| Concept Art and Info |
In January 6th 2005, a person by the name of SpaceCat shocked
the Crash community with the presentation of what would be called SpaceCat's
Topic Regarding Unused Ideas. This legendary topic, presented by
SpaceCat and FakeNina, shows concepts of Twinsanity that never made it to
the game, and it still lives on.
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SpaceCat
- 09:59am Jan 6, 2005 PST Greetings
Comrades, I will
update this every week with new information regarding the history of the
development of Crash Twinsanity. I will
post the first batch of information later this evening.... SpaceCat
Out... SpaceCat - 03:16am Jan 7, 2005 PST SpaceCat Trivia #001
Did You
Know That - Early on
in the development cycle, there was going to be a level set on the floor
of a dry ocean bed. There was a cutscene in which Cortex spies a crystal
concealed within the mouth of a huge clam. As he approached it, the clam
snapped shut on his head causing Cortex to run around frantically, and
this led straight into another Doc Amok Level (Like Totem Hokem and
Bandicoot Pursuit). Crash had to clear Toxic barrels and other obstacles
out of the way. About a third of the way through, Cortex fell into a small
rock pool,and emerged with a squid grabbing onto his head. About two
thirds of the way through, he emerged with a giant Shark with it Jaws
clamped tight around his head. Considerations were also made for the level
to continue through the wreckage of N.Gins battleship, stranded on the sea
floor. SpaceCat
Out SpaceCat - 03:47am Jan 7, 2005 PST SpaceCat
Trivia #002 Did You
Know That - As well
as N.Sanity Island in the first dimension, The other two islands from the
first Crash Bandicoot game were going to be included. The Second Island
made use of the huge tree (A level in which Nina used her abilities to
swing and climb all the way to the top, above the clouds), and the ancient
temples. Also on this Island, the Komodo Brothers had set up a race track,
A sort of parody/tribute to the Sega game OutRun, in which Cortex (still
dressed in his blonde wig) would sit in the passenger seat, frantically
complaining about Crash's driving, while Crash drove speedily around the
track. The gimmick, however, was that the vehicle had no breaks. SpaceCat Out SpaceCat - 07:12am Jan 7, 2005 PST SpaceCat
Trivia #003 Did You
Know That - Coco
Bandicoot was originally going to be a playable character. All of her
levels were to take place inside Cyberspace, where she used her skills to
hack her way through computer systems. When she was in this mode, she wore
an all black jump suit, and had a variety of jumping and sommersault kicks
at her disposal. The levels themselves looked like a cross between tron
and the matrix, and the first of these levels was to be called
"Security Insanity" where Coco had to hack into the security
system of Cortex's old laboratory/castle from the very first game. The
main enemies featured throughout this level were the lab assistants
(dressed up to look similair to agents from the matrix). Once Coco had
hacked her way into Cortex's old lab, the Airship/Blimp was unlocked, and
all 3 characters headed off to the Academy of Evil. SpaceCat
Out SpaceCat - 07:16am Jan 7, 2005 PST SpaceCat
Trivia #004 Did You
Know That - The
Twins names Victor and Moritz come from a charater from Mary Shelley's
Frankenstein, called Victor Moritz. It was a tribute to a mad scientist
creating his first creation in a lab. At one point they were going to be
named Squabble and Sqwawk. SpaceCat
Out SpaceCat - 08:29am Jan 7, 2005 PST SpaceCat
Trivia #005 Did You
Know That - Nina
Cortex was originally created as a character for an earlier version of
Crash Nitro Kart, back when it was going to be developed by TT. At this
early stage, it was not clear whether she was going to be Neo's daughter
or Niece. Hence the deliberate discrepencies regarding her relation in
Twinsanity. Her appearence was actually based slightly on one of the
designers at TT Oxford.(This may or may not be true) And She used to wear
a white lab coat, the same as Neo. SpaceCat
Out SpaceCat - 01:21pm Jan 13, 2005 PST SpaceCat
Trivia #006 Did You
Know That - There
will be more to come soon. Got a little tied up at the moment! SpaceCat
Out SpaceCat - 09:50am Jan 14, 2005 PST SpaceCat
Trivia #007 Did You
Know That - There
was a time when the tenth dimension was going to be completely
"Gray-scale", devoid of any color. Only Crash was going to be in
color, until certain sections were completed and then color would start
fading into the world. There is a piece of Concept art that depicts an
early version of this idea...But I'm not sure if it was included in the
extras, so I have attached it below. 
SpaceCat - 09:54am Jan 14, 2005 PST SpaceCat
Trivia #008 Did You
Know That - Dingodile
was originally sitting down in his shack for a romantic meal, with none
other than the infamous....Tawna Bandicoot, as opposed to reading a book,
just prior to High Seas Hi-Jinks. Due to time restrictions this Cut-scene
was shortened, but the storyboards still appear depicting this in the
Extras gallery. (And yes
that is a picture of Tawna on the Moulin Cortex Sign in Slip Slide
Icescapades.) SpaceCat
Out SpaceCat
- 09:52am Jan 21, 2005 PST SpaceCat
Trivia #009 SpaceCat
- 04:54am Jan 24, 2005 PST SpaceCat
Trivia #010 Did you
know that - Once
Coco had been paralyzed by the Psychetron, Cortex used this opportunity to
humiliate her even more... See
attachment 
Concept Art (C) Vivendi Universal Games, posted with permission. |
　
