The world-famous character Crash Bandicoot, a cute and lovable orange marsupial, has been announced to be a star of a Netflix animated series. Yes! What’s on Netflix, a source that is considered highly reliable, states that the same studio that made Sonic Prime is likely to be in charge of the animation for Crash on Netflix. This is a major watershed moment for gamers, and especially for those who had their childhoods spent among PlayStation characters and their hilarious antics, a situation that has already been anticipated.
How did it all start? It all began with a tweet from the official The Game Awards account, which dropped the info, and the response has been nothing short of phenomenal. The gamers are acting a bit crazy but for the most part, the reasons are wrong. Some are expressing their incredulous excitement, while others are already feeling it might be a time for concern that there is a Netflix cancellation. Classic move from Netflix, right?
The animation studio in question is WildBrain, which is said to be handling the project. It is the same studio that has done Sonic Prime, which received mixed reviews from the audience. There is a user called Legend_Scoutto who actually appreciates the work of WildBrain and looks forward to seeing what they will do with the character of Crash. However, there’s also Martinpsx20 who translated from Spanish pretty much “It was all good until they said ‘from the same studio as Sonic Prime’” accompanied by a laughing emoji. So there is definitely a division of opinion on this matter.
And there is the big question of… will Crash be the main character or not? Akbk28842423898 tweeted, “Crash will not be the protagonist. Coming from Netflix, the series only will have the name crash bandicoot for attract fans because when it is released it will be a supporting character in the series itself.” Wait, what? If that’s the case it would undoubtedly be a very rude response but honestly, we don’t know for certain yet; it’s all very hush-hush and nothing more than conjecture at this point.
The timing of the whole rumor is rather intriguing. Haven’t we been pretty quiet about Crash games in general lately? One user did point out that Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is presently being sold at a discount on the PlayStation Store. Shade confessed that they have heard it is a nightmare to get the Platinum trophy, which… yeah that sounds correct. Crash games have always been tough.
It is absolutely wild to imagine that in the past, Crash never saw the light of the animated series. Garrett Stanczak was just brilliant when he said “Crash is one of those game characters that I’m shocked to hear did not have an animated series. I remember very well his toy line being out in the ‘90s when we were all crazy about CGI cartoons. So, I kept waiting watching YTV for his show but it never came.” That’s kind of tragic when you take a moment to think about it. All the other mascots, even those less popular, had shows while poor Crash was forgotten.
Talking about potential casting, the debate is getting heated pretty fast. Voice actors, for instance, some users are being quite specific, and Joshua is proposing that Brian Drummond is the right one to voice Dr. Neo Cortex which, honestly, not a bad option at all. And VeloStriker22 has left a comment about Dingodile suggesting the same voice artist who did Machopper in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog was doing Dingodile. That would be quite a nostalgic trip.
Nonetheless, the very fact that it would be on Netflix has got people feeling uneasy. Christos_Vet made an observation, “If the show becomes a success, how long until Netflix cancels it?” And KhaosKontroller jokingly said “They’re about to stretch one season into three seasons again lmao” which is very true, considering their previous actions with series such as Arcane.
On the other hand, the topic of discussion has moved to the developers and there is a whole range of different opinions. Users were mentioning Toys for Bob, the animation studio that produced Crash Bandicoot 4 and the Spyro Reignited Trilogy. DarthSpyro pointed out that they are currently developing Spyro 4 but the company is independent, making games for both Activision and Microsoft. And kibinurnberg commented that it must be very difficult for developers who create great single-player games to be pushed into making live-service games. Well, that’s the gaming industry spoke of 2024.
The soonest the news reached the people, the funnier the reactions got. MelodyStellar was like “DAVE AM I DREAMING AM I ACTUALLY DREAMING NO WAY HOLY MOLY CRASH FIRST CARTOON!?!?” take it, more or less, is the kind of excitement that the players feel. At
