Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!

 (stylized as Crash: On the Run!) is a mobile game developed by King and available on the Google Play Store. It revolves around Crash Bandicoot and Coco Bandicoot roaming various locations in an endless runner style in order to collect ingredients to construct weapons and defeat villains such as Nitrus Brio, Dingodile, Scorporilla and Mr. Crumb.

Development
Initially, King wanted to develop a game with a new take on the runner genre. They later approached Activision with the intent on turning those idea into a new Crash Bandicoot game.

The game was first soft-launched in select countries on April 22nd, 2020, and is currently only available in other select regions such as Canada.

A dedicated Twitter account for the game was registered in May 2020 but wasn't discovered until July 2020 when a teaser video of a TNT crate and the word "Loading..." was posted.

On the 9th of July 2020, the official announcement trailer was uploaded to the Twitter account, and the game was fully added to the Apple App Store, being made available for pre-registration on both platforms. A Blue Hyena skin for Crash, like the one from Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, was billed as a bonus for pre-registering.

On the 27th of October, 2020, a new trailer was released announcing the game would come out in Spring 2021. The release date was confirmed to March 25th, 2021, in a second trailer released on March 2nd 2021.

Seasonal events similar to the Grand Prix are planned after release. The developers may add more playable characters than Crash and Coco depending on the game's commercial success.

Story
In this episode, Dr. Neo Cortex dispatched mutagen henchmen across the multiverse to enslave all dimensions. With the help of his spirited sister Coco, Crash must strike and bash Cortex's minions back to their own worlds!

The game takes place after all exisiting Crash Bandicoot games, so that any past character or event may collide with it.

Basics
The base gameplay is similar to other endless running games like Temple Run or Sonic Dash. Crash or Coco run forward automatically, but the player can control them by swiping their finger left or right to dodge in that direction, swipe upwards to Jump, swipe downwards to Slide and tap to Spin.

The main objective is to defeat Cortex's minions to earn Power gems, which is done by throwing serums and bombs at them after a short boss fight. Serums must be crafted at Coco's Base before fighting, which requires specific materials to create. Additionally, the player must wait a certain amount in real time before they can collect a created item. Power Gems unlock new levels and their associated game modes, new new gangs to battle against and new stations to craft ingredients.

If the player is short on materials, they can play a Collection Run to obtain more by breaking Crates containing resources, getting a small amount of items for free in the vending machine by watching an ad, or by purchasing them with Crystals.

Games Modes

 * Battle Run: run through a level to defeat a Henchman or Boss, and earn a Power Gem with each successful run.
 * Collection Run: run indefinitely to collect ingredients, which vary with levels. Exits are placed at junctions.
 * Challenge Run: a more challenging run with no checkpoint to earn a colored gem. Some requires to break all crates before reaching the end. Each hub worlds have 4 colored gem, one per level. These challenges are accessed through exit warp pads unlocked in Collection Run after earning enough Power Gems.
 * Time Trial: race against the clock for a Sapphire, Gold or Platinum Time Relic. Breaking Time Crates freezes the clock for up to 3s.

Playable

 * Crash Bandicoot
 * Coco Bandicoot

Henchmen
In Battle Runs, Crash and Coco have to defeat gangs of villains consisting each of four henchmen and one boss. There will be a total of 96 henchmen, including Nitro, Frosty, Inferno and Oxide variants.


 * Ant Drone
 * Crab
 * Araknid
 * Rok-Ko
 * Wa-Wa
 * Py-Ro
 * Lo-Lo
 * Lab Assistant
 * Electro Lab Assistant
 * Zombot
 * Mini Robot
 * Pink Elephant
 * Thorn Thing
 * Iron Crate
 * Geary

Bosses
There will be a total of 24 bosses, each with Frosty, Inferno and Oxide variants.
 * Dingodile
 * Fake Crash
 * Fake Coco
 * Mr. Crumb
 * Neo Cortex
 * Robo Neo Cortex
 * Nina Cortex
 * Nitrus Brio
 * N. Trance
 * Tiny Tiger
 * Koala Kong
 * N. Gin
 * Scorporilla
 * Uka Uka

Supporting

 * Aku Aku
 * Chickens
 * Nitros Oxide

Levels
The game features various areas inspired from previous levels of the first three original games. They are separated in islands (listed here by order of unlock):

Ingredients

 * Wumpa Fruit

Nitro Lab Ingredients

 * Glow Bark (Used for Nitro Portal Weapons. Sticky to touch.)
 * Found In: Turtle Woods
 * Nitric Fungus (Used for Nitro Portal Weapons. A scaly, sticky fungus that oozes Nitro.)
 * Found In: Turtle Woods, Temple Ruins
 * Pop Blossom (Used for Nitro Portal Weapons. Squeeze this blossom to hear it pop! Feed to Chickens to make Glowy Eggs.)
 * Found In: Temple Ruins, Dino Might!
 * Wiggle Weed (Used for Nitro Portal Weapons. A wiggly, smelly weed.)
 * Found In: Sewer or Later
 * Glowy Egg (An egg of pure Nitro with a spicy aftertaste. Your mutagen chickens can hatch these in Chicken Coops.)
 * Pop Blossom x 8
 * Craft Time: 40m

Frosty Lab Ingredients

 * Chill Berry (Used for Frosty Portal Weapons. Crunchy and slightly tangy.)
 * Found In: The Lost City, Sewer or Later, The Lab
 * Shell Shard (Used for Frosty Portal Weapons. The shells of a Shard Clam.)
 * Found In: The Lost City
 * Snow Egg (An icy cold, crunchy egg of frost. Your mutagen chickens can hatch these in Chicken Coops.)
 * Chill Berry x 9
 * Craft Time: 20m

Inferno Lab Ingredients

 * Flame Orb (Used for Inferno Portal Weapons. Eggs of an Inferno Ant. Feed to Chickens to make Cinder Eggs.)
 * Found In: Dino Might!, The Lab
 * Magma Chunk (Used for Inferno Portal Weapons. A chunk of Wumpa Magma.)
 * Found In: Dino Might!
 * Red Eyes (Used for Inferno Portal Weapons. The important part of Red Eye missiles.)
 * Found In: The Lab
 * Cinder Egg (A smelly, atomic, unstable egg. Your mutagen chickens can hatch these in Chicken Coops.)
 * Flame Orb x 6
 * Craft Time: 1h

Oxide Lab Ingredients

 * Atom Egg
 * Craft Time: 3h

Repair Parts

 * Alpha Part (Leftover parts from a destroyed Neo Cortex Doominator)
 * Found In: Turtle Woods, Temple Ruins, Dino Might!, Sewer or Later
 * Beta Part (Leftover parts from a destroyed Neo Cortex Doominator)
 * Found In: Turtle Woods, The Lost City, Temple Ruins, The Lab

MiniBosses/Enemies & Hazards

 * Crabs
 * Rolling Stones
 * Boulders
 * Blobs
 * Ant Drones (Mutagen Ant type)
 * TNT Crates
 * Nitro Crates
 * Turtles
 * Scrubbers
 * Spiders
 * Man-Eating Plants
 * Penguins
 * Lab Assistants

Phases

 * Beta Phase
 * Alpha Phase

Nitro Lab Weapons

 * Nitro Serum
 * Wumpa Fruit x 50
 * Glow Bark x 4
 * Craft Time: 1m
 * Nitro Bomb
 * Wumpa Fruit x 130
 * Glow Bark x 8
 * Nitric Fungus x 8
 * Craft Time: 5m
 * Nitro Ray Gun
 * Wumpa Fruit x 250
 * Nitric Fungus x 15
 * Glowy Egg x 2
 * Craft Time: 45m
 * Nitro Bazooka
 * Nitric Fungus x 10
 * Glowy Egg x 5
 * Wiggle Weed x 25
 * Craft Time: 3h

Frosty Lab Weapons

 * Frosty Serum
 * Wumpa Fruit x 150
 * Chill Berry x 2
 * Shell Shard x 6
 * Craft Time: 10m
 * Frosty Bomb
 * Wumpa Fruit x 250
 * Snow Egg x 1
 * Shell Shard x 4
 * Craft Time: 25m
 * Frosty Ray Gun
 * Wumpa Fruit x 350
 * Snow Egg x 4
 * Shell Shard x 8
 * Craft Time: 1h 30m
 * Frosty Bazooka
 * Craft Time: 6h

Inferno Lab Weapons

 * Inferno Serum
 * Wumpa Fruit x 180
 * Flame Orb x 5
 * Magma Chunk x 9
 * Craft Time: 20m
 * Inferno Bomb
 * Wumpa Fruit x 350
 * Magma Chunk x 6
 * Cinder Egg x 2
 * Craft Time: 1h
 * Inferno Ray Gun
 * Wumpa Fruit x 500
 * Cinder Egg x 3
 * Red Eyes x 15
 * Craft Time: 3h
 * Inferno Bazooka
 * Craft Time: 12h

Oxide Lab Weapons

 * Oxide Serum
 * Oxide Bomb

Skins
Skins are confirmed to appear in the game. As of now, only one has been officially confirmed: the Blue Hyena skin for Crash, which is a pre-registration bonus. Other skins were revealed by test footage or promos and can be unlocked by spending crystals.

Crash Bandicoot Skins

 * Android Crash
 * Blue Hyena Crash
 * Pre-Registration Bonus
 * Glam Crash (Epic)
 * COST: 200 Crystals
 * DESCRIPTION: Time to ROCK OUT!
 * SKIN BONUSES:
 * Start Collection & Battle Runs with an Aku Aku Mask.
 * Collect 40% more Red Eyes.
 * Earn 40% more Trophies from Frosty Henchmen.
 * Mutagen Chicken Crash
 * DESCRIPTION: Having a hard time PECKING a skin? Well, look no further!
 * Nitro Crash (Legendary)
 * COST: 400 Crystals
 * DESCRIPTION: Nitro-Fueled!
 * SKIN BONUSES:
 * Start Collection & Battle Runs with an Aku Aku Mask.
 * Collect 80% more Wiggle Weed.
 * Earn 80% more Trophies from Nitro Henchmen.
 * Skunk Crash
 * Available at start.
 * SKIN BONUS: Start Collection & Battle Runs with an Aku Aku Mask.

Coco Bandicoot Skins

 * Apocalypse Coco (Epic)
 * COST: 200 Crystals
 * DESCRIPTION: The best thing about a post-apocalyptic Multiverse is the fashion!
 * SKIN BONUSES:
 * Start Collection & Battle Runs with an Aku Aku Mask.
 * Collect 40% more Chill Berries.
 * Earn 40% more Trophies from Nitro Henchmen.


 * Biker Coco (Epic)
 * COST: 200 Crystals
 * DESCRIPTION: The biker costume was first seen in Crash Bandicoot: Warped, 1998.
 * SKIN BONUSES:
 * Start Collection & Battle Runs with an Aku Aku Mask.
 * Collect 40% more Glow Bark.
 * Blue Coco


 * Bunny Coco
 * DESCRIPTION: Have the most festive bunny season, wherever you are in the Multiverse!
 * Lynx Coco
 * Nina Coco
 * Purple Coco

Gallery
See: Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!/Gallery

Trivia

 * During early production, the game went by the working title Crash Bandicoot Mobile, before being officially named Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! for the soft launch.
 * This is the second game in the series where Uka Uka and Fake Crash are solo bosses, the first being Crash Twinsanity and Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced.
 * This is the first time in the series where the Elementals are solo bosses.