Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Developer(s)	Toys for Bob Beenox Activision Shanghai Hardsuit Labs (PC port) Iron Galaxy Studio (PC port)
Publisher(s)	Activision
Platform(s)	PlayStation 4 Xbox One PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S Nintendo Switch Windows
Release date(s)	PlayStation 4/Xbox One October 2nd, 2020 PlayStation 5/Xbox Series X/S/Switch March 12th, 2021 Windows (Battle.net) March 26th, 2021 Windows (Steam) October 18th, 2022
Genre	Linear 3D Platformer
Rating(s)	ACB: PG CERO: A ESRB: E10+ PEGI: 12 USK: 6
Mode(s)	Single player Local multiplayer (2-4 players)
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Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is a linear 3D platforming video game published by Activision and developed by Toys for Bob. It is the eighth mainline title in the Crash Bandicoot series, though the fourth chronologically. It was originally released on October 2nd, 2020 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Later in March 12th, 2021, the game was ported to the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and on March 26th, 2021 for PC on Battle.net. It was also added to the Steam storefront on October 18, 2022.

Announcement

The game was first properly teased on June 18, 2020, where several video game news reporters were sent jigsaw puzzles that revealed a new, mysterious mask character.

The next day (June 19), the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee filed a rating for the game, revealing its title, box art, and a short plot synopsis. Said box art also revealed the game's developer, Toys for Bob, as well as the game being slated for release on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Four new masks can be seen on the artwork.

On June 21, a live-action teaser featuring the 100% ending of Warped and the title of the game was unveiled through the official Crash Bandicoot social media channels. The announcement trailer came out on June 22nd, 4pm BST.

During Summer Games Fest, an official trailer was shown, showcasing new worlds and four new Quantum Masks, known as the Phase Mask Lani-Loli, the Dark Matter Mask Akano, the Time Mask Kupuna-Wa, and the Gravity Mask Ika-Ika. Using Lani-Loli, the player will be able to change phases of certain elements, while using Akano, the player can hover and glide over the platforms or even break and knock back things that the normal spin can't, using Kupuna-Wa, the player will be able to slow time to a crawl, and while using Ika-Ika, the player can reverse gravity to walk on ceilings.

Story

Neo Cortex and N. Tropy are back at it again and launching an all-out assault on not just this universe, but the entire multiverse! Crash and Coco are here to save the day by reuniting the four quantum masks and bending the rules of reality.

Official PlayStation Store description.

Following their defeat at the hands of Crash Bandicoot in Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Uka Uka attempts to liberate himself and Doctors Neo Cortex and N. Tropy from their prison in the past. His latest effort rips open a hole in the fabric of space and time, and causes him to pass out. Cortex and N. Tropy swiftly escape, abandoning Uka Uka, and discover that the rift they use links their universe to the rest of the multiverse, and decide to make use of it to conquer all dimensions. To ensure success, the pair create a generator capable of opening other space-time rifts and recruit aid from Doctors N. Gin and N. Brio to provide an army in anticipation of their enemies' interference. Meanwhile, Aku Aku, Uka Uka's older twin brother, senses the disturbance in space and time and quickly rushes Crash to N. Sanity Peak. Upon arriving, he comes across Lani-Loli, whom Aku Aku recognizes as one of the Quantum Masks – four ancient witch doctor masks that have great power over space and time, and who would only appear if something has opened up the multiverse. Lani spots a rift and suspects there is trouble, leading to Crash and his sister Coco agreeing to follow him across the multiverse and find the other Quantum Masks, while combating the chaos Cortex is creating.

During their adventures, the pair meet an alternate version of Tawna, Crash's old girlfriend, who offers her help while undertaking an adventure of her own. At the same time, Dingodile, who was recently retired from villainy to run his own restaurant, finds himself caught up in the chaos when his business is burned down by a rival restaurant and he is sucked into another dimension by a spacial disruption. While Dingodile does not interact with Crash's adventure at first, his actions inadvertently assist Crash and Coco at various points in space and time. Crash and Coco find two more of the Quantum Masks, named Akano and Kupuna-Wa, and defeat N. Gin and N. Brio. After facing and defeating Cortex, N. Tropy betrays him and reveals that he and his new partner (later revealed to be an alternate version of N. Tropy from Tawna's universe) are going to remake the multiverse and subsequently erase Cortex, Crash, Coco and the Masks from existence. A furious Cortex agrees to team up with the bandicoots and the three rescue the last Quantum Mask, Ika-Ika, and eventually meet up with Dingodile and Tawna. Together, the team successfully tracks down and defeat the two N. Tropys and the Quantum Masks destroy the Rift Generator, sealing all the space-time disruptions.

However, after taking a celebratory trip to a futuristic city, Cortex betrays the group and kidnaps Kupuna-Wa, using her to travel back in time before the events of his first bid for world domination in an attempt to avert Crash's creation. Ultimately, he is unsuccessful in both convincing his past self to abandon the experiment and repelling the present Crash, Coco and Aku Aku, who followed him from the future. As the Quantum Masks banish him to the end of the universe, the past Cortex proceeds with the experiment, preparing to brainwash the past Crash with the Cortex Vortex; the present Crash accidentally destroys the Vortex's power source, causing it to malfunction and fail to brainwash his past self, thereby ensuring his own creation. Dingodile rebuilds and reopens his diner, Cortex relaxes on a beach and enjoys the peace and quiet, and Crash, Coco, Tawna, Aku Aku and the Quantum Masks play video games at their home on N. Sanity Island. Following an epilogue narrated by Crash detailing the fates and whereabouts of the game's characters, Cortex's relaxation is interrupted by the sudden appearance of Uka Uka.

Gameplay

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is a platform game in which the player primarily controls either the titular character Crash or his sister Coco, who are tasked with saving the multiverse from domination by Doctors Neo Cortex and Nefarious Tropy. The player can switch between controlling Crash or Coco at any time within the level select screen. The game can be played in two different styles, which can be selected before the start of a new game and can be switched at any time in the options menu. The default play-style is "Modern", in which the player will always return to the latest checkpoint when the player character dies. In the other play-style, "Retro", the player is given a limited number of lives which will go down by one whenever Crash or Coco get hit by a enemy, or suffer any other type of damage, but more can be collected within the levels. After all lives are lost, the game is over, but the player can resume playing by restarting the current level. Neither the game's difficulty nor reward progress is affected by the differing play-styles.

Crash and Coco's basic maneuvers include jumping and double jumping, a spinning attack, crawling, sliding, and slamming onto the ground. They can also grind on, hang off and hop across rails, as well as run along designated walls. Scattered throughout the levels are a wide variety of crates serving different functions. Crates generally contain Wumpa Fruit, which grant an extra life if 100 are collected in the "Retro" play-style. Other crates contain an Aku Aku mask, which shields the player character from contact with a single enemy or hazard. Collecting three consecutive Aku Aku masks will grant the player character temporary invincibility from all dangers except falling down bottomless pits. While invincible, the player character can automatically kill enemies and break crates within a certain radius. Each level includes a total of twelve Gems, which can be obtained by fulfilling objectives such as collecting a certain amount of Wumpa Fruit, breaking all the level's crates, completing the level without dying more than three times, and finding the Gem in a hidden area. Earning a certain amount of Gems in a level unlocks a cosmetic skin for either Crash or Coco, for each a total of 26 skins can be unlocked.

Within each level is a Bonus area that is accessed via a platform bearing a yellow question mark. Each Bonus area consists of a short side-scrolling puzzle sequence in which the player must break all the crates within the area. Dying in a Bonus area will not deplete a life in the Retro play-style, and results in the player character respawning next to the Bonus platform within the level. Other Bonus areas can be unlocked by locating and collecting four colored Gems hidden in the game.

The game's levels are divided across ten Dimensions, each with their own theme. Aside from the main levels, every other Dimension includes a dedicated boss level. Completing any given level will unlock a Time Trial, in which the player must complete the level as quickly as possible. Time Trials are activated by collecting a stopwatch icon at the beginning of the level. While a Time Trial is active, all checkpoints are removed, thus requiring the player to start the level over if the player character dies. Clearing the Trouble Brewing level unlocks an N. Verted mode for each level, in which the level's path is inverted, a different visual effect depending on the level's Dimension is applied, and the Wumpa Fruit are rebranded as Bumpa Berries. Six of a level's twelve Gems are only accessible in the N. Verted mode. Some levels contain Flashback Tapes, which must be collected without dying. If the player character dies before collecting a Flashback Tape, it will disappear unless the player restarts the level from the beginning. Collecting a Flashback Tape unlocks a Flashback Level, a side-scrolling level that takes place before and during the first game.

A feature new to the series is the Quantum Masks, four magical masks that are scattered throughout the game and grant Crash and Coco special powers to traverse obstacles during particular segments. Lani-Loli can phase objects in and out of tangibility, Akano grants the player character a violent dark matter spin that enables them to glide across the air and deflect projectiles, Kupuna-Wa can slow the flow of time, and Ika-Ika can reverse gravity. Aside from Crash and Coco, three other characters are controlled during certain levels: Cortex, Dingodile, and a version of Crash's former love interest Tawna from another dimension. Each character features their own unique move sets. Cortex makes use of a ray gun that can be used to transform enemies into solid or bouncy platforms, along with being able to perform a forward dash, Dingodile primarily makes use of a vacuum gun, which can be used to suck up and fire enemies and objects, and Tawna, while maintaining some moves used by Crash and Coco, makes use of a grappling hook to hit objects from long distances.

Controls

Button	Movement
	Jump
x2	Double Jump
	Spin
Tap X3	To spin three times (after defeating Neo Cortex in The Past Unmasked)

Levels

There are 64 distinct levels in It's About Time. Most are divided among 10 different hub worlds, accessible through the Dimensional Map or the Level Stats of the pause menu. There are 4 types of level:

• 29 "main path" levels, typically playable only as Crash or Coco. These must be completed to progress the story.
• 5 boss fights, the final levels in every other dimension.
• 9 "timeline" levels, which are alternate versions of main path levels. They include a brief segment playable as either Tawna, Dingodile, or Neo Cortex, followed by the rest of the main level as Crash/Coco with altered crate placements. While they provide context to events that occur in the story, they are not necessary to progress.
• 21 "flashback" levels, unlocked by collecting a main level's flashback tape. These too are optional, and are accessible in every hub world. Eleven are exclusive to Crash and ten are to Coco.

Levels are played in sequential order (as opposed to the "Warp Room" style of gameplay common to previous Crash Bandicoot games); however, unlocking new playable characters opens previously locked timeline levels from earlier in the game.

Each non-flashback level has an N. Verted Mode, which mirrors the level, places a visual filter over it and has its own set of N. Verted Gems to collect.

Hub	Level	Character	Earnable	Relic Times	Crates
N. Sanity Island (Present Day)	Rude Awakening			1:40.98 1:20.45 0:53.97 0:39.27	104
			6 clear gems
	N. Sanity Peak			1:22.44 1:07.68 0:43.81 0:31.52	86
			6 clear gems
The Hazardous Wastes (2084)	A Real Grind			1:39.18 1:16.41 0:59.11 0:44.61	153
			6 clear gems
	Crash Compactor			1:17.13 1:06.87 0:42.66 0:26.79	136
			6 clear gems
	Hit the Road			2:52.60 2:03.55 1:34.11 1:16.30	168
			6 clear gems
	Truck Stopped			2:04.08 1:43.77 1:18.86 1:09.20	193
			6 clear gems
	Stage Dive		Beat N. Verted	N/A
Salty Wharf (1717)	Booty Calls			1:43.94 1:29.16 0:59.56 0:47.84	173
			6 clear gems
	Thar He Blows!	/		2:06.44 1:38.68 0:47.79 0:24.06	283
			6 clear gems
	Hook, Line, and Sinker			2:01.37 1:44.30 1:19.69 1:06.38	100
			6 clear gems
	Jetboard Jetty			2:07.54 1:37.16 0:53.86 0:32.74	196
			6 clear gems
Tranquility Falls (1402)	Give It a Spin			2:21.77 1:30.52 1:15.58 1:00.22	212
			6 clear gems
	Potion Commotion	/		2:01.86 1:28.80 0:54.61 0:38.00	175
			6 clear gems
	Draggin' On	/		3:23.83 2:25.03 1:51.59 1:37.38	139
			6 clear gems
	Off-Balance			2:46.38 1:58.12 1:28.76 1:16.76	187
			6 clear gems
	Trouble Brewing		Beat normally	N/A
			Beat N. Verted
Mosquito Marsh (A Few Days Ago)	Off Beat			3:06:19 2:20.86 1:09.16 0:41.27	215
			6 clear gems
	Home Cookin'			3:29.80 2:36.46 1:57.55 1:45.26	398
			6 clear gems
	Run It Bayou	/		2:42.61 2:30.33 1:42.97 1:35.30	272
			6 clear gems
	No Dillo Dallying	/		3:26.08 2:58.39 1:30.16 1:17.11	502
			6 clear gems
The 11th Dimension (1954)	Snow Way Out	/		2:33.75 2:07.08 1:18.81 1:05.19	153
			7 clear gems
	Ship Happens	/		3:15.67 2:16.08 1:10.76 0:39.43	176
			7 clear gems
	Stay Frosty	/		2:55.91 1:58.81 0:53.50 0:41.40	137
			7 clear gems
	Bears Repeating			2:46.63 2:09.97 1:29.01 1:10.55	227
			7 clear gems
	Building Bridges	/		2:07.91 1:39.47 1:05.44 0:56.15	228
			7 clear gems
	4th Time's a Charm	/	Beat N. Verted	N/A
Eggipus Dimension (88 Million B.C.B)	Blast to the Past			1:28.44 1:18.79 0:52.83 0:43.95	110
			8 clear gems
	Fossil Fueled			2:46.94 2:09.55 1:20.86 0:52.90	101
			8 clear gems
	Dino Dash	/		2:39.69 2:14.35 1:35.70 1:12.38	159
			8 clear gems
	Rock Blocked	/		3:19.27 2:44.80 1:43.50 1:34.44	317
			8 clear gems
Bermugula's Orbit (???)	Out for Launch	/		2:18.80 1:42.20 1:20.01 0:59.45	189
			9 clear gems
	Shipping Error	/		3:29.27 3:08.49 2:06.62 1:32.05	230
			9 clear gems
	Stowing Away	/		2:52.80 1:56.72 1:13.37 0:51.38	152
			9 clear gems
	Crash Landed			3:08.83 2:35.82 1:43.15 1:17.84	234
			9 clear gems
	A Hole in Space		Beat N. Verted	N/A
The Sn@xx Dimension (3023)	Food Run	/		2:32.25 2:05.69 1:44.63 1:26.91	171
			10 clear gems
	Rush Hour			4:58.04 4:32.23 3:40.61 3:15.47	441
			10 clear gems
	The Crate Escape	/		3:01.02 2:22.33 1:47.51 1:29.19	122
			10 clear gems
Cortex Island (1996)	Nitro Processing	/		3:54.10 2:50.77 2:15.69 2:01.00	135
			11 clear gems
	Toxic Tunnels			3:25.39 2:32.50 2:01.66 1:47.31	273
			11 clear gems
	Cortex Castle			2:55.58 2:34.49 1:59.87 1:34.19	170
			12 clear gems
	Seeing Double	/		2:47.97 2:25.39 1:25.11 1:08.77	129
			12 clear gems
	The Past Unmasked	/	Beat N. Verted	N/A

Other Levels

• Flashback Levels

Characters

Playable

• Crash Bandicoot
  • Fake Crash
• Coco Bandicoot
  • Fake Coco
• Tawna
• Dingodile
• Neo Cortex

Bosses

• N. Gin
• Louise
• N. Brio
• N. Tropy
• Nefarious Tropy (F)
• Neo Cortex

Supporting

• Aku Aku
• Uka Uka
• Quantum Masks
• Polar
• Nitros Oxide
• Shnurgle

Cameos

• Catbat
• Chick Gizzard Lips
• Cortex's father
• Crunch Bandicoot
• Elementals
• Evil Twins
• Koala Kong
• Mega-Mix
• N. Trance
• Nina Cortex
• Papu Papu
• Penta Penguin
• Pinstripe Potoroo
• Pura
• Ripper Roo
• Sharon Cortex
• Spyro the Dragon
• Stew
• Tawna Bandicoot
• Tiny Tiger
• Zem

Trophies/Achievements

Trophy Name	Image	Trophy Value	Description	Criteria
Master Marsupial			Get EVERY trophy	Earn every other Trophy in the game.
Beat 'Em Any Which Way			Beat any boss in N. Verted mode	Defeat any boss in N. Verted Mode.
Backwards & Forwards			Complete ALL levels in N. Verted mode	Finish every level in N. Verted mode.
IT'S MESSING WITH MY HEAD, MAN!!!			Beat a level in N. Verted mode	Finish a level in N. Verted Mode.
Taking the Side Road			Complete a Bonus Path	Complete any Bonus Round.
The Whole Picture			Complete all Timelines	Complete all timeline levels.
Putting Things in Perspective			Complete any Timeline	Complete any Timeline level.
Fleet of Feet			Play a game of Checkpoint Race	Play a round of checkpoint race in multiplayer mode.
Settle the Score			Play a game of Crate Combo	Play a round of crate combo in multiplayer mode.
What Has Been, Will Be Again			Defeat Dr. Neo Cortex… again.	Complete The Past Unmasked.
The Fourth Time			Defeat Dr. Neo Cortex	Complete 4th Time's a Charm.
Master Mixologist			Defeat N. Brio	Complete Trouble Brewing.
Beaten With His Own Drum			Defeat N. Gin and his Weapon of Mass Percussion	Complete Stage Dive.
Twinsanity			Defeat the Doctor N. Tropys	Complete A Hole in Space.
Overachiever			Watch the 100% bonus ending	Earn 100% Completion and watch the bonus ending.
OVER-Overachiever			Watch the 106% bonus ending	Earn 106% completion and watch the true ending.
Sapphire-er Acquirer			Find the hidden Blue Gem	Collect the Blue gem in Draggin' On.
Like a Rhinestone Bandicoot			Earn half of the Clear Gems	Collect 114 Clear Gems.
King of Bling			Earn ALL of the Clear Gems	Collect all 228 Clear Gems.
gnilB fo gniK			Earn ALL N. Verted Gems	Collect all 228 N. Verted Gems.
Emerald Gemerald			Find the hidden Green Gem	Collect the Green gem in Hit the Road or Truck Stopped.
Ruby Red			Find the hidden Red Gem	Collect the Red gem in N. Sanity Peak.
Topaz Pizazz			Find the hidden Yellow Gem	Collect the Yellow gem in Run It Bayou.
Altitude Sickness			Crouch or slide into a double jump	Do a slide jump combined with a Double Jump.
Silent Protagonist			Meet 'Akano	Finish the level Jetboard Jetty.
Ups and Downs			Meet Ika-Ika	Finish the level Dino Dash.
Reality-Shattering Proportions			Meet Lani-Loli	Finish the level N. Sanity Peak.
I Can See Through Time			Meet Kupuna-Wa	Finish the level Run It Bayou.
No It's MY Turn			Complete a level with Pass N. Play enabled	Finish a level with Pass N. Play enabled.
Ladies First			Complete a level as Coco	Finish a level as Coco.
Sudden But Inevitable			Betrayed! By your worst enemy.	Finish the level The Crate Escape.
Model Test Subject			Earn any Flashback Relic	Earn any Flashback Relic.
Closing the Experiment Log			Earn ALL of the platinum Flashback Relics	Earn all 38 Platinum Flashback Relics.
Perfectionist			Earn ALL N. Sanely Perfect Relics	Earn all 38 N. Sanely Perfect Relics.
So-Called Perfectionist			Earn any N. Sanely Perfect Relic	Earn any N. Sanely Perfect Relic.
Faster Than a Tortoise			Earn any Time Trial Relic	Earn any Time Trial Relic.
Faster Than Sound			Earn ALL of the platinum Time Trial Relics	Earn every Platinum Relic.
All Gussied Up			Try on a Skin	Equip any skin with Crash or Coco.
Whoa!			Pull off a Triple Spin	Successfully do a complete Triple Spin.
Showoff			Defeat an enemy with Triple Spin	Defeat any enemy with a Triple Spin.
N. Vincible			Beat a story level without dying	Finish a story level without dying.
A/V Club Founder			Acquire a Flashback Tape	Collect any Flashback Tape.
Tree Droppings			Find the source of the Bumpa Berries	Spin one of the overhanging branches on the sides of the tree at the beginning of the level Off-Balance.
Here Kitty Kitty			Scare the cat hiding from a party	Spin the dumpster just after the third checkpoint in the level Off Beat.
Give 'Em a Broadside!			Aim and fire!	Spin the two cannons at the end of the Dingodile segment of Thar He Blows!.
Bad Signs			Do some target practice	Shoot the purple bat targets with a TNT barrel or crate in the level Home Cookin'.
Junkyard Jams			Make music in an unlikely place	Spin 3 barrels at the start of the level and 3 more outside the bonus round in Hit the Road.
WOAH YEAH!			Grabbed a bushel of Bumpa	Collect every Bumpa Berry in the intro to A Hole in Space.
Silence the Scientist			Shut N. Brio up	Destroy one of N. Brio's potions in Give It a Spin, Draggin' On or Off-Balance.
Megaphoning It In			Shut N. Gin up	Destroy one of N. Gin's speakers in A Real Grind, Crash Compactor or Hit the Road.
Hammer it Home			Make some noise!	Spin all the gongs in Draggin' On.
Channel Surfer			Spend some time surfin' the waves	Spin the TV in Rude Awakening.

Multiplayer

The game features a rudimentary series of cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes. The former, titled "Pass N. Play" is a retro-styled "pass the controller" mode where-in two players work together to complete a stage, with the controller being passed to the next player upon the previous one dying.

The latter is referred to as "Bandicoot Battle" which contains two rule sets: Checkpoint Race and Crate Combo, both of which can be played by up to four players, with players 1 and 2 controlling Crash and Coco, and players 3 and 4 controlling their Fake counterparts.

Checkpoint Race sees both players racing from checkpoint to checkpoint for the fastest time. Crate Combo, however, sees the players attempting to rack up a crate combo from checkpoint to checkpoint. In both modes, whoever wins the most checkpoints by the end being declared the overall winner. Additionally, much like Pass N. Play, each player completes their sessions separately, with the main difference being that players 2, 3 and 4 can use their own controllers, rather than needing to share a singular one.

Skins

Main article: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time/Skins

Art Scrapbook

Main article: The Art of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Gallery

Main article: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time/Gallery

Names in other languages

Language	Name
Chinese	古惑狼4：时机已到 Gǔ huò láng 4: Shíjī yǐ dào
Japanese	クラッシュ・バンディクー4 とんでもマルチバース Kurasshu Bandikū 4: Tondemo Maruchibāsu
Polish	Crash Bandicoot 4: Najwyższy Czas
Russian	Crash Bandicoot 4: Это вопрос времени Crash Bandicoot 4: Ėto vopros vremeni

This game was developed in English and was officially localized into Arabic, European Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese and Russian.

The Polish and Russian versions were not dubbed, featuring the original English audio with subtitles.

Russian logo

Polish logo

Japanese logo

Voice cast

Language	Voice actor	Character
English	Andrew Morgado	Fake Crash (NPC cameo) Additional voices
	Cherise Boothe	Kupuna-Wa
	Chris Fries	Additional voices
	Corey Burton	N. Gin Nitros Oxide
	Eden Riegel	Coco Bandicoot Fake Coco
	Edward Bosco	Additional voices
	Fred Tatasciore	Dingodile Ika-Ika (optimistic)
	Greg Eagles	Aku Aku
	Jon Lipow	Additional voices
	Jon Olson	Additional voices
	JP Karliak	N. Tropy
	Keith Silverstein	Additional voices
	Lex Lang	Neo Cortex
	Misty Lee	Polar
	Richard Steven Horvitz	Lani-Loli
	Roger Craig Smith	N. Brio
	Salli Saffioti	Additional voices
	Sarah Tancer	Additional voices
	Scott Whyte	Crash Bandicoot Fake Crash (player skin)
	Ursula Taherian	Tawna
	Yuri Lowenthal	Additional voices
	Zeno Robinson	Ika-Ika (pessimistic)
Brazilian Portuguese	Alex Barone	Crash Bandicoot Disclaimer
	Ricardo Rossatto	Neo Cortex
	Luiza Caspary	Coco Bandicoot
	Michelle Guidice	Tawna
	Leonardo José	Dingodile
	Milton Levy	N. Tropy
	Lia Mello	female N. Tropy
	Pierre Bittencourt	Aku Aku
	Antonio Moreno	Akano
	Isabella Guarnieri	Kupuna-Wa
	Daniel Figueira	Ika-Ika (pessimistic)
	Reinaldo Gonzaga	Ika-Ika (optimistic)
	Claudia Victoria	Lani-Loli
	Fred Mascarenhas	N. Gin
	Caio César Oliveira	N. Brio
	Rodrigo Firmo	Nitros Oxide
Italian	Pino Piravano	Crash Bandicoot
	Renzo Ferrini	Aku Aku
	Martina Tamburello	Coco Bandicoot
	Chiara Francese	Tawna
	Silvano Piccardi	Neo Cortex
	Andrea De Nisco	Dingodile
	Matteo Zanotti	Lani-Loli
	Elisabetta Cesone	Kupuna-Wa
	Gianni Gaude	Ika-Ika
	Ruggero Andreozzi	Ika-Ika
	Antonello Governale	N. Tropy
	Marina Thovez	N. Tropy (F)
	Oliviero Corbetta	N. Gin N. Brio
	Luca Sandri	Nitros Oxide
Japanese	Haruna Ikezawa	Coco Bandicoot
	Akiko Toda	Tawna
	Kenichi Ogata	Aku Aku
	Masaaki Itatori	Neo Cortex
	Shunsuke Sakuya	N. Gin
	Masaru Ikeda	N. Tropy
	Keisuke Ishida	Dingodile
	Setsuo Itō	Lani-Loli
	Keiko Domon	Kupuna-Wa
	Noriaki Sugiyama	Ika-Ika
	Hiroshi Nakamura	Akano
Latin American Spanish	Circe Luna	Coco Bandicoot
	Carla Castañeda	Tawna
	Gerardo Vásquez	Aku Aku
	Ferso Velázquez	Lani-Loli

Trivia

• The game was initially planned to be open world, but the idea was quickly dropped as Toys for Bob wanted to "stay authentic to the classic experience."
• In Tawna's epilogue for the 100% ending, the narrator says that she explored El Dorado, Shangri-La and Atlantis, and had met Shmathan Trake, which is a reference to Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series and his previous adventures in Drake's Fortune, Among Thieves and Drake's Deception.
  • Furthermore, there's a promotional video of Crash and Coco playing Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.
• The subtitle is a reference to the 12 year timespan between the release of Crash: Mind Over Mutant (2008) and It's About Time (2020). The former game was the last mainline Crash Bandicoot title to be developed prior to the hiatus.
• It's About Time is the second game to be titled Crash Bandicoot 4, after The Wrath of Cortex's Japanese release.
• The game was dedicated to the memory of Aku Aku's original voice actor Mel Winkler, who passed away earlier in the year of its release.
• This is the first game since Crash Nitro Kart where Crash is voiced by someone other than Jess Harnell.
  • Additionally, this is the first game since Crash Bash where Debi Derryberry doesn't voice Coco.
• This is the first, and so far only, game in the series where the Japanese cover doesn't use the Japanese Crash design. However, the box art was still altered to give the characters a fifth finger.
• This is the first game in the series to be localized in Polish.
• In the game's opening cinematic, there are twenty-two tally marks etched in stone in Cortex and N. Tropy's prison, the number of years that passed between the release of Warped and It's About Time.
• This is the only Crash Bandicoot game to feature enemies in bonus rounds, which also feature their own Nitro Switch Crate.
• One of the achievements is named "Twinsanity", named after Crash Twinsanity.
• It's About Time is the first ever Crash Bandicoot game to be released on the PlayStation 5, and the Xbox Series X/S video game consoles.
• In the 100% ending illustration for Tawna, a case for "Spyro Reignited Trilogy" can be seen amidst a stack of game cases.
• There are 18,482 crates in total, including N. Verted and Flashback Tape stages, which is the largest total number of crates in any Crash Bandicoot game.
• Paul Yan stated in interviews for the game that the previous post-Naughty Dog Crash sequels may have taken place in alternate timelines than this entry's. He'd later rescind this at GDC 2021 by stating that those games come after It's About Time in its chronological timeline.