Nina Cortex

Nina Cortex is a Gothic niece of Dr. Neo Cortex. In her first appearance to the Crash Bandicoot Saga, Nina acted like a young child of about five to eight years old. Later on in the series, she would usurp he uncle's position as creator of mutant animals. She has a voice resembling that of a valley girl.

Early Childhood
Nina's childhood is almost completely obscure. Her father obviously was taken away from her unanimously, and her uncle Dr. Neo Cortex took care of her since then. When "dreadful signs" of love for furry and cute animals, Neo took her for some dark modifications at  Madame Amberly's Academy of Evil. Nina's arms were replaced with Bionic fists that were able to launch from her body, giving her an advantage at reaching or climbing. However, she was not able to grab any small furry animals any more, for if she would try she would most probably crush the creature to it's doom with her powerful grasp. She was then sent to the Academy for her school.

Fusion
In Crash Fusion, Nina had her first appearance. She was probably about five to eight years old at this appearance, as she talked and acted like a young child. Cortex needed Nina to kill Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon so that he and Ripto could conquer the universe. Nina took the opportunity as playtime with a furry animal. She chased Crash through dungeon walls where Coco Bandicoot and The Professor were being held hostage. However, Spyro outsmarted her and trapped her within a cage that he dropped on her while she was chasing Crash. Nina complained as she weeped that it was "No fair."

Role in Twinsanity
In Crash Twinsanity, probably about nine to eleven years old during this time, Nina was doing well at Madame Amberly's Academy of Evil. She learned her subjects well and had grown taller than her uncle. However, when Cortex came to get her to help him face the Evil Twins, Nina surprised him by great skills at jumping, fighting and climbing. When they reached The Tenth Dimension and got to Twinsanity Island, she was captured by Evil Crash and was used like Cortex when Crash used him for a sledding device. After being bruised and broken by the sliding on the rock turf of the island, Evil Crash let her go at his house and she was rejoined with Crash and her  uncle. She later helped defeat the Evil Twins when they entered their Roach Robot. She later was there when Cortex was trapped inside  Crash mind. It is unknown how he escaped.

Death Race
"Can't you see I'm planning armageddon here?" - Nina Cortex

Nina enlisted to race in Ebenezer Von Clutch's theme park, MotorWorld. She raced in this dangerous race along side Dr. N. Gin and Dr. Neo Cortex to collect the Power Gems. She was probably about 12 or 13 at this age. She seemed to have reached a true gothic stage, as she seemed to love violence and gore. She got Crash's help when she needed a waitress gown for a job to get her a little extra cash. She came out with nothing in the end, however, and was disappointed with the time she wasted.

Leader of Titans
In Crash of the Titans, when she was about fourteen or fifteen, Uka Uka replaced her for Cortex to conquer the world with the Titans. However, to her despair, she is eventually defeated by Crash.

Mind Over Mutant
In Crash: Mind over Mutant, she is put into Evil Public School (which is right next to Wumpa Island) as punishment by her uncle. She is found by Crash Bandicoot and Aku Aku to figure out what the NV is doing. After Crash helps save her science fair project, she tells them that Dr. Nitrus Brio is recycling parts for a new space station, titled the "Space Head", as well as making new NV Devices.

Persona
"...Do I have to start shaving you? 'Cause I will! Right. Down. To the brain." - Nina Cortex

In Fusion, Nina had an immature mind and was very playful. In Twinsanity, she didn't have much of a personality and she was quiet. This may have been that she was just beginning to get the shape of the world around her. In Crash Tag Team Racing she is extremely more mature and had a love for violence and a touch of true Gothic personality and style. In Crash of the Titans, she had a very similar personality to Tag Team Racing with a somewhat anorexic tendencies, as she proved disgust for food. She later stated that her new style was Emo.

Appearances

 * Crash Bandicoot: Purple
 * Crash Twinsanity
 * Crash Tag Team Racing
 * Crash of The Titans
 * Crash: Mind over Mutant

Trivia

 * Nina was origanally going to appear in Crash Nitro Kart.
 * At first in Crash Twinsanity she was going to have red hair and wear a lab coat that looked like Dr. Neo Cortex's.
 * Nina may actually be the daughter of Dr. Neo Cortex instead of his niece, as in Crash Twinsanity he slipped his tongue when Evil Crash took her, he said that Evil Crash had "taken my daughter, er...niece."

Other Links

 * Nina Cortex at Crash Mania
 * Nina Cortex at DeviantArt Search Engine