Beta Footage - Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex 

Everybody is always going on about Twinsanity and what it was supposed to be, but it really appears that WoC was also heavily altered from the initial vision

"Stop playing with my sister" cRaSh hAd a vOiCe?

Awesome video man. Even though I do not like Wrath of Cortex that much, I've been facinated with the beta version for many many years. It's great that someone FINALLY made a video stating all the difference with all past screenshots and trailers. I really hope one day if someone from the game's development gets interviewed, we can get some more answers to why some of these things were cut/changed. Also about the animation where Crash looks at his hands, that's actually in the final game, if you go to an ice level as Crash (Like Artic Antics) and keep him waiting, he will do a self warmth animation where he hugs himself and breaths on his hands to keep himself warm (In only works in artic antics and the other snow ball level.) The animation is also in Crash 2 (in the ice levels) anyway, nice video 🖒

If they would've included having the face of each mask over the doors of all of the levels would've been a nice touch, seeing a airplane drop Crashe's Glider in the levels with him in it, having to stay on the turtle for a segment of the level Crash and Burn, having game play at the very top of the volcano in that level too, the blue jets for the intro logo, how each hub was going to show off its element name, the unused area of arctic antics, a better control/ brake system for the jeep (that would've been awesome), that there was a giraffe and a hippo in the rhino case area, the unused areas of bonsai benzai, That the electrified water should've been blue instead of yellow, that there were gates as traps for the gauntlet level, that a ship/ mountain areas were not taken out the level tsunami, how you begin in a cave in Fahrenheit Frenzy, that you had to destroy 6 space station in Crashteroids instead of three, Coco as a A.I. character in the level Crash and Burn only with Crash, also the Tribal looking gorilla enemies, the volcano area closer to the top have more to it, the lava vent platform area, a different angle for handcar area in the level gold rush,and that they did remove the extra high up crates near end of Gold Rush with a few less crates too because its proof that Gold Rush was suppose to be a Earth level so no double jump move yet. With also including all of the levels in the actual order of first to last: Bamboozled, Compactor Reactor, Gold Rush(because it was suppose to be a Earth level), Bonsai Benzai (Because there would be no where else to put it, and there's a Coco normal gameplay level called: Knight time in the additional 5 levels already), , and Smokey and the Bandicoot because all of these levels have the themes plants and Rock in common, Jungle Rumble, Tsunami, Sea Shell Shenanigans, H2 O No, and Coral Canyon because all really had the theme of water behind them big time, Arctic Antics, Tornado Alley, Weathering Heights, Avalanche, and Eskimo Roll because they all had wind, ice, or snow involved in those levels, Crash and Burn, That Sinking Feeling, The Gauntlet, Fahrenheit Frenzy, and Crate Balls of Fire because almost all have of course fire and lava in them, Lizards and Wizards, Droid Void, Medieval Madness, Crashteroids, and Cortex Vortex, Ghost Town, Force of Nature, Knight Time, Ice Station Bandicoot, and finally Solar Bowler. Along sides with making Roc-Co, Wa-Wa, Lo-Lo, and Py-Ro the real order of the elemental mask's appearances with Universal Studios doing this game instead of Traveler's Tale doing it would have made this game in my opinion much better and I would have given it at least 9.0 instead of a 8.8.

I have an hypothesis, I think that these contents were removed either due to the fact that the game was too heavy for the memory of a Disk, or due to some of these contents could make the game lag because the PS2 didn't load correctly all. Well, as always, I could wrong, this is just an hypothesis.

Wow this was so interesting and well put together, that Crash and Burn level would have made a great last level, the airship stage was also a cool concept. Thanks man.

Amazing job, as always. I never seen some beta material for TWOC since this video.

Since CrashFan95 hasn't done it in a long time, I'll do it. FUN FACT: Throughout the core games, the red gem has always been one level apart from another colour gem. (Slippery Climb - Lights Out, Turtle Woods - Snow Go, Deep Trouble - High Time, Crash & Burn - Gold Rush). Additionally, the final singular gem platform has always been green in the core games. (Castle Machinery, Ruination, Gone Tomorrow, Cortex Vortex).

wow, awesome video. its amazing, i think that early in development travellers tales thought of making the game more "open world", maybe like spyro is. i mean, look at coco at 17:00 looks like she is following crash, and the next one looks like she is trapped, and there is a monkey npc. maybe it isnt like a monster, and actually helps the player. same thing with that ice stage. anyway, interesting stuff and great video, hope to more videos like this one!

Great video! I've never seen some of this stuff o:

Merry Chrismas CrashFan95 and have a Happy New year with your friends and family! :D ^^

The Jungle Rumble image, the one without rain, was also used on the PS2 cover. Interesting video. I complete forgot to watch it, but I did now. :-)

If only someone could manage to leak out a beta build of this game similarly to Crash bandicoot 1 and 2 beta's that people have found out about.

I do not know how anyone will relates to your movie. But I easily agree with your conclusion that this game could be more interesting, more levels and with the original finds that you write about. I can assume that the game was done in great haste, for a specific release date. And here left a lot of unused material. As in my favorite Crash Twinsanity. It would be nice to finish these two games and release the full versions

And some people (RU-vidrs) say that this is the worst Crash Bandicoot game in the series. Ha, well they probably never played Crash Boom Bang.

Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex was Not so Good Crash Game in my opnion! But Traveller's Tales did a VERY VERY GOOD WORK at Crash Twinsanity, My first and BEST Crash Bandicoot Game in my opnion! :) I LOVE Crash Twinsanity SO MUCH!

I remember that the fact that CB: TWOC was so based on CB3 really upsetted me. If I hadn't played CB3, I would have taken it better probably. Awesome footage, as always!! By the way, hablas español?

On the back of the PlayStation 2 box art, you can find a bunch of holes in a screenshot of Arctic Antics in the ice section. But those holes were removed in the final version of the game

I really hope that IF Beenox/Toys For Bob gets a hold of this, that they'll implement the E3 VR Warp Hub instead of the stock one we got.

Don't you just love when trailers add stock sound effects rather than using sounds from the game?

I want this and twinsanity to get remastered in a single pack for ps4

The beta version of the game logo can also be found on each of the versions discs.

This was my favorite game for doing time trials on. I like most of the levels

Thats sick never knew about this I had the crash wrath of cortex on the PS2 the black box and then I got the crash twinsanity and enjoyed these games through my child hood and still play them up to this date when I'm stoned I have an original Xbox modded and been playing it all over again so much nostalgia I have the PS2 version in disc

This and crash 2 are the best games to me Sorry

21:31 i think my personal theory would be that was the supposed way to get in to the level weathering heights we had to use the glider to in order to land safely and continue like in the final version but this would be my own personal theory

Do you know if there was ever supposed to more to forces of nature? The name of the level and the intensity of the music implies that there was supposed some form if hazard like an avalanche. But its just a simple snowboard level. This has always been my biggest question for wrath of cortex

Well... Crash Twinsanity

Soon you will do the beta footage of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

Wow the beta looks better than the final game

2:16 oh no

i don't know why watching the first trailer again it could became a New Crash Bandicoot game with Twinsanity style

Right ear.

4:54 that's a lot of secret gems. None of them even appear to be coloured.

I was open world game

I see a lot of cut levels

1:53 you know what they meant

where i can download the beta version of this game

Why to beta closed

I like this game but it’s too damn hard for me

"hey stop playing with my sister" crash bandicoot 1:53

Great video,but honestlty I don't like Crash Bandicoot Wrath of Cortex xD