Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy takes three fan-favorite platformers from the original PlayStation and offers them a modern remaster on PS4, and now also on Xbox, Switch and PC.
While the games remain remarkably intact, there have been small differences worth noting along with the game’s major facelift, all while maintaining its eye-opening challenge.
Between these changes and being away from Crash for a couple of decades, our Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy guide breaks down how to put the pig back together and how to unlock Coco and Crash Bandicoot tips for whatever game you’re playing.
If you’re looking for specific gems and secrets, then our Gem Locations and Walkthrough page will be helpful to you.
Differences from Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy
Overall, Crash Bandicoot is a very faithful remake, taking the vast majority of the layouts and level systems you remember, including all the gem and key locations, and giving them a facelift. However, there are some small but key differences in several areas:
- The most obvious change is the visual aspect, which uses effects like lightning bolts and motion blur to give it a modern shine. Digital Foundry goes into detail and with some insightful comparisons to the original games:
- Analog control and vibration support have been added to the original Crash Bandicoot.
- Interestingly, the way jumping works is different, with curved collision boxes allowing you to slide around edges more easily, much to the frustration of some players.
- Relic challenges are available in all Crash games. When replaying a full stage, collect the stopwatch and finish the stage as quickly as you can to unlock one of three relics. Each also features online leaderboard support, allowing you to compare your times with friends and players around the world.
- Each game has Trophy support, and each game sees its own list complete with a Platinum. They basically require you to find every gem, get a gold relic in each stage, as well as some specific gameplay steps that you’ll likely unlock as you play naturally, like spinning enemies into each other, accidentally spinning extra lives, and so on.
Does Lost Treasures hint that the missing stages will return?
- The game will now automatically save after each level, instead of during designated points in the adventure. You can also save manually, which is useful if you want to preserve a stack of lives before losing them all during a challenging level.
- Losing your life will require you to restart the stage and not return to the last save point like in the originals.
- The other two biggest changes have to do with Coco and Cheats, as discussed below.
How to unlock Coco in Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy
The last major difference is that Coco is available as a playable character in the first two games after her initial debut in the third.
To unlock her, complete the first boss in each respective game. Then there will be a Time Machine node on the map. Access it and from there simply tap L2 on the map screen to switch characters.
Not all stages will support Coco, like the Hog stages, but she will control the same as Crash. You will also need to play as her to unlock certain trophies.
Tricks in Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy
The original Crash games had the opportunity to enter cheat codes to unlock stages and gems, allowing you to quickly advance through stages if things got tough.
Between cheat codes being a hangover from the 16-bit era and the arrival of trophies, the ability to enter cheats was removed in the N Sane Trilogy remake.
It looks like you’ll be playing the old-fashioned way, but with more generous auto-save and slightly relaxed gem requirements, you should be able to inch your way through each world. little easier.
Here’s a sample of what you’re missing from the original game:
Crash Bandicoot Guide and Tips for Playing N Sane Trilogy
- Although there is now analog control in all games, we recommend using the D-pad for more precise platforming in certain sections, such as side-scrolling stages where you (often) don’t need to move back and forth.
- When playing each stage, don’t worry about completing it the first time. For example, in the original Crash, most stages require gems before you can get all the crates, most of which are unlocked in the second half of the game, while time trial relics can only be played after having finished a previous stage. Our Gems walkthrough explains where you should focus your attention when it comes to unlocks.
If you see wireframe gems like this, you know you’ll come back later.
- Completing Crash 2 and 3 will reward you with Speed Shoes, making returning to previous levels and targeting the tougher Relics much more manageable. However, there are none to complete Crash Bandicoot 1.
- Learning to watch your shadow will be key to knowing exactly where you’re going to land, especially when it comes to bouncing off lines of boxes over deadly chasms or dropping onto thin ledges, which you’ll do a lot.
- Make good use of the slide jump introduced in Crash Bandicoot 2 by running, ducking to skate, and then jumping again to jump a little higher than usual. It is essential to get the blue gem in Crash 2, as well as for other challenges.
- Entering bonus stages is a great way to get extra lives and is necessary to find each box. Keep in mind that failing them will not lose you a life or affect your chances of unlocking a gem, so repeat them as many times as you want.
- Boxes can be found (used to unlock gems) everywhereso bounce off them to try to look off screen, run around corners and behind walls, and anywhere that looks suspicious.
- If the box summary at the end of a stage takes too long, simply hold down one of the face buttons to speed it up.
- If you’re low on lives (or fancy stocking up on extra lives for trophies), backtracking through the early stages of each game is a sure-fire way to get a handful each time.
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