Crash Nitro Kart

Crash Nitro Kart is the second racing game in the Crash Bandicoot series. It was released on the Playstation 2, Gamecube, Xbox and Gameboy Advance in 2003 and on the N-Gage and Mobiles in 2004.

Gameplay
You drive around and go "Vroom Vroom".

Occasionally you go "Pew Pew ratatatatatat Kaplowie Boom!"

Characters
The table below shows all of the playable characters in Crash Nitro Kart (including the unlockables).

GBA Version's Extra Characters

 * Krunk
 * Nash
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 * Big Norm
 * Geary
 * Velo (replaces Real Velo)
 * Spyro (replaces Pura)

Unplayable Characters in console version

 * Adventure Bosses A.K.A.(Krunk,Nash,Norm,Big Norm,And Geary)
 * Velo Minion
 * Aku Aku
 * Uka Uka
 * All Extras A.K.A. (Velo Mask,Spyro,Robot Velo)

Terra
Inferno Island, Jungle Boogie, Tiny Temple, Temple Turmoil

Barin
Meteor Gorge, Barin Ruins, Deep Sea Driving, Frozen Frenzy

Fenomena
Out of Time, Clockwork Wumpa, Thunder Struck, Desert Storm

Teknee
Assembly Lane, Android Alley, Electron Avenue, Magnetic Mayhem

Other
Hyper Spaceway, Terra Drome

Story
On Earth, Crash Bandicoot and his friends are relaxing while their nemesis, Doctor Neo Cortex, paces across his laboratory floor wondering how he can defeat the Bandicoots and achieve world domination. Suddenly, both groups are abducted by a mysterious white light that takes them to a large coliseum somewhere in another galaxy. This galaxy is ruled by Emperor Velo XXVII, who plans on having the group race for the entertainment of his subjects. He promises the Earthlings that winning the races will win their freedom, and threatens them with the destruction of Earth if they refuse to race. After both teams accept the challenge, Velo explains that the racers will compete on four worlds of his choosing, and promises a race against the galactic champion if the champions of those worlds are defeated. When the champions of Terra, Barin, Fenomena and Teknee are defeated, the Earth racers go up against the galactic champion, who turns out to be Emperor Velo himself. Velo is defeated, but he refuses to send the racers back to Earth. When the Earth racers angrily demand a rematch, Velo readily accepts, on the condition that the Earth racers must first collect all his Time Relics. Velo loses once again to the Earth racers and literally explodes in a bout of fury, revealing himself to be a robot suit controlled by a small gremlin-like version of himself. The following events are determined by which of the characters the player used to win the race. If Crash, Coco or Crunch win the race, Velo, having lost his influence over his subjects, dejectedly relinquishes his empire to the Bandicoots. Crash seriously considers becoming the next emperor of the galaxy, gives it to Velo and everyone laughs at him, but decides otherwise and gives control back to Velo in exchange for sending the Bandicoots (with Polar) back to Earth. If Cortex, N. Gin or Tiny win the race, Velo struggles with Cortex over the possession of his scepter, only to be stopped by Tiny. Cortex uses the scepter's power in an attempt to return to Earth, but the scepter breaks and sends Cortex, N. Gin and Tiny to Terra instead. When they are confronted by the natives, Tiny repairs the scepter and is subsequently revered as a king, much to Cortex's annoyance.

Differences between the console and the handheld version

 * In the handheld version, all of the champions are playable but in the console version, they are not.


 * The tracks have the same names in both versions but they are simplified in the handheld version.


 * While the character selection is done with sprites in the console version, it is done with texts in the handheld version.


 * Geary's obsession with cleaning is not shown in the handheld version.


 * Velo's real form is not revealed in the handheld version.


 * Spyro, another playable character replaces Pura in the handheld version.


 * Velo's robotic form is playable in the handheld version while his real form is playable in the console version.

Trivia

 * The game was the debut of Coco's new appearance (From overalls to midriff shirt and jeans) and the last game to feature Dingodile and Tiny Tiger's old appearance (Both gain weight and height through fat and muscle respectively).
 * Rilla Roo was originally considered for this game.
 * Nash & Norm's giant buddy has Zem & Zam's voice actors.
 * Big Norm might not have been a mime because he says to Small Norm: "You said we would race if I wore this ridiculous getup."
 * Nitro Kart was seen in the background of the show "Las Vegas" in the episode "Games People Play" it was show near the beginning on a big screen in the background.
 * Cortex, Tiny, N. Gin, and Dingodile were kidnapped in Cortex Castle, despite it being burnt down in the first game. It is possible that this version of the castle is based off of its appearance in Crash Team Racing.
 * When the Player wins their first Gem Cup in Adventure Mode as Team Bandicoot, a glitch will cause the Hyper Spaceway track (Which is Velo's Track, as well as the track with the final Relic to be won) will have it's vortex activated despite the Player not having all four Gems needed to open it. The logo showing "Gem X 4" will also be seen. Further, if the Player gains the Relic before clearing the Gem Cups, Aku Aku/Uka Uka will not declare you as winning the Relic even when the game does. Whether this can be achieved by Team Cortex is unknown, but likely.
 * Fake Crash's in-game look was greatly modified in this game. His big teeth shortened to Crash's size and his eyebrows became slightly shorter and bolder, along with his eye pupils shortened and his back hunched. He is also wearing green shorts. This cosmetic change is also shown in his victory dance.
 * Similar to CTR, if the player collects all items before facing Emperor Velo at all, the game will count it as your final race with Velo as well as the first pre-race and rematch cutscenes not being shown. However, to compensate, the player will unlock all cutscenes related to the Velo Race upon winning.
 * Nitros Oxide was misspelled "Nitrous" Oxide in this game.
 * This game Is the first game Crunch is a playable character,Besides him being playable in the ball rolling levels of Crash Bandicoot 2 N-Tranced.
 * This game was released before Twinsanity, although chronologically it comes after it. Signs that point to its placement in the timeline include the the residence of the Bandicoots on Wumpa Island and Cortex being unfrozen.
 * Error: When Nash tries to get Crash and Crunch to give back his key, the second time Coco is seen, the pedestal is gone and her legs are shown.