Every Crash Bandicoot Boss Ranked
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- Опубликовано: 8 май 2023
- Crash Bandicoot has a lot of boss fights. Some of them are great. Some of them are not. A lot of them are somewhere in the middle. Let's dissect where they all fall on this spectrum!
Oh man, this video was months in the making! But I'm glad I was able to finally finish it and upload it. This was a lot of fun to make, and I definitely plan on doing more like it, so I hope you all enjoy the scripted content direction I'm trying to take with my videos! :D
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In every fight with N Tropy, he never moves his legs once!
The best part of N Gin’s Crash 4 theme, is that with half of his face being machine, he’s literally a metalhead
One thing to me that added a lot of context to Coco's Boss Battle with N. Gin was in the flashback tapes. It was revealed that N. Gin mentored Coco in Computers in technology.
So basically, this is like a Student vs Teacher fight where Coco built her own spaceship to take on N. Gin's 2 mechs. Like damn did he put out all the stops. Yeah, it's safe to say Coco definitely surpassed him.
Obviously I doubt that was planned on Naughty Dog’s part, but it does add some
neat retroactiveness to the fight after playing Crash 4, so I agree. 😊
Not to mention there is a good chance Coco blew off N. Gin’s hand during that fight, as seen in Crash 4
@@lx5323 woah I didn't notice that!
I feel like Crash 3 N. Gin, casually is so hard, that once you get the power-up and just shoot everything out of existence makes it all the more rewarding. That boss fight is just genius.
One of the tings I loved with N.Gin in Crash 3 is also that the weapons you destroy affects the fight. If you destroy a Rocked Launcher then he cant use that anymore, so the player can if they find a weapon hard to deal with focus it and set it out of the fight.
from now on i am going to spell “things” as “tings”
I noticed that in the trilogy Ripper roo and Tiny tiger have a lot of similarities.
Their 1st fight is fought on a 3X3 arena, they can't be hurt directly. You have to rely on the environment.
Their 2nd fight they're downgraded to the first boss, fought in an open square arena and can now be harmed directly.
Then again, both of Tiny's fights feel a lot better than Roo's.
And they have their faces plasered on the arena floor
i like how you can tell exactly who #1 is by #44
Lets gooooo scripted riko content
crash 2 was my childhood game, and i always remember tiny being the hardest boss for child me to beat. still remember the first time i beat him my heart was beating out of my chest and i ran downstairs to tell my dad i finally did it. tiny tiger will always be my personal favorite boss (along with ripper roo and dingodile) and i really hope he comes back in future games!
Good countdown; I now have the twins boss fight music stuck in my head again
I have a feeling that Cortex Boss fight in Crash 2 turned out like that it's because fighting N.Gin bares similarities to how Cortex was fought in the first game and there was no way to make Cortex' boss unique while topping N.Gin's fight.
It also could be the devs at that point were running out of memory or approaching the deadline. You can even see Cortex holding his gun but never fires it.
Was kinda wishing that they would make it so he fires back at you in the N Sane Trilogy.
When I was a kid, the first time I played this fight, I found it difficult because of the time (or area) limit because I was terrible at dodging the obstacles and sometimes missed my spin attack. So I think if you keep basic story progression in mind, it's not that bad for lower-skilled players. However, after replying the game many other times, I realised I never had much difficulty with it at all. I think as a Crash FAN, it's easy, but as a newcomer, it can be a reasonable boss battle.
Timestamps (for the Ranking):
1:55 45: Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back)
2:56 44: N. Gin (Crash Twinsanity)
4:18 43: N. Tropy/N. Brio (Crash Twinsanity)
6:16 42: Ripper Roo (Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strickes Back)
7:21 41: Evil Crunch (Crash 2: N-Trance)
8:13 40: Dingodile (Crash: The Huge Adventure)
8:49 39: Tiny Tiger (Crash: The Huge Adventure)
9:01 38: Papu Papu (Crash Bandicoot)
10:21 37: The Komodo Bros (Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strickes Back)
11:05 36: Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex)
12:00 35: N. Tropy (Crash 2: N-Trance)
13:07 34: N. Tropy (Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped)
13:53 33: Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash: A Huge Adventure)
14:39 32: Pinstripe (Crash Bandicoot)
15:22 31: Koala Kong (Crash Bandicoot)
16:08 30: Fire-Crunch (Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex)
16:53 29: Water-Crunch (Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex)
17:47 28: Uka-Uka (Crash Twinsanity)
18:31 27: Dr. Neo Cortex & Mecha Bandicoot (Crash Twinsanity)
19:16 26: Evil Coco (Crash 2: N-Trance)
19:52 25: Earth-Crunch (Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex)
21:09 24: N. Tropy (Crash Bandicoot 4: It´s About Time)
22:43 23: N. Brio (Crash Bandicoot)
23:33 22: N. Brio (Crash Bandicoot 4: It´s About Time)
24:11 21: Ripper Roo (Crash Bandicoot)
24:48 20: Tiki Mon (Crash Twinsanity)
26:06 19: Tiny Tiger (Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped)
26:57 18: Air-Crunch (Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex)
27:43 17: N. Gin (Crash: The Huge Adventure)
28:17 16: Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash Bandicoot 4: It´s About Time)
29:01 15: Tiny Tiger (Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back)
29:40 14: N-Trance (Crash 2: N-Trance)
31:37 13: Louise (Crash Bandicoot 4: It´s About Time)
32:49 12: Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash Bandicoot)
33:36 11: Dingodile (Crash Twinsanity)
34:26 10: Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash Bandicoot 4: It´s About Time)
35:32 9: Megamix (Crash: The Huge Adventure)
36:42 8: Dingodile (Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped)
37:31 7: Madame Amberly (Crash Twinsanity)
38:41 6: The evil Twins (Crash Twisanity)
40:37 5: Dr. Neo Ortex & Uka-Uka (Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped)
41:40 4. N. Gin (Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back)
42:28 3: N. Gin (Crash Bandicoot 4: It´s About Time)
43:21 2: Fake Crash (Crash 2: N-Trance)
44:21 1: N. Gin (Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped)
Lol thanks
I found myself playing the N.Gin fight in Crash 3 many times over, the fight is just so good, 100% deserves the #1 spot. Great rankings, amazing video, keep it up Riko!
What I liked about "4th times a charm" is that the mask power is optional. It makes a decent boost in challenge to not use it.
N.Gin is honestly Legendary and always sets the stage for enjoyable, replayable boss fights in the Crash series. Well, not counting twinsanity. I mean, my dude is a glorified puzzle in that game, they don't even give him a health bar.
His Crash 3 boss fight is great on so many levels, one of the most interesting settings for a time and history based game in the moon, alternative gameplay that is practically not seen elsewhere in the game in the Starfox style, yet still is able to be fun despite the sudden curveball, but also poses a solid challenge to newer players. The remixed N.Gin theme is brilliant, the extra stage gives the boss fight an additional level of weight and omph that boss fight had no business having, but it was great anyway. The additional taster bits of it being a clash of minds of the two tech giants of good and evil, Coco's only boss fight in the game and one that certainly raises the feeling of her importance in the game. Pura getting truly highlighted as Coco's loyal pet and counter part to the lovable Polar by having that moment where she powers you up. Another feature that didn't need to be there, but was awesome to see.
My lone criticism of N.Gin's boss fight in Crash 3 is the story implications and the pacing of it. Which was always a defined weak-point of early Crash games anyway, so it's not massive at all.
But yeah, you've just beaten N.Tropy and Uka Uka slanders you for how awful of a decision that was. By putting the master of the Time-Twister out of commision, you risk it blowing up with catastrophic consequences that threaten everyone, like how the end of the game goes. This is a great set-up of tension to build up for a final climatic fight with all the pressure of the unstable Time-Twister putting everyone indiscriminately at risk while they scramble for those last few Crystals.
...But it's so easy to forget that when shortly after you're duking it out and trash talking with N.Gin in his warp room and the tension in the air disipates and you kinda forget that this extremely sensitive time machine could implode into a black hole at any moment.
So glad you finally make a scripted video, in the style of Schaffrilas of course. This is really cool and I love the subject! 😊
I hope to see more of these.
That was a super entertaining video Riko! Great job! I think my favorite boss in the series is probably Twin's Dingo, I remember loving that one as a kid and seeing now again on the video is like, damn they really killed it with the presentation on that one.
On "Drain damage" the bubbles will kill you if you're inbetween platforms. Definitely died a few times to that.
really enjoyed watching start to finish, thanks for the video riko!
love this! so fun to revisit favorite naughty dog fights and to learn about all the ones I missed after. that Fake Crash fight is so creative
BANGER video, loving the scripted concept and I'm excited for more!
Now this is a video worth watching. I love boss battles in gaming (my favorite part of any game), so seeing this with Crash Bandicoot was a blast to watch on my first viewing. I just might have to check out what else you do.
Absolutely love the video Riko! Glad to see the scripted content. I think I would have put Stage dive over C3 N-Gin but I totally get where you are coming from, both amazing boss fights. Keep up the great work!
N Gin actually became one of my favorite characters by being a fun boss every time we meet him (or almost every time lol).
Also great list! Did not expect the game boy games on here! Blast from the past
That's cool you're trying to do different types of videos now aside from speedruns. I hope to see you make more of these soon.
Nice shakeup in content! Really loved this list!
1) I loveee how the little sound clips before you introduce each fight give a hint to what it’s going to be! I was guessing each time 😂
2) I would genuinely watch an entire feature length video trashing the titans uka uka fight ✨✨
Great video, I appreciate the transitions
This is your first video I’ve seen ever and it’s fire, good stuff hope to see more
My Baby Boy N.Gin taking home the gold! Love him so much!!
Very big fan of the YTP sound bits between numbers, excellent, funny detail. Great list as a whole! Nice job!
I really do think they were planning on including more minibosses at the end of the final level in some of the hubs, considering that Ripper Roo has concept art of him in a TNT Pogo, and the Run it Bayou variation where it's literally a remix of his theme from Crash 1 NST.
The coolest thing about the final Cortex fight in Warped is that i think the Time Twister's core is set in the area where Uka Uka was freed at the start of the game, that weird idol head on Cortex Island, i think it's Jaws of Darkness? I feel that's the intention, since the boss arena reuses textures that look similar to the ruin levels in Crash 1. Might be intentional or not, but it's still funny to think that Uka Uka gets imprisoned again in the same place as he was before.
Your top 10 is really spot on ❤
17:16 That "bubble attack" makes platforms sink. It can be an issue if you're stuck waiting for an opening
Awesome video, mostly agree with the ranking (especially that Crash 2 Cortex rant) and the writing and editing were funny, concise and well paced. That aside, respect for using that reaction image of rainbow Dash shrugging, that's a good reaction image and not everyone has the courage to use it. /)
Never even played a Crash game, but this is just such a well-made video.
24:58 Giant Tiki Creature rising from the ground...
Cortex for some reason: 🕺🕺
10th 🗿
Great list!! Pretty good order, fake crash got me completely off guard, but i respect the hot take LOL
Pretty damn well written, specially for a first script. Only thing i noticed was some audio mixing being kinda funny (some places had the mic louder and whatnot. Not view-ruining or stuff, but a bit distracting when it happened)
Good stuff riko!! Cant wait to see more 💯‼️
Audio balance is definitely something I’m gonna work on improving. The scale of this video was much bigger than I initially anticipated, and it made going back and cleaning everything up a bit daunting. But I have an ideal balance to work with from the get-go now
BOGGLE
For real tho, genuinely fun watch!!! Looking forward to the next one :D
Now imagine if TWoC and Twinsanity were remade today by Toys for Bob with less BS difficulty.
I always thought that the Warped Cortex fight took place in the Time Twister as well, another reason why I feel it's so climactic is the use of the ruin architecture from all over the islands, the only level/boss in the game that uses it. Also idk if anyone else commented but Big TNT's came back in Mind Over Mutant.
Great list! I personally think that Cortex's boss in Twinsanity, ESPECIALLY as the first boss, is pretty awesome.
The Missiles at 3:39 sync perfectly with the music
I didn’t even notice or plan that, but that’s great. 😂
Dingodile bro! The best fight for me! That song a banger in 3!
The list was great and the vid was amazing to watch, very well made. I do think Crunch Time being so low is stupid tho lol
Ngin in Crash Bandicoot 3 is scary. I dont know why but there is something intimidating about N.Gin in that game.😂😂
40:32 so about this twinsanity video, im not sure what projects ur doing right now but since the game will turn 20 years old this year i think itd be the perfect time for that! Id love to watch it.
I might, but I was in the process of making a video about Crash 4 a few months ago and scrapped it because I wasn’t liking how it was going. I just don’t think I’m fit for being a straightforward reviewer. Much prefer ranking videos and speedrun history videos.
Another great video idea
The twinsanity dingodile fight was spectacular... Definately my favourite one when i was a kid.
38:33 and that’s why ma’am abrely wasn’t introduced in CTR NF.
Was wondering where ngin crash 3 boss was the entire vid. It's always been my fave
You gotta love the detail in the 3rd phase of the cortex battle in Warped where Aku Aku blocks Uka Uka's direct attacks
Cool video. Sounded much less like you were reading off a script as it progressed
You forgot to mention that N.Gin in Twinsanity A poses after he throws the TNT, clearly he should be in top 3
The number of different sound bites in this video is incredible
Twin sanity was hilarious
Drain damage was such a hard battle for me as a kid. His bubble collums killed me because the platform would sink and I didn't know how to do tactics like slide jumping
Agree with number 1 100%
N.Gin and Nina will always be my 2 favorite crash characters with coco following in 3rd, im really excited to get to play as N.Gin in crash team rumble next month
This video goes hard asf at 4 am. Will be coming back.
32:07 Funny you should mention that 'cause at some point in development, they planned to have Run It Bayou end with another mini boss fight against Ripper Roo, but they cut it from the final product for some reason.
23:05 I think the Japanese version said that the goo entities were part of his soul (don't think it's canon anymore)
Wow that was fast (referring to your reaction to that comment)
I happened to be checking my RUclips Studio app when I saw your comment. 😂
@@RikoKSB neat hope you have a gud day
Solid start to scripted Riko content!
Oh yeah, ever since I laid eyes on N. Gin's CB2 fight, I knew he was my kind of guy.
He definitely had my fave fights because of his mech designs; Top notch dude.
I also like how he took on the music theme in various games (one was Crash of the Titans, and while you're not really fighting HIM personally, he's still playing the organ), and again in About Time (of which I pretty much quit right away because dang, those controls are too much for my simple droid mind, lol).
N. Trance actually gave me a ton of problems, same with some of the Crunch fights (Crunch Time especially). It took me forever to realize how you were supposed to do Drain Damage (poor vision, especially with dark locations, and most likely a horrible TV screen are a bad combo, lemme tell you).
I pretty much rage quit Twinsanity, lol. I'm stuck at the walrus who chases you and I can't get outta there even though I'm not getting side tracked by crates. :/ Before then, I was stuck at the factory where missiles shot from the floor.
But I've also seen boss fight and cutscene vids from it so I don't mind not playing that much. xD The backtracking ability also makes it hard for me to relocate so yeah. It wasn't a bad game, it's just not what I'm used to, I guess.
N°18 est l'un de mes préférés. La musique est épique et colle super bien, l'ambiance et le gameplay sont fous, tout y est !
Entertaining video, kind of surprising to see Crash 3 N Tropy so low, but I definitely see how he's underwhelming considering how dangerous he's played up to be.
The bosses were my favorite part of Crash 4. Too bad I don't really like the rest of the game that much.
I love the N. Gin fight in Crash 3 so much. I played it so often, I could clear it in a flawless victory.
Finally, some major love for that Fake Crash fight
And that's why N.Gin has always been my fave Crash villain
BOGGLE
I appreciate the WWE reference for the lackluster N. Tropy/N. Brio fight in Twins.
Also fun fact about the crash 3 N. Tropy fight; if you fly over to him with a long spin and double jump, he just hits you out of existence with his fork
I absolutely love Dingodile's theme from the Game boy game.
If I remember right, the bubbles in Drain Damage actually stop you from moving forward, acting as a wall. It killed me once, but thats about it.
I’ve walked through them multiple times with no issue so idk about that.
FUCK YES fake crash from ntrance fucked me up as a young lad. I have so many painful memories trying to beat him, but when I did...
Loved the video man!
I’m surprised crunch time is lower than rumble in the rocks but that’s your choice to make
My issue with most bosses is how there's always a place to stay and hide where neither the projectiles, tnt or whatever simply can't hit you. It should force you to dodge, not hide and wait.
Great list and I agree with N Gin having the best fights overall. I do disagree with Fake Crash. His fight is unique but if you can beat him in under 10 seconds I don’t think it should be at number 2. I would probably put him in the middle personally.
45: Cortex (Cortex Strikes Back)
44: N. Gin (Twinsanity)
43: Evil Coco (N-Tranced)
42: Evil Crunch (N-Tranced)
41: N. Tropy/N. Brio (Twinsanity)
40: Koala Kong (Crash 1)
39: N. Tropy (N-Tranced)
38: Dingodile (Huge Adventure)
37: Ripper Roo (Cortex Strikes Back)
36: Tiny Tiger (Huge Adventure)
35: Papu Papu (Crash 1)
34: Rumble In the Rocks (Wrath of Cortex)
33: Komodo Bros. (Cortex Strikes Back)
32: Cortex (Huge Adventure)
31: Drain Damage (Wrath of Cortex)
30: N. Tropy (It’s About Time)
29: Louise (It’s About Time)
28: Uka Uka (Twinsanity)
27: Ripper Roo (Crash 1)
26: Crashes to Ashes (Wrath of Cortex)
25: N. Gin (Huge Adventure)
24: Tikimon (Twinsanity)
23: Atmospheric Pressure (Wrath of Cortex)
22: Tiny Tiger (Warped)
21: Mecha Bandicoot (Twinsanity)
20: Dingodile (Twinsanity)
19: Pinstripe (Crash 1)
18: N. Brio (It’s About Time)
17: Rusty Walrus (Twinsanity)
16: Tiny Tiger (Cortex Strikes Back)
15: Fake Crash (N-Tranced)
14: Evil Twins (Twinsanity)
13: N-Trance (N-Tranced)
12: Crunch Time (Wrath of Cortex)
11: Cortex (Crash 1)
10: Madam Amberly (Twinsanity)
9: Dingodile (Warped)
8: N. Brio (Crash 1)
7: Megamix (Huge Adventure)
6: N. Gin (Cortex Strikes Back)
5: Cortex/Uka Uka (Warped)
4: N. Gin/Weapon of Mass Precussion (It’s About Time)
3: Cortex Final Boss (It’s About Time)
2: N. Gin (Warped)
1: N. Tropy (Warped)
I LOVE TWINSANITY BUT THE BOSSES CAN BE PRETTY LACK LUSTER BUT I STILL LOVE MOST OF HIM
I could never get past Nina's part of the twin boss battle only because of how janky the lock on was with her hook grab was for me.
If you just hold both jump and grapple and don’t press any directions, she’ll latch onto them every time.
Completely understandable though; the grapple can be extremely wonky for sure.
Want to know the worse part for me tho. Not only did I not know that but I wasn't able to save on my PS2 so I had to beat the game in a single day each time or start from the start each Time I turn the game on. That said loved that game still
Was that bit with darkside at the beginning a reference to regular pat? As that was basically the same clip he used in his kh1 boss ranking and even had a similar sounding way of saying “boss battles…”
I do watch Regular Pat, but that’s mostly just a coincidence; I wanted to have footage of bosses in general and I had a Kingdom Hearts speedrun I’d done recently to work with.
surprise bubble bass is best bass
This was a great video to watch! 🤍💙
Finally Somebody That Actually Loves Fake Crash's Battle Instead Of Saying ''FaKe CrAsH iS eAsY sO iTs WoRsE tHaN cRaSh 2 cOrTeX''
I Love It Perfect
best part of crash 3 N. Gin fight is he screaming in the space as you defeat him and he falls to earth: "Not Again!"
NST cutting out that line is an actual crime.
i actually was just playing wrath of cortex on pcsx2 emulator yesterday and was in drain damage boss fight and i died to the bubble attack. its the only time ive ever died to it in my life and i still have no idea what happened. if you stand at the very front watching his pattern before jumping on any platforms and he uses the bubble attack you take damage. no idea what its supposed to do though because i fucked up everything possible a few times and the bubble attack never once hurt me again after that
I will hope and pray for a Crash game with N.Gin as the main antagonist. He's always been so unhinged, I could see him going against Cortex and forcing him to team up with Crash like Twinsanity. Just picture it. Crash, Coco and Cortex against N.Gin, N.Tropy and N.Transed. A giant space battle full of mind control, time manipulation and giant mechs.
Maybe I'm dreaming too big, but damn.
Uka Uka in Twinsanity could’ve been so much better if it just wasn’t so easy. His boss music was so good, but you just kill him so quick that you hardly hear any of it
I love to see twinsanity gets alot of love. Its totally my favourite crash game without a doubt its my childhood
I just like how you can defeat N gin in crash of the titans on ds just by sticking close to him and waiting for him to kill himself with his missiles
I didn't even watch the video. I saw the thumbnail, read the title, and clicked to say "Crash Bandicoot 3: N-Gin is the best battle of all time."
Ngin technically has two bosses in twinsanity one in the Cortex fight as he is controlling the Mecca bandicoot and his fight in the crow's nest (which by the way that is the ring in the sky)
“Crow’s Nest” lacks comedic value.
Oh ok. also the Ntrance turning into M.O.D.O.K joke is funny
Riko sir, I humbly request a crash twinsanity review
I couldn’t put the evil twins up that high with how the fall damage works sometimes. In a better game it’d be a good fight
I admittedly didn’t consider how finicky Nina’s grapple is if you don’t know precisely how to avoid its problems (which the game never tells you how to do so), and with that in mind I maybe would put them a bit lower if I redid the list.
But I do still stand by the non-gameplay related reasons that I stated for really liking the fight.
I might have missed it, but did you mention the dingodile fight in Twinsanity?
Yes
I split all 45 bosses into 5 tiers. Trash Relic, Sapphire Relic, Gold Relic, Platinum Relic, and Toys for Bob Relic (or the Purple Relic if you wanna call it that). Here’s how I ranked each boss
Trash Relic
45. Neo Cortex (Cortex Strikes Back)
44. N Gin (Twinsanity)
43. Tiny (Huge Adventure)
42. Uka Uka (Twinsanity)
41. Koala Kong (Crash Bandicoot)
Sapphire Relic
40. Water Crunch (Wrath of Cortex)
39. Ripper Roo (Cortex Strikes Back)
38. Evil Fake Crash (N Tranced)
37. Louise (It’s About Time)
36. Neo Cortex (Huge Adventure)
I will send the rest later.
Well, at least Cortex made it to the Top 5 in One instance!
Congrats on the scripted content! The editing looks great but try speaking slower in the future 😊
Another thing I disliked about N. Tropy's initial fight is The fact that he just stands there for no reason when it is time to deal damage. He is a boss that quite literally lets you beat him, and he kinda ended up doing that a lot. What's the point of being an all powerful master of time if you just give up and let your adversary beat you?
6:00 I've died from N.gin before 💀
To be fair it's because I kept taking damage on the spiked rails when you need to get close to them when he throws the TNT
There's someone out there who's favorite boss is Cortex from Crash 2, I just know it. I'll find out who one day...