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cherry-bomb-ships · 2 years

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Hellooo so why don't you tell us about ur opinion on the different versions of Cortex and which one is ur fave and why? :3c (feel free to go into detail and gush to ur hearts desire 💖💖)

OH. OH GOD. Okay first of all THANK YOU BRIE COMING IN CLUTCH AS ALWAYS 💝💝💝💝💝💝 Second, if I actually seriously delve into ALL his various designs and give my opinions of them all, we're gonna be here all damn day so lemme just throw down some rambles off the top of my head and talk abt them from worst to best imo.

Okay, no question, if you know then you know what's gonna be the worst. Crash of the Titans has some absolute god AWFUL designs for EVERYBODY. Crash, Coco, Crunch, Tiny Tiger, Aku Aku, Uka Uka, I really REALLY do not like any of their designs, but dear LORD. He may have not gotten it worst but Cortex's design in CoTT is SO BAD. IT'S SERIOUSLY AS BAD AS PEOPLE SAY. And in all honesty I rate Mind Over Mutant veeeerrrry slightly above its predecessor only because the cutscenes were unique and 2D animated and that was kinda cute but still, designs were just as bad. NEEEXT.

Ohhhh man, ohhhh man second worse? Wrath of Cortex. WoC is an ugly, UGLY GAME, it's another one where honestly all the designs are BAD with poor Cortex being no exception 😭 Like you could say they had the excuse of struggling to develop Crash from the PS1 to the PS2 but like... they could have tried a little harder man idk. Just go fucking watch the first 2 minutes of the opening cutscene, it's actually awful, like it makes me scream in fear.

Okay if I had to put the original first 3 games anywhere I gues I'd put them here?? Smack-dab between the 3 worst and 3 best. When it's drawn on paper I really love his OG design from 1996, but of course the PS1 is so blocky lookin that it just looks outdated to me, like I can't even see it as Cortex, this is just polygons to me jhkdhjsk

Okay its all uphill from here babyyyyyy, the biggest challenge for me is deciding how I rank his designs between the N. Sane trilogy, Crash 4, and Twinsanity 🤔🤔🤔 It's really, REALLY hard to choose a "least favorite" between these three since they all have aspects between each other that I like and dislike (with the good definitely outweighing the bad ofc), but if I had to pick one I like slightly less than the other two.... I might actually have to go with the N. Sane Trilogy 😳 Like it just BARELY loses to the other two, and I think the reason for that is that they just leaned a little too hard into the details. Other than that I LOVE his design and the way he's animated in the NST, he's super expressive when he needs to be but still menacing which is something I LOVE abt the first 3 games, ESPECIALLY CRASH 2 UUUUGH 💘💘💘

Moving on, I think looking at SOLELY designs, and not characterization or animation or anything like that, Twinsanity falls into second place ever so slightly. I love a lot, and I mean a LOT about Twinsanity (most of that being Cortex related ehehe), but when looking solely at his design, I do think that they made him a lil too tall, and I do miss his gloves being yellow over the red that they changed it too instead. But other than that, ohhhhh my god this is such a PEAK Cortex design, I love his beady eyes and the thick black "eyeliner" and how his hair has a lot of sharpness to it and how this was the first game that portrayed the N on his head as a metal plate which is honestly an interpretation I like most, aaaah idk it's just a really good solid reinterpretation of his classic look while still keeping what was so great intact!! (Also I won't lie I took a LOT of inspo for R. Marie's design from Cortex's look in Twinsanity, and it wasn't until after I was done that I realized just how much they have in common visually.)

Whoooooo okay last but certainly not least is Cortex's design from Crash 4, and OH MAN this is a good one 💖💖💖💖💖💖 I think literally my only complaint is actually a quote from one of the artists who worked on the game who said that Cortex ended up being almost "too handsome" in Crash 4, and that's something I 100% agree with cuz WOWWWWW HE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO LOOK THIS GOOD 😳💘😳💘😳💘 Like omg they didn't go too far on the details like the N. Sane trilogy did, his proportions are just right and his animations are so perfectly cartoony, his god damned EVIL SMILE which just looks SOOOO GOOD ON HIM, AAAAURGH FUCK MAN. IT'S REALLY GOOD 💖💘💖💘💖💘💖

Ok thats all haha sorry that this got so long, but keep in mind this was me doing my best to SUMMARIZE all my thoughts. I have a LOT more to say about each and every game, but I wanna maybe give all of those their own post someday soon. Either way thank you SO MUCH for the ask and you're welcome/I'm sorry hjhskjsb

#ruby answers #brie!🐝#💜: the man of my schemes #🥭🧠.fndm #long post

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noddytheornithopod · 5 years

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Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled skin ideas

Pretty much what it says. I might as well make a post for potential DLC skins Beenox could choose to add. If a character isn’t listed, it just means I haven’t got ideas for them. This is more just an open brainstorm too to list my ideas, lol.

To start, @LuchosFactory on twitter drew some awesome concept ideas so I’ll refer to them sometimes.

Crash Bandicoot:

As shown in the links, there’s Carbon Crash, Titans/Mind over Mutant era Crash, and biker Crash from Warped.

Special mention to the Dash Dingo one because that would be pretty fun

You have a whole host of CTTR skins if you really want ideas. This Reddit post illustrates this and other ideas on how Crash has been seen like Jetpack Crash and Crash from those promo images. Of the CTTR skins, the Skeleton Crash and Evil Crash would probably be the best (of course, that’s if you don’t make Evil Crash his own character one day).

Maybe a wombat colour scheme because, well, Willy the Wombat.

They love robot skins so maybe robo-Crash? :v

Coco Bandicoot:

I love all of the ideas in the concept from twitter: her biker look from the Warped cover, her Titans and Mind over Mutant looks, her N Tranced look and even Evil Coco (based on the idea from Twinsanity, again assuming she can’t be her own character).

Her Nitro Kart and Twinsanity design could be a kind of intermediary between her classic and Titans look.

If you really want to dig deep, you could use her Crash Boom Bang look. :P It actually looks similar to old Zembillas concept art, funnily enough.

If Crash gets a Warped pilot skin, Coco should too.

Maybe a hacker Coco, perhaps even a little Matrix inspired since she was gonna be like that in one Twinsanity concept.

Dr Neo Cortex:

From the link above, Sheriff Cortex is the most compelling concept to me.

Maybe some of his Warped looks we see in the past, like a Roman Cortex (the former even has an N Sane model), Pirate Cortex or Pharaoh Cortex.

IDK why but I like the idea of a formal Cortex, even if it’s just a simple suit or tux, lol.

I could also see him in a safari getup for some reason, lol.

Maybe something inspired by Victor Frankenstein given what I suggest for N. Gin and N. Brio later.

With all this talk about how he came from a circus family... clown Cortex?

IDK why but I can also imagine a goofy disco cortex. :P

Cortex as a military general like Tiny? IDK why but I can see lots working for him lol.

Dr N. Gin:

Again, a lot of great concept ideas drawn above, like Radical Entertainment era N. Gin (seriously I want that Gothic look), the CNK look with the red eye, the gas station look and even the idea of an inverted N. Gin is fun.

Twinsanity N. Gin with the yellowy skin would be cool too, though I guess we have green N. Gin lol.

Robot N. Gin if you want to go further.

Frankenstein’s monster or maybe Igor N. Gin?

I could see N. Gin as a pirate.

Steampunk N. Gin? N. Tropy already has that kind of aesthetic so why not, his rocket could be a steam chimney lol.

Tiny Tiger:

His gladiator appearance from Warped.

Look, I admit I’m not a fan of whatever Tiny was in Crash of the Titans (why is he a literal tiger???), but maybe he could have that green outfit he wore, maybe even with the Bengal tiger stripes.

Dingodile:

You have different coloured pants with his Wrath of Cortex, XS and Twinsanity looks.

Since he’s the “Australian” character even among all the Australian animals, maybe give him a khaki shirt or something, maybe even with a hat if you want, he can be the Dingodile hunter (there’s even Zembillas artwork of him in a shirt or overalls). :P

Ripper Roo:

We DO have gentleman Ripper Roo, but why not go further and give us a Dr Roo look from Crash 2?

Following that, you could also give him a skin with the long crazy hair.

Pinstripe Potoroo:

His Twinsanity suit would be pretty cool for something darker. His purple suit is close I guess, but still.

Maybe a version with a longcoat could work like this old design?

Dr Nefarious Tropy:

His white skin is actually not too dissimilar to his Twinsanity one, though if it can be differentiated then go there.

I’m sure you could come up with all sorts of time travel themed skins for him if you tried, maybe even stuff tied to different eras.

If Cortex and N. Gin can be robots then why not N. Tropy?

Fake Crash:

He has the green pants from the Vicarious Visions games I guess, lol.

Nitros Oxide:

Give him a fancy version of his usual outfit with a top hat like his CNK podium animatiton.

Some of his concept art is interesting, specifically the ones where he has a mask on. Maybe it’s like a space or explorer suit?

Look if he’s an alien, why not have a xenomorph themed skin? :P This is random but lol.

Penta Penguin:

How about look to actual penguins for ideas like Polar with bears and close relatives and Pura with cats? The ninja skin already looks a bit like a rockhopper.

Crunch Bandicoot:

Obviously you have his Mr T parody skin from Tag Team Racing.

Some sort of military outfit maybe could work?

His N Tranced design.

A few of his elemental designs could translate, most likely being the fire/lava Crunch.

Something inspired by his Titans and Mind over Mutant designs, specifically with the scars and more cyborg arm.

Zam:

Not much inspiration here, but they seem to like giving him dog motifs so that’s something.

Then again, maybe Zam would work better with a xenomorph inspired skin.

Real Velo:

Of course, hopefully we get Emperor Velo XXVII as a racer one day, but if not... skin based on it?

These alien characters can come in many colours so there’s something (same can apply to Zem). lol. Give me a purple Velo if you want to tack on a skin so I can be reminded of another purple Steve Blum voiced character (okay Blum doesn’t voice him in Nitro Fueled but whatever Garazeb Orrelios FTW).

N. Trance:

Some concepts here could be used. That weird black suit could be a form I guess.

Cracked egg. The link shows a Twinsanity idea where Evil Crash would eat from his head like an actual egg, so you could have the bandage barely covering a blatant crack, lol, or even just cracks by themselves without that.

Krunk:

Lots of potential colourful ornaments and primate inspirations.

Nash:

They’re taking fish inspirations, so they could look there.

Geary:

A black Geary? Or maybe even just a Silver Geary? Honestly any metal like bronze, copper, platinum, etc could work.

Tawna:

No. I know what some of you are probably thinking, but no.

Baby T:

Just give me a skin with feathers. Do whatever colours you like for his variants, just give me at least one with feathers, preferably something like a down or emu feathers.

Spyro:

You have all his different Reignited skins, just mine them. Even sunglasses one. :P

(From now we’re in purely speculative territory) Komodo Moe:

Obviously outfits that would complement Komodo Joe.

Dr Nitrus Brio:

You have his weird grey skinned version from Twinsanity, I guess.

His Mind over Mutant outfit could be different enough to warrant a skin?

Green monster N. Brio, that being if he doesn’t become his own character like baby Crash and Coco (honestly with those at least Cortex and N. Tropy should get baby versions lol).

Since the MCU is all the rage, maybe a Professor Hulk inspired skin in between his normal look and his green monster look.

Like N. Gin a Frankenstein’s monster N. Brio would be cool, or even an Igor look. Or maybe he could have a Frankenstein look like I suggested with Cortex?

Nina Cortex:

Obviously you have her Tag Team Racing skin (if Von Clutch and Pasadena come same applies to them I guess).

Besides her original appearance you could have her Titans one, which is different enough.

You also have the version for her that would’ve been developed for CNK if she made it in.

Rilla Roo:

This is really scraping the bottom of the barrel I admit, but I swear I heard about some cancelled game idea where he was gonna be in a circus getup?

Lab Assistant:

Look, the most iconic enemy from the Crash games could get a whole host of looks. Just look up any outfit they appear in, and boom, skin.

#crash team racing #nitro-fueled #crash bandicoot

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