Snow Go

Snow Go (ツルピカの ゆきやま lit. Slippery Snow Mountain in Japanese) is the second level of the first warp room in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. It is the first snow/ice level to appear in the game (and the series overall), and as such, parts of it are devoted solely to teaching Crash how to skate on various icy patches in the level. It is also the first appearance of nitro crates on the main path of a level, as they only appeared in the secret route in Turtle Woods. It also marks the first appearance of TNTs in this game. The red gem can be found in this level. The developers intended for the player to have to unlock this level's (considerably more difficult) secret entrance path in the sixth warp room by uncovering the secret exit in the stage Air Crash.

Types of crates

 * Aku Aku Crate
 * Arrow Crate - iron
 * Basic Crate
 * Bounce Crate
 * Checkpoint Crate
 * Crash Crate
 * ! Crate
 * Iron Crate
 * Nitro Crate
 * Nitro Switch Crate
 * Outline Crate
 * ? Crate
 * Time Crate (1/2/3 seconds)
 * TNT Crate

Hazard Count

 * Penguins: 23
 * Seals: 11
 * Sliding Seals: 6
 * Rock Crushers: 2
 * Log Crushers: 4
 * Porcupines: 3

Stage parameters

 * Aku Aku Crates: 2
 * TNT Crates: 2 (none in bonus)
 * Nitro Crates: 18 (none in bonus/12 in special passage)
 * Other Crates: 52 (10 crates in bonus)

Translation of Aku Aku Hints in the Japanese Version

 * The spinning penguins have cute faces, but are dangerous.
 * If you crouch while running, it becomes sliding. Think differently, it will come in handy.

Trivia

 * This level's name is a pun on the phrase "no-go", meaning to not function properly, and, as such, not go. Appropriately, this level's colored gem is red, the internationally accepted color of "stopping", aka "no-going".
 * It's possible to get the red gem without the secret route through the usage of the seal or the iron arrow crate, both of which are underneath the red gem.
 * This is now impossible in the N. Sane Trilogy, as the red gem has been moved higher than Crash can reach, even with the help of the seal or the iron arrow crate.
 * This was the chosen level in Interactive CD Sampler Volumes 5 and 6. In it, the music is slightly different.
 * Originally this level contained the blue gem but that was switched to Turtle Woods.
 * This level was the fourth ever Crash 2 level made not counting bosses, and as such, suffered many changes before the released version(s):