Crash beside Spike (top) and Sludge (bottom), two species of titan, on the box art of Crash: Mind over Mutant
Titans (also called mutants) are mutant creatures introduced in Crash of the Titans and Crash: Mind Over Mutant and were created by Neo Cortex. In these games, Crash and Coco Bandicoot have the ability to control a titan's powers by riding on its back and placing Aku Aku over its face, a technique known as jacking.
When a wild titan takes damage, a star meter will appear above its head and increase. If the titan is left alone for too long, the meter will decrease. Once the meter is full, the titan will be stunned, and the player will be prompted to jack it. A stunned titan that isn't jacked, or a jacked titan that Crash dismounts, will die and dissolve into mojo.
All titans can perform a basic light attack, a heavy attack, and a special attack that draws from the Titan Meter. Most titans can also block attacks. In Mind Over Mutant, all titans have the ability to jump and can "level up" to become stronger by collecting mojo. Some titans gained extra combo attacks as well.
Titans were first created via a process called "Mojo Mutation", which was taught to Neo Cortex by Uka Uka. Cortex went on to create an army of loyal titans from the local wildlife. Most titans are mutated and/or spliced from wild animals, but not all: Uka Uka would later use this process to (temporarily) become a titan himself. Titans can also be created by ingesting mutagen, as was the case in Mind Over Mutant, when Cortex drank some of N. Brio's mutagen in a last-ditch effort to defeat Crash.
In Mind Over Mutant, some titan species began building settlements across Wumpa Island. The inhabitants are not jackable and look quite different to most other titans of the same species. They are also uniquely capable of speech, offering Crash directions and encouragement on his journey. Mind Over Mutant also allows the player to store jacked titans in a pocket dimension and withdraw them at a later time. The pocket can only hold one titan at a time; if a new titan enters the pocket, the old one will be withdrawn immediately. Scorporillas, Yuktopuses and bosses cannot be stored in the pocket.
Titans[]
Console-Edition Titans[]
Note: The abbreviation refers to the games the titan can be found in.
Normal Titans[]
- Battler (CotT and MOM)
- Ee-Lectric (CotT)
- Goar (CotT)
- Grimly (MOM)
- Magmadon (CotT and MOM)
- Ratcicle (CotT and MOM)
- RhinoRoller (CotT and MOM)
- Scorporilla (CotT and MOM)
- Shellephant (CotT)
- Sludge (CotT and MOM)
- Snipe (CotT and MOM)
- Spike (CotT and MOM)
- Stench (CotT and MOM)
- TK (MOM)
- Titan Heroes (MOM)
Boss Titans[]
- Arachnina (CotT)
- Crunch Bandicoot (MOM)
- Neo Cortex (MOM)
- Uka Uka (CotT)
- Yuktopus (CotT and MOM)
Nintendo DS Version Titans[]
- Polartooth
- Jawslehoff
- Spot
- B. Honda
- Whalephant
- Plug
- Tiki M.
- Porcurilla
- Phoenix
- Brat
- Bouncer
- Pandebra
- Piganna
- Joe Blow
- K. Modo
- Spider-Monkey
- Rhinostrich
- Witch Doctor
- Armydillo
- Anubis-Vicious (MOM exclusive)
- Psycho-Mandrake (MOM exclusive)
- Chimera (MOM exclusive)
(These titans appeared in both games' DS versions, unless otherwise specified.)