Johnny vs. Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
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In today's episode, I'm heading back to Crash Bandicoot for a short visit. First up is The Wrath of Cortex, Crash's debut on the next gen. It is most certainly a Crash Bandicoot game.
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#CrashBandicoot #TheWrathofCortex #CrashBandicoot4 - Hry
If you got all the platinums in this game, you’d flex. Trust me, you’d flex.
Good to see alive after you got all platinums in the series.
Oh yeah, complete Sonic Adventure 2 Battle and then you can flex Caddy.
@@666ZX I 100% completed SA2B before. It was no easy task, but I still had fun
I got all of them except a couple water levels I can’t even get the worst relics
I’m surprised you lived caddy
Everyone: the loading screens are terrible here.
Sonic 06: finally, a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary.
Korporal K. Reep Anthem already beats Sonic 06 and Crash
Dead meme
SCG Studios The concept of a dead meme still doesn’t make sense to me.
Then an SSD appears and throws all these loading screens out the door.
@@retroreina400 If overused, it no longer has meaning, thus no longer sucks.
I'm now convinced Johhny is now legally obligated to follow up every PlayStation retrospective with a Crash Video
Calling it - PS4 review then Crash 4
*PS3 Video Goes up.*
*A few days later* "Now it's time for the Skylanders review!"
@@PumpkinFox wii u goes up
"crash of the titans"
o:
DS review - Then Crash Boom Bang
You meant to say marathon, right?
"They could've slimmed down the assload of boxes needed to get the box gems....."
Toys for Bob: "How about no?"
This
*UP TO 502 BOXES*
Next thing you know, they're gonna fetishize your precious Spyro gems. OH GOD, I'M GONNA NEED TO COLLECT LITERAL MILLIONS OF GEMS!
Honestly after the hiatus I’m caught off guard with how consistent these uploads are.
This is truly amazing
Ah yes. The Jontron syndrome. Vanishes for years and then has a somewhat consisten schedule.
Well, since SGB's production has ground to a halt he's got all the time in the world, right now.
Yeah it really shows you the benefit of what taking a break can do
lmao same
The Traveller's Tales logo impression and the Wawa gag were hilarious.
Caddi did the wa wa gag already in his video on wrath of cortex
@@r.w.9631 he did say Caddy inspired him on twitter.
@@johntiseo7052 I wasn't saying he was ripping him off or anything.
If he would have ran with the gag for the whole video like caddi did then yea you could argue that being a rip off. Him making the gag short makes it seem more as a nod to a colleague.
...I think he means the "wawa gag" as in "the store".
@@italomango I'm just referring to the FMJ reference
"All the moves from Crash 3 return in Wrath of Cortex except for the super belly flop"
Actually the Super Body Belly Flop move is in Wrath of Cortex. You collect it by making it to the end of the Red Gem Route in the Coco level, Banzai Bonsai.
Wasn't expecting you to comment here MeltingMan.
I love you
Yeah if he even bothered to finish the game he would no
@@jackcottle8144 why do you hate Mario 3
Jack Cottle why bother? This game is dogshit
People who don't live by a Wawa: "whats a Wawa"?
People who do live by a Wawa: Why is my hand shaking?
I don't knkow what a Wawa is lol.
Argonisgema It’s the de-facto convenience store for the Philadelphia area
Welcome to my life! Wawa... I must go to it now!
Wish i had a wawa
When I used to live in NY, I never understood the hype for Wawa since there are none in that state. QuickChek was the closest NY ever got to Wawa.
Ever since I moved to FL, I can completely understand why Johnny loves Wawa so much.
Now that Crash is having a "Crash 4", every youtuber is going back to the first "Crash 4".
Gotta pay the bills
Didn't Johnny say that in the beginning of the review?
Well, apparently the new one is 'canon'; Wrath of Cortex is probably just going to be labelled as a spin-off, an alternate timeline, or...something I haven't thought of.
@@vice-virgo9635 And I hate that treatment. A real bummer for everyone that followed the series throughout its entire life cycle
@@vice-virgo9635 It's an alternate timeline game.
5:50 I was not expecting that at all. That was perfect. RIP R Lee Ermey.
Headcanon: _This_ game, the GBA games, and all the games after take place in the timeline where Crash and Coco didn't get all the Gems in Warped and Cortex and Uka Uka were allowed to go free, with _It's About Time_ obviously taking place in the 100% completion timeline
"It's Wrath of Cortex. Triggering my compulsions like an asshole."
I don't know why but the matter-of-fact way that was said has me geeking every time.
8:30
Are we just going to ignore that Michael Jackson is one of the programmers
No wonder the soundtrack is an absolute banger
@@mogueraguh They are great composers. They also did the soundtrack for the Toy Story 2 game.
WH250398 and also the finding nemo game lol that was a banger too
Holy shit, this game isn't that bad after all!
...wat.
Why is that there?
WoC _does_ have the super belly flop. You unlock it in Banzai Bonzai.
AFTER you get all the multi colored Gems, AND done with Coco... But you can, yes! It is very late tho 😔
@@heavenlystarboi2697 No... all you need to get the Super bf power is: the red gem,
and: clear the Crashteroids level...
That's it. :)
@@Need_RnR 2 months late, but never ungrateful :) Thank you for telling me 🙏🏾
You need to beat the death route in Crash and Burn.
Wait, so they made the lamest power up from Crash 3 a secret? What? In an effort to make us have to appreciate the Tip-Toe move? Tip toeing isn't Crash Bandicoot. That boy would dash through and try to make that jump. I did. Never had to use that move. Ever
While this game isn’t as good as the original trilogy, it is very nostalgic for me as it was one of the very first PS2 games I have ever owned.
This was the first Crash Bandicoot game that I ever played! When I told a friend about this game during the 5th Grade, she panicked a little, and she then ended up lending me her copies of the original Crash Trilogy for the PSOne since I've recently got a PS2 Slim for Christmas.
@Groisu
Not all of us were that lucky to get the system at its launch, some of us had to wait an extra year or later to get the system. Remember everyone is different.
Wrath of Cortex was my first PS2 game with the console and no memory card. I remember getting all the crystals and fighting the last Crunch battle late at night and I knew I had to do it all over again. The loading times were atrocious. I kinda like this game, it's definitely the nostalgia and man, this Crash has the best sound track of the entire series if you ask me.
Same
Twinsanity was better
Johnny is severely underrated. For the amazing content he makes, he deserves far more subscribers and views.
@@Chad_Eldridge yeah but Johhny does far better content at a faster rate than youtubers with subscribers in the millions
@@jaypatron5338 and his channel is over a decade old meaning the rate at which his channel popularity increases is extremly slow
@@acegamergoldie1008 yeah it's a shame. I really wish his channel gets bigger, he deserves it.
he shouldve gotten a million at this point
Is "underrated" just a thing to say about everything you like? He has hundreds of thousand of subscribers, and multiple videos with over a million views.
The soundtrack in this game was ahead of its time.
Still doesn't mean that it's fitting or good.
@GalacticHypernova it really does NOT. Not fitting for a Crash game!
I love the soundtrack to this game. I've never been a big fan of the previous games' soundtracks, even though I recognize that they're much better games. This soundtrack craps all over them. The sound palette is just so satisfying, and reminds me of the better electronica and dance songs of the time.
@@k-leb4671 ok so faithful Crash music is inferior to unfaithful Crash music?
Totally agree, its quality is amazing!
Oh man 6:44
I already knew one of the masks was called Wawa and I was hoping for a reference. I'm glad Johnny didn't disappoint us.
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That clip you did with R lee Erney as the elemental was hilarious
I’ve been waiting for this moment about as long as Wrath of Cortex takes to load...years.
Yours finished loading?! I'm still waiting!
*Laughs in GameCube version*
@@diegomedina9637 I love that version. It's how I beat Wrath of Cortex.
@@smashmaster521 the Xbox version also had quick loading screens from what I've seen and today I still have my GameCube copy... Still that didn't stopped me from 100% the PS2 version back in the day.
Wrath of Cortex Load Times: Years
Simpsons: Road Rage Load Times: Centuries...
8:31 Why aren't we taking about the fact that Michael Jackson was a programmer for this game?
@@drenrab3137 Yes, but is not who you think.
He did his game concept from the arcade version of the movie and Genesis version, but not Sonic 3 due to molested a young boy 😳
6:45 john getting his old job days few years back
If you thought this game was underwhelming, "Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly" would like a word with you.
Its amazing to me how both of them started to get bad games almost at the same time both had killer trilogies and then the fourth game for both are so bad and then it goes downhill from there with only one more great game from Crash and it was Crash team racing
two games murdered by crunch time...WoC having a certain new bandicoot only makes sense
I was wondering why this game’s gimmicks felt familiar, given the nasty flashbacks to EtD’s side missions this game gave me
I tolerated that piece of garbage Enter the Dragonfly when I was young. Tried playing it earlier in this year, it is janky and it’s presentation is ugly and it’s a Spyro game I am never touching again.
@@bobo577 I 100% EtD, it was tedious af.
Damn Johnny, you forgot to talk about the soundtrack
Obviously to say, But this is still a better game than Spyro Enter the Dragonfly.
I remember playing that on the GameCube and being completely baffled by Spyro’s popularity.
To be fair, Big Rigs is better than Enter the Dragonfly.
@@WalkthruGuides Yeah Enter the Dragonfly did a lot of damage.
Definitely soured people from getting the much better & more polished Hero's Tail which came right afterwards
That’s a pretty low bar. I don’t think any mainline a Crash game is worse than Enter the Dragonfly.
@Ryan Fanstone I am aware of it's flaws don't get me wrong, But as I said before in another reply from my other comment, I still have a soft spot for Wrath of Cortex.
I would watch this video...
Except it's taking a very long time to load.
Crash 4: It's About Time is actually adopting some of the ideas of this game, like the masks. In the original version of Wrath each mask had their own powers that Crash could use but they scrapped that. Good to see they took some ideas of this. It was my first PlayStation 2 game when I got my console.
14:26
Caddy somewhere is shedding a tear RIP.
When Johnny gets sponsored by a sponsor that isn’t raycon
Infinity :D cursed.
At least it's not Raid Shadow Legends...
finally
@@blockmanvideo5635 that word has lost all meaning...
Tommy Deonauth's Archives: Can no one take a joke anymore?
9:33 Correction: The Super Belly Flop does make it's return in the game, It's just at the Death Route in Banzai Bonsai.
Which is so weird when there is literally no situation that demands its existence
It's still pretty useless over all in this game.
@@cooper2211 That is true.
correction to that correction: it has a path that u need the red gem for
@@ThatNobodyXain I just forgot to mention that, That's all.
"Why am I wasting my time thinking about what could've been?!"
Welcome to life as a Crash Bandicoot fan, Johnny. We host discussions about the cut content from Twinsanity every Saturday. I'm the one who provides the salsa for the nachos at said meetings.
The same can go for MediEvil as well
R lee sure surprises people with the shows he played in,
Toy story, Batman, spongebob, crash bandicoot!
The WaWa reference made me actually start dying of laughter. Been so long since I have been to one and honestly it just shows how Johnny's humor is amazing. I always loved your videos man, keep it up!
At least the music of Wrath of Cortex is amazing!
Same for Twinsanity.
The super belly flop does exist in this game, it's just tied to a secret gem path in a Coco level.... For... Some reason?
What the fuck? Almost 20 years later and I'm barely finding this out. I thought you just had it by default.
@@xMasterSparku Yeah I don't understand it either. By the time you get it you've probably already done most of the game so it's super redundant.
@@xMasterSparkuit’s never needed for anything. Like ever. It’s just there
Anyone remember a time when 200 boxes was considered “a shit ton”? Ah, those were the days...
Is it just me or Crash just pulls off the Sonic Adventure pose when jumping? And by the way, MJ is one of the Game Programmers 8:30
Before I even start this video, I just want to offer my condolences for what you went through to make this video for us. You're a trooper Johnny.
I find it funny that Jess Harnell is in this game when he’d later become Crash’s official voice a few years later.
Harnell's Crash voice was freaking terrible. "Pancakes!"
@@JoakimOtamaa I felt Jess got bit better in the N. Sane Trilogy, but it is hard to replace Brendan O'Brien (God rest his soul).
To Johnny or anyone reading this comment, I hope you have a great day! Stay blessed and spread the positivity 😊
Oh, thanks!
Likewise dude!
Thanks man!
Understandable. Have a nice day.
Much appreciated~
5:56 I've burst into laughter.
Unpopular opinion, but I love this games soundtrack. It might even be my favorite in the franchise.
I agree.
The ost of this game is better than the original trilogy.
Pretty sure it was composed by the same guys that did Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue. That soundtrack is absolutely fantastic.
@@WH250398 Your right, both were composed by Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra, their work is pretty good.
The captain crunch visual was clever as hell
I gotta say dude, no matter what game you review I always enjoy listening to your opinion and take on it because you do it in such a nice way. I've been watching your videos for almost 5 years now, that's absolutely mind-blowing dude, it's really cool seeing how much your channel has grown since I think the 3D Mario Marathon. Hope your channel continues to do well and keep on growing because you deserve it man. My favorite CZcamsr to watch!
6:45 I can relate when Frys is involved!
Honestly this was my 1st Crash Game I was Introduced to Crash. I'm sitll glad your getting a Bizzaro Version of this this game but does still make me wish Crunch Is still gonna be playable as an Unlockable and DLC or as a Final Boss. But seriously thoguh; half of you still wanted this original version to get remastered? Why? Because of the vehicle levels, because of your nostalgia begging you to relive some of the levels you didn't like as a kid getting fixed up? Everything Is exactly the same note by note so there truly nothing new and still talk about wasted opportunity for the returning villains with The Elelementals. Seriously though; Tiny with Rok-Ko, N.Gin with Wa-Wa, Dingodile with Py-Ro, and finally N. Tropy with Lo-Lo. Crunch on the other hand would've still been a refreshing breath of fresh air and a whole new take on what Crash himself could've been like and had his own moveset that wasn't just replacing everyone and keep In mind Infinite from Forces could've done the exact same thing except he only had 3 while Crunch only had up to 5 Boss Battles!
I actually did like Crunch as a kid and yes; Crunch himself may not has much personalty compared Infinite despite being a mix of both Knuckles and Shadow (unless ya wanna count Mighty being more mature and alittle smarter then Knuckles along with extra strongest then him) but there was something about him I've could've liked to see more from him but Instead felt like a wasted potential to developed more and had to throw him around In other spin-off games then being a lame Mr. T Impersonator. AND THEY SAY ZAVOK IS WAY OVERUSED AND STILL EXCEPTS YOU TO LIKE HIM EITHER WAY!!!
Bottom line; with the newer Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time coming around the corner real soon once September Is done (despite still being a bit early by the time I'm making this) hopefully will get newfound development out of Crunch sooner or later on what could've been and maybe see new personality and development out of him outside of jsut small cameos and Easter Eggs.
Same
Same
I've played this and Wraped from my Uncle's PS2 and I played this the most cause for some reason my PS2 couldn't read ps1 games
Mine was Mind Over Mutant. I can't believe how different this game is compared to Mutant
@Alezander2002 I've never played Titans
man your collections and media reminding me a lot of avgn’s shooting spot. you both have been my favorite gaming reviewers since i was really young!
started watching you when quarantine first started and now that my life has resumed to mostly normal i will definitely stick around!
6:56 ... I got a Wawa ad…
Crash Twinsanity was actually released unfinished
Holy crap I've been waiting for you to talk about Crash again for so long! Can't wait to see the others.
I played the hell out of this as a kid. I could sit through anything back then. I miss my patience.
Dang, Johnny. We’ve waited so long for this review that the level has finally loaded!
The skits are getting better with every review. Keep it up, good sir~
This is still my one of my favorite post naughty dog crash games alone side the 2 Gameboy games
Cortex's eyebrows had a mind of their own during the opening cutscene.
6:45 Literally a cinematic masterpiece moment
15:37 Heck even Crash 4 ignores this games existence .
slipping in that captain crunch commercial at the place you did was genius, well played sir
Here we go. With under a month till crash 4. Perfect time for this review
The Wawa bit had me roilling. I still long for their coffee and a Sizzlee, but I'd have to go a bit out of my way to get to one with no car.
Sick Jerry shirt man.
I never finished this game, that hurricane level was pure hell. And here I was hyped to play a non vehicle Coco level for the first time.
With a subtitle like that, you know this is gonna be good
Well, not for Johnny
14:08 The worst feeling while playing platformers.
And people want this game remastered. I just tell them that they already did with Crash 3 lmao
Well less "Remaster" and more "The original vision without giving the devs only 12 fucking months"
alex_9000 my thoughts exactly. this game had a lot of potential.
@@alysssabear Still man, the graphics are amazing! (Except for trees and characters) Have you seen the water? Looks like actual water! And the collectibles look way too cool!
Thanks for making my Monday better Johnny!
Perfect timing, I was playing this for the first time in a while today!
I remember being excited for this game as a kid way back then, but being mad it was coming out on the new PS2 which I didn't have yet. Guess it's a good thing I never got to play it at all later on when the family eventually did get a couple of the new consoles... 😅
Me: sees the title
More like the Wrath of Johnny
Was just binge watch johnny's older reviews then i see that he uploaded another one and I've never clicked on a video so fast in my life
Same here! Just watching his Star Fox marathon and noticed this review.
YES!! I've been waiting for this since you reviewed the ps1 crash games 6 years ago
Ah, Cash Banooca. We meet again.
Rented WoTC when I got my PS2 and after dealing with the long loading times and not knowing what to do in the first Crunch fight, I put the game back in the case and played 3 again. Sucks that Traveler Tales were crunched like crazy trying to get this out on time since it could've been good with some more development time.
Why people keep saying that? Even Caddicarus proved himself wrong about that.
this video is making me both curious about Johnny's thoughts on the Lego games Traveler's Tales would make after this as well as going back to Lego Star Wars for myself since that game was what I remember as my first proper video game.
christmas came early this year :’) ty johnny
Crash bandicoot the wrath of cortex: the OTHER Crash 4 .
"... Ugh" is the most fitting title for this game.
You can say that for other post ND games that's not ND tier really.
Johnny, im happy to have ya back man. I appreciate the heads up about this one. never played it and prolly never will.
6:47: Love that sunset/sunrise imagery.
Let's see how he feels about nitro kart and tag team racing. And Twinsanity.
This has to be by far the funniest game review of this game I've seen in my entire life out solutely hilarious bro.
7:27 HA HA HA! OH YOU FUNNY BOY!
Wrath of Cortex isn't the worst game I've ever played. But I will agree on you saying it's the worst of the classic Crash games. It has some good points. But the rest is heavily negative. And as this being an counterpart to Crash 3, almost everything went completely wrong from Crash 3 & messes up things on what makes Crash 3 so amazing in the first place.
Oh well. At least it's better than Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly.
I can’t wait for him to get to Twinsanity and see the move censored by the E-Rating.
Also I would love to see you cover DKC
Also Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is on HBO Max.
I'm very suprised DKC has not been covered yet
What move?
Super Game Master There’s this box with the caption saying “Censored” where it looks like Crash and Cortex are doing something unsavory.
Alezander2002 he was asking why the show was not available in the U.S.
@@misterzygarde6431 Oh..
The walk safely over nitros could be a good idea. If it was introduced later in the game like wrap room 4 and there where 3 or 4 nitro paths that lead to extra boxes and or coloured gems ect
This and Crash Bash were the first Crash games me and my brother played. Well to be specific we both played Crash Bash and he played Wrath of Cortex. For the longest time I primarily played portable games since I didn't have much confidence in myself playing on consoles and would just suck at them. Even when I did finally play on consoles I'd always pick easy mode for years, but now I always pick normal mode. Going back to Wrath of Cortex, all these years later and neither me nor my brother have finished it.
im just gunna say it...
I still like this game, even with its flaws.
Same here. I wouldn't mind seeing it get ported to Switch.
The soundtrack is the best thing about this game
Hoping for him to cover the Crash Bandicoot GBA games.
This game was my childhood. I managed to complete this game with all gems and relics within 6-7 hours 9 years back. While the Wrath of Cortex was surely guilty of all of its issues, it didn't have that much backtracking issues as Johnny said which helped it make it possible. I was so happy to beat it personally, and while the other games are pretty much better, at least Eurocom used the same formula.
6:45 As a fan of Wawa and their smoothies, I highly appreciated this Johnny.
I think the on foot controls are actually perfect. Crash’s running, his jumping, the weight, momentum, jump height, they are perfect. Way better than the original trilogy. And the double jump is completely responsive. It’s like Battle for Bikini Bottom double jump, aka it doesn’t matter when I hit the button, the character does that second jump when I tell them to.
And I like how Coco controls, I hope they do something similar in that upcoming Crash 4.
To this very day. Still feel like I'm the only who kinds liked this game
same
I love this game, but it does have its problems. I find people are too harsh on it tho. I swear the loading times got better after like a weak of playing but the first time i ever put the game in the disc in loaded for actual hours b4 getting to the menu. It was nuts. Now, magically it loads fine. Really dont get it. Its weird.
@@ChaddyFantome Funnily Enough Caddicuras Pointed out the exact same thing he remembers The load times be unbearable but when he reviewed the game he was surprised to see it didn't take to long to load
Seeing that Wawa gag as an east PA resident really tickled me pink. Loved it.
The super belly flop is actually in the game but is hidden in a death route on a coco level for some strange reason
I still enjoyed this game, could care less for the mixed to negative reception people gave it.
You can’t delay the inevitable Johnny, Resident Evil 6 is waiting...
The one thing I always say about wrath of cortex is that it had a pretty good soundtrack
This game was my ENTIRE childhood!
Mostly because of the loading times but hey it still counts
OK I'm just gonna come out and say it before anyone freaks out when you reply to me, I still think Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex not only is not that bad, But I think it's underrated, And even if you disagree with me I still stand by my word and I'm sticking to it.
It's not really underrated when it's just a worse Crash 3. Just play Crash 3 if you want a much better experience.
@@okagron First of all I have played Crash 3 every now and then, And second I'm not bilnded to flaws in this game but c'mon I have a soft spot with this game.
@Cameron Douglas It's still better than say Spyro Enter the Dragonfly.
@@SegaNintendoGuy64 Almost anything is better than Enter the Dragonfly. :D I don't know why and how I got 100% on it couple years ago. Definitely one of the worst gaming experiences for me. I had a Spyro marathon and I wanted to include every game, I just burned out with Hero's Tail which was just ok and got bored with GBA games, maybe some day.
im glad someone appreciates wrath of cortex as much as i do. spyro enter the dragonfly tho, that can go crash and burn
I love this game, but it does look pretty ugly in places.