Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time hit stores in October 2020, delighting fans who had waited almost 20 years for a new main console game that utilized the corridor platforming play style of the PlayStation 1 trilogy and Wrath of Cortex. Toys For Bob and Activision didn’t disappoint the orange marsupial’s loyal fan base, as the game was well-received by fans and critics, exemplified by its impressive 85 Metascore on PlayStation 4.
One of the things that people loved about the game was the influx of new features. Toys For Bob could have played it safe and made a very similar game to Vicarious Visions’ N. Sane Trilogy, but they instead decided to implement flashback tapes, a variety of playable characters, Quantum Mask powers, and costumes. The costumes may not give Crash or Coco new abilities, but they’re still a great inclusion for their entertainment value alone.
10 Booty Seeker
The Crash Bandicoot franchise has always tended to include joke names for older fans, and Crash Bandicoot 4 is no exception. The Booty Seeker outfit is obtained in a level titled Booty Calls — it’s not perfectly child-friendly, but it’s more or less par for the course when it comes to the franchise.
To deck crash out in pirate gear, players need to obtain six clear gems in the level Booty Calls.
9 Warped Biker
Crash 4 has tons of callbacks to previous games throughout the adventure, one of which is the Warped Biker outfit. As the title suggests, the outfit directly references Crash’s biker days in the PlayStation 1 classic Crash Bandicoot: Warped. The divisive biker stages of Warped were among the many vehicle sections included in the third game, which hoped to impress critics who claimed that the game’s predecessor, Cortex Strikes Back, was too similar to the first title.
The nostalgic outfit is unlocked when the player defeats N. Brio in Trouble Brewing (N. Verted).
8 Rawkit Hed
N.Gin seems to have discovered rock music between the timeline of Crash Bandicoot: Warped and Crash 4, as the mad scientist’s boss fight and preceding levels look like someone took a rock concert and put it in a blender with Mad Max. Crash seems to enjoy the style himself, as he can be fitted with the N-Gin-inspired punk rock gear.
Players unlock the Rawkit Hed costume by obtaining six of the clear gems in A Real Grind.
7 360 Noscope
Ever wanted to see what Crash would look like as a Twitch streamer? Probably not, but Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time shows players anyway. The 360 Noscope outfit makes Crash look like he’s straight out of an ESports team, complete with dyed hair and a colorful headband.
Unlocking the modern outfit has a modern solution, as players need to sign into an Activision Account.
6 Ze Artiste
From an Esports outfit to one that makes Crash look like he’d scoff at the mention of video games, Ze Artiste gives Crash the appearance of a Bandicoot Leonardo da Vinci. The outfit is a fitting choice for the N. Verted stages that require players to paint the environment by sliding, breaking boxes, and spinning.
Ze Artiste is unlocked by earning six clear gems in Hook, Line, and Sinker.
5 Through the Wringer
It seems Toys For Bob recognized that the N. Sane Trilogy‘s tough difficulty divided players, as they picked a side and opted to make their game appeal to the section of fans that loved the old-school challenge. However, Crash 4 makes the N. Sane Trilogy look like a cakewalk in comparison, as beating the stages normally can often be even tougher than achieving relic times in N. Sane. Toys For Bob were evidently self-aware of the game’s tough difficulty, as completing the main story earns players a battered and bruised version of Crash.
4 The Classic
Another entry on this list that aims to elicit nostalgia from Crash’s older fans, The Classic gives Crash an appearance reminiscent of his first adventure back in 1996. To call the skin an outfit feels disingenuous, as it’s more of a reimagining of 90s Crash that lets players see how far gaming visuals and character models have come by letting them see the juxtaposition of having the classic model platforming in new stages.
To unlock the nostalgic outfit, players need to defeat N. Brio in Trouble Brewing.
3 Fake Crash
Fake Crash is an inside joke among the Crash Bandicoot community that has been around since a poorly made toy of the character was found in Japan. The character’s first official appearance was as a joke in a Japanese commercial for Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, before the imposter featured in Crash Bandicoot: Warped and many subsequent games.
Earning Fake Crash isn’t easy, as players need to earn seven clear gems in the stage Building Bridges (normal and N. Verted).
2 Floater
Although the ballon aesthetic of Crash is fantastic, it isn’t what makes the Floater outfit so great. What makes the Floater skin stand out is that it has a unique death animation that will see Crash pop and fly around the room like a burst balloon if a spike impales him. Granted, a new death animation isn’t going to help players on their journey, but it’s a neat addition from the developers nonetheless.
The Floater outfit is even tougher than the aforementioned Fake Crash, as players need to obtain eight clear gems in Dino Dash (normal and N. Verted).
1 Willy The Wombat
The Willy The Wombat skin may just seem like a neat reimagining of Crash as another animal native to Australia, but it’s actually more than that; Willy The Wombat was the original name and design choice for Naughty Dog’s platforming hero back in the 90s.
Willy The Wombat is the toughest outfit to unlock on this list, as players need to earn ten clear gems in The Crate Escape (normal and N. Verted).
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