“Subject, do you think I’m too hard on N. Brio? I worry about him” *One month later* “I withheld N. Brio’s bathroom privileges until he got the recipe right”
Love how these tapes give Cortex a softer side than any of the other games. It’s cute how he developed a fatherly bond with Crash and Coco. I also find it funny how Dingodile was born because Cortex couldn’t choose between mutating just one dingo or one crocodile lol
It's been my headcanon for a while personally, they were both introduced in Crash 2, he was the only boss Coco fought in Warped, and they have the same kart specs in CTR, so I always figured it would make sense for Coco to be N.Gin's former protégée/student or something like that
"I mean why all that blood? Fossil fuels are much more efficient. You should replace yours like I did." I think it's safe to say that N.Gin has no humanity left in him.
The fact that N. Gin literally replaced his blood with oil is nothing compared to the missile lodged in his head. That’s probably the darkest tidbit of Crash Bandicoot lore.
7:19 I like the added lore implication that Cortex knew N Trophy before the events of 3. If anything I imagine N Trophy was checking up on Cortex at this time to make sure he was following the instructions that Uka Ukra had sent him while he was busy being trapped in his temple
Dr. Robotnik: The hedgehog’s obsession with chili dogs is giving me a hankering. Snivley, bring me a chili dog. Snivley:B-b-but master, your cumin allergy… Dr. Robotnik: Oh it’s fine, you can clean it. Snivley: (Groans).
That “Team Health Analysis” joke with N. Brio slayed me, it ties in perfectly with the birthday card he was forced to buy himself and sign “From Cortex”. Also, I don’t know why, but this video made me realize another tragic failure in Cortex’s attempts to change the past. At the beginning of the first level, his past self is so focused on the “intrusive doppelgänger” that he doesn’t even TURN HIS FUCKING HEAD TO NOTICE THAT CRASHWORTH AND ANOTHER BANDICOOT ARE STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM IN HIS SEWERS!!! That hurts so bad, it’s funny.
It's an interesting new character trait that Cortex genuinely has some affection for Crash and Coco deep down, but is so prone to evil and selfishness that he can't help himself.
As mentioned before near the end of Coco's Flashback Tape Cortex did Indeed did make not just a regular Sonic Reference but also Bubsy and Gex all of all characters to get ever referenced In so long. Here at 7:52 to 7:57 N. Gin: *Calm and regular reaction of Coco's appearance and mistakes her as a cat* N. Gin (Titans/Mutants) *YOU DON'T EVER LOOK LIKE A BANDICOOT!!*
@@heyimlate5656 it make sense, because N Gine only got the rocket in adult hood, and Cortex ans Brio has not contact with him since they left the Academy of Evil. Just because it is a old friend, it doenst mean he cant interview him. However, the N.Tropy dialogue dont make any sense at all, unless he somewhat contacted Cortex between Crash and 2, altrough that makes things weird.
So if crash 4 is about alternate timelines, and cortex was thinking about testing on a hedgehog, bobcat, and gecko... Is it possible that there’s a timeline where cortex went through on those experiments and therefore the Sonic universe, Bubsy universe, and Gex universe are all connected by Crash Bandicoot?
I always had this sort of headcanon that Dr Cortex and Dr Brio are responsible for creating the first Mobians in some universes where Mobius is Earth in the future and due to Fake Crash’s shenanigans with Dr N. Tropy’s tunic fork staff as shown in CTR NF’s Prehistoric Playground, he more or less put his DNA into the primordial soup where all of life would eventually come from. The Mobians who wouldn’t come about from this until a Gene-bomb left by an alien race intended to wipe out the human race on Earth inadvertently mutated and sped up much of the animal populations’ evolution process by millions of years to where they can exhibit the same amount of sentience as the humans. Much like Dr Cortex.
[I've left this comment before, but I decided to copy-paste it here because of the updated vid] I remember that because I sucked/suck at Crash 4, there's a lot of stuff that I couldn't entirely complete, but I also remember that after watching stuff on RUclips of the Flashback Tapes, I got all the backstory/characterization nuggets, but I couldn't find something where I could hear all the reactions to deaths, and I'd BE DAMNED if I didn't hear EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN AUDIO FILE of the character voices, so I had the motivation to make myself get enough of the tapes so I could get the reactions of all three of the bois.
He's seemed to always have a vendetta against cortex. Probably because hes treated him like shit for a long time and took credit for the evolvo ray. He's probably the one who made the last test chamber for Coco. I dunno why he's attacking you in the first game tho.
6:27 Dingodile's origins. 2023 edit: I no longer consider this canon, i wish it was N.brio who created him and this was just a throw away joke. Even then the flashback tapes contradicted alot of things that were established already. Like N.gins rocket.
7:52 Genesis Games that Deserve an HD Remake (Outside of Sonic) - The Lion King Game - The Beavis and Butthead Game - Comix Zone - Earthworm Jim - Aladdin - The Toy Story Game - Lost Vikings - MK 1-3 Ports - Vectorman 1 & 2 (second looked like a PS1 game) - Rings of Power
So it’s like heroic children standing up to their evil fathers, even though we don’t know Crash and Coco’s true parents. At least they have a nice father figure in Aku Aku.
the only thing we're missing here is when Coco found Crash, even when we know the origins of both, we still don't have very clear how she suddenly appears with Crash on Crash 2
Can you do a video of all the lines they all say in the middle of gameplay? Like Brio's speaking bottles. Or N gin's loudspeakers. Or cortex with his announcements etc
I don't understand why N. Brio is still working with Cortex after the Crash 1 game when N. Gin is now doing his job for him. N. Brio left by then, so why is he present for all of those after N. Gin comes in?
Is it ever explicitly stated that N.Brio left? Maybe N.Gin is just another helping hand rather than Brio's replacement. I mean, all these flashback tapes take place before Crash 2 and we know they're at odds with each other during that game. And 20 years passed between that game and Crash 4, for Cortex at least. Maybe they reconciled. Also, hi. Nice to see you here. I was a big fan of your videos back in the day :D
@@NPCarlsson Hello there! I was about to say that it was *I* who was a huge fan of yours! I play your Cortex songs all the time - it drives my girlfriend nuts! I'm still making videos here and there, I'm mainly focusing on reviewing my collection but I'll eventually make more animations. I've speculated before and tried to fill in some of the lore holes with my animation 'Why Tiny and Dingodile Worked For Cortex', and I was planning to do another one for N. Brio. We know that from the beginning N. Brio was shocked by Cortex's brilliance and wanted to follow him. Every time he failed Cortex he'd punish himself by voluntarily tightening the screws in his head. But when Cortex began to take all the credit for his improvements and inventions, N. Brio began to grow deeply jealous and filled with contempt for Cortex. At the end of Crash Bandicoot 1 it says, "After the disappearance of his mentor, Dr. Nitrus Brio rediscovered his first love: Tending bar". Then, the Crash 2 manual reads, "Double-crossed by Cortex, this one time partner in crime will now do anything to stop Cortex in his fiendish plans, regardless of the consequences" This leads me to believe that for at least a short time after Crash 1 they were estranged. Perhaps N. Brio located Cortex and tried to reunite with him, but was rejected, or N. Gin was invited to replace him which was the "Double-crossing". I had always thought that Brio was blamed for the failure of the Cortex Vortex as well as his inability to destroy Crash, and so was cast out by Cortex which sent him mad. This is why N. Brio turned against him in Crash 2 and tried to ally up with Crash. This all happened within a year, so I doubt N. Brio returned to Cortex castle and simply became friends with Cortex again like nothing had happened...and then decided to betray him? In one of the manga apparently N. Brio actually attacks Cortex and Crash and he's the one who burns down Cortex castle, after Cortex shoots him, by using the built in self-destruct. Though I can't find this scene in any of the manga I own - but that explains why Cortex castle is on fire and falling to pieces by the final boss. Although it's been suggested that N. Brio's monster form destroyed the castle by punching the floor which detonated some TNT below the castle. The game manuals and guides also refer to N. Gin as 'Cortex's new henchman' in Japanese. In Crash 4, 'Superior Study', N. Brio wants Crash to be his ally and he's running the experiment without Cortex and says "Say nothing of our plan!". It suggests he was plotting against Cortex from the beginning. However in the tapes there's no mention of N. Brio's betrayal, and he's even working with Cortex whilst N. Gin is there. But, we can't take this tape into consideration if we're looking at the original lore. I guess it's feasible that Cortex could have returned to Cortex castle, but in Crash 2 we see him in the space station version of the Cortex Vortex, suggesting that he's abandoned his old base and constructed a space ship to be as far from Crash as possible... This means the testing of Coco by N. Gin doesn't make much sense either, as they'd literally have nowhere to test or create their animal minions - that's the entire point of Crash Bandicoot 2! I had always assumed that N. Gin built the space station and Cortex was simply using it for his deeds. They don't have the ability to create henchmen and so they use Crash and Crash alone. Crash 4 suggests that this was all premeditated, like N. Brio was planning to be Crash's ally from the beginning and simply double crossed Cortex in Crash 2 because he wanted to overthrow him. The original lore has it that N. Brio is extremely devoted to Cortex, but as Cortex mistreats him and then casts him out (with the rest of his minions) for failing to defeat Crash, N. Brio finally snaps and turns on him. I prefer this version. I was planning to make an animation discussing this, so I'll keep you posted!
@@Carl_McMelvin Did you ever play Crash 2? It's all there. N. Brio works with Crash to destroy the Cortex Vortex. Also, I literally wrote an entire essay in the comments about "who said he left".
Kind of weird that there is no mention of Tawna here despite being with Crash first before Coco, unless that "furry friend who has volume, shiny hair and that bounce" Cortex mentions at 5:32 is Tawna
Lit. Titans was not bad at all. Sad this is I never finished it...yet; i do have and finished MoM. MoM is super Boss too, only thing is kinda short. I also love twinsanity and TTR, i sometimes play the songs from happily ever faster whenever cortex speaks in this game..it makes LOL 😂😂😂
@@keeferkifflom360 I've never said Crash of the Titans it's a Bad Game i said ITS A BAD CRASH BANDICOOT GAME here's an example, lets take a stealth Game like Metal gear Solid and lets make it a shooter action Game with no stealth at all, the Game may be Nice but as a METAL GEAR Game its really Bad You get it? Crash of the Titans change a platformer and turn it on a Beat 'n' up Game wich is basically horrible if You liked Crash bandicoot for THE MAIN REASON IT BASICALLY EXITS being a fun platformer with cartoon art style
My guess is either N.Gin was aware of the missile but he simply was in denial or trying to ignore it until Cortex brought it up since its supposed to be very recently after his accident so he's probably still a bit sensitive about the subject. Or its a result of the damage to his brain making him forget or its the first sign of his sanity slowly slipping.
@@NPCarlssonwell…yeah. I mean I’ve been playing crash bandicoot for a very long time now ever since nitro kart. And I thought the story and lore behind it was surprising.
Is there any chance if you can upload the voice clips from the “Robots” tie-in game? Fun Fact: Rodney Copperbottom is voiced by Jess Harnell (Crash Bandicoot), in that game.
@@bandicootcollector no it’s not. There are four real crash games. Two side games in CTR and crash bash. The rest are knock off crap, and any characters from said games are not real crash characters.
“Subject, do you think I’m too hard on N. Brio? I worry about him”
*One month later*
“I withheld N. Brio’s bathroom privileges until he got the recipe right”
"Master! Please!" I felt bad for him
Maybe crash said “nop”
Love how these tapes give Cortex a softer side than any of the other games. It’s cute how he developed a fatherly bond with Crash and Coco.
I also find it funny how Dingodile was born because Cortex couldn’t choose between mutating just one dingo or one crocodile lol
I guess you could say he wants to kill Crash and Coco because he’s suffering from a broken heart, but he doesn’t want to admit it.
@@calvinfujii5921 Yeah, both basically “betrayed” him. Which makes it kinda sad to see Cortex go that far just to erase them from existense
Though he was somewhat bitter whilst training Coco because of Crash escaping after proving yet another failure on the Cortex Vortex.
Why didn't Cortex show this side in the original game? It makes no sense.
@@fuckthisstupidasshandleshitMostly because even though he was betrayed Cortex is a scum, like crash wasn't the first to be tested like that
I love the fact that Coco is wearing N. Brio’s special overalls and Crash is wearing Cortex’s old shorts.
yeah , dr. cortex's and n brio's childhood
"Seriously, wombat skulls shatter like snow globes."
Rest in peace, Willy Wombat. You will be missed…
It's weird to think that Coco got her computer skills from N. Gin of all people.
It's been my headcanon for a while personally, they were both introduced in Crash 2, he was the only boss Coco fought in Warped, and they have the same kart specs in CTR, so I always figured it would make sense for Coco to be N.Gin's former protégée/student or something like that
and then chose to be the one to blow his mech to bits. Talk about a Frankenstein moment.
@@Sarah-mf3xt kinda wished there was special dialog if you choose Coco to fight N. Gin
I mean he is a robotic engineer.
True enough, guess that makes a bit more sense why he’s so infatuated with her on occasion, like in Titans and MoM.
"I mean why all that blood? Fossil fuels are much more efficient. You should replace yours like I did."
I think it's safe to say that N.Gin has no humanity left in him.
Dumb
Well most of it
Edit: a fuk Im stupid I thought you meant cortex
Explains why he turns blue in later games (Tag Team Racing, Crash of the Titans, Mind over Mutant)
The fact that N. Gin literally replaced his blood with oil is nothing compared to the missile lodged in his head. That’s probably the darkest tidbit of Crash Bandicoot lore.
@@jacobturner3059 What rocket?
7:19 I like the added lore implication that Cortex knew N Trophy before the events of 3. If anything I imagine N Trophy was checking up on Cortex at this time to make sure he was following the instructions that Uka Ukra had sent him while he was busy being trapped in his temple
6:53 N.Brio : Are those *MY* overalls? Mother made me those!!!
Coco : Why am I smell like a small old geezer I remember?
1:21 that is unbearably silly of him
And the utter CARE he had for Crash is so sweet to me! "An almost fatherly connection" AWWWW
I love the Young Frankenstein reference.
"What rocket?"
Dr. Robotnik: The hedgehog’s obsession with chili dogs is giving me a hankering. Snivley, bring me a chili dog.
Snivley:B-b-but master, your cumin allergy…
Dr. Robotnik: Oh it’s fine, you can clean it.
Snivley: (Groans).
That’s funny
You know, if Robotnik’s Neo Cortex and if Snively’s N. Brio, who will be N. Gin?
1:41 The ironic thing here is that compared to bandicoots, wombats are built like brick houses.
Mutation must have had an adverse side effect on the Wombat, while Bandicoots got the better end of the deal.
Well this is crash and he's kinda dumb
That “Team Health Analysis” joke with N. Brio slayed me, it ties in perfectly with the birthday card he was forced to buy himself and sign “From Cortex”.
Also, I don’t know why, but this video made me realize another tragic failure in Cortex’s attempts to change the past. At the beginning of the first level, his past self is so focused on the “intrusive doppelgänger” that he doesn’t even TURN HIS FUCKING HEAD TO NOTICE THAT CRASHWORTH AND ANOTHER BANDICOOT ARE STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM IN HIS SEWERS!!! That hurts so bad, it’s funny.
When was that? Later in the game?
No that's just game logic
@@PieroMinayaRojas nah man the game logic applies in gameplay where crash suddenly becomes smart and knows all of the boxes location
It's an interesting new character trait that Cortex genuinely has some affection for Crash and Coco deep down, but is so prone to evil and selfishness that he can't help himself.
He also felt hurt when Crash escaped. Adds more to his hatred for him.
As mentioned before near the end of Coco's Flashback Tape Cortex did Indeed did make not just a regular Sonic Reference but also Bubsy and Gex all of all characters to get ever referenced In so long. Here at 7:52 to 7:57
N. Gin: *Calm and regular reaction of Coco's appearance and mistakes her as a cat*
N. Gin (Titans/Mutants) *YOU DON'T EVER LOOK LIKE A BANDICOOT!!*
I think we know who the Better N. Gin!
The N-Gin interview was something I didn’t see coming haha
Didn't even make sense since they knew each other during childhood
@@heyimlate5656 maybe alternate timeline
@@heyimlate5656 Twinsanity and other ps2 games are non canon.
@@heyimlate5656 it make sense, because N Gine only got the rocket in adult hood, and Cortex ans Brio has not contact with him since they left the Academy of Evil. Just because it is a old friend, it doenst mean he cant interview him. However, the N.Tropy dialogue dont make any sense at all, unless he somewhat contacted Cortex between Crash and 2, altrough that makes things weird.
@@scourgeacolyte6136they are just not in this new timeline
3:13 Crash’s birthday is on July 19th. Gonna mark that on the calendar. xD
You and me both
Count me in
I did clear all the tapes, but keep dying partway through the dialogue, so it’s nice to hear it properly.
Exactly why I just went looking for this lmao
*imagine if that escape hatch wasn't open, crash would destroy everything and coco wouldn't exist*
As a fanfiction writer avid for lore who is unable - for now - to go past Coco's 3rd tape, thank you from the bottom of my heart
Yeah, this is forwarding my fanfics, too.
2:34, 2:52,
3:00, 3:11, 3:22,
4:06, 4:14,
5:06, 5:26, 5:43,
6:32, 6:52,
7:19, 7:28
These lines are everything to me.
“You had help, didn’t you? …Be honest!”
…I only looked up four guides…maybe five.
Another goldmine for sentence mixers everywhere.
7:52 He referenced not only Sonic but he also referenced Bubsy & Gex
To complete the trilogy, Crunch has N Gins old arm
what about Tawna?
3:33 "Foolish Cortex doesn't know we're plotting against him right under his nose!" XD
I guess that is a crash 2 reference
So if crash 4 is about alternate timelines, and cortex was thinking about testing on a hedgehog, bobcat, and gecko...
Is it possible that there’s a timeline where cortex went through on those experiments and therefore the Sonic universe, Bubsy universe, and Gex universe are all connected by Crash Bandicoot?
Maybe!
Technically. Sonic was made by robotic in the comics but its a possibility
I always had this sort of headcanon that Dr Cortex and Dr Brio are responsible for creating the first Mobians in some universes where Mobius is Earth in the future and due to Fake Crash’s shenanigans with Dr N. Tropy’s tunic fork staff as shown in CTR NF’s Prehistoric Playground, he more or less put his DNA into the primordial soup where all of life would eventually come from.
The Mobians who wouldn’t come about from this until a Gene-bomb left by an alien race intended to wipe out the human race on Earth inadvertently mutated and sped up much of the animal populations’ evolution process by millions of years to where they can exhibit the same amount of sentience as the humans. Much like Dr Cortex.
That’s a good question.
@@TeddyCream0 what comics most of the comics sonics were born
5:59
Cat or not a cat, victory milk is victory milk.
Cortex: HES NOT A CAT DUMBASS!
9:22 why was that so adorable 😂
7:22 So Cortex knew about N. Tropy even before 1st game
Before the 2nd game
@@ninjaworshipper these flashbacks tapes take place before Crash 1
@@stefanloncar6868 1997...
@@JokingSalmon that means Coco’s tapes take place betwen Crash 1 and Crash 2
Crash and tawna before crash 1
Coco before crash 2
9:00 “N Brio, the Mop” 😂
Did he reference Sonic, Bubsy and Gex?
And also a reference to croc in a earlier voice line
7:52
@@pixeljacked8047 no, that's a reference to dingodile
Yes, yes he did
He also referenced Crash’s original design Willie Wombat.
Im glad someone made this video the dialogue here is golden
In n gin's defense, coco does kinda look like a cat
[I've left this comment before, but I decided to copy-paste it here because of the updated vid]
I remember that because I sucked/suck at Crash 4, there's a lot of stuff that I couldn't entirely complete, but I also remember that after watching stuff on RUclips of the Flashback Tapes, I got all the backstory/characterization nuggets, but I couldn't find something where I could hear all the reactions to deaths, and I'd BE DAMNED if I didn't hear EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN AUDIO FILE of the character voices, so I had the motivation to make myself get enough of the tapes so I could get the reactions of all three of the bois.
3:38 Even before Crash 1 Brio alredy planed to turn on Cortex
He's seemed to always have a vendetta against cortex. Probably because hes treated him like shit for a long time and took credit for the evolvo ray. He's probably the one who made the last test chamber for Coco. I dunno why he's attacking you in the first game tho.
N GIN interview is a blast
Cortex:let’s see crocodiles,dingos
I see what he did there
Coco: awhile ago crash and I didn't even have one dad, now we have 2! (Cortex and brio) (n gin walks in)
Coco: 3 dads?!? 8D
N gin should be the uncle of the bandicoots
3 for Crash if you include Aku Aku
4 for Coco if you included N. Gin and Aku Aku
Thumbs up to beenox for going into more backstory for coco and crash also the voice acting is on point
Actually, Crash 4 was developed by Toys For Bob.
@@kelvinlocke1403 right right slipped my mind
Well Bennox did help TFB with this game
@@stefanloncar6868 that was only for the skins and n verted levels
Is it just me or is N. Gin trying to flip me off?
6:27 Dingodile's origins.
2023 edit: I no longer consider this canon, i wish it was N.brio who created him and this was just a throw away joke. Even then the flashback tapes contradicted alot of things that were established already. Like N.gins rocket.
The tapes just mention N.Gins rocket for a gag.
7:51 so basically this references sonic, bubsy, and gex?
5:53 " Doesn't look like a bandicoot.
Crash of the Titans reference after N.Gin's boss fight
”What rocket?”
I guess, if i pull it off, N Gin would blow up or die
So basically an explosive exposed metal nerve. Fascinating 🧐
You know, I’d be all for a Cortex cartoon in the similar vein of Max Atoms’s “Evil Concarne” (the former sister series to billy and Mandy)
WAIT THOSE SHORT ARE CORTEX'S , that means the underwear is .......... Oh god . (That Is cute 4:06)
Oh 😀
So at 1:24 cortex inspired the TNT crate after watching old cartoons like looney tunes. Interesting 🤔
N brio bring me a wumpa fruit the bandicoots obsession with them has given me a hankering
Huh. Didn't know that N. Gin actually ran off of fossil fuels.
Thank you for uploading this :)
Places people, camera 3 ready! TAKE 2!!!
Real glad this is actually coming out on pc, *pog*
5:05 Eh, what rocket?
I love how he causally says that. I think that’s the most normal N. Gin has ever sounded.
so I'm I follow the timeline of the tapes the events of crash 1 lasted for about 11-10 months. that surprising i thought is only lasted a few days.
9:04 MY EXPERIMENT!
6:15 I'm sorry did he just say he doesn't have blood??
Yeah, I think he implied he replaced his blood with fossil fuel.
@@BenNewtonCliveOswald so basically his heart pumps crude oil instead of blood?
@@SkullMan140 I guess?
He's a cyborg
7:52
Genesis Games that Deserve an HD Remake (Outside of Sonic)
- The Lion King Game
- The Beavis and Butthead Game
- Comix Zone
- Earthworm Jim
- Aladdin
- The Toy Story Game
- Lost Vikings
- MK 1-3 Ports
- Vectorman 1 & 2 (second looked like a PS1 game)
- Rings of Power
You missed the best two sega games in existence. Zombies ate my Neighbors and Kid Chameleon. Along with the sonic games.
@@Carl_McMelvin Yhea those games too
Lex Lang is based
So it’s like heroic children standing up to their evil fathers, even though we don’t know Crash and Coco’s true parents. At least they have a nice father figure in Aku Aku.
Crash and Coco's biological parents are probably just still out there somewhere in the wild as none mutated bandicoots or possibly dead.
@@robonaught Maybe in another dimension?
At least we know what their origins are.
the only thing we're missing here is when Coco found Crash, even when we know the origins of both, we still don't have very clear how she suddenly appears with Crash on Crash 2
We know Crash 2 started a year after Crash 1. She either escaped before or after Crash went back to save Tawna. Probably met up right after.
Can you do a video of all the lines they all say in the middle of gameplay? Like Brio's speaking bottles. Or N gin's loudspeakers. Or cortex with his announcements etc
I already did that:
ruclips.net/video/UpOBQ4-_Cvc/видео.html
@@NPCarlsson thanks!
7:56
*IS IT GEX NIGHT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!*
Your gonna use all these at some point aren't ya
Yes, nice bowl of milk waiting for subject.
For the last time its a Bandicoot not a cat! Lmfao😂😂🤣🤣
what rocket? 5:10
Is this foreshadowing some future video?
Ain’t gon lie I wish some flashback tapes would have some present and past cortex would have some interference
7:52
n brio say about his overalls his mom made those when he was a child
I don't understand why N. Brio is still working with Cortex after the Crash 1 game when N. Gin is now doing his job for him. N. Brio left by then, so why is he present for all of those after N. Gin comes in?
Is it ever explicitly stated that N.Brio left? Maybe N.Gin is just another helping hand rather than Brio's replacement. I mean, all these flashback tapes take place before Crash 2 and we know they're at odds with each other during that game. And 20 years passed between that game and Crash 4, for Cortex at least. Maybe they reconciled.
Also, hi. Nice to see you here. I was a big fan of your videos back in the day :D
@@NPCarlsson Hello there! I was about to say that it was *I* who was a huge fan of yours! I play your Cortex songs all the time - it drives my girlfriend nuts!
I'm still making videos here and there, I'm mainly focusing on reviewing my collection but I'll eventually make more animations. I've speculated before and tried to fill in some of the lore holes with my animation 'Why Tiny and Dingodile Worked For Cortex', and I was planning to do another one for N. Brio.
We know that from the beginning N. Brio was shocked by Cortex's brilliance and wanted to follow him. Every time he failed Cortex he'd punish himself by voluntarily tightening the screws in his head. But when Cortex began to take all the credit for his improvements and inventions, N. Brio began to grow deeply jealous and filled with contempt for Cortex.
At the end of Crash Bandicoot 1 it says, "After the disappearance of his mentor, Dr. Nitrus Brio rediscovered his first love: Tending bar".
Then, the Crash 2 manual reads, "Double-crossed by Cortex, this one time partner in crime will now do anything to stop Cortex in his fiendish plans, regardless of the consequences"
This leads me to believe that for at least a short time after Crash 1 they were estranged. Perhaps N. Brio located Cortex and tried to reunite with him, but was rejected, or N. Gin was invited to replace him which was the "Double-crossing".
I had always thought that Brio was blamed for the failure of the Cortex Vortex as well as his inability to destroy Crash, and so was cast out by Cortex which sent him mad. This is why N. Brio turned against him in Crash 2 and tried to ally up with Crash. This all happened within a year, so I doubt N. Brio returned to Cortex castle and simply became friends with Cortex again like nothing had happened...and then decided to betray him?
In one of the manga apparently N. Brio actually attacks Cortex and Crash and he's the one who burns down Cortex castle, after Cortex shoots him, by using the built in self-destruct. Though I can't find this scene in any of the manga I own - but that explains why Cortex castle is on fire and falling to pieces by the final boss. Although it's been suggested that N. Brio's monster form destroyed the castle by punching the floor which detonated some TNT below the castle.
The game manuals and guides also refer to N. Gin as 'Cortex's new henchman' in Japanese.
In Crash 4, 'Superior Study', N. Brio wants Crash to be his ally and he's running the experiment without Cortex and says "Say nothing of our plan!". It suggests he was plotting against Cortex from the beginning.
However in the tapes there's no mention of N. Brio's betrayal, and he's even working with Cortex whilst N. Gin is there. But, we can't take this tape into consideration if we're looking at the original lore.
I guess it's feasible that Cortex could have returned to Cortex castle, but in Crash 2 we see him in the space station version of the Cortex Vortex, suggesting that he's abandoned his old base and constructed a space ship to be as far from Crash as possible...
This means the testing of Coco by N. Gin doesn't make much sense either, as they'd literally have nowhere to test or create their animal minions - that's the entire point of Crash Bandicoot 2! I had always assumed that N. Gin built the space station and Cortex was simply using it for his deeds. They don't have the ability to create henchmen and so they use Crash and Crash alone.
Crash 4 suggests that this was all premeditated, like N. Brio was planning to be Crash's ally from the beginning and simply double crossed Cortex in Crash 2 because he wanted to overthrow him.
The original lore has it that N. Brio is extremely devoted to Cortex, but as Cortex mistreats him and then casts him out (with the rest of his minions) for failing to defeat Crash, N. Brio finally snaps and turns on him. I prefer this version.
I was planning to make an animation discussing this, so I'll keep you posted!
Who said he left and who said N Gin is doing his job? He definitely isn’t.
@@Carl_McMelvin Did you ever play Crash 2? It's all there. N. Brio works with Crash to destroy the Cortex Vortex.
Also, I literally wrote an entire essay in the comments about "who said he left".
@@bandicootcollector try again.
So from all those dates that are shown, it took Crash 10 whole months to get back to the Castle lol
What makes you think that's when he got back?
Since the castle got burned down it's very likely that he came back in that period of time
@@Blueji The castle burned down at the end of Crash 1, though (if it did actually burn down at all).
The Crash and coco tapes take place in Crash 1
@@Blueji Oh, I see what you mean. I just assumed the castle survived, but I guess that makes sense that way.
5:05
Can you please make subtitles for this video?
I heard Poor n brio was nervous
"Master, Please."
oh gosh hes felt nervous 3:29
7:52 Wait, Cortex knows Sonic, Bubsy and the Geico Gecko.
By Geico Gecko...
I mean Gex.
They're basically the same character, I guess.
@@stormstrawther7810say gex
Kind of weird that there is no mention of Tawna here despite being with Crash first before Coco, unless that "furry friend who has volume, shiny hair and that bounce" Cortex mentions at 5:32 is Tawna
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I agree
I agree
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I'm playing Mind Over Mutant music in the background while listening to this just to spite the Naughty Dog fanboys. #TitansForever
Based.
Wow so evil... Also i don't think Crash of Titans it's a bad game just not a good Crash bandicoot game
Lit. Titans was not bad at all. Sad this is I never finished it...yet; i do have and finished MoM. MoM is super Boss too, only thing is kinda short. I also love twinsanity and TTR, i sometimes play the songs from happily ever faster whenever cortex speaks in this game..it makes LOL 😂😂😂
@@davidcamilo8577 that makes no sense
So it’s bad because it has crash on it?
Lol it’s a good Crash game if it’s a good game.
@@keeferkifflom360 I've never said Crash of the Titans it's a Bad Game i said ITS A BAD CRASH BANDICOOT GAME
here's an example, lets take a stealth Game like Metal gear Solid and lets make it a shooter action Game with no stealth at all, the Game may be Nice but as a METAL GEAR Game its really Bad
You get it?
Crash of the Titans change a platformer and turn it on a Beat 'n' up Game wich is basically horrible if You liked Crash bandicoot for THE MAIN REASON IT BASICALLY EXITS being a fun platformer with cartoon art style
Ah, my god
i am good at drumming
Thanks, Adolf.
@@NPCarlsson welcome
3:19 Jeff Bezos moment
7:52 Sonic? Bubsy? Gex?
Now all we need is fake crash bandicoot in these
I wonder if they will reference his origin and maybe have them say trash
Whatever happened to A cozy hot cup of sugar honey ice tea
I don't get why N-gin forgot about the LITERAL ROCKET LODGED INTO HIS FOREHEAD
Maybe it fractured the hippocampus.
What is that?
@@callum9509 It's a part of your brain that controls your memory.
What rocket?
My guess is either N.Gin was aware of the missile but he simply was in denial or trying to ignore it until Cortex brought it up since its supposed to be very recently after his accident so he's probably still a bit sensitive about the subject. Or its a result of the damage to his brain making him forget or its the first sign of his sanity slowly slipping.
Who' s in shower?
Dr cortex or n tropy?
Dr. Cortex
@@quintondent5647 Thank you and cortex was jealous about time travel n tropy is such a scumbag sometimes.
@@katiesandow3226 I know, right? They should be getting along as a team instead of rivals
I don’t think Cortex cared about time travel at the time. He was just tired of Tropy bragging about it.
@@EWOODJ Oh
Am I just crazy or is all these tapes canon/accurate to the main timeline of the naughty dog crash?
Yeah well, that's... the idea, isn't it?
@@NPCarlssonwell…yeah. I mean I’ve been playing crash bandicoot for a very long time now ever since nitro kart. And I thought the story and lore behind it was surprising.
Not really. Crash and Coco have the double jump and circle button moves, not to mention Cortex's completely different personality.
@@fuckthisstupidasshandleshit oh
Is there any chance if you can upload the voice clips from the “Robots” tie-in game?
Fun Fact: Rodney Copperbottom is voiced by Jess Harnell (Crash Bandicoot), in that game.
How will this effect the wrath of cortex?
I think this is supposed to retcon it but they'll do something
Different alternate reality
It doesn’t. That’s not a real crash game. It’s irrelevant.
@@Carl_McMelvin It is a real Crash game...lmao. stop trolling people
@@bandicootcollector no it’s not. There are four real crash games. Two side games in CTR and crash bash. The rest are knock off crap, and any characters from said games are not real crash characters.
CRASH BANDICOOT 4 IT ABOUT TIME ALL VOCE DR CORTEX AND N BRIO AND N GIN V2"5 2021)😃😃
Shut up.
3:11 Weoo Weoo Weoo
Oopsie poopums
The way he says that is so cute 🥰
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Crash 4’s writing was pretty weak, bland & up it’s own bum (mcu-esque, some might say), but Cortie N’ the boys got some decent bits.
How Dare you 😡
7:27 Cortex: "I'm N. Tropy! I think animal experiments are stupid! 🤪🤪🤪Pah! Time travel. Big deal!" 😒