Crash Nitro Kart 2

Crash Nitro Kart 2 (originally known as Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart ) is a mobile racing game that was released sometime in June of 2008. There are sixteen tracks and eight playable characters. There are also six game modes to choose from.

A 3D version of the game known as Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D was released shortly after in July 2008. The games are largely the same, sharing the same main menu music and very similar plots and character rosters, with earlier versions even reusing CNK2's character icons. The main differences between the two are differing track designs and the exclusion of Nina Cortex and Tiny Tiger from 3D's roster, as well as the addition of Dingodile and Polar in the iOS version.

Story
Being a simple mobile racer, CNK2's plot is very simple and pretty illogical. Once again, Nitros Oxide is attempting to turn the planet Earth into a concrete parking lot. This time, however, he skips his "Survival of the Fastest" game and proceeds with his plan immediately, now with Cortex and Ripper Roo backing him up. The first step of his plan is to deforest the bamboo groves which happen to be the home of Yaya Panda. Yaya calls on Crash and Coco for help, and so the bandicoots set off to race for the fate of the planet once again.

Characters
With the exception of Tiny Tiger, all characters who were present in the PlayStation-era Crash games have reverted to that era's designs. Nina has also been given a redesign that resembles her appearance in Crash Tag Team Racing.

Quick Race
Quick Race consists of a single race on a randomly selected track with a random player character and kart.

Cup
Cup mode has players race a set of four tracks in a row, with points awarded for depending on where they place in each race. The racer with the most points overall wins. Like other racing games in the series, Cups consist of four races. There are four cups in the game; Completing a cup awards the player with a star. Earning all 4 four stars from each cup allows the player to attempt Sudden Death mode.

Challenges
Challenge mode is the main story mode of the game. It consists of eight missions to complete. Coco, Yaya, Ripper Roo and Nina are unlocked as playable by completing missions. Completing all missions unlocks Monster Truck mode.

Arcade
Arcade races are the main free racing mode, allowing players to race on any track they want with any character and kart combo. They are also the only method of unlocking new karts.

10 Wumpa Fruit spawn in pre-determined locations on each track. Collecting the fruits and placing 3rd or above in the race adds the fruit you've collected to a counter, which counts up to allow the player to unlock new karts. A maximum of 10 fruit total can be collected per track, meaning to unlock all karts, the player must get all 10 fruits on all 16 tracks.

Sudden Death
Players must race through all of the tracks in the game. If players do not finish in first or second, then they must restart from the beginning. In addition, the first character to complete their third lap causes the race to end, regardless of what position the player is in. There are 4 racers total including the player as opposed to the usual 6. Two of these are randomly selected from any character aside from the one the player is racing as, while the fourth is always Oxide. This mode is unlocked upon completion of all of the Cups.

Monster Truck
This mode has the player racing around in a monster truck. The point of this mode is to smash as many enemies as possible in two minutes. Tiny is unlocked by crushing 50 enemies in one round in this mode. Once all of the missions in Challenge Mode are completed, this mode is unlocked.

Karts
There are eight karts in the game. Other than the first one, they are all locked. In order to unlock them, the player must collect a certain amount of Wumpa Fruit. Despite each kart belonging to a specific character, any character can race in any kart.

Power-Ups
Items can be obtained by breaking a ? Crate on the track. Items are either weapons used to hinder other players, or helpful items for the user's benefit. There is also a tenth power-up which can't be obtained via crates. During most race modes, on every track, there are C. R. A. S. H. letters scattered around to collect, similarly to a CTR Challenge. Once all 5 letters are collected, monster truck mode is temporarily activated, giving the player an extended speed boost, invincibility and the ability to crush any opponents in their way. Monster truck mode automatically ends after a set brief time period, but it can end prematurely if the user falls into a pit.

Tracks
There are sixteen tracks total, with two in each of the eight worlds. Each character has their own home track.

Quotes
There are no spoken voice clips, with the game's only audio being music, but there is some written dialogue attributed to specific characters.

Nitros Oxide

 * "I'll transform this world into a parking lot!" (Challenge mode intro)
 * "Yaya will never defeat me!" (Selecting the Save Yaya! mission)
 * "An ocean of nitro!" (Selecting the Wumpas Galore! mission)
 * "Cortex is the best!" (Selecting the Nitroactive Baths mission)
 * "Do you suffer from vertigo?" (Selecting the The Eternal Second mission)
 * "A perfect place for an ambush!" (Selecting the Karts on the Rocks mission)
 * "I'm the best, who dares to doubt it?" (Selecting the Underwater Oil mission)
 * "Coco will not stop me!" (Selecting the Carbon monOxide mission)
 * "At last! A duel to decide the winner." (Selecting the The Ultimate Challenge mission)

Unnamed Robotic Mask

 * "Welcome to Crash Nitro Kart 2. You can press "#" at any time to skip this tutorial. The kart accelerates automatically. Use 4 or 6 (or the directional pad) to turn left or right. Use 8 to brake and 2 to jump (or use the directional pad). Use 5 (or the central button of the directional pad) to activate a bonus." (Beginner's tutorial)
 * "Yaya has challenged Oxide to stop him from razing her forest. Don't let Oxide defeat Yaya." (Save Yaya! tutorial)
 * "Oxide feeds wumpas to his machine he created to change the oceans into nitro fuel. Collect more wumpas than him!" (Wumpas Galore! tutorial)
 * "Here is where Cortex refines Oxide's nitro fuel. Coco, blow Cortex up 3 times to bring him back down to Earth!" (Nitroactive Baths tutorial)
 * "Ripper Roo spreads panic among the Bandicoots to avenge Cortex. Cross the line at least 3 times ahead of him." (The Eternal Second tutorial)
 * "Foil the ambush: collect the letters C.R.A.S.H. and crush the villains flat as pancakes!" (Karts on the Rocks tutorial)
 * "Do not let the oceans become nitroactive! Get to Atlantis before the villains, and sabotage their machine." (Underwater Oil tutorial)
 * "Oxide's dimensional portal is here. Make him fall into a hole 3 times to stun him." (Carbon monOxide tutorial)
 * "Crash avoided Oxide's portal thanks to Coco. The winner of this race will decide the fate of the Earth!" (The Ultimate Challenge tutorial)
 * "Welcome on the Sudden death mode! [sic] 16 races await you. Be brave and arrive at least in second to qualify!" (Sudden Death mode tutorial)
 * "Crush maximum opponents in 2 minutes!" (Monster Truck mode tutorial)

Doctor Neo Cortex

 * "...And it won't be free of charge for you!" (Challenge mode intro)

Yaya Panda

 * "Crash! Only you can prevent this!" (Challenge mode intro)

Gallery
See: Crash Nitro Kart 2/Gallery

Trivia

 * Ripper Roo wears a white T-shirt in this game as opposed to his usual strait-jacket, with his arms and hands being clearly visible holding the steering wheel when turning.
 * In certain worlds, hats are placed on the characters' heads during races.
 * In The Bamboo Forest, all characters are inexplicably wearing large straw hats.
 * In Atlantis and Oxide's World, all characters wear bubble-like space helmets to allow them to breathe.
 * An early mockup screenshot shows that the game was planned to have a snow themed world, featuring snowmen and icy water as obstacles. No such world appears in the final game.
 * Oddly enough, the game's promotional art uses the Crash of the Titans/Mind Over Mutant designs of Crash and Cortex, but the game itself uses the classic designs for the characters' mugs and in-game sprites.

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