Crash Twinsanity



Crash Twinsanity was the second game in the main series starring Crash Bandicoot to be released on the Playstation 2 and the Xbox. Unlike previous games in the series, this game introduces a free-roaming game world. All the characters in this game had 5 fingers.

Story
This is the first game, where you play as Cortex and Crash together. It begins with Cortex luring Crash into the Mechabandicoot arena. After he is beaten again, the Evil Twins, Victor and Moritz, mutant parrots from the 10th Dimension, attack the two with ants. They get away but then Papu Papu's tribesman attempt to stop them. After evacuating, they decide to work together to stop the Evil Twins with the help of Uka Uka. He is very angry at them and creates a huge block of ice to destroy them. After his block of ice is melted, Aku Aku convinces Uka Uka that the Evil Twins must be stopped.

At about this time, Dingodile tells N. Gin, Nefarious Tropy, and Nitrus Brio about the Evil Twins' treasure room, and the four decide to stop Crash and Cortex. The latter three attack Crash and Cortex at his Iceberg Lab and fail. Dingodile himself attempts to confront Crash, but it doesn't work. Cortex then goes to M. Amberly's Academy of Evil to get his niece Nina and hopefully use her to stop the Evil Twins. However, Amberly insults Cortex and is attacked. Eventually she falls into a tank of acid under the classroom. Nina gets away and follows Crash and Cortex to the 10th Dimension, along with the Mechabandicoot robot mentioned earlier. They don't know this, but Gin, Tropy, and Brio have followed them there, along with Aku Aku and Uka Uka. Nina, Cortex, and Crash power up Mechabandicoot and destroy a counterpart of it that Victor built.

N. Gin, N. Tropy, and N. Brio steal the Evil Twins' treasure and go home, and an imposter of Crash from the 10th Dimension, Evil Crash mistakes the Evil Twins for roast chicken and eats them. Cortex decides to use this time to stop Crash Bandicoot with the Evolvo-Ray which he brought along. Another malfunction causes Cortex to be abducted, and Crash, Nina, and the Aku-Uka brothers return home safely.

Reception
Reviews of this game where pretty good, earning a 7/10 from IGN.