ALL Crash Bandicoot Games Are CANON!

[@typemasters2871]

As someone who enjoyed twinsanity, I am fine with the franchise going a different direction from 3, it makes the most sense with Neo Cortex being sent to the past at the end of 3, I just hope we see the return of characters like Crunch Bandicoot and Nina Cortex

[@MaskFaceStup1dP4nc4kes]

Yeah, but they will need a explanation of their origin...

[@TheMoonRover]

@@MaskFaceStup1dP4nc4kes They could just come across from a different timeline/universe.

[@bobafett4265]

@@TheMoonRover indeed, would love it if both of them made an appearance of sorts, possibly cameos or even a bigger role than that.

[@jubjub444]

Who knows maybe some events from twinsanity will happen in the next game since Twinsanity was the 5th game.

[@clamoringrisotto]

I still stand with the idea of a Twinsanity Reimagining, and I think it's better for them to focus on a game like 4 first. Even just remaking Twinsanity without adding anything would still take a huge chunk of time, so I do believe reimagining it would take a lot of time.

[@elithechinchilla1016]

Crash: Into the Bandiverse

[@lamihadamshareef5270]

Oh yes

[@thechaoticfurry9722]

Would anybody be interested if I wrote that?

[@redbutt6706]

Yes I will love it

[@t.kayotix]

Crash: Across the Bandiverse

[@extentnearby6139]

What happened after twinsanity then did cortex just magically warp out of crash's head and started chasing after him in a car and that's how tag team started lmao

[@HeloisGevit]

@@kirtheweasel Yeah I always assumed he landed in the ocean and got swept up by the currents to NSanity Beach.

[@rodrigomorales563]

I just assumed that cartoon logic happened.

[@JoshawattGaming]

Travelers Tales were going to continue that plot in the cancelled followup "Crash Clash Racing" which would have taken place in Crashs mind. That project was then given to Radical instead and became Tag Team Racing.

[@Un-informed-genius]

Did you actually watch the video? Alternate universe

[@voltrainer]

There was supposed to be another game after twinsanity. A rough outline is cortex fighting all prior bosses. I can see them making a new title just about crash gathering all the scientists from the series and cortex is having to go through his levels in crashes mind and afterward when cortex is free chases crash out of his lab

[@garingriffiths1944]

Let's be honest most of us saw this coming when they announced the premise of the game. The multiverse is an easy option to keep everyone happy. I'm guessing though if crash 4 is a different universe to the original trilogy, the the events of the first three games play out exactly the same in this universe. Future games will probably follow on from crash 4 and this will become the new main timeline. The multiverse only exists to keep fans from wrath of cortex and onwards happy. Either way Happy for a new crash game.

[@paladinheadquarters7776]

It's the same universe as the OG trilogy, the original trilogy barely changes no matter what timeline.

[@garingriffiths1944]

Yeah I thought as much, but the video hints at it possibly being a different one. I enjoyed wrath of cortex and twinsanity when I was younger but I'd be quite happy if they wiped everything from warped onwards out of existence. Or keep them as a separate timeline/universe and never mention them again from this game onwards. We can only wait and see exactly how they treat it.

[@SeanWheeler100]

Wrath of Cortex fans wouldn't be happy with this multiverse branch, because that would mean Crunch doesn't exist in the new games and we'd need multiverse stories as an excuse to include him. Unless they remake Wrath of Cortex.

[@jico5147]

Sean Wheeler they could probably bring him in a different way to keep them happy now I’m not a fan of the wrath of cortex but I would be surprised and happy if they brought him in through the multiverse like they could take him as a crash named crunch instead and they pulled him from his world and used him for a boss fight and maybe make him a good guy

[@VinixTKOC]

"The multiverse only exists to keep fans from wrath of cortex and onwards happy." Ah yes... People will be happy that their favorite games will be put in a limbo by being classified as a non-main universe. But hey! At least they were recognized, let's be happy. /s

[@KingdomXemnas]

Tetsuya Nomura: *ties Kingdom Hearts games he has been working on together using a mobile game and several other spin offs* Paul Yan to Nomura: Hold my beer

[@ButteryGoodnessINC]

I want Megamix to be a boss again. Huge Adventure was my first Crash game, and using him in CTRNF is amazing.

[@clownymoosebean]

I wanna know how N. Trance's boss fight would translate in 3D. His second phase was unexpected when I was tiny.

[@tech6hutch]

They even added Megamix to CTR? LMAO wow

[@booksmartthealicorn3219]

@@clownymoosebean I want N-Trance to make a comeback in a future Crash Bandicoot new sequel and I vote Patton Oswalt, Jim Cummings or Jake Gyllenhaal to voice N-Trance! :D

[@WakoDoodle]

That would be an easy thing to do. Have cortex from crash 2 use the evolvo-ray and it accidently malfunctions and instead of evolving something; it picks up cortex, ngin, tiny and dingodile and splices their dna together, evolving them that way. As cool as that is, it could be in that world the evolvo-ray is a splica-ray instead. Meaning we could see a crash version of megamix. A sort of crash, coco, crunch version which would be weird but; it's something.

[@GhazMazMSM]

I’m imagining the Og Tiny beating up Titans Tiny.

[@bobafett4265]

Heck yeah, that would be awesome. I could see Original Tiny looking at Tyson Tiger and being angered and horrified and the same going with Tyson Tiger that they fight each other for dominance, with Tiny winning.

[@victorsoul2328]

i mean Titans Tiny can shoot purple lasers of his hand and Classic Tiny is dumb... so. do the math.

[@smashmaster521]

@@bobafett4265 Which Tiny wins?

[@bobafett4265]

@@victorsoul2328 oh yeah i forgot about that part....

[@bobafett4265]

@@smashmaster521 classic Tiny...

[@kingpikmin13]

The Wrath of Cortex is my all-time favorite Crash game (it was my first one, too, so it really means a lot to me due to it being my introduction to the orange guy). When word got out about Wrath of Cortex being retconned, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a tad upset. Given Wrath of Cortex’s already negative stigma (being shunned by most of the Crash community), it made me feel insecure about my love for the game, since, at the time of It’s About Time’s reveal, it was reported to have been outright _replacing_ The Wrath of Cortex. That conclusion was jumped to entirely because of It’s About Time being numbered as the fourth Crash game, which was a title previously held by Wrath of Cortex, due to it originally being the fourth main series platformer released after Warped, and even being titled “Crash Bandicoot 4” in Japan. I’m really happy to know that The Wrath of Cortex is confirmed to still be canon, and is still very much an important piece of Crash Bandicoot history, being the very first Crash game to hit the sixth generation (PlayStation 2). Wrath of Cortex, as a game, means much more to me than you might think, and I’m glad to see that It’s About Time won’t be invalidating it in any way, shape, or form.

[@zadazada1000]

You're super gay

[@benscott8042]

Still begs a rather interesting question you could ask: If 'The Wrath of Cortex' is set in its own parallel world, then could that mean a more Primeverse Crunch could be introduced, based more on the original plans for the game in a 'Take 2-esque' way?

[@Diorm]

So, Ratchet & Clank AND Crash Bandicoot are doing the multiverse thing both at the same time.

[@kyotanaka920]

Wondering if its somehow a coincidence, but it seems like it was planned. There's way too much similarities in the two trailers.

[@scrumptioushumanbeing2268]

If the multiverse theory is true than there is a universe where everybody used rock in rock paper scissors.

[@robertscrautch3438]

It seems Rachet and Clank is doing better so far.

[@MaskFaceStup1dP4nc4kes]

@@kyotanaka920 Fun fact: *Crash bandicoot4: It's About Time, was being done since 2017*

[@PolarPhantom]

I know, weird coincidence, eh?

[@booksmartthealicorn3219]

5:16 Dang! Multiverse is becoming popular again! Marvel's Spider-Man, DC's The Flash, Marvel's Doctor Strange and now Crash Bandicoot is in the multiverse thing! ;)

[@ultralavaboy]

Honestly, I liked Wrath of Cortex

[@benhughes3394]

This is must be a chance a remake of this game

[@rodrigomorales563]

I mean there are plenty of games that are worse than the ones from the post naughty dog era.

[@crashban4t.f.s.b783]

It shouldn’t get a remake.

[@crashban4t.f.s.b783]

The cheese is great though.

[@benhughes3394]

Blaque Link (Sigh) 😒

[@ForgottenSunnah]

I hope they make a sort of 'another timeline' bundle with a remake of twinsanity and Woc

[@benhughes3394]

Yeah!

[@toopienator]

Ye

[@lamihadamshareef5270]

Or make jokes each timeline becuase i be satisfied.

[@jonathanoxlade4252]

Too be honest I am getting a modded orignal xbox that will have all games and emulators soft mod consoles some peaple have put the whole library of xbox original games on a xbox orignal but since I had isues on the disk version of twin sanity probably a bad disk but it would not let me past near to the end game would just crash so hopefully because its digital should not have that problem

[@Megumi_Bandicoot]

Ever since Coco said “three” in the Crash 4 trailer and the fanbase has turned into a warzone.

[@WillieManga]

But that actually makes sense. When Lani said "felt like more..." the joke actually went both ways. These two are from a timeline where the events of the Wrath of Cortex and Twinsaniy wasn't part of their journey. Lani might be aware of the timelines where Crunch did exist, the ones where they raced against each other. So it's like Marvel, where the video games, spin-off comics and movies are within their own canons. It's likely we'll see a similar case with Spyro 4, following The Reignited Trilogy.

[@coachgoltzbizpro23]

Probably nothing compared to Star Wars...

[@Wahi011]

So we're basically getting a timeline like Zelda? That's pretty cool

[@YoshiKai_]

So that would also explain Tiny's big difference in Crash of the Titans (of course much more)😮

[@TheMoonRover]

I wouldn't have minded if this had been a complete reboot. The old games still exist, and that's good enough for me. The fact they're acknowledging them, even better. I think trying to categorise them into different timelines (other than old and new) is going to be futile though, and Crash has never really been about the story. It's going to be even more complicated if you start taking into account Spyro appearing in Crash Purple and Twinsanity (Which Spyro games are canon? Does Skylanders count? The Netflix show features Crash from during the events of Crash 1, but he talks. Which versions of Crash met which versions of Spyro?)

[@christopher.tomins2001]

They'd all be different multiverses.

[@sebaarancibia8470]

i think they respond by the multiverse logic because there are some fans who for some reason really care about whats canon or if they favorite games are still in the timeline i think developers only want to make a fourth game because it's simpler to present coming from the insane trilogy

[@Ali-ii8il]

No You are Canadian Guy Eh is wrong All Crash Games are Canon BUT...... They do not take place in a different universe because this game takes place in 1998 the same year after Crash 3 and this game is just a game that's an Untold story the takes place after the third game but also way before The Wrath of Cortex and also takes place before Crash team racing and crash bash. crash 4 is kinda like Sonic 4 so all the crash games are canon okay But I really don't know about Crash of the titans and mind over mutant like the PSP version had a different origin for him but also in mind over mutant Dr Nitrus brio broke the Fourth Wall by saying That He was In the First Game So yeah...... It could be Canon and maybe that PSP Cutscene from Crash of the Titans Isn't Canon at all. But That Mask who said "Funny Feels Like More" when he asked how many times crash had defeated Cortex Since this Game has Time Travel too it Means He could of had Foreshadow that Crash will Defeated Cortex Many Times in the Future but also I believe that When Cortex Gets Defeated yet again In this Game we could see a tease of Crunch as something that Leads to the future events of The Wrath of Cortex.

[@jico5147]

Ali dude they said themself that the other games post naughty dog are from different multiverses and if they weren’t than what’s the point of the game please tell me

[@kaleajadesilver8918]

I personally consider Spyro's original 3 games + Enter the Dragonfly/the GBA games and A Hero's Tail as canon alongside Crash, both heros hail from two universes yet connected with each other, with the Legend series and Skylanders as set in other yet distant universes, mew. This has me excited for what possibilities the next Spyro game in the future will bring. =3

[@nuzulsanusi1022]

This is amazing, i couldn't believe they would do all of this. I hope they make us see each multiverse with their own design like crash the Titans with the tatoos etc. I'm excited

[@eightynine40]

Agreed

[@SammyAnimations]

I feel like the timeline theory works in this sense: there's the OG timeline (including Crash 4), the Wrath timeline (including GBA games and Tag Team Racing) & the Mojo timeline (with the reboot type of thing) The whole reason they probably said "not in this universe" was probably just to act hip an cool with it's marketing since Crash will visit the broken time rift and also because again, this game is called Crash 4, but that's just my opinion 👌👍

[@redandblack641]

I'd put the GBA games in their own timeline.

[@Sonic12Lexi]

Are the mobile games canon?

[@bobbyvandrovec3754]

I'm honestly hoping we see all of the Titans/mutants from COTT/CMOM because I loved those games when I was younger.

[@JoakoQuesada]

I would love to see some levels in the Mount Grimly and a boss fight with the Hero Grimly

[@booksmartthealicorn3219]

@@JoakoQuesada I loved Mind over Mutant too! :D

[@coachgoltzbizpro23]

Coco: What is up with these multiple dimensions? Crash: *Confused noises* Spider-Man: First time?

[@devinrowe5537]

I'm so relieved. I was afraid we done forgot about crunch.

[@Crash-zm2qd]

This video makes no logical sense now basically there’s three timelines Original, New and Tawnaverse. In original timeline we have original games, 99x, CTR, Bash, Wrath of Cortex, Twinsanity, Fusion, XS, N-Tranced, CNK, Boom Bang, Tag Team Racing, Titans, Mutant Island, Mind Over Mutant, Nitro Kart 3D, Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2, Thumpin Wumpa Islands and Crash On the Run. New timeline N. Sane Trilogy/Flashback Tapes, It’s About Time and CTRNF. Tawnaverse pretty much connects to New timeline as Tawna moves to that universe and Crash and Coco were killed by female N. Tropy.

[@animatedabe6819]

Oh thank god twinsanity still exists

[@benhughes3394]

This is our chance to see Twinsanity with cut content remake along Bash and The Wrath Of Cortex

[@glubbington]

Im not the only one that was sad about twinsanity not being canon, good

[@vineheart01]

Behold, the ridiculousness that is time travel. Everything happened even though it makes no sense that it did.

[@MoneyManM1G]

Crash of the Titan's crash: *comes out from the dark corner* "I'm cannon?!"

[@kagemushashien8394]

"Yes you are buddy, come join the party with the rest of the games"

[@smashmaster521]

@@kagemushashien8394 Crash of the Titans' Crash: PANCAKES!

[@crangejo]

The one that I spent most time with Holy shit it was fun

[@codenamebogdan8050]

*Crash boom bang*

[@smaguy64]

i disagree that the Multiverse concept is a new thing in Crash-verse, it already there since Twinsanity, although it didn't really expanded the concept beyond Crash Dimension-10th Dimension (and the other scraped one due to rushed production), and possible N. Trance's 5th dimension. Good theory though

[@Mixture_Lady]

Yes but wasn't well done or explored... Is more... the more explored timeline/universe/future was Rustland with Apo and Megamix

[@saber5925]

Well, you got the original timeline, some other with a Cortex that goes completely nuts, the tenth dimension with evil doubles and some edgy teenage cringy dimension with the titans characters... Huh, neat

[@phorchybug3286]

So basically, N. Sane is a reboot and Crash 4 tries to explain what's going on. That's what I like to believe.

[@Sonic12Lexi]

Me too, Crash Twinsanity is my favorite game of the Bandicoot

[@PolarisCastillo]

Nitro Fueled features characters from all the different timelines though. So the game can be considered Earth prime

[@jico5147]

I think this is the same as the N sane universe but not the 90’s trilogy as the original. The old timeline was said to have jorts (from what I’ve been told) and the new one doesn’t have those

[@kineticmediahub-enlightenment]

I wouldn't exactly say that. This game and the N-Sane Trilogy are in the same universe yes. But the N-Sane Trilogy is also one-in-the-same with the 90s games as there's little to no difference in the story what so ever due to being a one-to-one remaster. Meaning that this game is part of the main timeline.

[@toopienator]

@@kineticmediahub-enlightenment but I mean, Coco's Time Machine in the N. Sane Trilogy. That's different.

[@jico5147]

Kinetic Media Hub well in the n sane game he isn’t wearing jorts but in the new one he isn’t and that’s one of my points but I see where you’re getting that

[@kineticmediahub-enlightenment]

@@toopienator True, from what I recall she got made fully playable almost at the last minute in all three games (excluding Crash's vehicle levels and boss battles) to help cater too and bring in more female fans plus this doesn't affect the story at all.

[@LuisVazquez-hu3jx]

since this game has a multiverse plot i hope each game get's reference in this game.

[@kirbypro16]

I mean, Twinsanity did touch up on the world they lived in having alternate dimensions, Twinsanity Island was just the exact opposite of Crash's world. So it's cool that they decided to go with that instead of being like "just forget about all the other games"

[@starforcenetwork]

What drove me nuts was people assumed that the games after the OG Trilogy are no longer canon just because of this conversation in the trailer: “How many times have you beaten this clown anyway?” “3.” “Really? Only 3? Funny. Feels like more.” Guys. They didn’t say the other times never happened or are retconned. This game takes place after 3. Wrath of Cortex didn’t happen YET. Of course Coco would only say 3. The new mask dude was just implying he felt that they already beaten Cortex more than that, considering these new masks look like they handle the timelines. The conversation was just a reference of what’s to come, aka the other games.

[@NsaneG]

You dont say

[@kagemushashien8394]

So it's Crash 1 2 3 4, then the rest of the games next like twinsanity Titan, and a bunch of others too including purple

[@jamesnelson5618]

@@kagemushashien8394 no Titans.

[@sakarihaapala2200]

If the events in this game happened before Wrath of Cortex, this game should be considered 3.5 instead of four. But it would be fun if this new Crash game assimilates with the other continuities like tWoC, Titans and GBA continuities. And I personally consider racing/party games as separate series because they don't affect with the main series.

[@redrobins731]

I think that’s a convoluted way of looking at it. It’s clearly just a meta joke at the expense of the post-ND Crash games.

[@LSBcomics]

Crash fans: *argue Canadian Guy Eh: "Hold my beer"

[@murilohumbertocmcb]

Man it's just a soft reboot. A developer says everything is canon with this multiverse excuse so nobody gets angry. It happens a lot in movies, comics etc. But practically speaking the other game's events don't care anymore here. And it's ok.

[@jessejive117]

Or they are saying it because it makes logical sense and I knew this to be the case before they announced it. They aren’t just saying something to no one gets angry. The entire game story is going to be about different dimensions dummy lol that’s why It’s good writing and makes sense that all his stories that happened a different timelines and different universes

[@simplybecca6959]

This makes my think WOC takes place after crash 4

[@NsaneG]

I would hope so

[@jamesnelson5618]

Close enough.

[@hozdehoz2459]

Hope fully we get the remaster i love that game except flying levels

[@jakighcolburnchannel3584]

Same here

[@tresheppard8942]

Well, I wish I could add timelines about Crash Bandicoot canon story timelines. Crash Bandicoot Trilogy like Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped are canon. But I could add... Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is canon and a true sequel to Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped. Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure is maybe probably canon to Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. Crash Team Racing is maybe probably canon to Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure. Crash Bash is maybe probably canon to Crash Team Racing. Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex is maybe probably canon to Crash Bash. Crash Twinsanity is canon and a real sequel to Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex. Crash Nitro Kart is maybe probably canon to Crash Twinsanity. Crash Bandicoot: N-Tranced is maybe probably canon to Crash Nitro Kart. Crash Tag Team Racing is maybe probably canon to Crash Bandicoot: N-Tranced. Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage is maybe probably canon to Crash Tag Team Racing. Crash Boom Bang is maybe probably canon to Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage. And Crash of the Titans and Crash Mind Over Mutant are maybe probably canon to Crash Boom Bang or maybe it could be a reboot series to Crash Bandicoot mainline series. I don't know. I just said maybe and probably, because I am not really sure that these are canon in main story timelines of Crash Bandicoot series. I'm not really sure that I made the canon in the main story timelines of Crash Bandicoot series right. Because it confused me too. 🤔 But I still can't wait for Crash Bandicoot: It's About Time on PS4 by October 2nd. I'm still very excited! 🙂

[@BrandonLeopardGaming]

Hence the multiverse in it's about time.

[@booksmartthealicorn3219]

True that, my friend! :D Also, nice profile pic symbol of my girl Princess Twilight Sparkle !^-^

[@Gbonne1PSN]

The way I looked at the timeline was like this: Crash Bandicoot, Cortex Strikes Back, Warped, and Wrath of Cortex are canon. Possibly Twinsanity as well (didn't play too much since my copy wouldn't work) CTR, CNK, and CTTR felt more like spin offs of the era of Crash at that time. Their stories didn't seem too plausible with the first 4 games. Gameboy games obviously had their own continuity but I only played a few so I'm unsure of which are in the same. Bash and Boom are full spin offs. CotT and MoM are soft reboots that may continue the original storyline but I always felt like it was more of it's own thing. With Crash 4 I really hope Crunch and Nina and a few others aren't just erased. As much as people hated Wrath of Cortex I enjoyed it because of the inclusion of a new Bandicoot.

[@VinixTKOC]

Before Crash 4, all thses games was canon, not separate universes. Spin-Offs aren't synonymous with non-canon/alternate timeline. It's just that they are an extra, these events happened, but they aren't totally relevant.

[@imanobody7911]

Now we need a "Crash into the Crash-verse" game XD

[@JonathanThe501st]

Forget timelines and canon. Are they going to get Kevin Michael Richardson to voice Crunch or Mr. T?

[@taylorflamm311]

So if Spyro shows up in Crash 4, as was teased in the interview, then will this lead into where the next Spyro game starts? I'm picturing Crash showing up and breaking something that releases a bunch of chaos in Spyro's world. Crash doesn't need to be a big part of Spyro's game (definitely wouldn't want that) but he could be the catalyst. Since Toys for Bob did both, and another Spyro is a give at this point, this seems like an easy way to cross promote and give a tease for the next Spyro game.

[@rodrigomorales563]

You know, the main thing that concerns me in all of this is that if crash ever enters death battle again, people might have an issue with using feats from the other timelines, or just ignoring them and only focusing on one. Is that weird?

[@scourgehh714]

Twinsanity is cannon? Heck yeah. Where is our remake? XD

[@michaelmoss9198]

That and Crash of the Titans

[@yapwk2001]

Two thousands years later....... Still haven't get twinsanity remake

[@quant5151]

We want twinsanity remake 🥺

[@realityisnotwhatyouthinkitis]

I wish they would just re release the ps2 era of crash bandicoot on ps4

[@snakepaleo741]

2024

[@DrRank]

Personally, I've always considered every Crash game that wasn't mobile-exclusive to be canon. Also, I'm pretty sure the bandicoot in the Crash of the Titans intro is actually Carbon Crash, the player 2 character.

[@LeafRazorStorm]

Until further news comes out, I'm going to consider this a "Sonic the Hedgehog 4" situation. Everything is still canon, everything is still in the same universe, and this new game is just in a weird spot in the timeline. Midquels are a thing that exist and they all deserve more respect.

[@ROT695]

Notice how it said “new playable characters”. Not just one but multiple. Are we going to be able to play as all the other crashes? 😲

[@fenniken5381]

somehow i can see this multi-timeline thing happen for spyro, i may not know what direction "spyro 4" will go in, but i can see it happening, a second timeline, with spyro's first 3 adventures happening the same way, but something different happens that triggers a different 4th journey. guess we'll see next year.

[@underplanet4911]

Jorts...... So basically Jeans and Shorts

[@nintendolife25]

Imo, this is good news for me. I know after the PS1 era, some Crash games are more well-recieved than others but I’m sure every game meant something to the people who love them. Plus, I believe every game managed to expand the lore and roster of characters, for better (Twinsanity and CNK) or worse (Crash Boom Bang).

[@gmrgamingrm]

Imagine how cool it would be for there to be multiple Crashes and Cocos. For example Classic Crash meeting Twinsanity Crash or Mind over Mutant Crash.

[@TrentDF1]

There's a lot of conjecture in this video. The statement from the devs said the post-Naughty Dog games "MAY" take place in other times, meaning they could very well still take place *after* It's About Time in this very same timeline (basically leaving the door open to Activision remaking/remastering those games, should they choose to). "May" is an important word here; it's the devs not really confirming anything and leaving a door open, but also carefully wording it so they can go back later and say "oh yeah we always meant and confirmed that." They very well could place post-ND in a separate timeline, but that has not been 100% confirmed. Until it's confirmed with absolute certainty in It's About Time, it shouldn't be said that post-ND is a separate timeline. As for CTR, that's one 'spin-off' that was always considered canon to the original trilogy, taking place however long after Warped. It's shown in Wrath of Cortex with the trophy on Crash's mantle, and in Twinsanity with Oxide being one of the villains attending Crash's "b-day party" as one of the villains he beat in the past. The events of CTR are referenced constantly, there shouldn't be any debate about how canon that one is. I doubt they'd remove CTR from canon in It's About Time, more likely they'd just say it takes place *after* IAT, especially with how successful Nitro-Fueled was. As for the Titan games, they alter Crash's origin story. It's reboot because of that detail alone. There should be zero debate about that, and the only set of games that really could be considered a confirmed separate timeline.

[@eightynine40]

Developers when there's too many loopholes in the plot: It's multiverse! Also, no hate to other game than the trilogy, every one of it has it's own charms to it no matter how quirky it is.

[@Minato_Arisato_5]

I'm actually surprised they're going this route, but as a fan of timeline speculation shenanigans, I love this. One thing I will say though. When it comes time for Spyro 4, I really hope Toys For Bob, or whoever makes it, take inspiration from your Spyro timeline theory.

[@oriongear2499]

Even if ALL the CB games are now canon I really hope Toys For Bob reintroduces Crunch Bandicoot & Nina Cortex for the Crash N-Sane & IAT timelime.

[@gustavodutra5162]

(My opinion) Timeline 1: - Crash Bandicoot - Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back - Crash Bandicoot: Warped - Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time Timeline 2: ... - Crash Team Racing Timeline 3: ... - Crash Bash Timeline 4: ... - Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex - Crash Twinsanity Timeline 5: ... - Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure/XS - Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced - Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage/Fusion Timeline 6: ... - Crash Nitro Kart Timeline 7: ... - Crash Nitro Kart (GBA) Timeline 8: ... - Crash Tag Team Racing Timeline 9: ... - Crash: Boom, Bang! Timeline 10: ... - Crash of the Titans - Crash Bandicoot: Mutant Island - Crash: Mind Over Mutant Timeline 11: ... - Crash of the Titans (GBA) Timeline 12: ... - Crash of the Titans (DS) - Crash: Mind Over Mutant (DS) Timeline 13: ... - Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D Timeline 14: ... - Crash Nitro Kart 2 Timeline 15: ... - Crash Bandicoot: Nitro Kart 2 Timeline 16: ... - Skylanders Academy Timeline 17: ... - Skylanders Imaginators (Thumpin' Wumpa Islands) Timeline 18: ... - Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Timeline 19: ... - Crash On the Run!

[@jangofett8388]

Multiple crashes, cocos, cortexes, akus, ukas, n tropies, trashes, crunches, ninas, evil crashes, evil cocos, bosses, AND FREAKING SPYROS HOLY CRAP

[@NebulousFumes]

I swear to god if crunch and nina arent in the game im gonna lose it 😭

[@naed_coral]

I feel like you just described what I understood when I was a teenager 15 years ago, it's great they are all now considered canon by default but I feel this concept applies to almost any franchise e.g. Spyro with Skylanders or Mortal Kombat with their failed games, all depends what you grew up with and what you enjoy :)

[@Bunbaroness]

I could understand the Titans games being shuffled into their own timeline just because the aesthetics and character personalities seem so different in those games. However, there are still enough plot references to connect all the games together to the point where I don't even think there needs to be a Zelda-esque split timeline (even though that probably is what we're going to get). Crash 4 could simply be a prequel to CTR. After all, Cortex, Uka Uka, and N. Tropy are all back in CTR. So the timeline would go 1>2>3>4>CTR>Crash Bash (Oxide returns in Bash) > Wrath of Cortex (Oxide cameos in intro, a CTR trophy is in the Bandicoot house, the space temple from Bash reappears) > Twinsanity (Cortex and Uka Uka escape being frozen in ice) > Tag Team Racing (official plot summary says this happens immediately after Twinsanity. Next would be Huge Adventure and N-Tranced, as Crunch is in Tranced and it is said to happen immediately after Huge Adventure. Then CNK because N. Tranced is in that game. Then Purple and Boom Bang, then the Titans games (where Twinsanity is mentioned to have happened in an easy-to-miss conversation by some of the goons in the Uka Uka tree levels), and the Titans games also call back to the Evolvo-Ray a couple times. Then Skylanders Imaginators, where if you talk to Aku Aku as Cortex, he mentions the events of Crash Twinsanity. And then the mobile game Crash Bandicoot On the Run shows wreckage from the Doominator and Space Head still on Wumpa Island so that'd place it at the very end of the timeline thus far. I'd rather they keep everything in one timeline personally just to keep things less confusing. New players do not need an explanation for characters like Crunch and Nina. After all, Coco appeared in Crash 2 with no explanation and it was fine. I think Crash 4 should just explain how Cortex Uka and Tropy escaped being trapped in the past as babies, and then the next Crash game can subtly skip ahead and take place after On the Run. But yeah I guess TfB is hinting that they are gonna split the timeline after all so what do I know.

[@onyxfrans2616]

The reason the old games were special is cuse they were well made flushed out, and had NO DLC MICROTRANSACTIONS OR JUNK just a nice wholesome game

[@cheenewah]

The music, humor and gameplay in Twinsanity were FLAWLESS. Of course you can break the game with some sneaky maneuvers, but that’s EVERY game. Still one of my top 3 Crash games. (Crash 2, Crash Twinsanity, CrashOntheRun!)

[@IdeaBox-dk5vj]

As good as this revelation is, I just realized a downside to this... People will most likely bicker about which timeline is the best, which, as far as I am aware, also happened with the Zelda multiverse. I mean, Crash DID debut in the same generation as Ocarina of Time did, so maybe it was just meant to be.

[@wolf_skin]

Mortal Kombat, Final Fantasy VII, and now freaking Crash Bandicoot... Yet another rebooted series taking the "alternate timeline" route in its plot

[@danielivey562]

I knew all the games were canon to begin with. Here they are in chronological order in my opinion - Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Crash Bandicoot: Warped (all constituting the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy), Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, Crash Team Racing, Crash Bash, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Crash Twinsanity, Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure, Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced: Crash Nitro Kart, Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage, Crash Tag Team Racing, Crash Boom Bang!, Crash of the Titans, Crash: Mind over Mutant, Crash Nitro Kart 2, Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D, Crash Bandicoot: Mutant Island, Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2, and the Grand Prix of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.

[@Seekingthesky]

Well... the Elemental Masks are referenced in Crash 4...

[@Crash-zm2qd]

All post ND games are canon but in a different universe CTR is mentioned at end of Crash 4 so that means CTRNF is after this game as for elementals they could be reintroduced in Crash 5 along with crunch and Nina but in a different way.

[@emeraldqueen1994]

Awesome video as always CGE! When the new Spyro game comes out I’d love to see you make a revamped update or part 2 to your “All Spyros are cannon” video especially if whoever is working on it goes the multiverse route like TFB did for Crash.... TLDR past here... I know more about Spyro / Skylanders than people think possible (I’ve listed all of the Spyro / Skylanders games AFTER Year of the Dragon to help you out with getting evidence / footage : (Year released - game title - console(s) / hand-held(s) it’s for that I know off the top of my head) 2001 Season of Ice [GBA], 2002 Season of Flame [GBA, ] 2002 ETD [PS 2 & GC] 2003 Attack of the Rynocs [GBA] 2004 Spyro Orange [GBA] 2004 A Hero’s Tail [Xbox, PS2, & GC] 2005 Shadow Legacy [DS] 2006 TLOS : NB [GBA DS PS2] 2007 TLOS EN [Wii & PS2] 2008 TLOS DOTD [DS Xbox 360 PS2 & PS3 ] 2011 Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure [3DS XBOX 360 & PS3] < NOTE story / levels / characters’ abilities are different between the Xbox 360 / 3DS versions however this is the only hand held version I’ve played of any Skylanders game> 2012 Skylanders Giants [PS3, Xbox 360 & 3DS] 2013 Skylanders Swap Force [Xbox 360 & PS3] 2014 Skylanders Trap Team [Xbox 360 mobile tablets PS3 & PS4] 2015 Skylanders Superchargers [Xbox 360 & PS4] 2016 Skylanders Imaginators [PS4 Xbox 360 Xbox1 & Switch] and last but not least the 2017 mobile game Skylanders Ring of Heroes

[@Mixture_Lady]

For example now we can say that in all timelines or futures can have a Megamix, all of them have or will have the same bases (dna and form of Cortex + N. Gin + Tiny + Dingodile... NO one else) BUT will have different origins, as we know the first Megamix was a temporal fusion while the second Megamix was made of DNA plus nuclear waste and is still alive in the postapocaliptic future, and both was made in different times and for different reasons

[@Source-Z-rer]

I see that Crash and Spyro share an interest in saying that "all games are canon, but probably not, tho".

[@burnsy96]

A person wished to a genie that they could travel to an alternative dimension where they were rich and famous. The genie granted the wish, sending them to the 0th dimension where no axis exist, no cubes, no squares, no lines, just a point in space and time representing the singularity of all that is or ever will be. That day the person realised the difference between travelling through universes vs travelling through dimensions. The end.

[@SilverWho]

Crash 4 could just be placed between 3 and Wrath Of Cortex, kind of like how Sonic Mania is set after 3 & Knuckles but before Adventure despite being made years after both of those games.

[@rodrigomorales563]

Except, that's actually not the case, because screw sega and their constant need to retcon or contradict established facts in the sonic franchise. Seriously, screw 06, screw generations, and screw forces for messing with this mess of a timeline.

[@sorashirogane7039]

Especially curse 06 because of what I like to call The Blaze and Nega debacle.They introduced Blaze and Dr Eggman Nega(though I'll stick to just Nega from now on) in Sonic Rush.The idea was simple;alternate dimension versions of Sonic and Eggman.Then 06 came out and introduced Silver,who has a pyrokinetic friend named....BLAZE?!So she's not from another dimension but from the future?And she ended up in another dimension anyways near the end?Well,it doesn't really matter because that timeline got snuffed out. So now we can introduce Silver just fine,right?Well...Sonic Rivals comes out,we meet Silver and he's come to the past to look for a Dr Nega...?Who's...Eggman's kid?!I thought he was alternate Eggman,wtf?!And Sonic Rush Adventure didn't help matters either!

[@rodrigomorales563]

@@sorashirogane7039 Oh yeah, that just screws everything up. Actually, izuka was interviewed about this, and his response was something along the lines of, "they had, like amnesia in 06". Like WHAT?! The interviewer was asking about colors ds, not 06! And that's an incredibly lazy answer which doesn't even explain anything! Not to metion how they retconed classic sonic to being from another dimension as opposed to another time. This goes to show, that either the creators are too incompetent to create a consistent storyline that makes sense, or they really just don't care and will just do whatever brings the best marketing tactic. Or both. Probably both.

[@triggermehtimbers7912]

I mean they already told us that there will be 100+ level on this game. My goodness 🤯

[@coachgoltzbizpro23]

Who argues more over Canon: Star Wars fans or Crash Bandicoot fans?

[@BrandonLeopardGaming]

Including CTRNF and CNK, Bash, Crash XS, N-tranced and Purple: Ripto's Rampage are all canon

[@GmNdWtchr96]

And Boom Bang, somehow.

[@rodrigomorales563]

I just realized, crash and spyro might share the same plane of existence!

[@kagemushashien8394]

With that said, the people who created crash is helping the Spyro fans too, if all Crash games are Canon, with Crash purple, then all the Spyro games are Canon too, we just need to put it in a timeline and with a bunch of other stuff and it will all make sense

[@jamesnelson5618]

@@kagemushashien8394 what if the rynocs GBA trilogy of Spyro is Canon after enter the dragon fly and before a heroes Tales?

[@dioprotects]

Twinsanity was freaking hilarious, looked great back then, the soundtrack was completely insane, it just needed better controls, camera, and a truly open world. This one needs a proper remake, ASAP!

[@LilyEmbargo]

Here is what I think: The Naughty Dog-esq (counting 4) as the main timeline. The timeline where Crash and Coco defeated Cortex and Uka-Uka imprisoning them before the creation of time using the power of the Gems. The other games are in an alternate timeline where Crash and Coco defeated Cortex and Uka-Uka, but didn't collect the gems trapping them. Sorta like Zelda with the Link defeats Ganon timeline, and the Link loses to Ganon timeline.

[@JohnnyJohnnyJohnnyJohnnyJohnny]

makes sense. going the avengers route. They could turn crash into a female kangaroo and be like "its a different universe"

[@truth3z]

Crash bandicoot 4 is wrath of cortex but is its in a different universe. Its the same situation with mask , taking over the universe and destorying crash. Its is own universe but INVERTED.

[@Hect0rin0]

For me: Crash 1, 2, and 3 are the main canon ones, then the timeline splits into two realities: Wrath of Cortex>Twinsanity and this new Crash 4. Crash of the Titans and Mutants is its own separate reality.

[@sakarihaapala2200]

Yeah, this is what I personally thought after I gave a thought to this continuity problem. Edit: Mutant series felt kind of spin off. It kinda showed an alternative way for how this same gameplay concept in which Crash was originally created would have turned out to be if the creator's had had a slightly different idea in their minds. The humor in those spin offs was created to appeal to teen fans which was the age of average Crash fan during that time period. But yeah, let's cheer that this new Bandicoot game would turn out to be a masterpiece and would assemble all the good factors from all the past Crash titles.

[@Elb-mf2el]

I can honestly say I had all the crash games growing up but I love the spin of games way more... and twinsanity

[@WolfThunder29]

Come to think of it, this multiverse was hinted at back in "Crash Bandicoot Mobile" (Now "Crash Bandicoot: On The Run"), where the premise is that Cortex is plucking elements from other universes, and one of the bosses is Scorporilla, who was from the "Titans" games.

[@Beatnu3000]

I’m guessing that Cortex and Tropy naturally grew back up to their original ages given that they took “decades” to escape the planet they were on. Would help explain Cortex’s appearance change, having to grow up entirely differently from how he originally was brought up. He looks slightly more muscular, I guess, now too (tho could just be his clothes broadening his chest and shoulders out a bit lol) so maybe he adapted differently to his new environment.

[@jaredlanglitz5651]

I think getting 100% in the original CB is when we get the alternative universe in CB4 with Alternate Tawna and N. Tropy, while not getting 100% continues the original trilogy. To keep the original four games going you need to complete CSB and Warped at 100%, but if you want to go into the other games like CTR, WoC, and Twinsanity you don’t have to do Warped at 100%. Personally I’m not a real fan of CotT or MoM because of the different character designs and personalities, but I find it interesting that Nina was actually the main antagonist once after she got out of school in Twinsanity. Other characters I like to keep in mind are N. Trance, Mega Mix, Pasadena O’ Possum, and Ebenezer Von Clutch, even though I don’t play the original games they come from. I also play Skylanders instead of the Spyro the Dragon series. If anything I think the games go in this order, N Sane Trilogy, CTR, WoC, Twinsanity, CotT, MoM, and CB4, with the percentage features I mentioned before in terms of the N Sane Trilogy.

[@Northman2679]

When it says more playable characters, and in the interview they said it’s possible to see a purple dragon, I hope that spyro might be in it

[@kagemushashien8394]

Wait WHAT, where did they say that, show me where you heard it from, because if it's true, the Spyro games are Canon too, ALL of them

[@jackcampbell2952]

@@kagemushashien8394 end of his interview with Yan

[@Jordanmills93]

So will this mean the same kind of multiple Dimensions thing they'll do for Spyro as well and pretty much redcon the fan theory that all versions of Spyro from past games are still him just reincarnated?

[@nan0smm647]

I like to consider N sane trilogy part of the Crash 4 timeline, it just fits so much! And the Original games by Naughty Dog are their separate timeline.

[@Sonic12Lexi]

I agree

[@kingcassio55]

The only issue I have with the games is character design changing. Especially cocos design. In one game she looks like a 12 year old, while in another games she looks like an early adult (17-19).

[@Chibuga]

I always thought every game was Cannon. Gameplay doesn't determine if something is Cannon.

[@abdurrahmana.r.6398]

Maybe cortex found another power source that is stronger than the crystals Cortex attacking other universes would explain why twinsanity had a lot of bugs, due to it being the most "damaged" one, hence is why the evil twin was capable of going through dimensions. Another theory is that all cortex's are the same one, not physically but conciously, with each action that he takes he will have to follow the rules of the parallel universe so that he doesn't accidentally destroy the universe he is in until his conciousness is back to his original body, which answers the point of how he manages to travel through dimensions, he first accidentally woke up in wrath of cortex, in twinsanity he leanred about different dimensions, in crash of the titans he learns how to harness new and powerfull energy/resource, after that his conciousness went back to his body for some reason and started making a plan, to try and probably harness the quantum energy/power that the masks has or possibly it started leaking when cortex accidentally change conciousness to a different timeline, which also answers as to why one of the mask said that crash seems to have beaten cortex 4 times instead of three, the masks knew what cortex did in wrath of cortex but by the time twinsanity came around the masks lost track of him due to the damage being too big

[@abdurrahmana.r.6398]

A continuation is that mojo and quantum energy are technically both still a form of natural energy, the difference is that quantum is just has more of a complex structure than mojo with explains how he manages to harness quantum energy within 10 years (give or take) he has experience with this kind of power/energy, something that we dont have yet

[@brandonjacques7624]

I feel like this game should’ve been called “Crash Bandicoot: Into the Crashverse.”

[@Magitek1112]

Also, a detail that I haven't seen anyone talk about! On the PSN page, it says "offline multiplayer (2-4 players)". Whaaaat?

[@Tevron_]

I love Crash Bandicoot Twinsanity out of all the non remakes. I loved the 4th wall references saying the game was unfinished and roasting the sensitive Crash fans. They kept it real and they didn't give a dam. Unfinished masterpiece.

[@varkolak7779]

I feel like the games like The Wrath of Cortex and Twinsanity takes place in an alternate universe which is fitting since Twinsanity is about travelling to another dimension, also I feel Crash of Titans and Mind Over Mutant takes place in another reality. In other words there are three Crash realities: *Naughty Dog trilogy with It's About Time as a sequel. *Post Naughty Dog games like The Wrath of Cortex and Twinsanity. *Crash of Titans and Mind Over Mutant. What do you think?

[@redandblack641]

I'd add the racing games as their own timeline along with the GBA games being another possible timeline.

[@PolarisCastillo]

The most recent Halloween movies are direct sequels to the original film, while it ignores the rest of the films. That is how I see this game. And I love that.

[@Fungiarts]

I kinda came back after some people still didn't got the message that every title in the series is canon.

[@neckapples3526]

So.... Should we really care about it? Like, founding a multiverse is just a cheap way of saying that anything happened. Calling it canon then doesn't mean a thing because there is no Non-canon content. And on top of all. It's about sonic's ass game.

[@leekearney830]

I completly understand the opinion of Crash 4 being the new timeline, but I feel the crash you have in 1 to 3 and ctr is the same crash, with a different crash in WOC and Twin Sanity, and another for Crash of the titans. While they occured at similar times, they were in different parts of the multiverse and i feel like the games released post naughty dog are not being ignored, just the story for crash 4 is a direct continuation of the original series.. and we may see him meet or interact breifly with his other multiverse forms as they tear through it in the new game.. that approach gives them full access to the crash timeline in there story telling process on an entire new adventure, all while keeping the people happy and returning to the better respected timeline in the game. I love it.

[@Andres-TM]

You should also make a video about Which is the Best Crash Bandicoot Era, The Naught Dog era (1996-1999), The Post-Naughty Dog era (2000-2004), the most controversial era, the Radical Era (2005-2008) and the N. Sane or Revival Era (2017-present) since there’s so much debate on which Crash games are the best just like how people argue with the Sonic games and timelines.

[@doriandaykin2747]

I like how according to the subtitles, Mind Over Mutant is called Line Over Newton

[@sundrynow766]

Part Two - "3 canons" So, there is a two canons. But, as I can see, Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time creates a third canon. With crosses out the events of CTR after the Original Trilogy. And now we have 3 canons. First - The Original Trilogy, "Crash Team Racing", "Crash Bash", "Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure", "Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex", "Crash Bandicoot: N-Tranced", "Crash Nitro Kart", that Crash and Spyro crossover, "Crash Tag Team Racing", "Crash of The Titans" and "Crash Mind over Mutant". Second is much like the first one, but there is no event "Crash Bandicoot: N-Tranced", "Crash Nitro Kart" and that Crash and Spyro crossover after The Wrath of Cortex. Three years of Crash's peaceful life and "Crash Twinsanity" events happens and three last games that mentioned in first canon. In the third canon - "Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time" scratch off every events of next games after The Original Trilogy, including CTR.