Post by: Pittbboi on April 18, 2007, 08:19:38 AM
Well, color me interested. How this guy went from being a Sony Mascot to a Big N exclusive is beyond me, but I'll be looking out for this game. Crash's last few adventures left plenty to be desired, but part of me will never forget how much fun I had with the first PS1 games.
And, from the few screenshots in the magazine scan, the game actually looks pretty good with huge environments. Though I will say Crash's new look is a little...Nickelodeon
Post by: NWR_pap64 on April 18, 2007, 08:24:40 AM
But this is STILL the biggest irony in history. Crash went from standing in front of Nintendo bashing them like crazy to having his games being Nintendo exclusive.
I love how life sometimes works out!
In all seriousness, I don't care for the series, but the more games the Wii has the better.
Post by: Ceric on April 18, 2007, 08:24:48 AM
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Saw this at GoNintendo
He looks younger.
Post by: Smash_Brother on April 18, 2007, 08:29:03 AM
They need to make another one with Mario coming out and the two of them shaking hands and Crash says, "I'll take you out to to the Olive Garden sometime to make it up to you."
Post by: Pittbboi on April 18, 2007, 08:39:39 AM
If only Crash knew he was about 2 years away from being sold to Vicarious Visions and whored out on the corner...
Post by: NWR_pap64 on April 18, 2007, 08:39:45 AM
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I still remember the commercial where he was outside Nintendo HQ with a megaphone mocking Mario.
They need to make another one with Mario coming out and the two of them shaking hands and Crash says, "I'll take you out to to the Olive Garden sometime to make it up to you."
Hence why I said "IRONY" in my first post.
Post by: Ceric on April 18, 2007, 08:41:23 AM
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I still remember the commercial where he was outside Nintendo HQ with a megaphone mocking Mario.
Ask and thee shall recieve
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They need to make another one with Mario coming out and the two of them shaking hands and Crash says, "I'll take you out to to the Olive Garden sometime to make it up to you."
Little did Smash know but Olive Garden closes whenever Mario nears. The Neverending Bowl of Pasta has brought down many franchisees in Mario wake.
Edit:
This came up while looking for that pasta contest Nintendo did
Post by: Kairon on April 18, 2007, 08:52:23 AM
Awesome that this so far looks exclusivo to Nintendo platforms. I actually owned the first two Smash Bandicoot games, and they were pretty decent. Even my die-hard N64 era Nintendo fanboi could see that.
Hopefully, this one turns out to be Nintendo's third-party action-platformer answer to PS3 titles like Rachet & Clank.
~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: Maverick on April 18, 2007, 09:17:05 AM
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on April 18, 2007, 09:29:56 AM
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I still remember the commercial where he was outside Nintendo HQ with a megaphone mocking Mario.
They need to make another one with Mario coming out and the two of them shaking hands and Crash says, "I'll take you out to to the Olive Garden sometime to make it up to you."
They should recreate the end of this comic (profanity warning) with Crash acting apologetic and really creeping Mario out.
Post by: Ian Sane on April 18, 2007, 11:57:44 AM
That's the problem when these sort of things happen. By the time they do the franchise in question has dropped so much in credibility that it lacks the impact it would have. Sonic appearing on a Nintendo platform was a big deal but not as much as it would have been in the mid 90s. If Mario ever went to Sony or MS it would be the result of a huge fall for Nintendo which would weaken Mario's star power and thus make it only seem like a big deal for old timers like ourselves.
Post by: Ceric on April 18, 2007, 01:31:08 PM
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Post by: wandering on April 18, 2007, 01:49:18 PM
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Originally posted by: Pittbboi
Saw this at GoNintendo
He looks younger.
You're right.
Incidentally, that reminds me of a good article by the late Stephen J. Gould, about how and why Mickey Mouse has gotten younger-looking over the years.
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Post by: Kairon on April 18, 2007, 04:38:26 PM
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I remember the Crash Bandicoot commercials. That was excellent mudslinging.
Fixed.
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Post by: couchmonkey on April 19, 2007, 02:08:52 PM
Sony kept Naughty Dog, which was the most important part of the Crash formula. Still, this was always a bad mistake. It's a good thing Sony spent the better part of the PS2 generation whipping up exclusive franchises, or I wouldn't have any faith in it at all anymore.
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Post by: ShyGuy on April 24, 2007, 05:52:49 AM
Check out the screen comparisons. Appears to be the same amount of polywogs on each platform:
http://gaming-realm.blogspot.com/2007/04/crash-of-titans-comparison-screens-wii.html
Post by: Kairon on April 24, 2007, 08:39:30 AM
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Kairon@aol.com
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Post by: Mashiro on July 11, 2007, 09:55:43 PM
I've never really got into the Crash games and the only thing I really remember from them was the following classic commercial:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mTi5EaocGaY
Which was really dumb from any Nintendo fan's point of view because Mario 64 was just about to be released. Still I will always remember that commercial.
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Post by: GoldenPhoenix on July 11, 2007, 10:18:31 PM
Post by: Mashiro on July 11, 2007, 10:20:58 PM
Fun fact: my first non Nintendo system was a Dreamcast =D
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on July 11, 2007, 10:24:44 PM
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Yeah...I remember how hyped I was for SM64. I had bought every magazine possible that had M64 in it, I would think about it all the time, it was one of the few games that lived up to the months and months of hype that built up in me for the game.
Fun fact: my first non Nintendo system was a Dreamcast =D
Fun fact....it was mine too! (Well I got the master system for free, but Dreamcast was the first non-Nintendo system I bought).
Post by: Mashiro on July 11, 2007, 10:30:07 PM
I'll never forget how it came up. A trailer for Sonic Adventures was playing at a mall shop called "Planet Comics" and my dad looked at it and went "Wow, that looks awesome". I explained that it was the new Sega system Dreamcast and stuff and he's like "Thats pretty cool, you should get it!" and at the time I didn't have much cash on me so he put down the money for me and I just payed him back when the system actually came out.
It was weird because I never saw my dad get excited over a video game system before lol.
DC remains one of my favorite consoles of all time and I still have like...20 or so games for the system. Gotta love DC!
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on July 11, 2007, 10:34:07 PM
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=D Nice!
I'll never forget how it came up. A trailer for Sonic Adventures was playing at a mall shop called "Planet Comics" and my dad looked at it and went "Wow, that looks awesome". I explained that it was the new Sega system Dreamcast and stuff and he's like "Thats pretty cool, you should get it!" and at the time I didn't have much cash on me so he put down the money for me and I just payed him back when the system actually came out.
It was weird because I never saw my dad get excited over a video game system before lol.
DC remains one of my favorite consoles of all time and I still have like...20 or so games for the system. Gotta love DC!
Sonic Adventure had alot of magic as well when I played it, still to this day, it is one of my favorite games. Dreamcast is easily one of my favorite systems as well, I think it was Sega's best generation. There were so many amazing titles for the system, and it is really heartbreaking that it would be Sega's last. Not to mention it after Dreamcast Sega went downhill fast.
Post by: Mashiro on July 11, 2007, 10:41:31 PM
Dreamcast had a vibe of just being a pure gamer machine. Even DC Magazine was a really unique publication and was the only magazine other than Nintendo Power (which I had until the end of the SNES era) to which I subscribed to.
I too was heartbroken when it died, so any great games for a short system life. It truly was Segas greatest system.
Post by: Nick DiMola on July 11, 2007, 11:58:45 PM
