Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced

Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
General Information
Genre(s)	Platformer
Developer(s)	Vicarious Visions
Publisher(s)	Universal Interactive, Vivendi Universal Games, Konami (Japan)
Composer(s)	Shin'en Multimedia
Series	Crash Bandicoot
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance
Release Date(s)	NA January 7, 2003 JP December 4, 2003 EU March 14, 2003
Rating(s)	ESRB: - Everyone PEGI: - 3 and older CERO: - All ages ACB: - General USK: - No age restriction
Mode(s)	Single player, multi-player

Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced, also known as Crash Bandicoot Advance 2: Gurugurusaimin Dai Panic!? in Japan, is a platformer game developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Universal Interactive and Vivendi Universal Games while being published by Konami in Japan. The game was released January 7, 2003 in North America, March 14, 2003 in Europe, and December 4, 2003 in Japan. Despite its name, the game is not the second installment of the series but is the sequel to Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure.

Story

After the failure of Doctor Neo Cortex's previous scheme to shrink the Earth (from Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure), Uka Uka entrusts Doctor Nefarious Tropy with the task of aiding him in universal domination. Tropy peers into the future and sees himself standing amongst the Bandicoots and concludes that since the Bandicoots keep thwarting them, their only solution is to bring them to their side. With this, he recruits N. Trance, master of hypnotism. Meanwhile, back on N. Sanity Island, Crash Bandicoot sleeps away while his friends, Crunch and Coco, are abducted by a strange vortex. Aku Aku alerts Crash of the situation and tells him to bring him a Power Crystal so that he can see into what's going on. But when he does, Crash begins to be sucked in by the vortex. While Aku Aku tries to rescue Crash, he uses the Power Crystal's power to discover that N. Tropy is behind this. With the last of his power, he rescues Crash. N. Tropy ends up abducting a strange character named Fake Crash, but he doesn't seem to notice and has N. Trance successfully hypnotize the Bandicoots into doing his every whim.

Meanwhile, somewhere else in hyperspace, Crash and Aku Aku plan to collect more Power Crystals so that Aku Aku can open more areas of hyperspace, free Coco and Crunch, and foil N. Tropy's plan. Crash frees Crunch after a battle in the skies of Saudi Arabia and Coco is freed after a battle inside a volcano. After Crash defeats Fake Crash inside an Egyptian tomb, N. Tropy and N. Trance realize that they've captured the wrong Crash, but assure themselves that the Bandicoots will never find their hideout. However, with a few more Power Crystals, Crash and Aku Aku enter the hideout. When Crash and Fake Crash defeat N. Trance, N. Tropy flees into one last vortex. Crash defeats N. Tropy after a long and tough battle. With N. Tropy's defeat and capture, Aku Aku decides they should take a picture to celebrate. The Bandicoots group around N. Tropy as Fake Crash takes a picture. This turns out to be the future N. Tropy saw. Meanwhile, Uka Uka, upset over N. Tropy's defeat, promises a real adversary in the future.

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North American boxart

European boxart

Japanese boxart