History VideoGame / CrashNitroKart

* DemotedToDragon: Nitros Oxide and N. Trance are demoted to supporting villains after their respective stints as the BigBad in ''Crash Team Racing'' and ''Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced''. The former is especially one, considering that ''CTR'' is what this game is a SpiritualSuccessor of, and he is part of Team Velo, who is this game's BigBad.

* CosmeticAward: Getting sapphire relics is sufficient if you want to get 100% completion in Adventure Mode. Platinum relics merely tick it up to 101% and otherwise gives you nothing.

* Over100PercentCompletion: Getting all platinum relics add 1% to the completion percentage, so when you beat Galaxy Championship 2, it goes to 101%.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Meteor Gorge and Barin Ruins. Barin in general seems to be a cold planet.

* BigBrotherInstinct: It's subtle, but in the intro when both teams are abducted, after taking in his location, Crash immediately wonders where Coco and Crunch are. Also when Velo reveals himself, Crash can be seen standing in front of a worried Coco and shooting the Emperor an uncharacteristic DeathGlare.

** '''Team Oxide''': [[AliensAreBastards Nitros Oxide]]

--''*Tiny shrugs innocently*''

** After being a playable character in ''Crash Team Racing'' Komodo Joe's presence in this game is reduced to a statue that resembles him in Jungle Boogie.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Team Bandicoot is blue, Team Cortex is red, Team N. Trance is green, Team Oxide is yellow and the bosses are purple[[note]]Except in the [=GBA=] version where each boss has a unique colour: Krunk is yellow, Nash is blue, the two Norms are red and Geary is green. As for Velo, he drives the Team Oxide kart.[[/note]].

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Team Bandicoot is blue, Team Cortex is red, Team N. Trance is green, and Team Velo is yellow.

The upcoming ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'', slated for release in 2019, will feature remade elements from this game, including all thirteen tracks and karts. Anti-gravity physics present in certain stages have been removed to better sync the content with that of ''Crash Team Racing''.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Oddly enough, Franchise/SpyroTheDragon gets this treatment in the GBA version, as he is protected by Uka Uka, who protects villainous characters, instead of Aku Aku, who protects heroic characters, for no discernable reason. This might be because he's been brainwashed by N. Trance, since his vehicle is the same as Team Trance, but he doesn't have the same mind control helmet that Polar and Dingodile have.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Norm first arrives for his boss fight, both Team Bandicoot and Team Cortex end up laughing at him. Then Velo himself has a short burst of laughter at Norm, before snapping out of it and telling the teams not to underestimate the tiny mime.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Oddly enough, Franchise/SpyroTheDragon gets this treatment in the GBA version, as he is protected by Uka Uka (who protects villainous characters) instead of Aku Aku (who protects heroic characters) for no discernable reason. This might be because he's been brainwashed by N. Trance, since his vehicle is the same as Team Trance, but he doesn't have the same mind control helmet that Polar and Dingodile have.

* CosmeticAward: As with the platforming games, getting sapphire relics is sufficient if you want to get 100% completion in Adventure Mode. Platinum relics merely tick it up to 101% and otherwise gives you nothing.

* DevelopersForesight: To challenge Velo for the second time, you have to get relics from all 13 tracks. That's a tall order, but at least you don't need the CNK tokens, right? Well, one of the Relic Races, Hyper Spaceway, happens to have a requirement of 4 gems, collected by winning the Gem Cups. To unlock all four challenges, collect all CNK tokens.

* BigBad: Emperor Velo XXVII.

** This was also the last main console title to closely follow Naughty Dog's aesthetics and gameplay style as well, with ''Twinsanity'' onwards increasingly dabbling in reinventing the series with new concepts and taking a DenserAndWackier tone.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Like ''CTR'', the game is only halfway there when you collect all trophies and beat Velo for the first time. Velo states that he will only deem you a victor if you beat him in a second challenge, and to do that you need to collect all relics.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Oddly enough, Franchise/SpyroTheDragon gets this treatment in the GBA version, as he is protected by Uka Uka (who protects villainous characters) instead of Aku Aku (who protects heroic characters) for no discernable reason. This might be because he's been brainwashed by N. Trance, since his vehicle is the same as Team Trance, but he doesn't have the same mind control helmet that Polar and Dingodile have, and Team Trance is normally protected by a Velo mask, not Uka Uka.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Velo and his minions do this. [[spoiler:Possibly justified because Velo is just a robot.]]

** Dingodile and Polar also count, since while they're still playable (albeit unlockable) characters in all other modes, neither play any role in the story aside from being non-playable racers on N. Trance's team. Pura gets it even worse, as he doesn't appear in the story at all and won't appear in races unless someone's playing as him.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: In the Hero side final ending, Velo is EasilyForgiven after his disguise is revealed and he agrees to send the bandicoots back in return for them giving back the winner's prize (his empire). Subverted in the Villain side final ending, where Cortex and Tiny essentially mug him for his sceptre.]]

* MasterOfAll: Velo has maxed out stats across the board.

* PlanetTerra: Averted. There is actually a separate Earth-like planet called Terra. Its king, Krunk, claims that Earth was created as a copy of his planet. Upon his defeat, he admits that the truth is probably the other way around.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The bosses with infinite items make a return in this game.

* EndOfAnEra: This was the final game where Creator/ClancyBrown voiced Cortex. Starting with ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'', Creator/LexLang took over and has remained ever since.

The upcoming ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'', slated for release in 2019, will feature remade elements from this game, including all thirteen tracks and karts. Anti-gravity physics present in certain stages has been removed to better sync the content with those from ''Crash Team Racing''.

* DualBoss: You race against Norm and Big Norm simultaneously. Geary and Velo's championships, meanwhile have ''Triple'' Boss, as both have two minions who may win the race for them even if they could not.

* NonPlayerCharacter: In the console versions, all of the boss characters except Velo are unplayable, and they are also not seen outside of their respective championship races in the Adventure Mode. Even Velo is technically unplayable, despite being a part of the character roster, since [[spoiler:the one whom you are given the option to play is the tiny alien controlling him]]. The handheld editions make them all playable, albeit removing [[spoiler: Real Velo]] in the process.

* CompetitiveBalance: There are three major character tiers in this game. First there are the acceleration types such as Crash who excel at acceleration but have weak turning and an average top speed, the slow ones such as Coco who have a low top speed but excel at turning, and the fast ones such as Crunch who have a high top speed but accelerate very slowly. All four of the teams have a character that falls under one of these tiers; the non-Velo teams all have a fourth character who is a duplicate of one of these tiers with slightly better stats overall (though among those three there are still one of each), and Velo who is the MasterOfAll.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Oddly enough, Franchise/SpyroTheDragon gets this treatment in the GBA version, as he is protected by Uka Uka (who protects villainous characters) instead of Aku Aku (who protects heroic characters) for no discernable reason.