Cullination Royalty: Crash Bandicoot Part 2

Remember when I said that Royalty would be on Tuesday?  Well, I lied...but just this once.  All because Sandy decided to grab all of the attention.  The nerve of her!  She's almost like an overly attached girl friend!  But alas, here's part 2....









PART 2: WHY SHOULD YOU LOVE HIM?

CRASH BANDICOOT! With a name like that you almost have to love him!  Why is his name "Crash", you may ask?  Well it's because you spend the game literally crashing into stuff to find items and apples!  His parents must have been fortune tellers or something?!?!....That was a joke.  Not a good joke, but a joke none the less.  Isn't that right, dog? 

Sorry, I couldn't resist.  Anyway, Crash Bandicoot is your classic awesome character from the 90's.  He reminds me of a cool surf boarder dude that screams "Whoa!" a lot!

I'll admit that Crash has not been in too many great games recently.  In fact, I'll bet that most people did not even realize that he is still around.  But the truth is...he is around and spinning into other games like racing games.  I for one love Crash Bandicoot and hopes to see him in another classic game real soon (but I'll get into that on Friday for part 3).

Crash Bandicoot games had just about every great element in it that makes video games great!  Lets compare it with other classic games that are still popular today!  

How is Crash Bandicoot similar to Mario, Link, and Sonic?  Lets think about this for a moment.  Mario is the famous one in the family but he does have a side kick in Luigi.  As does Link with a fairy and Sonic with Tails.  Crash Bandicoot also had a side kick.  He went by the name of Aku Aku.  Aku Aku is a spirit that lives inside a mask.  Now, that is a lot cooler than a clumsy, big nosed, plumber in green.  Way more less annoying than all of Link's fairies and a lot more helpful (and less annoying) than Tails!  Aku Aku does not say much in most games, but maybe that's something that Link's fairies need to know how to do!  No, Navi! I do not want to listen!!

Mario has Peach, Link has Zelda, and Sonic has Amy.  Does Crash Bandicoot ever get any "action"?  Why, yes he does!  Crash Bandicoot loves and often saves Tawna, another science experiment by the evil Cortex!  And once again, there is another reason!  The bad guy!  Cortex first of all, has a better name than Bowser and of course Dr. Robotnik.  Plus, it always seems that Bowser and Doctor Robotnik do not have much of a plan.  They have no idea what they would do if they actually won a fight (and there was no restart button).  It seems to me that they both just kind of "wing it".

Koopa-"What now, Boss?"
Bowser- "I..I...I honestly never thought
I'd get this far."

So as you can see, Crash Bandicoot deserves a lot more attention than he gets.  He seems to have what most popular video game characters do have without all of the glory and fame.  Why is that?  I do not understand.  The world may never know.

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