Can you beat Crash Bandicoot 2 if every crate is a Nitro?

[@NoName-oc6wz]

That polar level was legitimately insane. I expected you just to move them slightly and call it a day. The fact that you went as far as you did deserve applause.

[@de_unknown718]

I agree😀

[@NoName-oc6wz]

@No Name THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!

[@ZorrotheArtist]

@@NoName-oc6wz MMZ3 Cannonball starts playing in background.*

[@Pao-vo8mf]

the guy is rich, makes videos for a living and can let the game running on its own. considering the little effort needed and his guaranteed income, I would be surprised if he just gave up

[@NoName-oc6wz]

@@Pao-vo8mf Man, everything has to be an argument doesn't it?

[@Knuxfan24]

I love how the Ruination soft lock also had the game suddenly think there was 50 Crystals and 50 Gems, but absolutely 0 Relics.

[@awesomeredpandax2267]

I wish relics did not exist

[@Ten_Thousand_Locusts]

@@awesomeredpandax2267 why?

[@FFKonoko]

@@Ten_Thousand_Locusts they dislike going fast/bad at speedrunning?

[@Dragoderian]

@@FFKonoko Maybe they played the newest one, where the relics are sadistic.

[@HyperDash47]

@@Dragoderian probably

[@glassramen]

Wow someone who actually commits to the spirit of a challenge rather than the letter. Good shit.

[@AceTrainerLiam]

Fantastic video! I was hooked from the first Warp Room!

[@theofficialliedetector1545]

Oh hello Ace Trainer Liam

[@crashwing1499]

Howdy Liam

[@RebornAudio]

Okay tick! ☑️

[@sampton4779]

Hey Liam

[@Zenlore6499]

The Cold Hard Crash arrow diagram was very helpful in understanding what a journey through hell entails. Also, what a great ending!

[@ibedoobert]

Legendary tier content I loved every second of it! Also that outro was fantastic lmao

[@LamaLED]

@Frogger actually yes

[@LamaLED]

@Frogger enjoy the next 4 minutes

[@LamaLED]

@Frogger ratio

[@mischiefthedegenerateratto7464]

@Frogger hello grumpy unloved kid, how are you?

[@shinyeevee0117]

the giant nitro switch crate was a nice touch at the end even if it blew up the earth

[@Ace-UY]

nice profile ye got there @shinyeevee0117

[@Trev-Grant]

I’ve always wanted videos like this (self-imposed challenges) for Crash content but they are so rare! Please let’s make this a thing!!!

[@CattyMintgum]

"someone who is actually good at this game can give it a go-" *Makes the most accurate and precise jumps of all time and beats every level with perfect calculations of every possible solution*

[@cooldudematedoesmario8829]

i think he meant people like speedrunners and crash veterans but yes ofc hes still a genius when it comes to the game

[@TactlessC]

maybe what he meant was someone who has a good microphone.

[@DumbguyMc]

tornado sling tech...

[@MazeMaker4Life]

@@TactlessC you salty kid?

[@dreemurrdelm7865]

I mean he went at it like 5000 monkeys with typewriters trying to write shakespeare, it took a heck of a lot of attempts to achieve that kind of precision, and none of the monkeys actually managed to write all of shakespear in one go.

[@QuintessentialWalrus]

How can I praise this enough? The editing in this video is superb and you should be proud. I appreciate that you took your time to explain everything the audience could possibly want to know without rushing through things OR being repetitive. Your writing and narration is incredibly easy to listen to and your visuals and examples made this extremely watchable entertainment even for a casual Crash fan. It's also incredibly impressive that you put so much effort into getting past Bear Down. Congrats on earning a new fan today!

[@IguitarVreakI]

Amen. Came for the premise, stuck around for the dedication and quality. Amazing content.

[@zachariasmanning2071]

When I was really little, like 4 years or so, I played crash twinsanity. Sadly, I could never get past the walrus part, but I still fantasized about the ending. So much so, that one night I dreamt about the ending, and I distinctly remember to this day feeling absolutely mortified as I came up to a giant wall of nitro crates. Ever since, I've thought about various ways you could get past that sort of situation, and this video was really cathartic because of it

[@A2daM2daZ]

I ABSOLUTELY love this. I know as a franchise Crash doesn't have as much content as others, but people like you keep it going. And these kinds of mods give me a whole new appreciation for the level design. The fact the last warp room was comparitively easier highlights how well designed the difficulty curve is in the game. Also watching the behaviors of Nitro crates when you let them go completely unhinged is hilarious. And that detour to get the perfect roll out on the polar level? I applaud your dedication. Thank you for clearing up EVERY possible question a viewer could have.

[@crashtefano]

Sliding below Nitro crates? Why, that's exactly what you have to do in one flashback level of Crash 4.

[@carlosperalta4809]

Yeah, i was thinking on it. In the last flashback levels you need to do it several times.

[@lozangekitten-gamer7626]

Don't forget Cortex Castle Bonus stage

[@crashtefano]

@@lozangekitten-gamer7626 How could I...? *sad violin*

[@arkan_k4c582]

Don't know if you noticed but he responded to your comment in the Crash 1 video saying that those in particular are designed in a way to jump predictably and a very high.

[@crashtefano]

@@arkan_k4c582 Yup, he did. In fact, I think that bit in Crash 4 is possibly the only one when you can slide below Nitro crates because of how they are timed to jump

[@Harper_Onions]

*Accidentally destroys entire world* ARD: Oops.

[@percher4824]

31:09 Yeah, that's a thing in every Crash game as far as I'm aware. It just happens, and for a brief moment, there's something akin to happiness. And then you choke and cry.

[@potty9364]

I had a feeling you'd walk on a nitro at least once lmao

[@kevinlee7678]

And we got to see Crash's pink underpants more than once.

[@fdgfdf2342000]

@@kevinlee7678 hol up

[@Ockeroid]

Dude, this video and the Crash 3 follow up are fantastic The effort put into these is mad. So entertaining and so interesting seeing you break down the full detail of each thing! Really looking forward to any other challenge follow ups you do! Especially if there are any more from this era! I really don't know why these aren't at a over a million yet!

[@trionhd7223]

I love the dedication and Research/knowledge you have, I hate when people Do challanges and give up or Skip parts they can't Do without thinking or being creative to really go into it. Respect.

[@bubblebass2166]

This is one of the best Crash Bandicoot videos I've ever watched. Keep up the great work man. What you've done for this community is amazing.

[@Distortedchick73]

The comedy in this vid is perfect it never drags on with a specific joke

[@cortex5835]

Love it! After seeing - but seldomly watching - basically any "Can you beat if ..." challenge for basically any Mario game here on KZbin, I love to see Crash get some much deserved love as well. Keep up the great work!

[@aionicthunder]

Well, GameChamp3K did do a CTR challenge run if you're curious (and, far as I'm concerned, she's the one who's made it popular): kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6GofWeviNKJpKs

[@cortex5835]

@@aionicthunder Thanks for the recommendation!

[@andy02q]

My takeaway: If I ever need to beat Crash 2 with all crates as Nitro whenever there's a stack of Nitros in my way I'll just wait up to 2 weeks for them to discharge themselves and if they are still there I try jumping onto them on hope they don't explode anyway.

[@jesuscerezo9956]

This dedication deserves more recognition. Man, you are brillant. You literally made my week.

[@Ten_Thousand_Locusts]

Your dedication is admirable. You running that Bear Down simulation for hours just to prove something possible and actually proving it, I wish more "challenge youtubers" would be this hyper focused on actually beating the challenge rather than making a million exceptions. Great video man!

[@larajanesen8795]

The dedication and editing and explanation is too damn good. Well done cant say much more than that. 10/10

[@OhnoSoV]

You got something special in how you approach your narration and presentation. I'm excited to watch more

[@Skrubits]

My god. I got chills when you were finally able to run under the crates on the bear level.

[@kidda4]

This is exactly the kind of video I like to watch while I eat breakfast. I have to commend you for sticking out that polar level.

[@alvarolopez4311]

I don't know how long it took you to make this video, but just the cheer enthusiasm of doing this challenge to proof if it could be done... I love it! Great video!

[@GamesOnHardMode]

This video would have ended at 1:05 for most people. The effort you went through to make this happen is unreal.

[@SondreGrneng]

Hey. I just just stumbled upon this in the feed and I just want to tell you how much I fucking appreciate the fact that you immediately disqualified abusing respawn masks. Too often I find videos of people doing challenge runs only to abuse some mechanic that's only allowed because they decided to word the challenge in just such a way that it was allowed. it always feel cheap af. If you are gonna leave in a cheese for your own challenge run on a technicality, make that the challenge run instead.

[@SondreGrneng]

btw, I'm perfectly okay with how you handled that polar level. hell, I'd have been fine if you just showed that, yes, they can technically jump that high, cheated them out and continued. I'm sure my previous comment might make this appear like a contradiction but no, I just hate false advertisement.

[@the_staplergun3968]

Your death cuts are fantastic. *touches crate and dies* *instantly cuts to next scene*

[@KatoCoyoteCombatWorkshop]

this is parallel universes level of powerful. subbed

[@GarrettD100]

Impressive. I imagine that you’ll never want to play Bear Down again after this lol.

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

I'm glad you have some integrity as a challenge runner, it would've been so easily to just move them or take a cheap victory but you actually tried. A self imposed challenge doesn't mean anything unless you try, when dealing with semantics if you exploit them it can ruin a run. Thanks for that, even if you tried and failed you tried. Trying is everything with these. 10/10 video.

[@noname-jt6kl]

This was great, we need one for warped now. That one should be possible too since there's a way around some of the boxes in high time.

[@leahbeth8335]

Your dedication to this is both admirable and a bit terrifying. Big props. 👍

[@Toastrz]

Your character arc from the Mr. Key era to legitimately well produced and creative Crash content has been very special to see.

[@tappajaav]

Really surprised how playable the game is despite modifying core aspect of it so drastically! Nice playthrough, pacing and narration on point.

[@PsclKmn]

This is an amazing video idea! The Polar level and Cold Hard Crash were great highlights too

[@Rath_Man]

Opening with Rock It's soundtrack, you can't expect me to not like it XD But seriously, love the idea, love the writing (the "no." and the nitro driving into the nitro almost killed me lol) and this demonstrates again how much research you've put into the N. Sane Trilogy!

[@TheSlammurai]

Not gonna lie, I cheered when the footage played of Crash and Polar running under the jumping nitro crates.

[@BigLadStudios]

Just wanna say, first time watching this you kept me enthralled through the whole video and I've come back several times to this video for background noise and to help me sleep. Such a good video and your passion for Crash is contagious because this got me to try the N Sane trilogy again and I've loved it.

[@FrostyBandit333]

I really hope this video blows up, it was extremely well made.

[@imdefinitelynotparkermeek7923]

One of the best Crash Bandicoot videos I've ever watched! I love content like this, The quality level is high off the charts, thank you so much for this!!! You are amazing!!!

[@stephenjerzak]

What a great video, ARD!

[@MaxBurnHeart]

Love the video! The quality is incredible! You earned my sub.

[@NGPlusVideos]

These videos have been recommending my videos to people, so I had to check them out. Not disappointed, that was very interesting!

[@AngelRasmus3]

Dude this is awesome!!! I had to share this you put soooo much work into this!

[@TheRealHonestT]

“WOAH” difficulty activated 😵😵😵

[@tealgamemaster]

There are very few perfect videos, but this is one of them!

[@darkkebab7785]

DAMN this video is literally perfection I was so committed watching it and had a blast doing it love the content just subbed

[@lozangekitten-gamer7626]

Ah yes, the most satisfying Nitro Detonator in this mod XD

[@Ali_Alhakeem]

That was hella fun to watch ,Very impressive ! i liked the ending

[@Mister_Clean]

Holy shid, that nitro jump with Polar made me audibly gasp. The sheer amount of time and effort put into this run is admirable. I had to sub.

[@connorplays6263]

You know you should call this mod "Oops, all nitros"

[@CiaranMaxwell]

I'm honestly surprised that the remake developers missed that with the second polar level. One of their playtesters was a worldwide top ten speedrunner of the PS1 trilogy. Any strats that they messed up, he was tasked with catching and they were to fix. To the point of intentionally recreating glitches that existed in the original. Anything and everything you could do in the original was supposed to be possible here.

[@amazingflavour]

This is one of those amazing pieces of content that feels so satisfying to watch. You without a doubt did way more experimentation than I thought you could 😂

[@LittleBigHamm]

One thing I noticed after watching possibly too many Crash speed runs, there are instances where you can jump and spin on top of nitro crates to make them explode without taking damage. I don’t think that they would help with the instances that you used your masks on, but thought I’d bring it up. Love this video, can’t wait to get some hands on the editor when it’s complete!

[@njdmanok]

Great job! Top notch Crash content! Please do Crash 3! Btw, that edit you did at 12:12 was AMAZING!

[@MaskedGuyCh]

Man I love the level name puns in Crash 2. This game had so much charm, it's my favorite of the trilogy.

[@bonum0901]

Dude...I bow to your perseverance and skill!

[@graduator14]

Another explosive video! :D

[@Z3ZP]

Dude. I mean.. You have my undoubted respect and the tenacity out of this world. This is one of the best vids I’ve seen in a loooong time. *standing applause*

[@kaulis6524]

Thr sheer amount of effort you put into this just for those four crates...Incredible...

[@hamodi454]

Sublime content, loved every second of it! Would love to see this challenge attempted on other crash games too.

[@ACheapLemon]

I'm glad this came with it's own challenges and solutions compared to doing a minimum boxes/wumpa run I gave it a shot a while ago and found you can beat the original CB2 with ~50 boxes and 0 wumpa collected (ignoring the item glitch where you can beat the game with 0 of each). Aside from Snow Go and Hangin Out, it's just the boulder and polar levels that have unavoidable boxes, although they have their own ways you can try to lower the amount as much as possible (you can spin while landing on the top box of Snow Go and crawl over the bottom one at the cost of collecting the only wumpa in the game, you can NSS fast enough to de-load most boxes in the boulder levels and rely on the RNG boulder bouncing to get over some others, you can mask abuse Hangin Out to get around the boxes on the grate before getting blocked by that TNT wall, you can skate around the nitro section at the end of the Cold Hard Crash death route to avoid both boxes and wumpa, etc.)

[@feshpince7181]

Probably the best Crash Bandicoot video I've seen in a long time. Great outro, btw. That's one of the best songs in the series, imo.

[@DoctorBeees]

Your videos are so good! This is one of the most high quality informative gaming video I've seen in a long time. Few things I'd like to give as suggestions, I would in the future maybe change the audio recording setup, perhaps a better mic, AT 2020 for example. The voice seems a bit phasey, also the plosives come off a bit aggressive. The content is absolutely golden, keep at it!

[@PhantomAarantula]

Mighty impressive video. I honestly didn't think it'd be possible, but seeing how many masks were available and your management of them was an eye opener for sure.

[@fluidwolf]

This would be even more of a challenge if instead of a Nitro that every crate was an NFT.

[@pablozanoto5801]

This is the first time I've seen a video "Is it possible to beat such a game without doing such a thing?" with a successful ending.

[@SumoCurtain]

This is the only time that Wrath of Cortex's nitro crate sneaking power up would be handy

[@Bunbaroness]

This was great. I'd love to see challenges like this for other Crash games, too

[@Itzkryptoxic]

dude the amount of time you put into this, hats off to you man! GGs

[@hoagieland3716]

It’s funny because last year I went through a full play though of Crash 2 on PS1 trying to get the highest percent completion with the least boxes broken. It was a very interesting challenge and some of the levels may be able to be improved upon, but I wasn’t able to figure out a way to personally. Here’s all my notes for each level: Crash Bandicoot 2 - Least Boxes Broken, Highest Percent Hub 1 (8 boxes total): Turtle Woods - 0 boxes, blue gem (from 0 boxes) Snow Go - 2 boxes, red gem Hang Eight - 0 boxes, grey gem (from time trial) The Pits - 0 boxes Crash Dash - 6 boxes (from boulder) Hub 2 (26 boxes total): Snow Biz - 0 boxes Air Crash - 0 boxes (need Aku Aku), grey gem (from death route) Bear it - 9 boxes (from TNT auto detonate) Crash Crush - 17 boxes (from boulder) The Eel Deal - 0 boxes, green gem Hub 3 (17 boxes total): Plant Food - 0 boxes, gold gem (from time trial, need Aku Aku) Sewer or Later - 0 boxes, grey gem (from gold gem path) Bear Down - 2 boxes (from TNT auto detonate), Air Crash secret Road to Ruin - 0 boxes, grey gem (death route) Un-bearable - 15 boxes (from bear), Totally Bear secret level Hub 4 (15 boxes total?): Hanging Out - 13 boxes?, requires 2 masks for completion, Totally Fly secret level Diggin’ It - 0 boxes, grey gem (death route), Road to Ruin secret level Cold Hard Crash - 2 boxes, grey gem (death route), must be first try and have mask Ruination - 0 boxes, grey gem (green gem path), Aku Aku farm Bee-having - 0 boxes, purple gem Hub 5 (0 boxes total): Piston It Away - 0 boxes, grey gem (death route) Rock It - 0 boxes Night Fight - 0 boxes, grey gem (death route) Pack Attack - 0 boxes Spaced Out - 0 boxes, grey gem (all colored gem path) Hub 6 (secret hub): Totally Bear - requires boxes Totally Fly - 0 boxes, no gem In total, this is a grand total of 66 boxes broken by any means. If you only count boxes broken by Crash and no stage hazards, then there are only 17 required boxes. Unfortunately, I did not write down what percent completion I had achieved. The big mystery level on lowest box breaking is Hanging Out. In the one section ARD mentioned he needed an Aku mask for, instead there are unavoidable normal boxes and TNT crates. Something interesting I noticed was that by setting off one of the TNT crates and back tracking in the level to a certain point fast enough, the TNT auto detonates at what seems to be around the same time that some of the boxes unload from the level (at least from what I could tell since I don’t have access to mods). This was horribly inconsistent and a variable amount of boxes were broken every time it worked. My lowest total box count for the level was 13 boxes using this exploit, but an even lower box count could be possible. Using the item glitch, technically the game is possible to beat and 200% with only 2 boxes broken from Snow Go, but that kind of defeats the purpose of the challenge. If anyone manages to find a lower box count on any of the levels I mentioned, then by all means let me know.

[@l7k452]

Amazing video! Can't wait for Crash 3

[@TheBronf]

this was amazing. you even went further with it by adding in extras that you didn't need to do. well done.

[@DerpyTheShreddingProto]

crash launches himself into polar instead of simply getting on gently. polar rolls forward from the sheer force, face-planting into the snow, leaving him unable to see or turn away from the nitro crates. ARD blames polar. …

[@philipjensen2412]

Gotta love the dedication to detail, that is in testing strats and theories, hats off for the many hours spend testing/modding 👍🏼

[@kain6387]

the production quality is insane, good job man

[@ThatMattGoodMusic]

Wicked video, the in engine cutaways for scenarios really added a lot. Subbed!

[@grfrjiglstan]

I sure didn’t think you’d end up being able to get most of the colored gems on this run.

[@terrygames8409]

Yes? Did you not play Crash Bandicoot 2 Cortex "Forgets" Back?? It's a mod where all the boxes are nitro boxes... You just basically made a remaster of that original mod!

[@pantheman2842]

And they are also put in the final boss, making him hard.

[@YoshiTheMage]

To spend so much time labbing Bear Down to confirm your theories rather than just continuing with justified confidence that they'd work after enough attempts is some serious and highly commendable dedication. Good video.

[@Gnomedalf]

You keep outperforming yourself with these videos lad, amazing content, love your indept knowledge and abilities in these games and youre a joy to listen to. Keep at it!

[@DareMurdok]

c'mon ARD don't blame Polar for running into the Nitro , Crash being a goober and constantly trying to wrestle animals he sees is the culprit here.

[@polysaccharide]

This was the video that convinced me to subscribe. You’re a legend man, amazing content! :)

[@Patashu]

This is an extremely well picked challenges. I love all the ways in which it's barely and cleverly possible

[@beamierflunky4487]

This video deserves an actual medal

[@peterpop-off]

congratulations on channel growth and getting into the algorithm

[@gunnadahun]

Your dedication is amazing

[@crangejo]

Fantastic video!

[@Raffo2007]

Wow, this was a really good challenge.

[@crushbeast29]

Really fantastic video ARD! Would love to see a Crash 3 version if possible!

[@shaclown7721]

That's some insane dedication! Loved the ending, btw

[@niknokYT]

This is genuinely great stuff! Please do more!

[@SheepRunner]

Man, that was insane to watch! I wonder if theres more Crash games that you can beat with this challenge 🤔

[@theauracyte5733]

Respect for being thorough

[@alexanderelderhorst2107]

I mean that polar bear level with those 4 crates, I'm ok with it. Considering you technically beat it legitimately from the crates blowing themselves up on a 1%, cheap but not modded, AND you showed that without that 1% glitch there is a possibility to sneak under the crates, I'd pass it. Can't really argue when you go above and beyond to that extent. That being said, congratz on such an achievement!