Crash the Bandit Coot – Crash Bandicoot
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Crash_the_Bandit_Coot_(Standard)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_Bandicoot
Thank you to Dylan J. for pointing me in the right direction.
Lady Cortexia needs help. Her crystals and gems have been stolen by someone who left a weird Tiki Mask in their place. She has found that stolen items are often taken to a fence. Coincidentally, there is a fence at the Collie Ranch. She sends your Wizard to recover her crystals and gems.
Gem Pickett, purveyor of Gem Pickett’s Illegal Good Surplus has what you need. She just procured some crystals and gems from her old buddy, Crash the Bandit Coot. She won’t mention Crash’s calling card of leaving Tiki Masks at his crime scenes and she certainly isn’t going to tell you that Crash is hiding in the Woebegone Territory.
Crash the Bandit Coot: “Look at them: crystals and gems! Now at last I can take over the Spiral.”
Misbehaving Mutt: “How… exactly?”
Crash the Bandit Coot: “With the crystals… or maybe the gems. I think there’s a vortex. Hang on, I’ve got this written down.”
Misbehaving Mutt: “There’s a Wizard here, boss.”
Crash the Bandit Coot: “What? How? Step on their head!”
After defeating Crash, he tells you the secret to world domination, sad mushrooms that kill.
Crash Bandicoot is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog as an exclusive for Sony’s PlayStation console. It has seen numerous installments created by various developers and published on multiple platforms. The series consists predominantly of platform games, but also includes spin-offs in the kart racing and party game genres. The series was originally produced by Universal Interactive, which later became known as Vivendi Games; in 2008, Vivendi merged with Activision, which currently owns and publishes the franchise.
The games are mostly set on the fictitious Wumpa Islands, an archipelago situated to the south of Australia where humans and mutant animals co-exist, although other locations are common. The protagonists of the series are a pair of genetically enhanced bandicoots named Crash and Coco, whose quiet lives on the Wumpa Islands are often interrupted by their creator and the games’ main antagonist, Doctor Neo Cortex, who attempts to eliminate Crash as a constant hindrance to his plots for world domination.
Crash Bandicoot is primarily a platforming series. The goal of each level is to guide Crash from the beginning to the end, travelling either into the screen, towards the player or left and right in a side-scrolling manner. Several levels place Crash in unique situations which require the use of motorbikes, jet skis, submarines and various wild animals to complete the level.
The most common collectible in the series is Wumpa Fruit, which is found on the main path of most levels, as well as inside most crates. Collecting 100 Wumpa Fruits will award the player an extra life. Wumpa Fruit takes on other uses in most spin-off titles, such as restoring health in certain Crash Bash levels and increasing weapon power in Crash Team Racing. In recent titles, Wumpa Fruit is used to replenish Crash’s health, with Mojo effectively replacing it as the new main collectible item. By collecting Aku Aku masks, Crash can be protected from harm from most enemies and obstacles (though certain elements such as bottomless pits will cause him to lose a life regardless). Crash can collect up to two masks for two extra hits of damage, with an additional mask granting him temporary invincibility. When Crash collects two masks, Aku Aku will turn gold in most games; however, in Crash Twinsanity, Aku Aku will sparkle.
The other major recurring valuables Crash finds on his adventures include Gems and Crystals. Most Gems in the series are won by breaking open every crate in a level. Starting with Cortex Strikes Back, an additional five colored Gems can be obtained by completing special tasks or finding hidden areas. Crash Twinsanity contains six colored Gems per level, most of which are earned by solving a small puzzle. Crystals, which play a key role in the plot of most Crash games following Cortex Strikes Back, are usually required to make progress through most games. Relics, first introduced in Warped, are earned in Time Trial modes, with more valuable relics earned for higher times. In the original game, players can also obtain two keys after completing two Cortex bonus rounds, which are used to unlock two extra levels.
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