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, Tiny Tiger, Koala Kong, Scorporilla, Nina Cortex 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.

Coco's Base
See: Coco's Base

Coco's Base is the location and menu where players go in-between runs. From there, they can select Battle Runs against Henchmen and Bosses, Collection Runs and challenges. They can also craft Portal Weapons at the Labs or the Chicken Coops, and buy ingredients, weapons, skins and Crystals at the Vending Machine.

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. They are shown in appearence order as a bosses in the following list:


 * Scorporilla
 * Nitrus Brio (Mutagen)


 * Dingodile
 * Fake Crash
 * Fake Coco
 * Mr. Crumb
 * Neo Cortex
 * Robo Neo Cortex
 * Nina Cortex
 * N. Trance
 * Tiny Tiger
 * Koala Kong
 * N. Gin
 * Uka Uka
 * Uka Uka

Supporting

 * Aku Aku
 * Chickens
 * Nitros Oxide

Enemies & Hazards

 * Rolling Stones
 * Boulders
 * Blobs
 * TNT Crates
 * Nitro Crates
 * Turtles
 * Scrubbers
 * Spiders
 * Man-Eating Plants
 * Penguins
 * Lab Assistants

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):

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

Items in the game are mainly used to engage in battle with Bosses and Henchmen or to repair and upgrade Coco's Base.

Phases

 * Beta Phase
 * Alpha Phase

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

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 also the first time in the series where the Elementals are solo bosses.