By defeating the boss, a new hub will be accessible for play. After completing all five levels in a hub, the boss level must be completed, in which Crash must defeat the boss character guarding the area. The goal in each level is to find and obtain a hidden Crystal. Each hub features five levels and a boss level. Initially, only the first of four hubs is available for play.
Much of the game takes place in a series of hubs, from which Crash can teleport to various areas of the Earth. A sequel, Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced, was released in 2003.Īn example of gameplay in Crash Bandicoot: The Huge AdventureĬrash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure is a platform game in which the player controls Crash Bandicoot, who must gather 20 Crystals and reverse the shrinkage of the Earth at the hands of Doctor Neo Cortex, the main antagonist of the story. Critical reactions to Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure were generally positive the game was praised for its graphics and overall design, but critics noted the game's lack of innovation. The game stemmed from an agreement between Universal Interactive Studios and Konami that enabled them to produce and publish (respectively) a Crash Bandicoot game for next-generation handheld game systems, ending the franchise's exclusivity to Sony-produced consoles. The protagonist of the story, Crash Bandicoot, must gather Crystals in order to power a device that will return the Earth to its proper size, defeating Doctor Cortex and his minions along the way. The game acts as an alternate sequel to the first four mainline games, and its story centers on a plot to shrink the Earth by the main antagonist, Doctor Neo Cortex, through the use of a gigantic weapon named the "Planetary Minimizer". The Huge Adventure is the seventh installment in the Crash Bandicoot video game series, the first Crash Bandicoot game not to be released on a PlayStation console, and the first Crash Bandicoot game to be released on a handheld console. It was released in North America on Februand in Europe on March 15, 2002. Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure (released as Crash Bandicoot XS in Europe) is a platform game developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Universal Interactive (a label of Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing) for the Game Boy Advance.