A nitro switch crate in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back.
The nitro switch crate is a type of crate that appears throughout the Crash Bandicoot series, usually near the end of a level. They appear as green-colored ! crates. When attacked, they cause all remaining nitro crates in the level to explode.
In Cortex Strikes Back and Warped, any crates surrounding nitro crates will not be blown up after activating the nitro detonator unless the explosion is near the player.
In Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, any crates surrounding nitro crates will be blown up by a nitro detonator, with various death routes and gem paths relying on this for the box gem.
In Crash Twinsanity, they are equivalent to detonator crates. There are only two in the game.
In Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, nitro switch crates may appear in bonus rounds, destroying all nitro crates within the round only.
Other Names[]
- Green ! Boxes - Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back manual
- Nitro Switch Box - Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back strategy guide, Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced manual, Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
- Green Exclamation Crate - Crash Bandicoot: Warped manual
Descriptions[]
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back[]
- Manual
"Spin or jump on these boxes to detonate ALL of the Nitro Boxes on that level. This is important for Box Completion."
- Dimension Publishing strategy guide
"These boxes do one thing, and one thing only -- destroy all of the Nitro boxes on that level. One note: If it looks like you can break a box that is next to a Nitro box... break it! If it's not close enough to the Nitro box, it will not be destroyed when you hit the Nitro switch box."[1]
Crash Bandicoot: Warped[]
- Manual
"Explodes every Nitro box in the level."
- Prima strategy guide
"You will usually find these Green Exclamation crates at the end of the level. Spin them to set off the Nitro boxes in the level."
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure and Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced[]
- Manual
"Smacking these will detonate every Nitro Crate in the level."
- Wrath of Cortex - Bradygames strategy guide
"Smashing this box will detonate every Nitro Crate in the level."
- N-Tranced - Prima strategy guide
"Usually found at the end of a level. Smack it to destroy all the untouchable Nitro Crates in a level."
Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage[]
- Manual
"Hit this to destroy all Nitro crates in the current level."
Appearances[]
- Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
- Crash Bandicoot: Warped
- Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
- Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
- Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
- Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
- Crash Twinsanity
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
- Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
- Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!
Gallery[]
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 硝酸開關箱[2] Xiāosuān kāiguān xiāng |
| Danish | Nitro Aktiverings Kasser[3] |
| Dutch | Nitro-Schakelaardoos |
| Finnish | Nitro Kytkinlaatikko[4] |
| French | Caisse Interrupteur Nitro Boîte de Nitro (Purple)[a] |
| German | Nitro-Schalterkiste |
| Greek | Πράσινα Κουτιά ![5] Prásina Koutiá ! |
| Italian | Cassa Detonatore Nitro Scatola Detonatore Nitro (Purple)[a] |
| Japanese | !ブロック (緑) ニトロスイッチボックス (Purple)[a] !burakko (midori) Nitoro suitchi bokkusu (Purple) |
| Korean | ! 블록 (초록색)[6] ! beullog (chologsaeg) |
| Norwegian | Nitro-bryterboks[7] |
| Portuguese | Caixas Verdes ![8] |
| Spanish | Caja Interruptor Nitro Caja Detonador Nitro (Purple)[a] |
References[]
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/crash-2-dimension-guide/IMG_20250523_0005.jpg
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/wrath-of-cortex-taiwan/IMG_20240510_0010.jpg
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/sles-50386-crash-bandicoot-the-wrath-of-cortex-pal-nordic-manual/page/n43/mode/2up
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/sles-50386-crash-bandicoot-the-wrath-of-cortex-pal-nordic-manual/page/n51/mode/2up
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/sces-00967-es-it-pt-gr-manual/SCES-00967-%28Es%2CIt%2CPt%2CGr%29-M020.jpg
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/return-of-the-demon-king/IMG_20240315_0013.jpg
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/sles-50386-crash-bandicoot-the-wrath-of-cortex-pal-nordic-manual/page/n35/mode/2up
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/sces-00967-es-it-pt-gr-manual/SCES-00967-%28Es%2CIt%2CPt%2CGr%29-M013.jpg
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