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Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced (GBA)

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Developer: Vicarious Visions
Publisher: Universal Interactive
Game Details: Crash is back and ready to take on an all-new nefarious villain. After the events of Crash
Crash is back and ready to take on an all-new nefarious villain. After the events of Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure, Tropy, with the help of N. Trance, kidnaps Coco and Crunch, planning to brainwash them to the evil side. Now, Crash must travel to N. Trance's twisted realm, battle and rescue Coco and Crunch, and ultimately defeat N. Trance and N. Tropy. To achieve these goals, you must use all of Crash's spin, slide, and jumping abilities across 24 different levels. As youCrash is back and ready to take on an all-new nefarious villain. After the events of Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure, Tropy, with the help of N. Trance, kidnaps Coco and Crunch, planning to brainwash them to the evil side. Now, Crash must travel to N. Trance's twisted realm, battle and rescue Coco and Crunch, and ultimately defeat N. Trance and N. Tropy. To achieve these goals, you must use all of Crash's spin, slide, and jumping abilities across 24 different levels. As you progress through the game, you'll find yourself flying a helicopter, water-skiing, and piloting a spaceship--all for the sake of saving your friends.… Expand
Developer: Vicarious Visions
Publisher: Universal Interactive
Genre(s): Action Platformer 2D
Number of players: 1-2
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Critic Reviews
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75
Metascore Generally favorable reviews
12 Positive Ratings 57%
8 Mixed Ratings 38%
1 Negative Ratings 4%
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Entertainment Weekly
"With its simple plot (crashing crates and colleccting food and gems while fighting), kooky characters, and cool moves, N-Tranced is hours of frustrating fun. [28 Feb 2003, p.87]"
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Nintendojo
"Blows any other recent incarnation out of the water." ... Read full review
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GameZone
"The game's only problem is that the game can be a bit too easy at times." ... Read full review
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GameSpy
"An amusing romp through the bizarre Crash Bandicoot universe. It's not the best game of its kind, but it's certainly worth a visit." ... Read full review
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GameSpot
"A solid effort all around." ... Read full review
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All Game Guide
"N-Tranced will not hypnotize players with its ambitious design or extensive new features, but the quality of presentation and fast-paced arcade-style action make it easy to recommend." ... Read full review
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Gamestyle
"Repeated playthoughs are marginally less frustrating as you already know what's coming, but hardly counter for the sloppiness of level design." ... Read full review
User Reviews
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7.8
User Score Generally favorable reviews
40 Positive Ratings 65%
15 Mixed Ratings 24%
6 Negative Ratings 9%
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GeorgeF.
May 10, 2003
It's new and yet more challenging.
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Crashloxx
Jan 6, 2020
Es mucho mejor que el XS, digna secuela de un gran juego, por lejos el mejor Crash portátil
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ÓscarS.
Mar 26, 2003
It's just great. It is very original and you'll spent lots of hours of fun!
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sebastianali
Sep 27, 2020
Crash Bandicoot 2 N Tranced es en mi opinión, junto con Nitro Kart los mejores juegos de Crash de la era post ND, manteniendo la esencia deCrash Bandicoot 2 N Tranced es en mi opinión, junto con Nitro Kart los mejores juegos de Crash de la era post ND, manteniendo la esencia de los originales y en parte, la calidad que los caracterizaba. Mejora en todo con respecto al XS, incluyendo mejores gráficos (que sinceramente son una locura para la consola), nuevas modalidades de juego interesantes, una historia que te atrae mas sobre todo por la inclusión de N Tranced o la importancia de N Tropy y Crash Falso en la trama, nuevos poderes, el sistema de recolección de fragmentos de gema y una gran rejugabilidad. Puede ser que la cámara al igual que el XS le falte pulirse, pero es sin duda alguna uno de los mejores juegos de la GBA y de la saga en general, manteniendo ese nivel de presentación que tanto nos gustaba de los originales. Una gran adaptación de los clásicos para la portátil de Nintendo. Le falto poco para considerarlo sobresaliente. Totalmente recomendado.… Expand
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MrTacoBob
Jul 7, 2017
I like the platforming. I was surprised how good they did on a GBA! I wouldn't say its as good as a regular crash game but its certainly aI like the platforming. I was surprised how good they did on a GBA! I wouldn't say its as good as a regular crash game but its certainly a phenomenal game.… Expand
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Harry210
Jan 19, 2011
Vicarious Visions 2nd Handheld Crash Bandicoot game, Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced does what their previous Crash game, Crash Bandicoot XS did:Vicarious Visions 2nd Handheld Crash Bandicoot game, Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced does what their previous Crash game, Crash Bandicoot XS did: Take the game play from previous Crash games and emulate it onto a less powerful console. Thankfully, this game does that pretty well. The story takes place right after where Crash XS finished off. N. Tropy has created a new adversary called N. Trance and uses him to hypnotise the Bandicoots Crunch, Coco and "Crash". It's actually one of few games that Cortex isn't the main antagonist and doesn't even make an appearance in this game, nor does his cronies. The game play is similar to the last game: side-scrolling platform stages are present with a few different "vehicle sections" such as the Atlasphere levels, the skiing levels and Coco's space levels which do mix up the game play a bit. As with the last game, the graphics are great with detailed character models in the way that Crash, N. Tropy, Crunch and other characters are represented perfectly, the level backgrounds and the levels themselves. The Atlasphere levels - where you roll a metal ball with Crunch or Crash inside it through a 2.5D arena avoiding Nitro crates and other hazards - and the Ski levels - where you play as Crash with the camera facing towards you while you try to avoid being eaten by a shark and jumping on ramps and avoiding Nitro crates - present you with some great 2.5D effects and some new game play design integrated into a handheld Crash Bandicoot game. The themes (or environments) of the levels in N-Tranced, like Crash XS, borrow from past Crash games. Most of the environments are taken from Crash Bandicoot 3 and the Ball sphere levels are ripped right out of Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex. The backgrounds of the side scrolling levels display great detail and are appropriate according to the theme of the level. The background design is simple but they get the job done and I'd say they are less repetitive than those found in Crash XS. The sound is well executed and remixes some VGM's found in earlier Crash games and Vicarious Visions has even composed some original music for the bosses. The catchy bonus round music is still there and the music used for some of the cut scenes sounds awesome! The enemy and obstacle design will be extremely familiar to any Crash veterans. The retracting spikes (from Crash 3's Egyptian levels), deadly Scorpions (from Crash 3's Arabian levels) and more familiar enemies/obstacles make an appearance in this game. The powers that Crash obtains by defeating a boss make a return but now there are two new powers that Crash can gain. There's the Rocket Jump and Super Slide which in turn can be used to access areas in levels that could not have been accessed without these powers. The game play is traditional Crash Bandicoot side-scrolling action and I actually found this game a little more challenge than its predecessor, Crash XS. The relic time trials are still here where you race through a level as fast as you can to earn a Sapphire, Gold or Platinum relic and the gems that you can earn by smashing every box in the level. The coloured gems (Green, Red and Yellow) are obtained by finding 4 of the same coloured gem shards scattered across the levels. There are 3 new crates that Crash can smash alongside the other familiar ones like the TNT crate and the question mark crate. There's the freeze crate which freezes enemies in place for a few seconds, a helicopter crate which allows Crash to fly with a heli-pack on his pack, through the molten caves in the Prehistoric levels and a carpet crate that allows Crash to fly on a carpet (not freely though) and hit enemies with a projectile in the Arabian levels (kind of like a side-scrolling shooter).The Atlasphere levels are great to play although Coco's space levels, despite being a bit entertaining, feel empty (probably because the levels are set in space). The water ski levels are a little bit annoying because Crash is skiing towards the camera, you have little time to react to what's coming up. If you want to aim for Platinum on those Atlasphere levels, prepare to have sore thumbs. At least the boss battles are a delight to fight, more original than Crash XS and challenging to fight. Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced is a good end to the Game Boy Advance Crash Bandicoot story arc (the other 2 Crash GBA games are spin-off titles). This game doesn't reinvent the Crash series but it does stick to what Crash Bandicoot should be like: Colourful, entertaining platform games.… Expand
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Xrayplayer
Dec 4, 2020
It's a decent game but I don't like it as much as the huge adventure there's no big improvements other than the new moves which they didn'tIt's a decent game but I don't like it as much as the huge adventure there's no big improvements other than the new moves which they didn't had that much use by the way and the terrible camera and the controls issues like the slide jump are still present and the worst thing this game added was the vehicle sections they were a lot of gameplay styles and gimmicks that don't controls that well and made the game more frustrating than it needed to be especially the ball stages...

Overall it's a fine game.… Expand
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