This thread was made for Crash bandicoot. I've been introduced to the original trilogy and CTR when I was a literal toddler by my granpa who kept his PS1 through the early 2000s. I grew up with the PS2 era games and am now experiencing the PS4 revival as a young adult. I've been obsessed with Crash for my entire life and I consider it my n°1 comfort media given it's ties to my childhood and my family. My point is that I consider myself well-qualified to handle this subject. Here are my biggest issues with the Crash bandicoot franchise.
The original trilogy is a work of art, though I have some complaints. Many of these issues could've unveiled lots of potential had they been explored more.
>Tawna's roleNeedless to say, she is a sexist stereotype, but my biggest issue is a HUGE problem regarding her actions (or rather inaction) in the first game. Crash's goal is to save her before Cortex puts her through the Cortex Vortex. He has his henchmen "prepare the female bandicoot" (as he said himself) right after Crash escapes the castle. It takes Crash more than a day to get back to the castle for the final fight; we know this due to some levels being set during sunset, others during daytime. So how come Tawna never got brainwashed? In the remake, she's seen in the bonus round getting whisked away by Cortex, so it implies she's made at least one attempt to escape, which would've bought her time before Cortex put her through the Cortex Vortex (an action which is, as we've seen, quick).
>Tawna replaced by CocoTawna, due to being an oversexualized damsel in distress, was horrible female representation. She was therefore replaced by the much more fleshed out Coco bandicoot. However there was no explanation as to why Tawna disappeared (her photo is in the bandicoot house in Warped so she wasn't just erased from the story) or how Coco escaped Cortex. The japanese manual made a horrible explanation (Tawna leaving Crash for Pinstripe) but it's not canon.
>the freeing of Uka UkaA piece of Cortex' satellite fell onto Uka Uka's prison and it frees him. I just think the coincidence is ridiculous. Ontop of that, Uka Uka scolds Cortex about past failures during the intro of Warped. Why is it implied they've always worked together if he just got freed by Cortex? I'm willing to overlook this one since we can simply consider that he's made plans between Co
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