Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

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Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is a 3D platforming video game published by Activision and developed by Toys for Bob. It is the fourth mainline title in the Crash Bandicoot series.

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.^[1]

The next day (June 19), 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 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.^[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.

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 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 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 track 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 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

Supporting

Cameos

Levels

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

Twenty-nine "main path" levels, typically playable only as Crash or Coco. These must be completed to progress the story.
Five boss fights, the final levels in every other dimension.
Nine "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.
Twenty-one "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	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	N/A
	Trouble Brewing	/	Beat N. Verted	N/A	N/A
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	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	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	N/A

Other Levels

Flashback Levels

Trophies/Achievements


Trophy Name	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 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

It's About Time/Skins

Art Scrapbook

The Art of It's About Time

Gallery

It's About Time/Gallery

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
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 Matter of Time
Polish	Crash Bandicoot 4: Najwyższy czas	Crash Bandicoot 4: High Time

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Cast

English

Scott Whyte as Crash Bandicoot
Eden Riegel as Coco Bandicoot, Fake Coco
Ursula Taherian as Tawna (It's About Time)
Greg Eagles as Aku Aku
TBA as Uka Uka
Andrew Morgado as Fake Crash
Cherise Boothe as Kupuna-Wa
Corey Burton as N. Gin and Nitros Oxide
Fred Tatasciore as Dingodile, Akano and Happy Ika-Ika
JP Karliak as Nefarious Tropy
Sarah Tancer as Nefarious Tropy (female)
Lex Lang as Neo Cortex
Misty Lee as Polar
Richard Steven Horvitz as Lani-Loli
Roger Craig Smith as Nitrus Brio, Commercial Disclaimer
Zeno Robinson as Downer Ika-Ika
Edward Bosco as Additional Voices
Chris Fries as Additional Voices
Jon Olson as Additional Voices
Jonathon Lipow as Additional Voices
Keith Silverstein as Additional Voices
Salli Saffioti as Additional Voices
Yuri Lowenthal as Additional Voices

Japanese

TBA as Crash Bandicoot
Haruna Ikezawa as Coco Bandicoot
Akiko Toda as Tawna (It's About Time)
Kenichi Ogata as Aku Aku
Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Uka Uka
Masaaki Itatori as Neo Cortex
Shunsuke Sakuya as N. Gin
Mitsuru Ogata as Nitrus Brio
Masaru Ikeda as Nefarious Tropy
TBA as Nefarious Tropy (female)
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
TBA as Fake Crash
TBA as Fake Coco

Latin American Spanish

Jaime Alberto Carrillo as Crash Bandicoot
Circe Luna as Coco Bandicoot
Carla Castañeda as Tawna (It's About Time)
Gerardo Vásquez as Aku Aku
Ferso Velázquez as Lani-Loli
Erick Selim as Akano
Rommy Mendoza as Kupuna-Wa
Óscar Gómez as optimistic Ika-Ika
Óscar Garibay as pessimistic Ika-Ika
Leonardo García as Neo Cortex
Raúl Anaya as Nefarious Tropy
Cony Madera as Nefarious Tropy (female)
Emmanuel Bernal as Nitrus Brio
Kristoffer Romo as N. Gin
Eduardo Ramírez as Nitros Oxide

Brazilian Portuguese

Alex Barrone as Crash Bandicoot
Luiza Caspary as Coco Bandicoot
Michelle Guidice as Tawna (It's About Time)
Pierre Bittencourt as Aku Aku
TBA as Uka Uka
Claudia Victória as Lani-Loli
Antonio Moreno as Akano
Leonardo José as Dingodile
Milton Levy as Nefarious Tropy
Lia Mello as Nefarious Tropy (female)
Isabella Guarneri as Kupuna-Wa
Ricardo Rossato as Neo Cortex
Fred Mascareiras as N. Gin
Caio César Oliveira as Nitrus Brio
Reinaldo Gonzaga as Happy Ika-Ika
Daniel Figueira as Downer Ika-Ika
Rodrigo Firmo as Nitros Oxide

French

Trivia

The title is a reference to the timespan between the release of Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped and It's About Time.
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 only game in the series where the Japanese cover doesn't use the Japanese Crash design.
This is the first game in the series to be localized in Polish.
This is the first mainline Crash Bandicoot game to introduce 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 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 Generation 9 video game consoles.
In the 100% ending illustration for Tawna, a case for "Spyro Reignited Trilogy" can be seen amisdst a stack of game cases.
There are 18,482 crates in total, including N.Verted and Flashback Tape stages, which is the biggest number of crates in any Crash game, even overthrowing Wrath of Cortex from that title

References

↑ Mysterious Crash Bandicoot Teaser Puzzles Have Been Sent Out. GameSpot. Accessed June 19, 2020.
↑ Crash Bandicoot's Tweet

[1] Mysterious Crash Bandicoot Teaser Puzzles Have Been Sent Out. GameSpot. Accessed June 19, 2020.

[2] Crash Bandicoot's Tweet

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