Universal Was AWFUL to Crash and Spyro

So it turns out that Universal Interactive was AWFUL to Crash and Spyro. Lets talk about it!
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[@CanadianGuyEh]

Spyro enter the dragonfly video I mentioned in the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZ7KhpSHgLp8e9E

[@mello6683]

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[@wolfboy3423]

@Canadian Guy Eh thanks

[@joltagegyronicthehedgehog4911]

Canadian Guy Eh how sad for universal

[@evilredflame]

Matthew Harrup point out in the video where he says that Universal developed these games. he clearly points out who developed them lol

[@Crazy_Gamer_OG]

Crash & Spyro could have been as big as Mario & Sonic if it weren't for Universal.

[@Mackaber]

Mario, sure... But... Sonic? They have their own problems

[@charliechan6892]

@@Mackaber right, but sonic still had much better marketing than crash or spyro, from the games to the books to the cartoon, action figures and now the movie.

[@imanobody7911]

Just like how Universal ruined Crash and Spyro, Sega is ruining Sonic aswell. Crash and Spyro will have a bright future because VV and Activision know what they are doing and have some great developers. Sega on the other hand...

[@Crazy_Gamer_OG]

@@imanobody7911 I don't think SEGA is ruining Sonic. They just have no clue what to do with him anymore. It's why they had a freelancer like Whitehead make Mania & they've said multiple times Sonic games don't mesh well in 3D because it requires large open spaces to run around super fast in & they just can't make it work well. I still think Generations is the best we'll ever get out of the Sonic franchise.

[@imanobody7911]

@@Crazy_Gamer_OG Yeah same. Also Generations (my favorite) was the last good Sonic game we got ( Mania doesn't count) and that's back to 2011! We haven't gotten a decent Sonic game from Sega for 9 years!

[@MobiusRules1]

The irony is during the Spyro: Year Of The Dragon credits, Insomniac Games poked fun of their tight development stating "Thank you for playing the Spyro trilogy! We have had four great, fun, sleepless years creating it!".

[@raiandox]

Looks like Insomniac really live up to their name.

[@fernie-fernandez]

Raiando X I hope that didn’t work on that name on Ratchet & Clank, and Spider-Man...

[@hwanniggles187]

​@@fernie-fernandezSpider-Man didnt have crunch. As for Ratchet... God almight...

[@BSJINTHEHOUSE420]

You know it’s bad when Activision treats something better than you.

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

For Skylander Spyro.

[@kamulecPL12]

@@arocomisgamusclademork1603 yeah, people seem to forget that it was activision that turned spyro into a bulldog/goblin thing in Skylanders

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

@@kamulecPL12 Activison is for Marketing character, not director to make Spyro designed. It was China or Korea namedperson modeled that Spyro designed, I think. Since I looked at deviant art named Rhino-what? I forget his named Deviant art user.

[@samuelgraham270]

​@@arocomisgamusclademork1603 I-Wei Huang btw don't send him death threats for "ruining your childhood"

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

@@samuelgraham270 not exactly or not close enough my words. That's not death threat words your quoted, the real death threat words are seriously aggressively sentences isn't feel soft speak than word and More like act murder message more clearly than word and joke. Your quote "Ruining your Childhood" isn't strong death threat word, that's just someone want take clearly serious speak and majority to communicate adjust the Creator character design be more what people high hopes, loves, cares, used to be and soulful than words.

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

I remember talking to an old Naughty Dog developer for research on the Crash Team Racing DYKG named Rob Titus, and he told me some crazy stories about how awful Universal was. There was a lot of yelling and swearing, let me tell you.

[@thiccgurllover3684]

Gosh, after hearing stories between Universal and Naughty Dog and Insomniac just makes me hate Universal altogether. Screw universal 😡

[@fridaynightnicktoons6885]

"let me tell you". I legit want you to tell me. Also big fan of your channel. Pleasantly surprised seeing you here.

[@bandicootcollector]

I spoke a lot to Andy Gavin, I used to have lots of videos on my channel regarding this, but nobody gave a shit about them back then before this new wave of fandom. All the original fans and their original research is just being stolen by new wave fans making cheap videos.

[@thehoodybadger3402]

@@bandicootcollector Video links, if any?

[@Mr.Feather130]

God dang universal interactive is a awful publisher behind the scenes!

[@RobSimmons19]

Wow, I owe it to those Naughty Dog and Insomniac workers, putting in those many, overtime, poor-work environment hours to give me and many other Crash and Spyro fans those special childhood memories.

[@theadventurechu4546]

If only they had better work environments... Heck, even Sega, in spite of not producing the best games in recent years (except for stuff like Shenmue 3), probably had better work environments than what Universal had!

[@oscarprudencio1799]

@@theadventurechu4546 Yakuza and Persona are pretty good Sega games

[@theadventurechu4546]

@@oscarprudencio1799 True. And for the record, I'm REALLY hyped for Banana Mania, but the 2010 Sonic games, while good for the most part, could've been so much more.

[@adultmoshifan87]

According to The Gaming Historian, Insomniac’s first game, Disruptor, was originally meant to be a 3DO game! They had to pull strings in order to get it onto PlayStation due to the failure of the 3DO!

[@coralinegames1670]

The documentaries on the working conditions during production of Enter the Dragonfly is horrifying. People to this day never got paid for the work they did on that project.

[@ahmadmelhem1499]

What!! They can go to file case

[@thetreyceratops]

One of the only times Activision buying out a company and killing it immediately was a GOOD thing

[@Raf8347]

A Small Price to pay for Salvation

[@The94Venom]

@@Raf8347 You're insane :'(

[@heyoyo10gaming4]

Universal ruined the Crash and Spyro franchises, let's talk about that. I don't wanna talk about that.

[@lugbzurg8987]

GAMEBOY ADVANCE CROSSOVER!

[@megamanx1291]

Lugbzurg rRrrrRrREEEEEW

[@heyoyo10gaming4]

@@cartoondude5384 Hello, welcome to the video you're watching

[@thejedisonic67]

People be like "oh Activision was so terrible" meanwhile they ignore companies like Universal

[@MrVr-hl1mm]

very true

[@superlombax1561]

TheJediSonic Why not complain about both?

[@jesseking1403]

@@superlombax1561 both deserve ridicule

[@penske_material]

But Activision is still terrible.

[@thejedisonic67]

@@penske_material and so are many other companies

[@MrVr-hl1mm]

finally someone who complains about universal about how they treated the crash and spyro franchises, i usually hear people saying shit about activision but never say a word about universal, as someone said in a server, activision is the best company that ever owned the crash franchise

[@theadventurechu4546]

And if the N. Sane Trilogy & Nitro Fueled are anything to go by, that's N. Sanely true.

[@lastmonarchistproduction_253]

eh, universal history on games is always forgotten, in fact, most of the hollywood gaming studios (except disney and warner) are pretty much forgotten

[@bcrossfire1219]

The grand irony is that Universal themselves really didn't contribute much aside from publishing, which Sony themselves could easily have handled if only Naughty Dog and Insomniac had come to them directly. ND and IG realized this and decided to work directly with Sony from then on, creating Jak and Daxter and Ratchet & Clank as Sony exclusives like Crash and Spyro should have been.

[@toirlangston7203]

Brandon Collup I sorta wish that Sony was the publisher's for crash and Spyro at that time

[@hwanniggles187]

​@@toirlangston7203Im mean, they kinda are but not really? The credits show that it was basically co-published by Sony and Universal. Universal owned the rights to the IP but Sony had publishing rights to the first 4 games

[@RockRage8962]

Naughty Dog told Universal that they wouldn't be renewing their contract with Universal after Crash 2 finished development and this caused Universal to treat them like garbage during development of Crash 3. CTR didn't start out as a Crash game either, and it wasn't until Naughty Dog showed the Kart Racer prototype that Sony wanted to make it a Crash game. Naughty Dog were only willing to make it a Crash game if Sony obtained the rights to Crash from Universal, which they agreed upon and managed to secure the deal. CTR was the only Crash game made by Naughty Dog that had no involvement from Universal in any capacity, which made developing it much less stressful to the Naughty Dog team.

[@burgermike92]

This is also why Universal doesnt appear in the intro because as you said they had no involvement in CTR. I honestly never knew that until a couple months ago.

[@burgermike92]

@Chandler Burse No she said that because ND wanted to end their contract with Universal after Crash 2, they began treating them like trash during the development of Crash 3. Universal always had the rights to Crash. Same goes for Spyro. ND and Insomniac just had contracts with Universal to make games for them. Once they moved on, Universal went looking for other developers.

[@RockRage8962]

It's hard to say for certain, but CTR was developed without Universal's involvement in any capacity outside of letting Sony and Naughty Dog use the franchise to make the game a Crash Title. I believe they still had the rights to Crash and Spyro as IP's, as was made evident by the later titles. CTR was the exception, and I'm not entirely sure if Sony temporarily had the rights and then Universal bought them back, or if they never had the full rights, and Universal just allowed them to make a Crash game without their involvement. Either way, CTR was the only Crash game Naughty Dog developed that wasn't filled with ire and stress thanks to Universal.

[@cpdragongaming3684]

Wow, Universal was a jerk to Naughty Dog and Insomniac. If I was working under those conditions, I'd leave too. I applaud the courage to do that.

[@kieranstark7213]

It’s like as a mass corporation of movies, Universal is its (partially) universally (no pun intended) admirable self, yet somehow, as a game developer, it is a mass corporation of gaming so bad it would even make Nintendo look like Sony Interactive Entertainment (Sony is pretty much the anti-Universal because despite being far from the best mass corporation of films even though MCs aren’t well-known for having the highest of standards (especially when it’s Viacom with Nickelodeon, MTV and Paramount), they are so much better as a gaming company with fascinating IPs like Pac-Man World, Crash Bandicoot (mostly), MediEvil, Sly Cooper, Ratchet & Clank, Uncharted, God of War, Bloodborne, The Order: 1886 (from a production standpoint), Spyro the Dragon (mostly), Knack, Ape Escape, Spider-Man, etc).

[@hwanniggles187]

​@@kieranstark7213Pac-Man is Namco bro😅

[@thenameyoushouldknowthekin8998]

It seems that a lot of publishing companies are pretty bad. I see why greed is one of the 7 deadly sins. No?

[@Draconiangem]

Revealed Ninji EA ranking among one of the top WORST now, yes. They are quickly becoming known as franchise killers.

[@the1stMoyatia]

Activision did Crash and Spyro justice. Despite the microtransactions in CTR Nitro Fueled, I'm looking forward to newer games in the future. I'd be satisfied with Playstation or PC versions.

[@EX0TIC_ECL1PSE]

The microtransactions literally do nothing in CTR apart from buying cosmetics. It's not terrible by any means.

[@deneirojones7754]

To add to your comment, you can literally get all the cosmetics just by playing

[@vergil898]

@GalacticHypernova it's a game meant for online. That was its major selling point. Granted I won't deny that the servers aren't the best but it's better some other games

[@dnissrs5892]

MTX in CTR are more than fair, but what cause backlash is that they sneaked them in the game after reviews were out. It's kind of an unfair bullshity strategy.

[@fridaynightnicktoons6885]

I'll like this new era when I get a game. So far we got two betas so far. N sane trilogy is unplayable broken mess and nitro is playable,but glitchy. Not unplayable but online is filled with hackers

[@kennydarmawan13]

Universal made dumb choices. While Crash and Spyro are owned by greedy and scummy Activision, at least the devs (Beenox and Vicarious Visions) are good hearted with Activision treating the devs like people.

[@unofficialmeme5972]

Rephrase your sentence. At least Activision isn't being cruel with treating the devs for Crash and Spyro.

[@kennydarmawan13]

@@unofficialmeme5972Yeah, that too.

[@kennydarmawan13]

@Crystal Phoenix Yeah. Beenox and VV are at least humble and generous, but man, greed runs in the company.

[@unofficialmeme5972]

@Crystal Phoenix Who could ever forget that?

[@c0mf0rta61ynum6]

You forgot Toys For Bob.

[@jacobm8624]

I'm actually surprised by how little amount of videos are about this, and by how little amount of people know about this. This was drama that I grew up with and have known about since I was a kid, but whenever I talk about it people are usually surprised and never knew until I told them. It's sad that there are so many people that don't realize that Universal is the main reason that the Crash and Spyro series ended up the way they did.

[@jacobm8624]

@GalacticHypernova Oh, this video only scratches the surface of how bad Universal treated them. There are many more stories out there, you just have to do a bit of research to find them.

[@Takeru9292]

Dude I thought the reason ND and IG dumped crash and spyro was simply because they got bored of the games and wanted to do something different, plus there was nothing much else to do with the characters

[@jacobm8624]

@@Takeru9292 While it's true that Naughty Dog and Insomniac were just about done with the series anyway, they left them behind mainly because of the way Universal treated the employees. After they left, Universal didn't take good care of the Crash and Spyro series at all, resulting in a ton of bad and mediocre games.

[@elmuchacho3379]

It's so depressing to know how awful universal is. Especially after the recent enter the dragonfly documentary made by Mr. FO1 (i implore anyone to take a look at it) it's become a bittersweet feeling now looking at post naughtydog, insomniac entries.

[@621Chopsuey]

Luis Morales he just released an update on that a couple weeks ago. Just started watching it, I was blown away by the beta render of Enchanted Forest.

[@mjc0961]

Thanks for linking it so we can all watch it! 🙄

[@elmuchacho3379]

@@mjc0961 yea? I'm sorry "Mr. FO1" and "enter the dragonfly documentary" wasn't enough information for you.

[@Majokodomo]

Heck, I heard that the reason Lex Lang replaced Clancy Brown as the voice of Cortex was because Universal thought that Brown was too scary for children. .......Words cannot describe how stupid that was! I don't mind Lang, but that's a ridiculous reason! -_-

[@KamyAnai03]

Thats why Cortex was soo stupid since TwinSanity I miss the pure evil Cortex he was a great villian even better than Bowser But now he is just a joke thanks to that people i hope in a future Crash game he is not soo humoristic and stupid as he was since Twinsanity

[@KamyAnai03]

@Gooby me too they are just awesome for me as a kid ❤ I just hated how Cortex becames stupid and comic relief villian in TwinSanity

[@HybridAngelZero]

I just realized. In the late 90s, Crash and Spyro were icons, essentials, almost. Crash was nearly om the level of Sonic. And Universal screwed it up so bad that it took both franchises over a decade and a half to recover

[@thevioletskull8158]

Activion can mess up but at least they care about the game and employees.

[@mikeygrayson5158]

In the end, Naughty Dog and Insomniac got the last laugh.

[@lucasdellamaggiore]

They allowed the same things to happen to both of them simmultaneously: -An amazing trilogy of games on the Ps1 considered to be the best in the franchise (Crash 1, Cortex Strikes Back and Warped/Spyro 1, Ripto's Rage and Year of the Dragon) -A fourth game developed for next gen consoles which ruined the character's reputation (Wrath of Cortex/Enter the Dragonfly) -A fifth game which was pretty good and showed potential (Twinsanity/A Hero's Tail) -A couple of games which took the franchise in a new direction and made the franchise go into hiatus (Crash of the Titans and Mind Over Mutant/The Legend of Spyro games) -A remastering of the original trilogy for the Ps4 which revived the characters and added polish to beloved games (The N. Sane Trilogy/Reignited Trilogy)

[@MiharuTheFox]

And yet most people choose to ignore this and instead put all their time and energy into ranting about non-intrusive microtransactions.

[@dreamerfrostbite2066]

I think both of these things are really big problems

[@elijahechicagobearsboyd5734]

The microtransactions are teaching kids how to gamble how is that not a problem?!

[@limepie3801]

@@elijahechicagobearsboyd5734 Not the ones in CTR

[@DreadclawDragodon]

Because it’s 2019 people got to find something to bitch and complain about(even if the micro transactions don’t affect the gameplay)

[@ChiruKobra]

We've reached the point in gaming where people are seriously defending predatory practices simply because "it's not as bad as the other type of predatory practice." That's how brainwashed people have become.

[@dillongeorge5866]

1:54 yo what if they added him to CTR Nitro Fueled 😂? They added Hasty who was based on a concept art character But seriously I’d take Activision and their money loving addictions over Universal and their cruel minds any day of the week. Cruelty is way worse than greed

[@monstersociety3360]

I remember at Universal Studios theme park they used to have employees dressed in Spyro & Crash mascot costumes back in the 2000's. It was pretty dope.

[@nightrunner4817]

Monster Society me too, I never forgotten the first time i met crash at the universal studios theme park, it was in 2005, i was nine years old and this took place in December when they had the winter festival parade at Orlando.

[@kieranstark7213]

You know what else would be dope? A Fast & Furious and Crash Bandicoot crossover. Just as long as it’s by Universal AS A FILM STUDIO, NOT A GAME STUDIO (though to be fair, The Fast and the Furious is one of the best movie series with the worst games).

[@BillyBob_McSanchez]

Damn! Working at Naughty Dog was hell. And I thought working retail was stressful. But I can sympathize because I'm an IT major and I will say this ... WRITING CODE / CREATING A PROGRAM IS NOT EASY!!! I wonder how many "If else" and "for loops" the Naughty Dog devs raged over when their code wasn't running.

[@hwanniggles187]

Video game programming goes beyond the loops and returns

[@BillyBob_McSanchez]

@Hwan Niggles I don't doubt that. I was just listing those two syntaxes as an example. I'm well aware that they gotta write code for the platforming physics, give the wumpas, crystals, boxes, gems, etc their own variables. And I'm well aware that 3D modeling in 64 bit graphics wasn't easy either

[@sebastiankulche]

And now... I really hate Universal.

[@BlueKnightV20]

Crash & Spyro are in much better hands now than they were then.

[@moonknightdragon1218]

Universal: I make the best crash bandicoot and Spyro game ever Activision: I will fix there mistakes and make the best crash bandicoot and Spyro game ever starting with remastering it

[@puffythedestroyer8878]

Wrath of Cortex ( & etd in most ways) are prime examples as to why publishers shouldn’t force devs to scrap their ideas/stuff and rush games so the Pubs get those holiday sales bucks. I’ve heard wrath of cortex had allot more ambitions initially, but the ridiculously short dev time allotted could only let them get as far as a sub par crash 3 duplicate

[@dxgaming4200]

Universal needs to stick to movies.

[@bluelightstudios6191]

Spyro and Crash would've been video gaming legends alongside Master chief, Sonic, Steve and even Mario if it wasn't for universal's stupidity.

[@FoxPrimed]

I probably will hate Universal Interactive for a very long time to come. At least Activision treats its employees fairly with safe working conditions. Edit: Thanks everybody for the 20 likes. Never thought that I would get that many likes on any of my comments.😁 (7/27/23) Edit: In light of the revelations in the past few years about the working conditions at Activision-Blizzard, I fully take back what I said in the second part of my original comment three years ago. What I said in the first part of my original comment still stands though.

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

Except for Someone designed Skylander Spyro and Cynder.

[@sonicthehedge]

"Treats its employees fairly" You haven't heard about the CoD franchise have you?

[@FoxPrimed]

@@sonicthehedge In comparison to Universal Interactive who treated Naughty Dog and Insomniac Games employees very badly.

[@mjc0961]

"At least Activision treats its employees fairly with safe working conditions." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Activision posted record profits for 2018 and still laid people off in 2019 just to make that little bit more money by not paying those employees any longer. Activision treats their employees like shit.

[@Dacho_Shaki]

You don't have to hate them. They're pretty much gone long time ago. Justice is served.

[@TheSonicHybrid13]

Crash and Spyro have suffered enough.... thank you activision for a lot that you do! Also Vicarious Visions, Beenox and Toys For Bob

[@scrambled5948]

I think it's because universal is a movie company, they just didn't know much about video games

[@The94Venom]

I remember being so angry before Crash and Spyro were revived. I kept thinking that if they had been treated properly, they would have been as big as Sonic, if not Mario. One of the most heartwarming things about this Activision revival so far is that it has shown that Crash and Spyro were not forgotten. Always brings a smile on my face when I see how well they"re doing now.

[@taoufiktorchanitaoufik6977]

Actually no, the original trilogy was published by Sony Computer Entertainment (now known as Sony Interactive Entertainment)

[@primalking924]

I wonder how many Marsupial/Mammals they had to give them super intelligence and power before just scrapping and eradicating them whole.

[@carsfan360]

Did you know that spyro and crash were used to be appeared at universal studios theme parks?

[@LukasSheshene1]

At least Sony was nicer than Universal Interactive.

[@BugsyFoga]

After what happened with zzz's Enter the dragonfly I definitely couldn't blame you .

[@abcdedeflimsinc.3226]

If Universal did their part well, they could've been not just the most popular movie company but also the most popular video game company out there.

[@dnissrs5892]

I can't say that Crash and Spyro are in good hands, in Activision's hands, but they are x-times better publisher than EA. And they made great remakes with no MTX and added new levels in n sane trilogy for free. Yeah, there are MTX in CTR, but let's be honest, if a game features ANY kind of online service, it is bound to have some kind of monetization. It costs some money after all. Oh, and the free content they release every month to half priced game, I think it's more than fair. Still, I am still mad at them, because they left Crash in dust for almost a decade. Here's a time for a redemption.

[@codenamefirestarter7478]

If only universal let naughty dog and insomniac do their thing

[@kkmakevideos4life405]

What I want from my Playstation platforming heroes -Crash 4 and Spyro 4 (I know we had the Wrath of Cortex and Enter the Dragonfly but those were best left forgotten) -a Crash Twinsanity re-imagining -a Crash and Spyro crossover (forget Crash Purple and Spyro Orange) -a re-imagining of the Jak and Daxter PS2 Trilogy -a re-imagining of Jak X and Daxter PSP -a Sly Cooper PS2 Trilogy remake -a Sly 4 re-imagining -a PS5 emulation of the Ratchet & Clank PS2 Trilogy and the Future saga -a sequel to R&C Into the Nexus

[@RedGhost2BlueToast]

I 100% want this too

[@SaraRyderN7]

Didn't the Future R+C series end with a Crack in Time?

[@kkmakevideos4life405]

Oh, and I also want Deadlocked to be emulated to the PS5

[@Dragonfire2505]

@@SaraRyderN7 no. Nexus was the last game to date.

[@NIIVES]

Reading your comment made me realize that most of the ideas from back in the day were actually quite good. It's just the execution that's horrible. I too would definitely buy and check out the things you mentioned if they became reality.

[@coachgoltzbizpro23]

Man, Universal messed up big time. Hope Toys for Bob keeps up the good work.

[@RedTygon]

Its things like this that really cast a shadow over your childhood...I'm glad Universal Studios died out because they were horrible and ignorant! My hopes go to Activision for creating new Crash AND Spyro game! For the love of all things sacred Activision please don't just focus on Crash, give the purple dragon some love too!!

[@kennydarmawan13]

2:48 I thought you meant Crunch Bandicoot

[@graduator14]

Still would prefer that Naughty Dog would welcome Crash back to his home, minus Universal this time.

[@Dacho_Shaki]

Nah. I'd like Naughty Dog to work on a new Jak and Daxter game.

[@cringeman2341]

Naughty dog: makes an ultimate amazing game Universal : no we don't like good games. You wanna make it? Then threaten us and work on it in a room where ac is free and by that we mean you're getting a heat stroke

[@WikiSorcerer]

Spyro was never the same after Enter the Dragonfly...

[@rikustorm13]

Ikr?!

[@ZyliceLiddell]

AHT was great! 😃👍

[@knightpinshine9285]

The fact that Universal didn't greenlight a Crash Bandicoot cartoon beyond a pilot, despite doing just that for Earthworm Jim beforehand (successfully), is an early sign that they had no clue what they were doing. Not that Sierra were any better, but Universal had no business overlooking games. Especially since Activision actually knows to nip development in the bud if things go terribly within a dev company (see Crash Landed). It's also telling that CTR's plot involving an alien was Naughty Dog's attempt at getting the Crash series cancelled, thinking that fans would find it too outlandish (didn't work, since the series already had sci-fi elements). To think they were being worked THAT hard. One last takeaway is that the developers for the N. Sane Trilogy are Vicarious Visions, who were also involved in Universal's tenure of Crash and Spyro. Telling how NST did so well that Naughty Dog creators finally fully praised a Crash production they didn't have personal involvement with.

[@JustCallMeHeavy]

Wasn’t the cartoon stuff just a intro and outro for the game?

[@knightpinshine9285]

@@JustCallMeHeavy Maybe, but you'd think they would have done more with the concept, by having cutscenes upon clearing each island, at least.

[@TheJuicyJediJester]

@@JustCallMeHeavy Yes it was only that.

[@Raf8347]

Thanks, Activision. you're not as bad as Universal after all

[@SuperSonieroxa]

Good video, but you got a few things wrong. While crash bandicoot 1,2, 3, and ctr all came out a year after eachother, crash bandicoot 1 had 2 years of development time. The other games had about a year, crash 2 having about 13 months. 3 had 11. And ctr was at about a 10 months. While these seem short, however you forgot 1 important thing. Video games required significantly less resources and time to make sure g the 90s than standard games now. Most games back then were made in about a year. Also naughty dog had a 3 game contract with universal. Not 4. After crash 3 naughty dog left universal. They wanted to make a racing game and went to Sony to negotiate a game. Sony wanted a crash themed racing game. While universal did implement crunch time, however it was crash 3 and ctr where universal was really abusing naughty dog. 2 from what I've been able to look up had a relatively smooth development. Sony worked with naughty dog to deal with universal for ctr Also going back to crash 3. 3 originally was suppose to be a racing game, however during that 11 month development time, the game early on was developing a racing engine, that same engine that was used for ctr. Statements from Andy Gavin have said that they spent a few months on that build. Implying 2 to 3 meaning crash 3 was most likely made in 8 months. So while ctr was made in 10 months, they did have a build that had few months already worked on. I'm not defending universal, but I'm making sure accurate information is given.

[@Darkrising1993]

Wrath of Cortex is far from the worst Crash Game. It's not even that bad, it's just needs improvement. Hell I think if they remade it like they did with the first 3 games and maybe just tweaked the story and fleshed out the controls better, it'd be a really good game. Sure yes it is a Crash Warped clone but that doesn't need to be a bad thing.

[@Darkrising1993]

But don't get me wrong. That doesn't forgive them for everything else.

[@eleronpfoutz7823]

Right, it was, at worst, passable. It was an attempt to recapture the brilliance of Warped.

[@johnathonturner2279]

@@Darkrising1993 I'm personally more down for a Twinsanity remake. It had so much cut content and so much missed potential.

[@Darkrising1993]

@@johnathonturner2279 Oh don't get me wrong. I'd personally want twinsanity more because despite all the content it is my favourite Crash game outside the OG trilogy. But I think I'd still want both. Who knows. Maybe both can be on one disc. They were PS2 games.

[@johnathonturner2279]

@@Darkrising1993 Maybe the title could be a jab at how poorly built the originals were.

[@cedenoa001]

They are the same company that owns Illumination who also made the Minions.

[@BrennySpain]

So let me get this straight. Even though I’m rewatching this a year later, it basically seemed like it was always a catch with crash and Spyro. They either get treated horrible by Universal, or get owned by a greedy company who pumped out call of duty games every single year, and make them as ridiculous complicated and complex as you can. I’m looking at you crash 4 it’s about time! Lol

[@N-GinAndTonicTM]

Y'know, I never thought there'd be a day where I respect Activision of all companies, simply because they revived these two platforming juggernauts and they're both back in the public eye again. Both trilogies released to critical acclaim, Nitro Fuelled was something nobody expecting but loved, It's About Time is getting praised across the board and now the eyes are back on for a forth canonical Spyro game.

[@TheDirdProductions]

Wow, I didn't know Universal Interactive Studios was THIS BAD. I mean, not giving workers an air-conditioner when forced to work after hours?!

[@mrmojopictures231]

I hope they can get many of those original exdevelopers back, under WAAY better circumstances and more respect.

[@greenghoul157]

"Crunch"... Bandicoot? "Crunched for time" Oh

[@gavinphoenixballesteros3080]

Universal was lousy to begin with... Except their iconic intro theme

[@tresheppard8942]

Well, I have no opinions about the Universal Interactive Studios, Vinendi Universal Games, and Sierra Entertainment published to Crash & Spyro games. I don't think they're that bad games. I'm a huge fan of Crash & Spyro for years. 🤔 Oh, and by away, I also can't wait for new Crash Bandicoot game in 2020, and new Spyro game in 2021 after Crash Bandicoot: N-Sane Trilogy, Spyro: Reignited Trilogy and Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled. Hopefully E3 2020 will announce and reveal the trailer of the new Crash Bandicoot game by June 9th to 11th 2020. 🙂

[@sammalone7881]

They would gave been great if they didn't rush them out for holiday releases.

[@FoxPrimed]

@@sammalone7881 I take a much better game that even if it means becoming a financial flop, has consistent quality and actually has a direction to go in. I don't want another Enter the Dragonfly situation happening again.

[@Dacho_Shaki]

I'm honestly excited to see what they can do with the future Crash and Spyro games. Haven't played Spyro remakes, but Crash remakes were extremely faithful to the original and well made. I hope they aren't going to give them yet another unnecessary reboot treatment.

[@iheartheartssss]

This reminds me of how disrespectful microsoft was to the fans of banjo-kazooie. I mean, if you’re gonna buy a company or at least an IP, make sure you think about it first, otherwise you’ll get no profit for years, let me tell you.

[@jake0324demo]

I am glad they kind of redeemed themselves by putting banjo and kazooie into smash ultimate's dlc at least.

[@wavedotwav]

The Channel of Lego & More still not proper redemption. microsoft basically abandoned banjo kazooie and left fans in the dust after purchasing rights

[@timsheppard6204]

Didn't mind Wrath of Cortex Enter the Dragonfly on the other hand SUCKS

[@timsheppard6204]

So did i the only good thing about the game was the music cause Stewart Copeland did the music

[@timsheppard6204]

@@UrOpinionsSucc so did I better game

[@MenchiGuevarra]

Tim Sheppard Finally someone who agrees with me

[@warlockguy42]

BUT TEH LOADING SCREENZ... AND ALSO THE LOADING SCREENS, AND DONT FORGET THE LOADING SCREENS.

[@warlockguy42]

I'm mocking the haters if you couldn't tell.

[@SUCHMISH]

For "Enter the Dragonfly" someone went into full (and I do mean full) research into the game and its development. Things got so heated in between all three companies that someone almost lost their life working on the game. In fact, Check 6 would have been a fantastic game company if it wasn't for Universal. For more details, check out the Mr. FO1 channel and subscribe to him, he deserves the attention for his amazing work!!

[@flariz4824]

6:54 "Go on to make epics like The Last Of Us" Please. That game is POS. No better than any of the mediocre Crash games (As in post CTR ones)....kind of sours the example/point. Good video otherwise.

[@DanTheMan33088]

Flariz your opinion is not a fact, bud

[@elmono6299]

Dear god! And I thought Universal Studios giving us those god awful minion movies, a barf bag infested adaptation of an 80's Broadway musical (Cats), and shitting all over the Jurassic Park franchise with the 2 Jurassic World movies was bad enough. 🤢🤮💩

[@Woobuggy848]

When i saw that title of this video...i couldn't agree more with you canadianguyea. As a side note: universal interactive studios was indeed a pretty bad publisher. (Well...after 2000 that is.)

[@seroujghazarian6343]

Oh, you thought Naughty Dog got bad treatment while working on Crash? Well, get this: Vicarious Visions had to release N-Tranced and Nitro Kart the SAME YEAR!!!

[@ni8anttana]

The VV branch studio that made N-tranced is different from the one that worked on CNK.. don't you know that? And even so they were different teams at the end. You sound very ignorant about the crash bandicoot history

[@seroujghazarian6343]

@@ni8anttana interesting.

[@seroujghazarian6343]

@@ni8anttana even then, you can't tell me not one combination of XS, N-tranced, and Fusion (Huge Adventure, N-tranced, and Purple, respectively, in the US) wasn't developed by the same team

[@haekalz20]

Is great to see Activision has changed, and not greedy like EA

[@Sonic_Gamer501]

What if I were to tell you that the Crash game I started with was The Wrath of Cortex?

[@Envious6372]

First universal gets rid of crash and Spyro, but they make Nintendo land. I don’t understand 🤔

[@tankaddict9147]

Despite all Universal has done I still really enjoyed Wrath of Cortex.

[@jackwils6482]

universal: nooooo you can’t make a company feel relived by making their development less hard activision: haha crash death go woah

[@rainbowgg___]

Wrath of Vortex was good

[@kilikfanof2mrow]

I am not gonna hold too much hope. Activision did the exact same thing Universal did. They found two at one point triple a studios in their relative infancy (Neversoft and Infinity Ward and look at how both those turned out.) I feel like there could be good, but remember what Activision did with Crash: Mind Over Mutant as well.

[@Megumi_Bandicoot]

They should remake Wrath of Cortex and Twinsanity. Those remakes deserve a second chance after how they were screwed by Universal.

[@algalax2]

Megumi Bandicoot a wrath of Cortex will be good I mean, look at the N sanity’s graphics it makes us to want wrath of cortex the best treatment.

[@stormdragon2323]

This is why i think Enter the Dragonfly need a redo. More of a remake with more content and of course better graphics

[@ZyliceLiddell]

It definitely had potential! I actually like the game despite the glitches and awkward controls.

[@tresheppard8942]

Sony, Universal Interactive Studios and Naughty Dog Games made four successful games of Crash Bandicoot franchise like Crash Bandicoot (1996), Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (1997), Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (1998), and Crash Team Racing (1999) before Activision and two game developers: Vicarious Visions and Beenox made two successful remake games of Crash Bandicoot franchise like Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (2017) and Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (2019). Except for the post Naughty Dog games of Crash Bandicoot franchise like: Crash Bash (2000), Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (2001), Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure (2002), Crash Bandicoot: N. Tranced (2003), Crash Nitro Kart (2003), Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage (2004), Crash: Twinsanity (2004), Crash Tag Team Racing (2005), Crash Boom Bang! (2006), Crash of the Titans (2007) and Crash: Mind Over Mutant (2008). Universal Interactive Studios, Vivendi Universal Games and Sierra Entertainment didn't make successful games for the post Naughty Dog games of Crash Bandicoot so Activision doesn't have to make anymore remakes of Crash Bandicoot franchise. Sony, Universal Interactive Studios and Insomniac Games made three successful games of Spyro the Dragon franchise like Spyro the Dragon (1998), Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (1999), and Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon (2000) before Activision and a game developer: Toys for Bob made an only successful remake game: Spyro Reignited Trilogy (2018). Except for the post Insomniac Games of Spyro the Dragon franchise like Spyro: Season of Ice (2001), Spyro: Season of Flame (2002), Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly (2002), Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs (2003), Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy (2004), Spyro: A Hero's Tail (2004), Spyro: Shadow Legacy (2005), The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (2006), The Legend of Spyro 2: The Eternal Night (2007), and The Legend of Spyro 3: Dawn of the Dragon (2008). Universal Interactive Studios, Vivendi Universal Games, and Sierra Entertainment didn't make the successful games of post Insomniac Games of Spyro the Dragon franchise either so Activision doesn't have to make anymore remakes of post Insomniac Games of Spyro the Dragon franchise either. Activision and Toys for Bob made a successful revivaled brand new game of Crash Bandicoot franchise like Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (2020). But hopefully Activision and possibly Beenox will make a successful revival brand new game of Spyro the Dragon franchise like new Spyro 4 into the future. 🙂

[@ZyliceLiddell]

The *poor* ‘Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly’ devs. 😞

[@supersmashbro596]

one thing that has me worried. ctrnf was ruined by one thing: post-release microtransactions. im kind of scared for both crash and spyros futures.

[@fenniken5381]

very enlightening. it's part of why future tense, the dlc level for warped, was so good, although made to be brutally hard, and why I want dlc for the reignited trilogy so much.

[@cooldramaalpha2255]

How can you be so excited about Universal being terrible to Crash & Spyro and expect Naughty Dog & Insomniac to let these two be in other platforms as if so better, WHEN NOTHING WAS BETTER, IT WAS COMPLETE NAUGHTY DOG & INSOMNIAC'S MISTAKE ON EVER TRUSTING UNIVERSAL STUDIOS! Now I'm not mad that Crash & Spyro is not a console exclusives but if they left from being exclusive so should Super Mario or Donkey Kong, but hey that doesn't matter at least we have Ratchet & Clank, Kratos, Nathan Drake you name it (how can people allow this)

[@krash2]

Well, well, well.... Look who is back... Wait.. Does that mean we we can request universal to remake twinsanity?

[@littlefooligan93]

Universal interactive merged with activision to created activision-blizzard so...

[@TrollSlayer2001]

Activision acquired the rights to Crash and Spyro from Universal Pictures movie studio back in 2008.

[@acceleratedbyrd8550]

Idefk

[@ci7210]

Watched Wut Happun by Matt Muscles and damn Universal were idiots. Just give them time and let them do thier thing.

[@CanadianGuyEh]

Wha happun episode on enter the dragonfly was well made and was overall excellent in REALLY showing the stupidity of universal. The project was doomed right at the start

[@NintendoTV64]

That moment when you realize the original owners of Crash and Spyro also own the Minions.....

[@Mr.Feather130]

NintendoTV64 and they milk the heck out of the fast and the furious series and kinda milk the Jurassic Park franchise

[@jake0324demo]

universal today is owned by comcast, which is an even worse company.

[@Mr.Feather130]

The Channel of Lego & More *woah in crash*

[@spyver9922]

An incredible video my dude. Sure Universal published two of the best trilogies in games but they worked Naughty Dog and Insomiac to the bone to get them all out and their treatment of those companies from the start was very poor and inhumane. You did an amazing job on this one and lets hope that the new Spyro and Crash games are gonna great just like the remakes :)

[@MrGamer5682]

I did imagine that something like that was happening. I mean really. Those titles that came after the trilogy show they had no idea what they were doin. A dark time that is finally over.

[@thereallincolntakanashi]

*Exactly like Cartoon Network was AWFUL to Mixels*

[@Elico-du1oi]

Warner BROS

[@TommyPezMaster]

Wow, never think of Universal the same way again.

[@Vulcanfaux]

Activision is greedy, but they make pretty good games alot more often than you think. That is the main thing you have to remember. CTR is the perfect example of what Activision is. Pretty good game, with greedy thing put into it.

[@CaptinNabil7]

Mario used to actually have a new game year after year. From both the Mario Party series, until Hudson Soft's closing, and the Super Mario Advance series on GBA. And even Donkey Kong Country as well from 1994-1996.

[@magikoopaambassador5078]

Good video but I think you're putting a little too much faith in Activision here. Yeah they're not Universal but they're just as guilty as putting devs under crunch too and milking franchises dry with yearly releases (see: Guitar Hero and Skylanders). Spyro Reignited Trilogy needed to come out in 2019 in order to iron out the kinks in Year of the Dragon but something tells me that one more delay would've significantly affected initial sales and they weren't having that. So YotDR ended up with several bugs and glitches like the camera glitch in Sgt. Byrd's levels upon release with a patch months later. And sure the microtransactions in CTR are non-intrusive but if people aren't vocal about it then they'll almost certainly be present and intrusive in future titles. Toys for Bob, Vicarious Visions, and Beenox deserve all the praise here and we should be making sure that Activision doesn't give them the same treatment as Universal.

[@chaotixninja5]

Don't forget how Naughty Dog pointed out that Universal basically "killed" Tawna. Yeah, her leaving Crash for Pinstripe? That's non-canon. Universal wasn't fond of Tawna's sexy body and demanded a change, but Naughty Dog had a difficult time making a new design that would please them while keeping her like the character she's based off of, Jessica Rabbit. So in the end, they scrapped the character. Interesting how Activision gives more respect to characters than the company they originally came from.

[@WakoDoodle]

Imagine the new crash game comes out and at the end, hints a new spyro game. It's like a hype making machine! Especially if it's a secret unlockable for 100%

[@messyjoy899]

I mean, something like this happened to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit when he was taken from Walt Disney.