Every Crash Bandicoot Boss Ranked 

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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)

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.

Lets gooooo scripted riko content

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.

really enjoyed watching start to finish, thanks for the video riko!

On "Drain damage" the bubbles will kill you if you're inbetween platforms. Definitely died a few times to that.

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

i like how you can tell exactly who #1 is by #44

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.

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

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!

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.

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 ✨✨

Nice shakeup in content! Really loved this list!

My Baby Boy N.Gin taking home the gold! Love him so much!!

This is your first video I’ve seen ever and it’s fire, good stuff hope to see more

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.

Great video, I appreciate the transitions

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.

Your top 10 is really spot on ❤

Ngin in Crash Bandicoot 3 is scary. I dont know why but there is something intimidating about N.Gin in that game.😂😂

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 💯‼️

24:58 Giant Tiki Creature rising from the ground... Cortex for some reason: 🕺🕺

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.

Great list! I personally think that Cortex's boss in Twinsanity, ESPECIALLY as the first boss, is pretty awesome.

BOGGLE For real tho, genuinely fun watch!!! Looking forward to the next one :D

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

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.

Another great video idea

17:16 That "bubble attack" makes platforms sink. It can be an issue if you're stuck waiting for an opening

Cool video. Sounded much less like you were reading off a script as it progressed

The Missiles at 3:39 sync perfectly with the music

38:33 and that’s why ma’am abrely wasn’t introduced in CTR NF.

Now imagine if TWoC and Twinsanity were remade today by Toys for Bob with less BS difficulty.

You gotta love the detail in the 3rd phase of the cortex battle in Warped where Aku Aku blocks Uka Uka's direct attacks

Solid start to scripted Riko content!

The number of different sound bites in this video is incredible

Was wondering where ngin crash 3 boss was the entire vid. It's always been my fave

This video goes hard asf at 4 am. Will be coming back.

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.

Dingodile bro! The best fight for me! That song a banger in 3!

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.

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

You forgot to mention that N.Gin in Twinsanity A poses after he throws the TNT, clearly he should be in top 3

The twinsanity dingodile fight was spectacular... Definately my favourite one when i was a kid.

23:05 I think the Japanese version said that the goo entities were part of his soul (don't think it's canon anymore)

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

Finally Somebody That Actually Loves Fake Crash's Battle Instead Of Saying ''FaKe CrAsH iS eAsY sO iTs WoRsE tHaN cRaSh 2 cOrTeX''

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.

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.

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.

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

Twin sanity was hilarious

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 !

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 the N. Gin fight in Crash 3 so much. I played it so often, I could clear it in a flawless victory.

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.

I’m surprised crunch time is lower than rumble in the rocks but that’s your choice to make

Finally, some major love for that Fake Crash fight

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!

BOGGLE I appreciate the WWE reference for the lackluster N. Tropy/N. Brio fight in Twins.

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."

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.

And that's why N.Gin has always been my fave Crash villain

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 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.

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

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 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

This was a great video to watch! 🤍💙

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!"

I Love It Perfect

I absolutely love Dingodile's theme from the Game boy game.

Congrats on the scripted content! The editing looks great but try speaking slower in the future 😊

I was shocked when I saw you put The Evil Twins’ boss fight at the end of Twinsanity so high up. I’ve seen a lot of people absolutely dunking on this boss fight, including both me and the almighty Caddickydick. This fight is usually just seen as fiddling around and praying Nina’s phase of the fight and general mechanics actually work, and then just running around the maps and shooting the two idiots as Cortex and Crash in the Mecha Bandicoot for what feels like 30 minutes, so I can’t really see what makes this fight that charming.

I LOVE TWINSANITY BUT THE BOSSES CAN BE PRETTY LACK LUSTER BUT I STILL LOVE MOST OF HIM

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)

I just want to thank you for putting crash 2 ripper roo under crash 1 ripper roo, I hate it when they put the crash 2 version above the other… It sucks that ripper roo doesn’t have a good boss fight yet, Even if he was in crash 4 he would’ve been a hazard, he deserves better (I’m not biased because he’s my favourite crash character)

Riko sir, I humbly request a crash twinsanity review

I love to see twinsanity gets alot of love. Its totally my favourite crash game without a doubt its my childhood

Can you do a vid with every single crash bandicoot boss in every title?

I have a video idea for you. Ranking every level theme in Crash Bandicoot games. (Only trilogy?)

I agree with all of your Picks..Hell Your Top Ten Picks..I agree with them totall 😅 JATM..Have You ever considered the Music? I love EVERYTHING from TWINSWNITY 😁 My first Favorite Song as a Small Kid was N. Gins Theme in Warped

surprise bubble bass is best bass

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?

not 1st