Cortex Vortex (level)

Cortex Vortex (ビリビリトラップすりぬけろ, lit. Slip Through the Electric Traps in Japanese) is the twenty-fifth level and the last level of the fifth warp room in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex. It takes place in Cortex's space station and it's full of Lab Assistants throwing beakers, firing laser guns, and trying to knock Crash off the platform with a barricade, nitro crates and electrical traps set to kill Crash. This is one of only two platforming levels in this game without a Bonus Round, the other being Knight Time. Near the end there is a stack of three Aku Aku crates before a section filled with Nitro crates and Lab Assistants - a direct parallel to Bug Lite from Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped where a similar scene happened, which coincidentally was also the last main level of that game.

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Crash Bandicoot The Wrath Of Cortex - 106% & All Platinums, Part 26 Cortex Vortex

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The level's name is a reference to the Cortex Vortex.
As with the last level in every warp room, it represents the boss that will be faced in factory form, in this case Cortex himself.
This is the only main platform level in the game to not have a bonus round.
In this level, the player has to go backwards to avoid electric fences, which is a callback to the chase levels Crash Dash, Crash Crush, and Un-Bearable from Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. However, unlike the aforementioned levels, the player is not being chased.

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
Protagonists	Crash Bandicoot • Aku Aku • Coco Bandicoot • Pura
Antagonists	Doctor Neo Cortex • Crunch Bandicoot • The Elementals (Rok-Ko • Wa-Wa • Py-Ro • Lo-Lo) • Uka Uka • Doctor Nefarious Tropy • Doctor N. Gin • Tiny Tiger • Dingodile
Items	Crates (Basic Crate, ? Crate, ! Crate, Activation Crate, Outline Crate, Crash Crate, Locked Crate, Invisibility Crate, Iron Crate, Iron Arrow Crate, Checkpoint Crate, Arrow Crate, Nitro Crate, Nitro Switch Crate, TNT Crate) • Wumpa Fruit • Crystal • Gem • Relic
Super Powers	Tip Toe • Double Jump • Death Tornado Spin • Fruit Bazooka • Crash Dash (Super Power) • Super Belly Flop
Levels	First Chamber (Arctic Antics, Tornado Alley, Bamboozled, Wizards and Lizards, Compactor Reactor) • Second Chamber (Jungle Rumble, Sea Shell Shenanigans, Banzai Bonsai, That Sinking Feeling, H2 Oh No) • Third Chamber (The Gauntlet, Tsunami, Smokey and the Bandicoot, Eskimo Roll, Fahrenheit Frenzy) • Fourth Chamber (Avalanche, Droid Void, Crashteroids, Coral Canyon, Weathering Heights) • Fifth Chamber (Crash and Burn, Gold Rush, Medieval Madness, Crate Balls of Fire, Cortex Vortex) • Boss Levels (Rumble in the Roks, Drain Damage, Crashes to Ashes, Atmospheric Pressure, Crunch Time) • Sixth Chamber (Knight Time, Ghost Town, Ice Station Bandicoot, Solar Bowler, Force of Nature) • Cut levels (Cut Chinese harbour level, Tsunami, Cut Glider level, Cut oriental level, Fire Island)
Enemies	Seal • Penguin • Narwhale • Lab Assistant • Bat • Lionfish • Anglerfish • Koi Fish • Crane • Salmon • Monkey • Parrot • Crab • Donkey • Inflating Cactus • Scorpion • Knight Lab Assistant • Ninja Lab Assistant • Skiing Lab Assistant • Gold Miners

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