Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
Crash is back and ready to take on an all-new nefarious villain. After the events of Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure, Tropy, with the help of N. Trance, kidnaps Coco and Crunch, planning to brainwash them…
Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced is a platform developed by Vicarious Visions, released 7 January 2003 on Game Boy Advance.
What Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced is
Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced is a platform game developed by Vicarious Visions and released in 2003. It was published by Konami. It is available on Game Boy Advance only. It carries an ESRB E age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Crash is back and ready to take on an all-new nefarious villain. After the events of Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure, Tropy, with the help of N. Trance, kidnaps Coco and Crunch, planning to brainwash them to the evil side. Now, Crash must travel to N. Trance's twisted realm, battle and rescue Coco and Crunch, and ultimately defeat N. Trance and N. Tropy. To achieve these goals, you must use all of Crash's spin, slide, and jumping abilities across 24 different levels. As you progress through the game, you'll find yourself flying a helicopter, water-skiing, and piloting a spaceship--all for the sake of saving your friends.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Crash Bandicoot series
Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced is the 15th of 72 entries we hold in the Crash Bandicoot series. The next entry was Crash Bandicoot in 2003. Its critic score of 60 is 8 points below the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time at 86.
How it was received
Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 14% of the 2,373 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced launched on 7 January 2003, within three weeks of SimCity 4, Sonic Advance 2, Space Rangers and Panzer Dragoon Orta. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: SimCity 4, Sonic Advance 2, Space Rangers, Panzer Dragoon Orta.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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