Fruit Bazooka

The Fruit Bazooka is a weapon that fires wumpa fruit that can be obtained by beating N. Gin in Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped or by beating Lo-Lo Crunch in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex. In Warped, to use it, the player must hold down the L2 button, use the analog stick or directional buttons to aim, then press to shoot. It should be noted that Crash cannot move when using the bazooka, so some moving enemies can harm him if they aren't defeated quickly enough. Releasing the L2 button will put the bazooka away so Crash can move again. In the PS2 version of The Wrath of Cortex, however, L1 must be held instead, as the developers chose to use L2 for the tip toe. The bazooka can also destroy nitro crates with its wumpa fruit, putting Crash out of harm's way in that aspect, which is obligatory in achieving Gone Tomorrow and Flaming Passion's box gems. However, it cannot destroy checkpoint crates. This was done to ensure that the player can't skip a part of the level by hitting a checkpoint in the distance and then die and move ahead.

How to unlock

 * By defeating N. Gin in Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped.
 * By defeating Lo-Lo Crunch in the level Atmospheric Pressure in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex.
 * Both levels happen to be shooting boss fights.

Trivia

 * In Crash Bandicoot: Warped, the Fruit Bazooka cannot be used in any boss fights, whereas in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, it can be used in the final battle against Crunch Bandicoot and Dr. Neo Cortex.
 * The bazooka has unlimited ammo and doesn't consume the player's Wumpa Fruits, so it can be used as much as the player wishes.
 * In Warped, when the bazooka locks onto a target, the cross-hair turn from yellow to red. In The Wrath of Cortex, it turns green instead.
 * It is helpful when collecting gems, because it can destroy crates from a long distance.
 * A strategy used to cut off a partial second off in time trial is to start ahead and shoot the stopwatch with the bazooka. However, the bazooka should never be used while already in time trial mode, as it uses up a lot of time.