Crash Bandicoot Accidentally Created the Multiverse...

[@smaguy64]

Interestingly, everyone missed out or just forgot the fact that the evil twins already confirmed the size of the multiverse (which is Infinite) before Crash 4 happen, it's nice to see more fresh perspective on Crash's cosmology

[@eboysix]

But Cortex sent his parrots to the Tenth Dimension long before N Tropy was defeated. Unless the time twister's malfunctioning ripped apart time earlier in the timeline.

[@darkstar_xd]

@@eboysix I am looking forward for another game séries that broke the Wall of the Multiverse, is Doctor Nefarious gonna find his "Ratchet and Clank games" version of Himself ? Or is both of those Doctors never gonna Crossover ? I am talking about Doctor Nefarious Trophy from Crash Bandicoot, did *REALLY ANYONE* notice that they have the same name ????

[@Minato_Arisato_5]

Let's not forget that in N Sane Trilogy Coco is literally time traveling from the middle of Crash Warped to be playable in Crash 1 and 2. That opens up a lot more timeline splits. Honestly, I think Crash has officially become the new Zelda in terms of timeline theories.

[@untitledjunk03]

Honestly, Crash 5 should be called “Crash Bandicoot N. the Multiverse of Madness”. XD

[@ravio5868]

Same initials as Mind over Mutant funny enough.

[@bobafett4265]

@@ravio5868 it also sounds like that upcoming Doctor Strange Movie.

[@SCr_20]

Directed by Sam raimy

[@untitledjunk03]

@@bobafett4265 It is. 😉

[@skullerclawerbandicoot7966]

@@bobafett4265 Its basically the Mortal Kombat situaction. OG timeline (1-7) where Shao Kahn ended up winning The DC timeline (MKvDC) The new timeline (9-11) where all sorts of stuff happen thx to Raiden sending a message to his past self to prevent Shao Kahn from winning The newer timeline (11A) where it looks to be set during the Great Kung Laos time and/or where Shang Tsung is the all mighty powerful The movie(s?) timeline (MK 2021 movie, 1995, Annihilation, Legends, Battle Of The Realms)

[@NWDM1H]

Crash really broke his own universe in the early days! I remember that I always had this feeling that Twinsanity's dimension shenanigans would matter a lot in the future. Would be cool to see the Evil Twins return again sometime.

[@guardianboreal1432]

They're probably digested by now, kupo. Remeber the ending of Twinsanity, kupo?

[@Trainfan1055Janathan]

It's never explained why Aku-Aku protects Dingodile and Cortex in this game (before they met).

[@grisu1934]

are you talking about uka-uka?

[@Trainfan1055Janathan]

@@grisu1934 Kinda. In the game, Aku-Aku protects Dingodile and Cortex, even though, as far as he knew, they were still evil. I get that Uka-Uka couldn't because he was unconscious, but still...

[@TomJeffries1]

reasons! *waves hands around*

[@jakeadkins944]

I actually noticed that there are no Aku Aku crates in either Cortex's first or his last level. It's a nice touch, and we can chalk the mercy akus up to not being canon for the sake of letting more people beat them

[@clownymoosebean]

I'd say Aku Aku is omnipresent, attempting to protect those who need protecting as necessary to keep the universe from falling apart.

[@MichaelNakamura]

The event when child Cortex sended the evil twins to the 10th could also create a butterfly effect and the multiverse.

[@CanadianGuyEh]

One of MANY splits!

[@jjohnson2445]

@@CanadianGuyEh you mess with time it tends to mess back

[@walteracevedo5105]

For CTR to be Canon, Crash and Aku would've saved Cortex and Uka from the Time Twister bubble in the Good Ending. For Crash Bash, the Quantum Masks are the "Ancient Ones", not allowing the time bubble from forming, at a cost. For Crash GBA, "Huge Adventure" and "N-Tranced" are alt Crash 2 and 3, different path, same end.

[@ShahroozSmith]

It gets even more batshit insane when you realize that all of the Crash Bandicoot Mobile games are also canon, including the TIGER Electronic games, Crash on the Run, and several other games on Java and Nokia phones... And don't forget the Crash Bandicoot Manga. (Yes, there is a Crash Bandicoot Manga, and it is the canon universe for Crash Boom Bang!)

[@bobafett4265]

True dude, an Infinite number of possibilities available that anything is possible, so a timeline where Cortex won in the first game, check, another where Tropy Stopped Crash when he encountered him in the events of Warped Check. Also the portable versions of Titans and Mind over Mutant are quite different from their Main Console counterparts so add those to the list.

[@ShahroozSmith]

@@bobafett4265 It goes further where in Crash Team Racing, we have the original where the Trophy Girls had always been the same and the Nitro Fueled version where they all became the Nitro Squad.

[@skullerclawerbandicoot7966]

@@ShahroozSmith So was Tawna being a lone wolf after Crash and Coco were killed, does that mean Dingodile owning a food diner is just the result of IAT's timeline?

[@ShahroozSmith]

@@skullerclawerbandicoot7966 That one is kinda odd since the hub "Mosquito Marsh" says it takes place several days ago... but they didn't say which dimension. So it could all just be conjecture of whether Dingodile opens a restaurant either because he retired being a villain after Crash 3 or for a different reason. Or if it is the same Dingodile from Crash 3 and not just an alternate version.

[@marcusjones6064]

I wonder if anyone ever thought about when Crash defeats an enemy in the past, (e.g. Frogs, goats, sharks, snakes, etc.) Would that also lead to a change in future events aswell? And not forgetting that Crash took Baby T from the prehistoric era and Coco took Pura out of his timeline aswell. Surely by doing just that would effect future events.

[@comixamples524]

The creators of Insane Trilogy also stated that Coco used the Time Travel technology from part 3 to be able to be in 1 and 2. Somehow fake Crash was able to do the same.

[@Kaos_Element]

This is actually a good way to explain the differences in the lore of Skylanders: Academy and the of the Skylanders series. Its even supported by the fact that Crash himself appears in Skylanders: Imaginators and Skylanders: Academy.

[@MrCaputo90]

Interesting point so characters like Nina, Crunch, Von Clutch, Emperor Velo and many more are the product of this massive "crisis of infinite earths". By one simple buttlerfly effect. Fascinating.

[@mattplays2]

Toys for Bob Department of Lore see this video: “Wow, this guy had a good theory, let’s gonna make it official and we’re gonna say that it was our idea”

[@darkstar_xd]

"Lets make a Crossover betwen "Ratchet and Clank" and "Crash Bandicoot" as well, making both Doctor Nefarious meet" Doctor Nefarious Trophy - Crash Bandicoot Doctor Nefarious - Ratchet and Clank Edit : *AM I REALLY THE ONLY ONE THAT NOTICE THIS ???????*

[@VinnimonCinnimon]

13:20 Mostly solid theory, but doesn't the ending to Crash 4 confirm that this is a branch off from N.Sane Trilogy BECAUSE Crash 4 Crash is what kicked off the events by screwing up the Cortex Vortex, essentially creating an endless loop paradox that could potentially lead to their own version of events after the initial first game? In order for this to happen Cortex went back to 1996 of his OWN timeline to make this happen. I'd like to propose that the jorts line was more of a nod that the N.Sane Trilogy + Crash 4 is it's own new timeline ENTIRELY given that N Sane Crash doesn't wear jorts. He wears beach shorts. It's the OG Crash that came from the original PS1 trilogy-Twinsanity that wears the jorts. Denim texture and all.

[@thedredayshow9246]

The future levels have Cortex billboards. Is that in a timeline where Cortex wins? 👀

[@NaterBaiterGamer]

If Crash did not get the Crystals, Cortex would have done it anyway, and the Butterfly effect still happens in the timelines, it would have been his fault, not Crash, but it’s the other way around.

[@ButteryGoodnessINC]

All I would want is a Crash game that takes all other Crashes as separate characters, for unique gameplay. Original Crash is standard. Titan/Mutant Crash uses monsters. Time Crash uses the Quantum Masks. Skylanders Crash talks. Evil Crash is for hard mode. WoC Crash uses the Elementals. And so on.

[@AbdulTheArabicGuy]

I feel like the whole ideology behind different timelines in different dimensions is indicated within R&C: Rift Apart, because when you're playing as Clank in the dimensional puzzles, you are evidently given an explanation of all the different possibilities before they happen, as they are happening, and after they had happened. All these different possibilities would in turn solidify into a few or a set amount of possibilities that lead to the very next thing, which in Clank's mini-game's case, the next stage of the puzzle to destroy or close down those rift vortexes around the planet(s). With that said, the whole video properly alludes to this concept, and kind of makes it true in that extent. P.S.: I like Crash Bandicoot.

[@darkstar_xd]

I wanna see a Crossover in the Future, with Doctor Nefarious finding his "Ratchet and Clank" Universe Counter-part....... I am talking about Doctor Nefarious Trophy from Crash Bandicoot, did *REALLY ANYONE* notice that they have the same name ???

[@tresheppard8942]

All Crash Bandicoot games are canon with their timeline story. 🙂

[@fridaynightnicktoons6885]

I don’t know one franchise that has only one canon anymore. Look at DBZ. Gt/super/super manga all are canon. Marvel,dc,the multiple James Bond’s ect

[@BrandonLeopardGaming]

Aka Different Universe's and Dimensions

[@skullerclawerbandicoot7966]

@@fridaynightnicktoons6885 Sonic? Mario? Pokemon? Final Fantasy?

[@gonmolon8465]

​@@skullerclawerbandicoot7966 there's a theory of Sonic about the multiverse and how Generations created, just like this crash theory

[@TheEKdude]

I feel like Crash opened up a bunch of universes where the other games take place in but I’m probably wrong since in them mainline games (specifically Crash 4) there are numerous references to the post Naughty Dog games which could mean that they’ve existed in that universe or something?

[@bandicootsauce4569]

I've actually been playing with the Crash multiverse concept in my fanfics. Seriously, it's an endless source of fuel for interesting stories.

[@Battleguy02]

I love this video and theory. Mainly because it makes a lot of sense, and there is so much proof that we can basically call it canon IF we wanted without the games telling us it is. Once you defeat N. Trophy in Crash 3 he says "My time is up... but yours soon will be to!". I think N. Tropy was 100% aware and knew of everything that was going to occur after Crash 3. After all he is able to go anywhere at any time. In Twinsanity Cortex even invents the Psychetron which is capable of taking anyone and ANYTHING to any dimension. It's even able to bring anything from any dimension to the current dimension. The Psychetron is even capable of CREATING dimensions or twisted realities (mainly due to it being highly unstable) as seen in the cut Gone Coco level. We even learn in Twinsanity that cortex has been experimenting with time and dimensions since he was in SCHOOL... Let's not even get started on Coco's machine in Wrath of Cortex and what it does. Just the thought that the Crash we see in Crash 4 isn't the original Crash is mind blowing. There's absolutely no way the devs of Crash 4 weren't aware of any of this while working on Crash 4. Knowing all of this and looking back at the 100% ending of Crash 4 makes that short and simple ending a lot more meaningful than it really is seeing Uka Uka simply laugh as he awakened.

[@xFaisal_HK]

I was wondering why the crystals are absent in Crash 4… maybe because they were lost in time because the prequel had time traveling? 🤔

[@BodiesandBricks]

Ah yes, Crash will unite the three spidermen and bring peace to the -Galaxy- Multiverse

[@Crow_Rising]

Each time split has the potential to split even further. For example, let's say that for some reason Crash collecting the crystals in the Medieval levels doesn't prevent N. Tropy or Crash himself from existing in that timeline. Eventually, the events of Crash Warped would happen in their version of history, with it's own set of resulting time splits. This could also tie into the theory of every death in video games during gameplay are canon, and the outcome in which the player doesn't die is it's own separate timeline. This would mean there's a timeline where N.Tropy succeeds at stopping Crash and takes back the crystals. It would also mean there's a timeline where Crash hardly takes a few steps on N.Sanity Beach before meeting an untimely end, with Cortex going on to rule the world. Something else worth pointing out is the version of events we see in Crash 4 relating to Cortex creating Crash are the N.Sane version. This could imply that Crash 4 Crash is actually original 90's Crash fresh off the events of Crash Warped on PS1, and the N.Sane Trilogy version of events takes place in the new timeline created by Crash 4. All this combined could mean that there truly is an infinite number of alternative timelines, some more drastically different than others.

[@Harper_Onions]

I've always viewed it as simplier... Crash 4 continues from Crash 3's good ending (105%) and the other games continue from Crash 3's regular ending.

[@lightyearpig12]

Toys for Bob Coco: This cannot get any weirder. Titans Coco: It can get weirder! Titans Crash: PANCAKES!

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

Mate, there's a much EARLIER part of the timeline that can cause a new branch to be created: the original Crash Bandicoot's endings. Yes. I said *endings.* Because, yes, while time travel is one way to generate new timelines... so is *choice.* And in the original Crash Bandicoot, there is a choice that the player has to choose between one of two endings if they have 100% or not. And it really is a choice; not like almost every other game where, if you have 100%, the standard ending is locked out for good. You HAVE to commit to that ending now; you don't get an option. As for Crash Bandicoot 1, neither ending coincides with the other in any capacity - but there IS interference. As a result, one ending results in one timeline of events, the other will lead to a whole new story. Think about it: in the 100% ending, Cortex wasn't defeated by Crash and by butterfly effect fall into the cavern where he found the Master Crystal. So the events of Crash 2 could NOT have happened, and by default the games that followed. For example, look at the Henry Stickmin Collection and how it handles different timelines. With Chapters 3 and 4, the endings you choose there create an ENTIRELY different story for the final Chapter. And even if some of them do end similarly, they are all unique and play out differently. So if we apply the same logic to Crash, we have the PERFECT opportunity using Crash Bandicoot 1 to split the timeline and keep all of the games relevant. It's also a much easier explanation for people to process if they ever chose to do something with it. ... Better than outright retconning games and pretending they never existed. I mean... *How hard can it be?*

[@cjytp1660]

Wow. Who would've thought a simple platformer games involves the multiverse since late 90s. Man I really like Crash Bandicoot. I even had my own design of him after M.O.M incident.

[@clownymoosebean]

You wanna get real crazy? Crash Team Racing is the ULTIMATE Timeline Tangling Mess! All Characters from across all games, and therefore, all timelines, come together just to have a bit of fun, which would totally be incredibly dangerous, IF there weren't also an infinite amount of N. Trophy's also joining in on the shenanigans WHILE keeping the multiverse from falling apart. Pretty reckless, but at least we're having fun! Now ponder this. Every time you do a Time Trial, you create a new 'Ghost', and therefore, a new timeline, which is layered on top of the next new timeline for the purpose of seeing if you can go faster. Somewhere along the way, you are challenged by the time ghosts of Trophy, Oxide, Velo, AND THE FREAKIN DEVS. (or probably canonically, random characters that just so happen to be the time trial masters of that particular timeline) Why yes, I too like to create countless timelines recreationally! What could possibly go wrong?? NOW LET'S GET DEEPER! Iron. Checkpoint. Crate. You see where I'm going with this? The Iron Checkpoint Crate is a sentient being that is somehow capable of driving. But I'm not done! ALL CRATES. They are ALL sentient, omnipresent entities that exist across all the universes and timelines therein. WHO actually places those crates all over the place? Why are you rewarded for conquering/breaking them all? Why are you sometimes rewarded for 'being nice' to them, ie; leaving them alone in very specific instances? Maybe THEY WANT TO BE DESTROYED. With each adventure, they make themselves harder and harder to conquer, and when you do, they award you with clear power gems. At some arbitrary points, they specifically reward you with a blue gem for NOT breaking them, especially in Crash 4 where it's quite a bit difficult to spare the crates. Of course, there's some contradictions/gaps that'd be hard to bridge. We know from Crash 4 that cortex experimented with crates after watching crash break them all like the OCD freak he is. He even created new types of crates just to see how crash would react to them. I'd still like to posit that the crates are sentient via the existence of Checkpoint Crates. They literally save a moment in time for whoever breaks them, and bring them back to that point if they die sometime afterwards. Are they helping us with our adventures, or do they enjoy watching us fail? It's maddening! TL;DR I think CTR is a Paradox Factory that may or may not destroy the universe as we know it. CRATES ARE MYSTERIOUS SENTIENT BEINGS THAT LOVE TO BE DESTROYED. And the Iron Checkpoint Crate is the bravest among them.

[@xFCold]

What a video! My mind is blown 👏👏

[@botesystems]

Didnt Toys for Bob comfirm that they tried to fill the gap between Crash 3 and WOC?

[@paladinheadquarters7776]

When?

[@saragarnica723]

Wait what? When did they say that?

[@paladinheadquarters7776]

@@saragarnica723 never I think, the person up top was likely misinformed or remembered something wrong.

[@toottootsonicwarrior5777]

I think the idea that the totaly tubular versions of Crash and Coco are the ones from C4 Tawna's dimension is a really interesting one.

[@experiencefanatic4380]

Absolutely brilliant video, easily one of my favourite crash bandicoot theories I've ever heard

[@bobafett4265]

This is a very interesting theory that I kinda seen coming, honestly with the Time Twister breaking at the end of Warped, I kinda figured the whole Multiverse starting around the events of Warped is possible.

[@DrRank]

Personally, I think it's still possible for every Crash game to exist on one singular timeline. Yes, even Crash Team Racing and Crash Bash.

[@nesplayz4701]

Wow I never even noticed that dialogue after defeating N-Trophy that pretty much confirms the multiverse 😱

[@Megumi_Bandicoot]

I think people overthink Crash Bandicoot a little too much. In the end it’s just a box breaking game. xD

[@paladinheadquarters7776]

Nah there are cool story elements even though it’s relatively simple.

[@tylerdunnan5059]

So, say if there are 10 dimensions (since the evil twins say they are from the 10th dimension), It would make sense that after defeating N Tropy in Warped, Crash collects 10 more crystal's as there are 10 more levels in the time twister, but because N Tropy is defeated he can't stabilised those 10 timelines after Crash defeats him and travels through those locations.

[@bandicootsmwcentral2950]

Ok. But how did Crash traveled through time 27 times when there are 25 Crystals? Also wouldnt the butterfly effect applies to every box/gem collected as well?

[@shookengie370]

They must've miscalculated

[@geminimodelg.2184]

Don't forget time relics too

[@NekoNick2770]

If we also look at the n-saine trilogy coco made more time lines when she traveled back to crash one and two

[@ebarbosa100]

Now it seems like crash is part of multiple universes all along.

[@10RexTheWolf01]

Now they have to make a 5th game where Cortex does succeed in making Crashworth Cortex

[@Ozzient]

Sadly with all this multiverse talk it seems like none of them lead to one where Crash joins Smash Bros ☹ lol

[@crashtefano]

I am tired of these alternative realities. Crash 4 has done less than expected with its multiverse, I prefer a single timeline where all the games in the series happened

[@tgnoat910]

Same

[@luckybeast1234]

The multiverse was already a thing in Twinsanity tho Even if it took place in one single timeline, it wouldn't make any sense especially with games like CTR,Bash,Boom Bang, and Titans as they dont fit the main series in any way (heck Boom Bang uses the canon from the manga instead of the ps1 trilogy)

[@bigberto707]

Here's a thought. The original trilogy is the main time line BUT it starts getting weird DURING warped cus coco. If you think about it ps1 coco didn't do much (as far as we know) but it's shown during the N.Sane Trilogy that she goes back and helps crash during his adventures. That's her messing with time. Crash got help when he was suppose to be alone. So I theorizes that ps1 is the events that lead to during the 2000s games while N.sane is what gives us the crash 4. If you recall it was coco who answered the question "how many times did you beat this clown?" Just 3. She wasn't event there during the first game so how'd she known?

[@pinstripecool34]

A theory video on Crash Bandicoot lore??? SIGN ME THE f**k UP BABY!

[@Bkuuzin]

Wumpa League must be part of Crash 4’s main timeline since it’s referenced at the end of It’s About Time.

[@BlueJack222]

God dammit Crash you always have to mess up something

[@StickySucksAtGames]

Wait, so that means if Crash went to the past to collect the crystals, he would’ve never got them in Crash 2. Hence cortex comes up with the idea of Crunch and so on. Does my comment has a head?😅

[@paladinheadquarters7776]

No that doesn’t mean that. In the events of Crash 3 the Crystals in 2 have already being collected around the earth. So they just go back in time to different times where there were crystals around.

[@rebeccavolbeda8744]

Crash bandicoot into the crash verse

[@oflameo8927]

You probably need to count each Crash death as a split too.

[@danielivey562]

Not including Back to the Future, Crash Bandicoot, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Mortal Kombat, Ratchet & Clank, Jak and Daxter, Terminator, Sly Cooper (we don't talk about the 4th game) and probably other franchises I don't know of have delved into time travel. And minus Jak and Daxter and Sly Cooper, they have also dealt with the multiverse concept.

[@zerokatayama]

I actually think this makes sense, from someone who knows quite a bit about time travel and multiversal theories myself I think this actually makes perfect sense.

[@wourydiallo1445]

Wow this is actually a cool theory. I like the idea that the main source of chaos in the entire series, is caused by the main character himself.

[@skullerclawerbandicoot7966]

Think of it like the events of Mortal Kombat 9. Shao Kahn wins and is about to bring the end of days. Everyones dead except for Raiden, where hes about to be killed. Raiden then uses his remaining power to send a message to his pass self to prevent that from happening before he gets killed. MK9 takes place in the 1st 3 games but events have been completely changed, Shao Kahn dies, thus leading into Mortal Kombat X, X Comics and 11.

[@wourydiallo1445]

@@skullerclawerbandicoot7966 wow I never played any mortal kombat games but this is kinda cool

[@skullerclawerbandicoot7966]

@@wourydiallo1445 I recommend u play the games. Theyre really fun and have a great story

[@nobod2567]

Crash has now gone like Spider-man! And The Flash! And Loki!

[@DamageMaximo]

My mind is blown, it will take a lot of time to recover from this

[@taczpat5610]

How Crash made "crash of thr titans dimension" if Crash didnt exist in this dimension, im thinkin about first cutscene.

[@Chanchy]

an easy question: have you drunk, eaten or smoken some suspicious substance recently?

[@Obe_omer]

This theory might be 100% true, another thing I want to add is that maybe the crash 4 version of crash is in the Spyro universe because of the Spyro Easter egg, why would they make a big Spyro balloon in the mosquito marsh festival?? fake crash also had a big balloon in the festival and he appeared in run it bayou so maybe Spyro is in Mosquito Marsh.

[@the1stMoyatia]

This means that Crash met Spyro in a few of these timelines. Skylanders is cannon in the series as a whole.

[@ShadwSonic]

There's a small problem with the "Crash caused the multiverse" theory. Funnily enough, from the exact same PS2 game that confirms The Multiverse was a thing pre-remakes: Twinsanity. See, the Evil Twins are not _originally_ from the 10th Dimension, but from the _original_ one. They were the very first experimental subjects that Cortex used to test the Evolvo-Ray... which regardless of how well it worked, also sent them to another universe. Question! How could they get sent to another universe if it hadn't been created yet? Remember, this is from _Evolvo-ray_ experimentation, the very process that led to Crash's creation after it was... _mostly_ perfected. Thus, if the apparent results were different, it would've likely affected Crash himself... quite possibly in a way that negated the very time travel this theory relies on.

[@CrashBasher96]

How come I never thought of this!?! Good thinking CGE!

[@costelinha1867]

And then there's people complaining about the timeline split in the Zelda games... What Link did in OOT is child's play compared to what our beloved marsupial did in Warped.

[@gregzotter6189]

Also, Spyro is connected to the Crash Multiverse, as a number of Crash Games feature Spyro and his friends and enemies.

[@joelbarraclough6689]

Canadian guy eh can you do a video on your in take of a CTR sequel because I like see anti-gravity make a return considering I played Nitro Kart but not the original CTR since games were harder to get at the time?

[@GARNET-DAGGER-FF9]

Amazing video!

[@cashbrady4074]

In out for launch in crash 4 you can see the evil twins on a screen seeing how much crashes in the multiverse

[@randomfox7261]

you forgot, Crash 1 is the 1st timeline change because if you don't get all the gems you fight Cortex & continue to Crash 2 but if you have all Gems you save Tawna without fighting Cortex

[@orangeasphalt741]

Here's my thought for a Crash Bandicoot story CRASH BANDICOOT: Worlds Collide The characters in the Crash Bandicoot franchise, and their worlds (based on the Crash Bandicoot games) across the multiverse, are about to collide. Two masters of the multiverse (Alternate versions of The Evil Twins from Crash Twinsanity) utilize an powerful inter-dimensional source with the ability to converge universes, as part of their plan to defeat their creator, and arch-nemesis, an alternate and much more successful version of Dr. Neo Cortex, and his army of super animal mutants, led by an alternate and villainous version of Crash called, Thrash Bandicoot.

[@FireStormDel]

In regards to CTR connecting to Crash 3, I've always been following the headcanon that either N. Gin was able to build a small Time Twister that was just about able to get Uka Uka, Cortex, and N. Tropy back to the present, or now that I think of it, Uka Uka simply broke free of the baby doctors, and once he had healed, he got them back to the present, restoring Cortex and Tropy in the process so there wasn't any waiting for them to be adults again. Also, not sure how Crash and Coco picked up 27 crystals in Warped when only the main 25 levels have crystals, all other stages, including Future Tense in N. Sane Trilogy, only have Gems, a slight error, I know, but it did throw me when you said that. And how can Twinsanity be it's own universe when the game references/follows up Wrath of Cortex, sure, a case could be made that it's an split follow up given the 4th wall reference to WoC not doing well, and the tone changing to be more comedic, but it's more possible they were jokes in the long run than clues/hints of being a different kind of follow up to WoC As for my personal timelines, they go: Main: 1 - 2 - 3 - CTR - CB - WoC - Twinsanity - CNK - HA/XS - N. Tranced - CTTR - CNK mobile sequels - Either original or N. Sane Trilogy and Nitro Fuelled versions apply. MuTitan: CotT - MoM - Not sure where DS/GBA and Mobile versions go since they have slightly different stories to the console versions from what I've read. It's About Time: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4/IAT - All possible later games as of now

[@prometheusmodelow8322]

N. Tranced has to happen before CNK given N. Trance is already known in CNK.

[@josephholt4736]

I just thought of something. It's shown in a few games that Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon know each other. Maybe Crash Bandicoot also accidently created the alternate timelines of Spyro's world: "A Hero's Tale", "The Legend of Spyro", "Crash Purple/Spyro Orange", "Crash on the Run", "Skylanders", etc. Heck, even the events of the "Skylanders Academy" Netflix series could've been Crash's fault!

[@Skypatroller_BenCD]

I honestly LOVE this theory

[@TrentDF1]

No, apologies, but this is kinda silly. "Come on, this is something just crafted together because of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, this is nothing but a retcon and something silly that was injected in the Crash Bandicoot series for this game." And that is where we are right, not wrong. Crash Bandicoot was not created with a multiverse in mind. Prior to Crash 4, there were simply canon games and non-canon games. Twinsanity definitely introduced the concept of other dimensions, true, but it was not a big "look at our comic-style multiverse!" thing. There were no big multiverse plans in mind. This was done for Crash 4. "But Crash 4 is the quote-unquote retcon of Wrath of Cortex, if this were the case, then we would be seeing the Elemental Masks in the universe." No, not necessarily. That's part of the possibilities of a retcon. They could easily use the Elemental Masks in Crash 5 or 6 with a new story, or re-introduce Crunch with a new origin (and I hope they do! I really hope they don't just toss in WoC's Crunch and say "dimension-hoping!"...that's lazy and lame). As for Crash Team Racing, it was one of the canon games in the original timeline, WoC and Twinsanity both show that, so there's no reason for it not to be canon in the new timeline. The events of CTR are not impossible, Cortex being sent to a desolate planet doesn't really have any bearing on this for multiple reasons (some spoilery). The events of CTR could simply take place sometime after It's About Time and after the spoilery bits. "It's been subtly confirmed that the Crash that we see in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is not the same Crash Bandicoot that we see in the N. Sane Trilogy." No, it was absolutely NOT subtly confirmed. This part of the video actually kinda angers me. Part of the whole selling point of It's About Time was that it was a direct sequel to Warped, specifically the N. Sane Trilogy, meaning the same Crash. A small line in the PSN description does not "confirm" anything, nor is it a hint to this being a different Crash. To advertise the game as a direct continuation--which instills a promise to the audience of the same returning main characters--and then turn around and say "oh, it's actually not the same Crash" is incredibly dumb. They did not confirm that, you're reading far too much into that. It's the same Crash from N. Sane Trilogy. And if Activision sees this video and turns around and says "oh, uh, yeah, Crash 4 Crash is totally a different Crash!" then the franchise DESERVES to have another massive drop in quality and go on another 10-year hiatus. About Titans, it was simply a reboot. It even literally had a different origin story for Crash and no story connections to previous games (Tiny breaking the fourth wall is not an indication of any connection, it's just plain and simply meta humor, nothing more). You don't change the entire origin story and seriously claim it to be a sequel, that's just silly. I really hope the multiverse aspects of the franchise aren't used too much in future Crash games, it's already gotten a bit generic and tired as a trope, and it's inevitably causing misconceptions and bad fan theories that the developers will unfortunately let influence the games (just like they already let memes, KZbinrs, and speed-runners do...). Activision/Toys For Bob, it's okay to just say "Yeah, the only canon games are N. Sane Trilogy, Nitro-Fueled, and It's About Time." There doesn't have to be an over-complicated multiverse with every game being canon. It's messy and really doesn't work as well as you think. Keep the stuff in It's About Time, sure, like alternate Tawna and female N. Tropy, but it's okay to simply let the pre-N. Sane Trilogy games stay in the past.

[@MrBoomxl]

I agree, the multiverse theory seems to just be an easy way to make non canon things canon(not only in Crash but in all other situation people use the multiverse). I also hope they dont get rid of the old timeline(WoC and Twinsanity), personally i was hoping It's About Time would just fill the gap betwen Warped and WoC. I also hope we will get to see Crunch again, but i think i'd prefer the original origin story. I know WoC wasn't received well, so what i'm hoping for is a re-imagining of WoC, where it uses the same concept with Crunch being Cortex's new weapon and the use of the Elementals(i personally really liked them) and change the gameplay and levels a bit to make the game feel better. I also hope for a remake of Twinsanity after that, some of the people that worked on the original Twinsanity have offered to help work on a remake of Twinsanity including all the cut content. Something they might have to change about Twinsanity is the amount of open world areas. They're fun but some people won't like this change from the linear levels from previous games, so i think making a balance in this, both open areas and linear levels, would make it a better game.

[@quangamershyguyyz7166]

You’re taking such a simple theory way too seriously and over dramatically. Just let people believe what they want. If they want to introduce a multiverse into Crash Bandicoot let them. It shouldn’t be bothering you or anyone else. The developers should be free to say whatever they want is or is not canon in their series.

[@TrentDF1]

There's no drama here, and no one is saying you can't believe what you want. Just as I'm allowed to voice my own disagreement with a theory, it shouldn't bother you or anyone else. There IS some actual misinformation in the video being spread as "fact" when it isn't, though. That's the only part with a genuine issue.

[@deyareedairydiaryyoutubech5166]

In crash bandicoot 4 it’s about time if he said this game is not a universe it’s a multiverse does that mean in that game it have crash of the Titans levels crash twinsanity levels and crash bandicoot mind over mutant levels and wrath of Cortex levels

[@MarkiplierMeatMuncher8]

Next Crash game should be "Crash Bandicoot 5: into the Bandicoot-verse". Crash 4 Crash, N.sane Trilogy Crash, PS1 Crash, Evil Crash, Skylanders Crash, Willy Wombat, and Titans Crash team up to defeat the giant golden crab or something idk

[@deyareedairydiaryyoutubech5166]

Oh yeah I agree they should do that cuz if they actually did that that’s gonna change the game forever

[@zeus.9285]

I’m just watching this thinking about the next game Crash Bandicoot 5: The Multiverse of Madness

[@jamarithehedgehog539]

Ratchet and Clank and now Spongebob is getting in the multiverse

[@mickbuzzi4940]

Because of the change in design from N. Sane trilogy to Crash 4 I always saw it as a dimension change. I just wish that it was confirmed or that there could have been an N. Sane trilogy dimension in Crash 4.

[@Canal_do_Lontra]

Your teory is very consistent and very interesting, and imo it have legs :D

[@digitalunity]

See he's called Crash because that's what he did when he started driving the timeline

[@adamj.cuthbert7528]

It's easier just to say there are different timelines that form part of a bigger Multiverse: 1) The original Naughty Dog trilogy and Crash Team Racing. 2) Crash Bash. 3) Wrath of Cortex, Twinsanity, and Tag Team Racing. 4) Crash of the Titans and Mind Over Mutant. 5) The N-Sane Trilogy, Crash 4, and Nitro Fuelled. 6) The GBA games: XS, N-Tranced, and Fusion. 7) Crash Nitro Kart 2. 8) Crash 99X by Tiger Electronic Games. 9) The Crash Bandicoot manga. 10) Crash Boom Bang! 11) Skylanders Universe. 12) Crash on the Run.

[@Trinteium]

Your theory is great, but please, I want to keep in MY mind that the Crash in Crash Bandicoot 4 is actually the same from the N. Sane Trilogy, just to make the lore less confuse.

[@estebangutierrez160]

Austin Powers: oh no I've gone crosseyed

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

Oh, one more thing I forgot to mention. While I can see where you are coming from with this theory... It's complete bunk. Time travel paradoxes/alterations were debunked last year... or was it in 2019? Either way, it's been proven false. (And I would link an article, but last I did something like that, my comment was auto-deleted.) The long of the short of it is that if you DID go back in time and, say, took one of the Power Crystals to the present, the universe will auto-correct itself. This is *COMPLETELY* true! It was mathematically proven. Of course, there is ONE problem... You run the risk of collapsing the timeline into a blackhole. ... Oh wait, that technically happened. (If we can call what happened in Warped's 100% ending a black-hole.)

[@setsers1]

Ah, Classic.😊😉😆

[@AgoraphobicNews]

God of War was just announced for PC. There is still hope for Nitro Fueled :)

[@HeloisGevit]

The Nvidia leak saying it was coming to Steam was correct!

[@AgoraphobicNews]

@@HeloisGevit Yeah! I hope it is true!

[@StarlightQueen]

If Skylanders Crash AND Twinsanity Crash are canon, that would mean that Spyro and all of his universes (and more) are also included in this multiverse.

[@DylTheRetroDemon]

Crash Bandicoot:INTO THE WUMPA VERSE

[@CanadianGuyEh]

WUMPA VERSE. I LOVE THAT

[@DylTheRetroDemon]

@@CanadianGuyEh I'm pretty sure every one of my comments have been seen by you.

[@deyareedairydiaryyoutubech5166]

Cool that should be for crash bandicoot 5

[@ZeeCH_Music]

Hmm, the japanese art for Crash in Crash Bandicoot 4: Its about time is different, probably referencing "this" crash is different from the previous crash we know. they've used cuter design from Crash 1 ~ 3 up to N-sane Trilogy but the Crash 4: Its about time got the same looks from the western art.

[@akisesilva2321]

I never stoped to think about it. This video is awesome!

[@impactfultv]

There are actually 11 universes of Crash Bandicoot as I call it: The Cut Above The Rest Theory 1. Crash 1 2 & 3 2. CBWoC 3. Crash Twinsanity 4. Crash Of The Titans 5. Crash Mind Over Mutant 6. Crash N Sane Trilogy and Nitro Fueled 7. Crash 4 It’s About Time 8: Skylanders Franchise 9. Crash Boom Bang! & Crash Bash 10. Spyro Franchise 11. Crash Team Racing, Crash Nitro Kart, & Tag Team Racing

[@paladinheadquarters7776]

No Twinsanity and Wrath of Cortex are in the same timeline. The finished and true ending of Wrath of Cortex leads up to Crash Twinsanity.

[@impactfultv]

@@paladinheadquarters7776 Crunch isn’t in Twinsanity though 😐

[@v.1017n]

Actually the cutscenes are the same in the original crash 3. Where cortex explains the Time Machine is delicate. So they knew what they were doing from the start🤣

[@carlbrown1000]

Stop getting me excited for something that could "plobably" happen

[@clarkred4235]

Also, not a lot of people realise, but the events of warped, from the perception in the time twister; Crash retrieved all crystals and defeated cortex in matter of like 2 minutes. If you sit in the time twister and watch crash jump in and out of points in time, he will jump out the second he jumped into the level. It may have taken crash however long to complete each level but outside of that point in time, the change would've been immediate

[@VaniRoyal]

I thought Wrath of Cortex and Twinsanity were still canon, they just now take place after Crash 4 (and any more new games they want to slot in between there) Like how Sonic Mania and Sonic Superstars take place after the Genesis games, but before Sonic Adventure. This type of stuff is subject to change though, at the time of Mania’s release, it was said that it was an alternate timeline or even a separate dimension? But sometime between the release of Mania and Superstars, that changed, and they now take place in the main timeline, just earlier in it.

[@jordonhow7101]

I keep watching this video every so often after running thorough each game and I think there's a weird element to the fact crash technically never "created" the multiverse, cortex did. He sent his birds to a separate dimension which I feel needs to be the starting point to the whole series then it going 1,2 3, racing then 4. Wrath of cortex and twinsanty are a separate timeline with titans and mind over mutant being a third timeline somewhat. But as the twinsanty timeline needs to exist to cause the dimensions I get sorta stumped from there backwards.

[@toottootsonicwarrior5777]

That means there is a Crash, Boom Bang dimension. Lol

[@kineticmediahub-enlightenment]

Awesome video as usual! Here's how I see the alternate timelines (at least for the console games and not counting the spinoff games) there's the Radical Timeline (Crash of the Titans & Crash Mind Over Mutant: Obviously), the Travelers Timeline (Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex & Crash Twinsanity: Twinsanity takes place 3 years after The Wrath of Cortex) and of course the Primary/Mainstream Timeline (Crash Bandicoot 1, Crash Bandicoot 2 Cortex Strikes Back, Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped, Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy & Crash Bandicoot 4 It's About Time: These games are officialy numbered one after another and N-Sane is 1 to 1 with 1,2 &3)!

[@firelord_6442]

Maybe every skin is an alternative good crash bandicoot and the starting skin is the original crash from 1 to 3 and each other is just an alternate crash or coco that just had a different style but the same skills.

[@ZEK-ROM]

I thought it was obvious, what with Coco saying "three" when WE know that's not true. Also after N.Tropy is defeated, there are 10 crystal left.