I've been trying to understand what Crash Bandicoot actually was before Twinsanity turned him into a retard but I've run into a brick wall. The marketing just says "He's cool" but I can't find anything other than that. Was Crash's personality just "being cool" in the PS1 era? Was that it? Was that Naughty Dog's original intention?
>>12817879He was a "wacky cool" character, not completely braindead either.
He was kind of like a punkish goofy guy with some edge to him. He had a hot girlfriend and didn't really fuck around when it came to enemies. Something I think of for his personality is the boar riding levels. He looks back at the camera with a like "Watch this shit" cockiness. I guess generally he reminded me of a skater-type, or extreme sports dude. They definitely flanderized him into being a retard as the games went on, though.
>>12817904>Cool>Athletic>Well Dressed>Has a hot gfDamn Crash used to be an absolute Chad
>>12817908Yeah, he was a Stud like the Fonz. That part of Crash's character been lost in his modern interpretation. Now he's just a goofy retard.
>>12817938He was like if the Fonz did crazy stunts all the time, like jumping over a shark or some shit
>>12817879Doubt he had one. He went ¨Whoah!¨ and was dumb. That's it.
Look at this guy. He mastered the genome. He perfected genetic engineering. But he makes sexy bandicoot girls. He could cure cancer!
>>12817965>DumbThat was never in the original ps1 games.
>>12817879neo cortex intended to create a capable army of disciplined thugs and obedient sexy lab assistants. crash was a glitch in the system and came out being effectively a non verbal loony tunes character. his personality is like a mischevious chimp, veering from confident mischief to comical low iq confusion and befuddlement.
Generic Scrimblo Bimblo x Johnny Bravo
>>12817879cool looney tunes character
>>12817879Crash ingame didn't particularly come off as cool and edgy if you play the trilogy, outside of a gimmick or vehicle level or his ending with his pimped girlfriend. If anything he switches between dumb/oblivious and wacky. He may come off as cool on the game covers and marketing art but that's because all Pixar movies make THAT face.
>>12817980Him getting duped by Cortex in 2 is pretty dumb.
>>12817980yeah it was. he was cool but part of his character was being a retarded animal. the sort that ends up infuriating a smarter neurotic character that they inevitably get the better of.
>>12817879He was a retard.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5dG09tjDEATwinsanity didn't ruin the character the way Adv*nture ruined Sonic or anything, it's just people not understanding that he was always meant to be goofy and retarded.
It kind of feels like he's never really paying attention
>>12817879he's literally just knockoff sonic because a bunch of western sega developers went to sony and helped naughty dog produce the game
>>12818518Crash was literally a knock off donkey kong series tho?
slightly edgy and zany, like a less raunchy version of Degeneration X from WWFhis "dance" is him humping the air and telling everyone to SUCK IT
>>12817904I dunno if I can sign off on this when crash looks visably concerned in most of his running animations in the first game and is exhausted if you beat a level after dying
>>12818550Okay, maybe he's more of a wanna-be sports guy, a kind of lazy skater personality... then again, he treks across islands and fucks shit up. Also sometimes he looks like he's having a grand time doing weird stuff. Crash is weird.
What personality?
>>12818000A lot of the "Willy the Wombat" personality got axed. He doesn't talk in pop culture references for instance.How much of this was in the actual games?
>>12818628Well, this explains why he's weird.
>>12817879don't have a cow man
>>12818630But it's not an explanation of the Crash in the actual games. I hate to sight it but even the Crash 4 devs understood that the mindset of "what" Crash is varies from person to person. True, they ended up making all the wrong decisions but the question itself was one that needed to be answered.Hell, this whole thread is evidence to that.
>>12818667those drawings ooze "i'm a furry" energy from the artist
>>12818692Yeah, that's the problem. Too fucking soft.
>>12818667Well, I think that kind of answers it. Willy was described as having a bunch of different personalities depending on his mood... while that concept as a strong personality trait was abandoned, it seems like it has persisted anyway. Almost no one in this thread can agree on what his personality is, yet it's not like people think he's some incoherent mess. I personally feel like the images drawn in your image don't fit how I imagine crash to be... yet also I could see how someone could think that. To me, Crash was equal parts "cool dude" and "insane gooflord". I remember being 8 and thinking Crash was really cool... but also lame because he yelled WOAH and died like a background loony toons character, but also completely insane.
>>12818708Much like every other 90's mascot, he's based on Sonic the Hedgehog. Specifically, the one in the cartoons with the Mohawk (Game Sonic has always been an entirely different beast). That would be the "cool cartoon" archetype Crash is based on.
>>12818000>Adv*nture ruined Sonic?
>>12818527DKC was also lnock off Sonic. Or at least the 90s western idea of Sonic.
>>12818708I personally never found Crash legitimately cool. He just sometimes was spoofing superficially cool things like flying a fighter plain or tiding a bike with a jacket on.But it always felt performative like a looney tunes skit.
>>12819809This, mf'er thinks he Snoopy Dog
>>12819809He just wants to have fun
>>12817879Crash in marketing would lead you to believe he was cool because everything marketed itself as Sonic. Crash, Spyro, ads wanted you to think they were all the same smarmy smug cool dudeIn game, Crash's personality is "retard" and Spyros was "generic kid"
>>12817908>married to sisterand he still is!
>>12817879right crash: has a soul.middle crash: well, they tried to live up to the sketch.left crash: hollow, demonic mockery of a living being forged by satan himself
So...where does the 1997 Registered Users Demo 02 promotional video fit in to our understanding of Bandicoot? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w47m7yEr1W4
Well, this thread has been educational. It's no wonder we can't get Crash Bandicoot side media when nobody can agree on what he is. If a comic or cartoon or movie came out, there would be endless complaints about his portrayal no matter what you did.
>>12820869Agreed, I never really thought about it before, myself. Interesting how everyone has a different opinion
>>12820869No one can agree on what Sonic is/should be either. That never stopped him.
>>12822480Most people do agree on what Sonic is as do most portrayals. But Sonic fandom is autistically detail obsessed so they argue anyway.Across all media Sonic is cocky, a little smug, and with a freedom loving heroic center. Autists of course will bicker endlessly however about HOW cocky smug or heroic he's supposed to be as of they need exact percentages of assholery measured when really, the only media portayal that's vastly out of line is the UK comics making him a turbo cunt.Crash on the other hand, I can't speak of anything beyond the ps1 era but he did seemed to be marketed as a Sonic type character, while in game he's much more like a friendly Taz, pretty sure he's supposed to be canonically retarded and mute, unlike the fursuit ads that probably led people to think he's a smartass rebel dudeSpyro was also marketed as like a rebellious delinquent who liked setting fires, but in the games he's just a generic good boi
>>12822480Crash Bandicoot doesn't have Sonic's immortality power. The only other 90's character with that kind of invulnerability is Bubsy.Crash doesn't have that luxury so the revelation that he's lacking substance is devastating.
>>12822649Damn he looks far too sentient Crash Bash and beyond
He seems like a dumbass to me. Why even collect the crystals in Crash 2? Neo Cortex doesn’t even tell you the dumbass planet shit until you collect five crystals
>>12817879characterization is a bit different in the first game because he looks around and is a bit unsure of himself, you see that a bit less in the other games in favour of him being cuh-razy
>>12817994He at least knew something was up by warp room 4 because he didn't give N. Gin the crystals.
>>12822740Depends, was Crash trapped in the Warp rooms? If so, he had no choice in the matter. Likewise, Cortex kidnapped him. Even if he could just run away, chances are good Cortex would just teleport him back to said warp room...or worse.
>>12817879Orange anti-stoic Sonic
>>12819782People regurgitating that meme opinion are the reason why Sonic is stuck in cocomelon show/steven universe writer hell
>>12822480Ironically Crash is more windpilled than Sonic is nowadays, even screams it.
>>12824408No it's not lol. Sorry but Sonic wasn't made darker by SA, it was just made more DBZ type spergy. Sonic Archie is way more mature than anything in SA, and that's why zoomers hate it even though they jerk off Shadow for being the same thing, I guess cause Shadow is easier made into a quirky ironic fascination which Archie Sonic has too much earnest shit, mean spirited characters, and "Nazi like" in their minds imagery Also I don't know why zoomers act like they didn't grow up on Adventure Time and SpongeBob like stfu, the last time kids shit got dark was literally the 80s-90s
I've been inspired to play all the platforming Crash Bandicoot games to finally understand his personality.Wish me luck
>>12824496Archie is one of the worse things to happen on external Sonic media, especially the constant shit flinging with the two big fat retards and endless glup shittos that couldn't take off.Had they didn't fire Ben, nobody would have to hear it from comic book writers then and today currently.
>>12825150Well, that was fun, from my experience with this Crash is basically a really brave retard. I could see him wearing a Superman shirt.On to the second!
>>12825934He's not "brave". He's horny.
He was just simple-minded.>Likes to sleep a lot>Takes good care of his pets>Listens to Aku Aku's wisdom and stories instead of ignoring his advice or being too dumb to understand anything>Goes on dangerous treks through the jungle just to get a battery for his sister's laptop when asked>Knows how to drive/fix/improve karts, motorcycles, surfboards and jetpacks>Knows how to use weapons>Knows how to communicate but doesn't bother to speak much>Civilized enough to wear clothing, knows how to tie his own shoes>Not vengeful towards Cortex or his minions>Doesn't try to be the smartass in the room, just plays his role>Confident but not edgyCool guy.
>>12825946So he's meant to be kind of rowdy? Like actively searches out fucking shit up, not just trying to save Tawna? Explains why he beats the fuck out of turtles and Papua New Guineans. I bet he could have avoided them entirely but he wanted to ruin their day. Wait I just looked it up, that's true, Papu Papu literally was just taking a nap and Crash broke into his hut and assaulted him. He doesn't work for Neo Cortex. So Crash is also an asshole
>>12826157Papu Papu's tribe was fucking with Crash first. No doubt trying to eat him.Without Tawna, Crash's personality changed in the 2nd game. Granted, some of the manual stuff is to be taken with a salt given Japan had a completely different canon.
>>12826157>So he's meant to be kind of rowdyHe's a wild animal that gained sentience a few hours go after getting electrocuted and tortured in a dark castle at the top of a mountain, which he fell off from when trying to escape. He'll be a little rowdy, yes.
>>12818576he's just Australian
>>12826034/thread
>>12826034>>12826428Crash is not a homosexual so no.
>>12825934>>12825150This anon here, 11 levels into 2... I miss the Overworld.
>>12826437Damn right he's not a homo cockslurping faggot like you, I forgot to add that to my post. He's cool and got pussy right in the first game.Now get lost, nigger.
>>12825851There's nothing in Archie Sonic that nu fans don't celebrate >It's too edgy and dramatic You all love Shadow now nuff said >It's got too many of the times OCs! Like an evil biker Sonic, a cyborg rabbit, and a squirrel with tits and a vestAnd you all love IDW that has gay ducks, lesbian crying sheep, and e girl/Billie eilish tenrecsSo stfu
>>12820869Easily solved by making him some sort of multipolar mutant australian rat with flashes of different personalities
>>12827214I repeat, Crash is not a homosexual.
why was the save system such ass in crash 1
>>12825946Many of the earliest tales of heroism were because someone was horny.
>>12825946>>12826220>>12826240Something I like about the Crash games is, Cortex is kind of a shitty inventor whose real strength lies in manipulating others.The only thing Cortex ever invented was the Cortex Vortex, and the damn thing never worked. It just turned the intelligent animals made by N. Brio into Looney Tunes lunatics.
>>12817908>>12826034this
>>12818518>>12818527crash was knockoff sonic + DKC + tony hawk (pre-pro skater) + tazmanian devilDKC was knockoff sonic + mortal kombat + super mario worldalso their girlfriends are knockoff lola bunny/jessica rabbit
He's vidya Freakazoid
>>12822480Sonic was always marketed and portrayed as being a lovable jerk who was too cool for school - various adaptations played with that description in various ways, but there was always a consistency. Crash never had any of that, leading to the general confusion itt
>>12827113Alright well I "beat" the second one (no extra jewels or gems or whatever, basic ending)Crash seems more retarded than normal. His sister is basically his wrangler. Dude was gonna give Cortex a bunch of crystals just because he told him to? Also, the levels seem a lot cheaper than the first one, although it seems kind of counter-balanced by a lot more checkpoint boxes. Still, fun gameOn to Waaaarped
