Veteran fans of Crash will know that the bandicoot has a slightly different face in Japan. As part of Sony’s localisation efforts for the original trilogy of games, it gave the titular character a bit of a facelift, attempting to make him more palatable to local audiences. It worked, too – Naughty Dog’s titles were a surprise hit in the East.
So naturally, Japanese Crash has returned for the cover art of the N. Sane Trilogy, which is set to release in Japan on 3rd August. Much like Call of Duty and Destiny, Sony will be publishing the game on Activision’s behalf, and we reckon it’ll probably do pretty well. Do you prefer the twinkle-eyed Crash compared to his Western counterpart?
[source gematsu.com]
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Didn't know about the face lift in Japan. I knew the story about Fake Crash though.
Prefer "our" version, although it's most likely just because I grew up with it.
Funny how Crash is the only one to change on that pic. Heck, even Coco looks the same.
Kirby and Ratchet and Clank go through similar changes. The eyebrows on Japan Ratchet are hilarious
I actually like that design tbh
Always kinda liked how silly he looked in Japan. It always made me think of old, '20s Disney.
@get2sammyb
Surprised you didnt post a pic of the Western cover for comparison purposes. So I gotta thank @DerMeister for his current avatar.
He doesnt look bad in Japan.
I'm surprised the Japanese boxart doesn't remind us that it's a remastered trilogy a dozen times like ours does.
By the way --Spoiler Alert--
DLC trophies were leaked, the unused Crash 1 levels are being added to the game.
It would be cool if you could switch between Japanese and Western Crash in the game. Maybe they could add an old school cheat code that does this.
Now they just need to remake the japanese comercials of the 90s and then we would have gone full circle
is it just the box art or is if different in-game as well?
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