


Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is a 3D platforming video game published by Activision, developed by Toys for Bob and is the eighth mainline title but the fourth one chronologically in the Crash Bandicoot series.
The game was first properly teased on the 18th of June 2020, where several video game news reporters were sent jigsaw puzzles that revealed a new, mysterious mask character.[1]
The next day, the 19th of June, the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee filed a rating for the game, revealing its title, placeholder 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 21st, 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.[2] 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, while 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 manuever on ceilings and wall run.
Contents
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 22 years prior, Uka Uka attempts to liberate himself and Doctors Neo Cortex and Nefarious 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 Nitrus 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 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 a female 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 track down and defeat the two N. Tropies 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 steals 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 killing 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 reject 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.
Characters
Playable
Bosses
- Doctor N. Gin
- Louise
- Doctor Nitrus Brio
- Doctor Nefarious Tropy
- Doctor Nefarious Tropy (female)
- Doctor Neo Cortex
Supporting
Cameos
- Chick Gizzard Lips
- Cortex's Mother
- 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
- Spyro the Dragon
- Stew
- Tawna
- Tiny Tiger
- Zem
Levels
Dimensional Map (Hub) | Character | Level | Items & Unlockables | Relic Times | Crates |
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N. Sanity Island (Present Day) | ![]() |
Rude Awakening | ![]()
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104 | |
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N. Sanity Peak | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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86 | |
The Hazardous Wastes (2084) | ![]() |
A Real Grind | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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153 |
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Crash Compactor | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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136 | |
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Hit the Road | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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168 | |
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Truck Stopped | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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|
193 | |
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Stage Dive | N/A (Normal Mode) ![]() |
N/A | ||
Salty Wharf (1717) | ![]() |
Booty Calls | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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173 |
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Thar He Blows! | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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283 | |
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Hook, Line, and Sinker | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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|
100 | |
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Jetboard Jetty | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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196 | |
Tranquility Falls (1402) | ![]() |
Give It a Spin | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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212 |
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Potion Commotion | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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|
175 | |
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Draggin' On | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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|
139 | |
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Off-Balance | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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|
187 | |
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Trouble Brewing | ![]() ![]() |
N/A | ||
Mosquito Marsh (A Few Days Ago) | ![]() |
Off Beat | ![]()
|
215 | |
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Home Cookin' | ![]()
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398 | ||
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Run It Bayou | ![]()
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272 | ||
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No Dillo Dallying | ![]()
|
502 | ||
The 11th Dimension (1954) | ![]() |
Snow Way Out | ![]()
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153 | |
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Ship Happens | ![]()
|
176 | ||
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Stay Frosty | ![]()
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137 | ||
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Bears Repeating | ![]()
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227 | ||
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Building Bridges | ![]()
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228 | ||
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4th Time's a Charm | N/A (Normal Mode) |
N/A | ||
Eggipus Dimension (88 Million B.C.B) | ![]() |
Blast to the Past | ![]()
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110 | |
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Fossil Fueled | ![]()
|
101 | ||
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Dino Dash | ![]()
|
159 | ||
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Rock Blocked | ![]()
|
317 | ||
Bermugula's Orbit (???) | ![]() |
Out for Launch | ![]()
|
189 | |
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Shipping Error | ![]()
|
230 | ||
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Stowing Away | ![]()
|
152 | ||
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Crash Landed | ![]()
|
234 | ||
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A Hole in Space | N/A (Normal Mode) |
N/A | ||
The Sn@xx Dimension (3023) | ![]() |
Food Run | ![]()
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171 | |
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Rush Hour | ![]()
|
441 | ||
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The Crate Escape | ![]()
|
122 | ||
Cortex Island (1996) | ![]() |
Nitro Processing | ![]()
|
135 | |
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Toxic Tunnels | ![]()
|
273 | ||
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Cortex Castle | ![]()
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170 | ||
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Seeing Double | ![]()
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129 | ||
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The Past Unmasked | Triple Spin (Normal Mode) | N/A |
Other Levels
Trophies/Achievements
Trophy Name | Image | Trophy Value | Description | Criteria |
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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 Doctors N. Tropy | 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 multiplayer mode is introduced in this game as species of battle of bandicoots with 1, 2, 3 and 4 players that will control: Crash, Coco, Fake Crash and Fake Coco in two modes: Checkpoint Race and Crate Combo. The checkpoint race is a race of checkpoints that will who's reach in the checkpoints until the end of the level first than the other players will win and the crate combo is a combo of crates that will who's have the bigger score than the other players will win.
Skins
See: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time/Skins
Art Scrapbook
See: The Art of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Gallery
See: Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time/Gallery
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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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 |
Crash Bandicoot 4: Unexpected Multiverse |
Russian | Crash Bandicoot 4: Это вопрос времени Crash Bandicoot 4: Ėto vopros vremeni |
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's a Question of Time |
Polish | Crash Bandicoot 4: Najwyższy czas | Crash Bandicoot 4: High Time |
Arabic | TBA | TBA |
Cast
English
- Andrew Morgado as Fake Crash
- Cherise Boothe as Kupuna-Wa
- Chris Fries as Additional Voices
- Corey Burton as Doctor N. Gin and Nitros Oxide
- Eden Riegel as Coco Bandicoot
- Edward Bosco as Additional Voices
- Fred Tatasciore as Dingodile, Akano and Happy Ika-Ika
- Greg Eagles as Aku Aku
- Jonathon Lipow as Additional Voices
- Jon Olson as Additional Voices
- JP Karliak as Doctor Nefarious Tropy
- Keith Silverstein as Additional Voices
- Lex Lang as Dr. Neo Cortex
- Misty Lee as Polar
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Lani-Loli
- Roger Craig Smith as Doctor Nitrus Brio, Commercial Disclaimer
- Salli Saffioti as Additional Voices
- Sarah Tancer as Doctor Nefarious Tropy (female)
- Scott Whyte as Crash Bandicoot
- Ursula Taherian as Tawna Bandicoot
- Yuri Lowenthal as Additional Voices
- Zeno Robinson as Downer Ika-Ika
- Unidentified Voice Actor as Uka Uka
Japanese
- Kenichi Ogata as Aku Aku
- TBA as Crash Bandicoot
- Haruna Ikezawa as Coco Bandicoot
- Shōzō Īzuka as Doctor Neo Cortex
- Shunsuke Sakuya as Doctor N. Gin
- TBA as Doctor Nitrus Brio
- Masaru Ikeda as Doctor Nefarious Tropy
- TBA as Doctor Nefarious Tropy (female)
- Akiko Toda as Tawna Bandicoot
- Keisuke Ishida as Dingodile
- Setsuo Itō as Lani-Loli
- Hiroshi Nakamura as Akano
- Keiko Domon as Kupuna-Wa
- Noriaki Sugiyama as Ika-Ika
- TBA as Nitros Oxide
- TBA as Polar
- Unidentified Voice Actor as Uka Uka
Spanish
- TBA as Aku Aku
- TBA as Crash Bandicoot
- TBA as Coco Bandicoot
- TBA as Lani-Loli
- Enrique Suárez as Doctor Neo Cortex
- TBA as Doctor Nefarious Tropy
- TBA as Doctor Nitrus Brio
- TBA as Doctor N. Gin--
Portuguese
- Pierre Bittencourt as Aku Aku
- Alex Barrone as Crash Bandicoot
- Luiza Caspary as Coco Bandicoot
- Claudia Victória as Lani-Loli
- Antonio Moreno as Akano
- Leonardo José as Dingodile
- Milton Levy as Doctor Nefarious Tropy
- Lia Mello as Doctor Nefarious Tropy (female)
- Isabella Guarneri as Kupuna-Wa
- Ricardo Rossato as Doctor Neo Cortex
- Fred Mascareiras as Doctor N. Gin
- Caio César Oliveira as Doctor Nitrus Brio
- Michelle Guidice as Tawna Bandicoot
- Reinaldo Gonzaga as Happy Ika-Ika
- Daniel Figueira as Downer Ika-Ika
- Rodrigo Firmo as Nitros Oxide
- Unidentified Voice Actor as Uka Uka
Trivia
- The title is a reference to the timespan between the release of Crash: Mind Over Mutant and It's About Time.
- It's About Time is the second game to be known as 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 same year.
- 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 only game in the series where the Japanese cover doesn't use the Japanese Crash design.
- This is the first mainline Crash game to introduce the Skins.
- According to the opening cinematic, Cortex and N. Tropy have attempted to escape their prison 22 times, which also happens to be the number of years that have passed between the release of Warped and It's About Time.
- This is the only Crash Bandicoot game to feature enemies in the bonus rounds, which also feature their own Nitro Switch Crate.
- One of the achievements is named Twinsanity.
References
- ↑ Mysterious Crash Bandicoot Teaser Puzzles Have Been Sent Out. GameSpot. Accessed June 19, 2020.
- ↑ Crash Bandicoot's Tweet