History VideoGame / CrashOfTheTitans

''Crash Of The Titans'' is a BeatEmUp/[[PlatformGame platformer]] hybrid, developed by Creator/RadicalEntertainment, as part of the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series, released for the Platform/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/XBox360, Platform/PlayStationPortable and Nintendo UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} in the fall of 2007. It was Radical's second game for the series following ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing''.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Titan Piganna obviously had its name mispelled while the game was being developed. It resembles a cross between a pig and a piran'''h'''a.

* BearsAreBadNews: The Goar is giant bear with huge boar tusks, and the first "heavy" Titan you meet. [[MakeMeWannaShout It can paralyse enemies with its roar.]]

** Brat Girls, Nina's mutant rat minions, will sometimes whip out megaphones and start [[MotorMouth prattling]] at Crash. [[MakeMeWannaShout This does hefty damage]] '' and'' temporarily stuns the bandicoot.

Versions of the game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS and UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance were also released, but differ quite a bit from the console versions both in terms of gameplay and plot. The former put in a greater emphasis on platforming and a generally greater number of cues from the Creator/NaughtyDog installments of the series, while the GBA version is more of a straight BeatEmUp.

''Crash Of The Titans'' is a BeatEmUp/[[PlatformGame platformer]] hybrid, developed by Creator/RadicalEntertainment, as part of the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series, released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/XBox360, UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable and Nintendo UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} in the fall of 2007. It was Radical's second game for the series following ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing''.

** Spider-Monkey will sometimes say that his "senses are tingling", which is a reference to one of Franchise/SpiderMan's catchphrases.

* CharacterDevelopment:

* AnIcePerson: Ratcicles, whose Special attack consists of hitting their claws against the ground, creating a stream of ice that freezes anyone caught into it, leaving them open to attacks.

* BossInMookClothing: There is exactly only one Piganna in the game, and it's faced in the room right before the final boss. It's a large-sized mutant that hits like a truck and can tank most of Crash's hits. To make matters worse, the only Titans nearby that can be possessed are Plugs and Blow Joes, which are just as frail as Crash himself.

* TheBusCameBack: Dingodile was brought back for the DS version and oddly, none of the others.

* EarnYourBadEnding: The any% ending of the DS version is light, with [[spoiler:Nina turning herself into a baby]] and Crash beating Cortex, returning to the island to tell Coco about what happened. The OneHundredPercentCompletion ending, on the other hand, ends far differently. [[spoiler:Nina turns Crash into a baby due to the latter's slow reaction timing, and Nina proceeds to [[TheStarscream beat Cortex herself]]. She then tells Cortex's minions to [[TheBadGuyWins take over the islands for her]].]] Needless to say, this is one of the less-liked parts of the DS version.

* GuideDangIt: The power crystals necessary to beat the game are placed in some pretty asinine locations depending on the level. In N. Gin's Factory, for example, it's hidden out of view [[spoiler:in a platform behind the level's end goal, with the only hint being the easily missable climbable ledges above the final door]]. The masks can also be a pain to collect, but thankfully they are only required if the player wishes to [[EarnYourBadEnding unlock the]] BadEnding.
* LaughTrack: The cutscenes actually feature one.

* MixAndMatchCritters: Polartooth (Sabretooth cat+polar bear), Whalephant, Spot (hippo+jaguar), Porcurilla, Phoenix (lion+eagle, [[CallAPegasusAHippogriff which would make it a griffin instead]]), Brat (bat+rat), Pandebra, Piganna (pig+piranha), Spider Monkey, Rhinostrich, the unnamed gorilla-bull, and [[HybridMonster the Chimera]]

* {{Nerf}}: Zig-zagged with Crash's trademark spin attack. It no longer one-shots enemies and is pretty much only useful when dealing with groups of the smaller titans, as the larger ones don't flinch when hit by it. On the other hand, it covers much more distance when performed in the air and is invaluable in some of the tighter platforming sections.

** Nina has a few levels devoted to her own arc in the DS version. Her gameplay mainly revolves around shooting at little animals and turning them into mutants.

** Spider-Monkey will sometimes say that his "[[Franchise/SpiderMan senses are tingling]]".

* AbsenteeActor: Uka Uka is absent in both portable versions of the game, as is Crunch in the DS version.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Aku Aku now has the power to control other's bodies by setting himself as a mask on their faces. He can even control robots and his brother Uka Uka, who is also a mask.

** A smaller one is the Bandicoot suddenly living on Wumpa Island instead of N. Sanity Island like in previous games.

* MixAndMatchCritters: Every titan in the game has the features of two different animals, though most have humanoid characteristics.

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Nina in her Ninabot.]]
* FrickinLaserBeams: Displayed by the boss Titans as their special attacks: Yuktopus shoots a WaveMotionGun from its cannon-arm, Uka Uka shoots a barrage of highly letal EyeBeams, and the Ninabot turns into a spider and shoots a long laser from its eyes.

* HumongousMecha: Nina's Ninabot, a robot armed with a circular saw which can [[TransformingMecha switch between bipedal and spider form]]. The plot also revolves around Nina forcing Coco to complete an even more humonguous Mojo-powered mecha called the Doominator, which is crashed on Wumpa Island at the end, barely missing the Bandicoot home.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Dispolayed by the boss Titans as their special attacks: Yuktopus shoots a WaveMotionGun from its cannon-arm, Uka Uka shoots a barrage of highly letal EyeBeams, and the Ninabot turns into a spider and shoots a long laser from its eyes.

* HumongousMecha: Nina's Ninabot, a robot armed with a circular saw which can switch between bipedal and spider form. The plot also revolves around Nina forcing Coco to complete an even more humonguous Mojo-powered mecha called the Doominator, which is crashed on Wumpa Island at the end, barely missing the Bandicoot home.

* OneHitKill: The Free Jack Mask serves as this. While it's active, Crash's regular attack changes into a kick that makes minions fly into the distance, and stuns Titans in one-hit (being spent at that point). Wearing a enemy's costume gives the same permanent effect against that type of enemy only. Finally, beating the game on Hard Mode unlocks the Free Kick attack with the same effect but works against enemy and it's permanent.

* SpinAttack: Of course, but unlike in past ''Crash'' games, you don't start the game with it.

* FreickinLaserBeams: Dispolayed by the boss Titans as their special attacks: Yuktopus shoots a WaveMotionGun from its cannon-arm, Uka Uka shoots a barrage of highly letal EyeBeams, and the Ninabot turns into a spider and shoots a long laser from its eyes.

* FreakinLaserBeams: Dispolayed by the boss Titans as their special attacks: Yuktopus shoots a WaveMotionCannon from its cannon-arm, Uka Uka shoots a barrage of highly letal EyeBeams, and the Ninabot turns into a spider and shoots a long laser from its eyes.

* HumonguousMecha: Nina's Ninabot, a robot armed with a circular saw which can switch between bipedal and spider form. The plot also revolves around Nina forcing Coco to complete an even more humonguous Mojo-powered mecha called the Doominator, which is crashed on Wumpa Island at the end, barely missing the Bandicoot home.

* MusicalAssasin: The Yuktopus can play a bagpipe tune that stuns all enemies in range.

* BearsAreBadNews: The Goar is giant bear with huge mammoth-like tusks, and the first "heavy" Titan you meet.

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Nina.]]

* MightyGlacier: The Goar, Rhinoroller, Shellephant, and Scorpiorilla Titans are all very large and slow but very powerful. The Scorpiorilla in particular is the strongest non-boss Titan, and its punch+tail swipe combo can knock out any enemy with its two hits, with its wide range allowing it to hold its own even against large hordes.

* PoisonousPerson: The Sludge is a pig-like Titan with a body made out of an unspecified toxic sludge. It can hide under the ground to attack by surprise, and its Special is [[ZombiePukeAttackvomiting toxic waste all over]].

* 100Completion: Getting 100% requires obtaining a Gold Idol in all 20 levels (for which you must beat a level by killing a certain number of minions, performing a certain amount of combos, and destroying all 3 Spybots), killing enough of every minion type and jacking enough of every Titan type to unlock their respective costumes, obtaining the Hidden Dolls (which unlock concept art) hidden in every level, and beating every level's Mojo Room Challenge.