towards the kitchen leaving Nadia and Nina alone.

“You’re surrounded by a lively bunch. It’s never a dull day around here.” Nadia said while Nina still avoids eye contact, 

“Mmhmm” Nadia looks at Nina with a motherly look,

“I take it you got a lot going in your mind right now.” Nina tries to find the words but there's only one question running through her mind.

“Why did Dad lie?” Nadia smile fell as she takes a long sigh,

“I don’t know. When Aku aku told me I was just as shocked as you are. My only guess is he’s trying to protect you.” Nina starts to get frustrated, 

“Protect me from who!?” She shouts but Nadia keeps calm,

“Possibly from Uka uka.” Nina’s face suddenly went pale at the mention of his name. 

“The thing you have to understand about Uka uka is he loves to give you pain and misery as much as possible and takes delight from it to give pain to anyone who he considered beneath him. The only person he considers his equal is Dr. Tropy.” Nina looks at her with confusion,

“He works WITH Uka uka, not for him?” Nadia nods her head with a grimace look on her face, 

“Tropy has always been evil since I knew him back at school. He was always infatuated with me and unfortunately doesn’t get the hint that I wasn’t interested in him, that or he doesn’t care, as long as he gets what he wants and he wants me. And the rivalry between him and your father has always been there but it became more intense when it came out that your father and I were dating, and that did not bode well with Tropy.” Nina’s eyes widened,

“That’s why he imprisoned you! So he can keep you for himself.” Nina feels deep hatred for Tropy but one thing she doesn’t understand.

“What does Uka uka get out of this, and how did him and Tropy start working together?” Nadia starts thinking herself,

“I don’t know how they started working together, but if I know Uka uka, I’ll say he’s just in it for the ride as long as he gets to cause chaos too. That’s the only thing they have in common, and he gets your father to work for him by force. I was there when that happened.”

[a-fantastic-time]

As it was known to be, Crash & Coco defeated Dr. Cortex, N. Tropy, and Uka Uka with the Time Twister collapsing in on itself and stranding the villains in the prehistoric past, however, this with time involved, and there were possible other histories, which included this alternate timeline where Dr. Cortex and Uka Uka won instead, with N. Tropy stranding the bandicoots in the prehistoric past and willingly collapsing the Time Twister on itself to prevent them from coming back.

Months passed, it seemed more unlikely help wasn't coming by the day, the only ones who could help would be Tawna, Polar, and Pura, but it was uncertain if Aku Aku survived, since he would have done something by now, but Coco had resigned herself to the fact they weren't going back, even if she had it with her and had the means to keep it charged, her laptop would be useless.

"Crash, if we're stuck here, then we have some big things to thinks about." Said Coco as she hugged with her big brother to settle in for the night in the make-shift home, her some-what frazzled mind had decided to throw sense out the window as she make the moves to get her brother to have sex with her.

Crash had been doing well to provide for the two in the time they had spent here. He had gathered food and even resources for Coco to build them this shack they were inside of. They had to share a bed, which was something he didn't mind with his sister. He happily cuddled up with her to keep her warm, as nights here were brutal. The days were not much better with how hot it was, and not to mention the creatures around always trying to eat them.

Weeks turned to months, and by the time the two had found materials to make clothing, they had all but been stripped and reduced to wearing almost nothing at all. Which Crash seemed to al but enjoy, only wearing a single leaf to hide his crotch. Another day had past, and Crash had grabbed two massive dino eggs for them to eat for dinner, and after frying them up, the two laid in bed quietly as they had every night since they got here.

Although that changed when Coco suddenly sat up from their resting position to sudden hold onto her older brother. He rested his hands on her shoulders and cocked his head down at her, confused at what she was saying.

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CTR: Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled (2019) Review

[This review is a continuation of my Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy review. Please read that (and by extension my whole Crash Bandicoot review saga) first.]

In 2019, Activision Blizzard released Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled, a from-the-ground-up remake of Crash’s racing title. I have mixed feelings about this remake. On one hand, I think it’s great and it’s an objective improvement over the original. On the other hand, I have big issues with it. Both game design issues and moral issues. Let’s just jump into the comparison. 

Firstly, the obvious: graphics. While I had my issues with the artstyle in N. Sane Trilogy, I don’t have them here. CTR barely has you look at your character so your attention is fully focused on the environments you’re racing through, and I think they look incredible. This game can look stunning across the board. Lots of very pretty levels. Coco Park is probably my favorite in terms of visuals. However, there’s a major issue with the graphics, and that’s the performance. As I've mentioned earlier, this game only runs 30 FPS on all consoles, even the PS4 Pro and the PS5 with no next gen update on the horizon. The resolution is decent at least, on PS5 anyway. On Nintendo Switch, the game is locked to an ugly 720p, even docked. Honestly, this is unacceptable. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe looks just as pretty as this game and it runs a crystal clear 1080p and a buttery smooth 60fps on Switch. The fact Crash can’t even manage 60 on PS5 is pathetic. What makes it worse is that Nitro Fueled never got a PC release. So that means that not only is there no official way to play the game on PC, but there’s also no official way to play the game with a decent frame rate. However, that’s not to say there’s no way to play the game at 60fps. Since this game is on Switch, it can be emulated with Yuzu, and it runs flawlessly. On Yuzu, you can upscale the game to 1440p and beyond and you can also apply a simple 60fps patch. Now you can play the game with some decent visuals. You are held back by the Switch’s inherent visual drawbacks, but it’s worth it for the frame rate. If a fan can get this game running at 60fps, then they have no excuse.

Well graphics aside, how well does the gameplay hold up? The gameplay on the whole is mostly unchanged. There are subtle downgrades though, mainly to jumps. It’s simultaneously harder to land high jumps due to awkward collisions and easier to overshoot jumps due to their new momentum physics. There are other changes too, but they’re more subtle. Of course, none of the tracks were redesigned with the new physics changes in mind, so it simply plays worse, much like the N. Sane Trilogy. However, I don’t think it’s a game ruiner here like it was in Crash 1. These changes are, like I said, subtle. They’re only really noticeable if you compare the games back to back. So while Nitro Fueled does have worse gameplay, it’s barely noticeable so it's not a deal breaker. 

Besides, unlike N. Sane Trilogy, Nitro Fueled is far more than just the same game again with prettier graphics and worse gameplay. The N. Sane Trilogy only had one original thing in the whole game, being a post launch level. Nitro Fueled is jam packed with an insane amount of new content. We have an absolutely massive roster with 56 playable characters, all of which having plenty of unique skins. We also have an insane number of kart parts. Between bodies, tires, paint jobs, and stickers the amount of unique kart combinations is limitless. We have 40 tracks, all of which having their own time trials with different time crate placements and the new ring challenge mode with various ring placements. We also have battle mode, which itself has a good handful of maps with a bunch of different battle modes. They even remade all of the content from Crash Nitro Kart and just included it with this game. Combine that with the remade Adventure mode and a ton of stuff I didn’t mention, and this game is fucking insane with how much content it has. Even if the gameplay changes were bad enough to be really noticeable, the amount of content this game has alone would justify playing it. 

This is a great remake! So how did they fuck it up?

When I was just boasting about all this game’s content like its character count and customization options, I left out one crucial detail: how to unlock that content. The vast majority of this game’s content is locked behind the Pit Stop Shop. The Pit Stop Shop is a Fortnite-style store where a small collection of random items will be available for purchase for that day only. The next day everything will refresh. This store is online only, so if you don’t have an internet connection, you can’t buy anything. That means that most of the content on the disc/cartridge can’t be accessed without an internet connection and presumably once the Pit Stop Shop servers go down, so will most of the game. It gets worse though. How do you buy these items? You buy them with Wumpa Coins. How do you get Wumpa Coins? Well, either by grinding by playing online matches to get pitifully small amounts of coinage or by, you guessed it, spending money on microtransactions. Good ol’ Activision Blizzard. We all saw this coming, right? Let’s not forget that the whole reason this company even exists in the way it does today is because Activision wanted to jump on the live service bandwagon. 

However, I wouldn’t blame you for thinking this game wouldn’t have this bullshit considering that, quite literally, one month before launch the developers told us that this game wouldn’t have microtransactions at all. Then the game came out, and no microtransactions in sight. Everyone praised the game for not doing that in their reviews. Then a month after launch, after the positive reviews had gone out and after a lot of people already bought the game and got deeply invested in it, Activision announced they were adding microtransactions to the game. Not only that, but the in game shop “coincidentally” started upping the prices of everything within the shop. They made unlocking basic cosmetics a hell of a lot grindier all for the sake of pushing people into wasting their money on this crap. How utterly despicable, especially in a game aimed towards children. 

On the bright side, at least the online was good, right? Crash Team Racing is a game I’d love to have an online mode so I can play with other people. Adding an online mode to a CTR remake sounds like an incredible idea, and it is! Well, in concept at least. The online in Nitro Fueled was dead on arrival. Not even a few months after launch passed before people stopped playing. Gee, I wonder what happened to this game within a few months of launch that would turn off a lot of players. HMM. Anyway, it would take ages to find a full match, and when you did it wasn’t worth it. The most dedicated players were too advanced and the game had no matchmaking, so casual players will get destroyed and just stop playing. The characters were unbalanced. Every character was assigned an arbitrary class, and some classes were simply better than others. If you were a big Coco fan but you wanted a speed focused character, you were shit out of luck. Large portions of the roster weren’t even worth playing. The online didn’t even have servers! It was all peer to peer, which just made lag and disconnections even more of an issue. It also didn’t help the wait times either. That was all within a few months of launch. Nowadays, the game is completely dead. The only places to find a good race is in private servers with friends. Even worse is that their “live service” gave up not even a year after launch. The game was released in June 2019 and the last update was March 2020. What a joke. 

Keep in mind that these past few paragraphs were based not on my own personal experience. I wasn't there at launch and I based this review off of an offline-only Yuzu version of the game. It's possible that people were exaggerating or maybe some things are fixed now. Feel free to take some of that with a grain of salt, but honestly nothing that I've heard from others then repeated here sounded remotely far fetched to me and a lot of it was backed up by a lot of other people's personal accounts. So while it's possible some of this might not be true, I believe all of it and I would never intentionally lie to people.

In conclusion, Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled was a great remake that was ruined by unbelievable greed. I’d expect nothing less from Activision Blizzard, one of the worst companies making video games today between their anti-consumer practices, their anti-employee practices, and just their general discrimination against marginalized groups. Truly they’re just anti-everyone (except their top dogs). Look, if all you care about is the gameplay and the amount of content that’s technically on display, it’s not an awful game. It is fun and the content is still there, but I just can’t recommend this game on either a product level nor on a moral level to anyone. If you want to experience Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled, the best way to is simply emulate the game with 60fps and all the Pit Stop Shop content unlocked from the get go. That will mean that you won’t be able to play the game online, but no one was using the online anyway from what I've heard. Unless you were planning on joining an online private community for this game or were planning on playing it online with your friends, there’s no reason to play this game via the official means. I’m aware that I’m suggesting piracy, but Activision Blizzard is awful so fuck them. Piracy is fine, at least in their case. It’s always moral to pirate games that were being sold by awful corporations.

Now with all that said, I’m done talking about Crash Bandicoot for now. I could go into more detail into the era of games in-between after Naughty Dog left and before the modern day revival began, but I'm honestly tired of this orange marsupial. But still, 6 essay reviews (8 if you count the multiple parts) over the course of 5 days. That's definitely a new record to me. I haven't posted anything on Tumblr here in a while, so consider this an apology I guess.

Oh who am I kidding? No one reads these things.

Well regardless, that's all folks.

[b-r-i-n-g-x]

New chapter out!

Hope you enjoy!