Turtle Woods

Turtle Woods is the first level in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. It is set in the rainy woods on N. Sanity Island. While on the surface it appears to be nothing more than a basic introductory level, clever players will find several intriguing secrets along the way. The first Bonus Round of Crash 2 appears here, under a breakaway floor. Earlier in the level, a stone face appears on the ground - belly flopping it will reveal another secret area, considerably more difficult than the rest of the level, that introduces Crash to the brand-new Nitro Crates and Nitro Switch Crate, and requires several tricky jumps from over sized ostriches to fully complete. The Blue Gem is also found in this stage, counter-intuitively requiring the player to clear the stage with zero crates broken to obtain, even the Checkpoint Crates meaning if you die you must go back to the beginning. Turtle Woods is designed much to be like N. Sanity Beach like the previous game.