Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (in Japan: クラッシュ・バンディクー4 とんでもマルチバース, Crash Bandicoot 4: Unexpected Multiverse) is the eight mainline title in the Crash Bandicoot series.

The game was first properly teased on the 18th of June 2020, where several video game news reporters were sent jigsaw puzzles that revealed a new, mysterious mask character.

The next day, the 19th of June, the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee filed a rating for the game, revealing its title, placeholder box art, and a short plot synopsis. Said box art also revealed the game's developer, Toys for Bob, as well as the game being slated for release on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Four new masks can be seen on the artwork.

On June 21st, a live-action teaser featuring the 100% ending of Warped and the title of the game was unveiled through the official Crash Bandicoot social media channels. The announcement trailer came out on June 22nd, 4pm BST.

During Summer Games Fest, an official trailer was shown, showcasing new worlds and four new Quantum Masks, known as the Phase Mask Lani-Loli, the Dark Matter Mask 'Akano, the Time Mask Kupuna-Wa, and the Gravity Mask Ika-Ika. Using Lani-Loli, the player will be able to change phases of certain elements, while using 'Akano, the player can hover and glide over the platforms or even break and knock back things that the normal spin can't, while using Kupuna-Wa, the player will be able to slow time to a crawl, and while using Ika-Ika, the player can reverse gravity to manuever on ceilings and wall run.

Story
"Neo Cortex and N. Tropy are back at it again and launching an all-out assault on not just this universe, but the entire multiverse! Crash and Coco are here to save the day by reuniting the four quantum masks and bending the rules of reality."

- Official PlayStation Store description. In the game's story. After the events of Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Uka Uka rips a hole in the fabric of time and space to free Dr. Cortex and N. Tropy from the time prison and he gets exhausted. Dr. Cortex checks that Uka Uka is dead, but N. Tropy tells to Cortex that Uka Uka "served his purpose". They leave the evil mask and them get out of the time prison. Aku Aku fells a strange power in N. Sanity Peak and the event of reality-shattering proportions will can happen, Aku Aku wakes Crash and them go to N. Sanity Peak.

Crash are in N. Sanity Peak to investigate what is the power who has awoken, him pass through a few natives until he find the first Quantum Mask Lani-Loli and he awakes, a hole opens below Crash and he falls. A guardian awakes too, Crash and Lani-Loli have to run away from this monster and them comes in a cliff, the hand of the guardian try to take Crash and Lani-Loli. But then, Crash have idea to jump the cliff to escape the guradian's hand and Crash drops in the floor with Lani-Loli in his face.

Aku Aku is surprised to see Lani-Loli. Lani-Loli greets Aku Aku, him looks at the quantum rift and he gets scaried, Coco realizes that this quantum rift is a door between dimensions. Lani-Loli tells to them that this quantum rift was supposed to be closed and now that this rift is open, Dr. Cortex and N. Tropy will take over all the dimensions and timelines.

And then. The camera focus on Cortex scratching his ass and awakening from a nap. N. Tropy tells to Cortex that quantum rift that Uka Uka open was gave a loophole to them conquer all the dimensions and timelines, N. Gin and N. Brio appears behind of Cortex and them tells your strategies to stop Crash and Coco. Cortex doesn't care about that and him orders to N. Gin and N. Brio to stop them, they fight against each other and N. Tropy orders once again to N. Gin and N. Brio to stop Crash and Coco.

Crash, Coco and Lani-Loli arrive in The Hazardous Wastes in the year 2084, Lani-Loli tells to them that Akano is in these dimension, but then N. Gin appears in the front of them. Lani-Loli confirms that N. Gin was the dweeb that he was mentioned, Coco tells to Lani-Loli that N. Gin always lost for them over the 22 years that them have a history. N. Gin tells to them that he will no lost this time and Crash and Coco must go to his show on his Weapon of Mass Percussion and then he get out of there.

After Crash and Coco arrived in the N. Gin show on his Weapon of Mass Percusion, him starts the battle playing the notes on the W.O.M.P. Crash or Coco have to spin on the enemies that N. Gin spawn to defeat him and N. Gin is defeated again, Crash and Coco laugh of him of his humiliate defeat and after machine explodes. Akano drops on N. Gin head and them go stop in the Salty Wharf.

Crash and Coco arrive in the Salty Wharf in the year 1717, but then some rat pirates tie Crash and Coco in a net and them asks for help. An unknown bandicoot girl see that Crash and Coco are stucked and she go to help, after pass through of a few pirates. The unknown bandicoot girl rescue Crash and Coco, Coco thanks the unknown bandicoot girl for it but then Coco looks at these unknown bandicoot girl and her realizes that these unknown bandicoot girl is an alternate Tawna and then she is happy to see them again, Coco asks to these Tawna that they died in her universe to she lost touch with them. Tawna denies this and she asks what they are collecting, Coco answers the Quantum Masks and the alternate Tawna tells to them to save the world themselves. Coco asks that her are not come with them, Tawna answers that her fly solo. Them got sad with this but Tawna promises that her will help them whenever they need and her get out of there.

Crash and Coco are in the Salty Wharf, Crash or Coco have to defeat a krakken called Louise. After Crash or Coco defeat this monster, them finds the second Quantum Mask Akano and he awakes to his hundreds of centuries nap, Akano threat Crash and Coco of death, but Lani-Loli appears in front of he telling to him that these bandicoots coming to help and then Akano guides Crash, Coco and Lani-Loli to follow him to Tranquiltiy Falls.

Crash, Coco and Lani-Loli arrive in the Tranquility Falls in the year 1402, after the quantum rift spit Crash to out, him crashes into a gongo and make a tremendous noise. Coco asks to Lani-Loli where is Kupuna-Wa, Lani-Loli doesn't know where's Kupuna-Wa is, him turn around and see N. Brio's face and N. Brio tells to them that the clever bandicoot that go to his battlefield will win a "reward" and him get out of there.

After Crash and Coco arrived in the N. Brio battlefield, him starts the battle throwing his beakers to hit Crash or Coco and then him throw his beakers to free his blobs. Just like in the first Crash Bandicoot, Crash or Coco have to jump or slide in this blobs to hit N. Brio and him drink his potion and he transforms into a hulking monstrousity and then Crash or Coco must use Akano to spin N. Brio out the platform and after his defeat, N. Brio transforms into a pterodactyl to scatter the N. Verted Gems and the Bumpa Berries, but then his cloaca drops an egg and him gets embarrased with that and Coco shocked with that. Crash gets the egg and them get out of there.

Crash, Coco and Lani-Loli arrive in the Mosquito Marsh a few days ago.

Playable

 * Crash Bandicoot
 * Coco Bandicoot
 * Tawna
 * Dingodile
 * Doctor Neo Cortex

Bosses

 * Doctor N. Gin
 * Louise
 * Doctor Nitrus Brio
 * Doctor Nefarious Tropy
 * Doctor Nefarious Tropy (female)
 * Doctor Neo Cortex

Others

 * Aku Aku
 * Uka Uka
 * Quantum Masks
 * Polar
 * Ripper Roo
 * Shnurgle

N. Sanity Island (Present Day)

 * Rude Awakening
 * N. Sanity Peak

The Hazardous Wastes (2084)

 * A Real Grind
 * Crash Compactor
 * Hit the Road/Truck Stopped
 * Stage Dive

Salty Wharf (1717)

 * Booty Calls/Thar He Blows!
 * Hook, Line, and Sinker
 * Jetboard Jetty

Tranquility Falls (1402)

 * Give It a Spin/Potion Commotion
 * Draggin' On
 * Off-Balance
 * Trouble Brewing

Mosquito Marsh (A Few Days Ago)

 * Off Beat
 * Home Cookin'
 * Run It Bayou/No Dillo Dallying

The 11th Dimension (1954)

 * Snow Way Out/Ship Happens
 * Stay Frosty
 * Bears Repeating/Building Bridges
 * 4th Time's a Charm

Eggipus Dimension (88 Million B.C.B)

 * Blast to the Past
 * Fossil Fueled
 * Dino Dash/Rock Blocked

Bermugula's Orbit (???)

 * Out for Launch/Shipping Error
 * Stowing Away
 * Crash Landed
 * A Hole in Space

The Sn@xx Dimension (3023)

 * Food Run
 * Rush Hour
 * The Crate Escape

Cortex Island (1996)

 * Nitro Processing
 * Toxic Tunnels
 * Cortex Castle/Seeing Double
 * The Past Unmasked

Other Levels

 * Flashback Levels

Gallery
See: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time/Gallery

Trivia

 * The title is both a reference to the time taken since Crash: Mind Over Mutant, the last original console Crash game, was released, and to the general narrative of the game.
 * It's About Time is the second game to be known as Crash Bandicoot 4, after Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex ' s Japanese release.