Pretty sure the ability to land on the "edge" of a nitro crate is part of a grace mechanic that lots of platformers have where the edge of platforms are longer than their physical models suggest or more commonly you still have a couple fractions of a second to press jump after you step off a ledge.
To me, that "mechanic" feels like a bug. Why do I think that?! Well, back in my old days, where I used to make Super Mario World Rom Hacks, there was old custom block tool to create custom blocks and one of them was an insta-kill block. Given this blocktool was old and still not optimized as it were by nowadays standards, you could in fact, do the same and STAND on the right corner of the death block, without dying. That one magic pixel of the block allowed you to stand on it. As soon as I saw this happen here with nitro crates, that is where my mind instantly jumped to this little bug of the said block tool.
@@deoxysandmew2162 Considering that most of the jumps in crash 1 (at least the nsane version) are impossible if you don't jump when off the platform, it's not a bug
Except you see him do it on series of crates, not just corners. It is likely a hybrid of that and something else or just the something else. In particular frame rates, as long as you're able to get on/off the Nitro between frames tied with the landing animation.
@@Buglin_Burger7878 Either way I would rather have same mechanic that was in Crash 2 and 3. Where if you pressed jump on the right frame where you would jump off the nitro, you would outrun the blast. I have done that so many times in Crash 3. Mainly in time trials. I believe one was Future Frenzy. Nitro crate was close to time crate and with Speed Shoes, that was a good speed strat. So seeing this weird strange bug as to why you CAN or CANNOT jump on nitros in the N.sane version, feels way more off as it doesnt feel consistent. Except for the spin trick. THAT is consistent, as long as you have timing down.
I want BIG NITRO to be canon in Crash's universe now! XD Amazing editing, kept me laughing all the way through. Honestly I would love to see a TAS (Tool assisted Speedrun) with this MOD showcasing perfect run all the way through, to visualize exactly the journey you went through. The only part is see tricky in doing so is the performance exploits to create a passageway so you can continue the explosive emissary.
You have so many quality assets that you’ve produced from scratch. One example is the “BIG Nitro”. I subscribed to your channel because it’s guaranteed quality content - as well as showing us what you can do/produce, you also have some fun with your modifier and it’s great to see. Can’t wait to see all the mods you come up with/release, in addition to the content you upload showing your ruminations.
This one was the best one of the "can you beat?" series. I love seeing your other content too, but continuing this to the other Crash games could be really interesting
I really appreciate the extra effort you put into a small gag in these videos, like making a big nitro from scratch, or showing an actual example of how having the superpowers in the first game would change stuff. I really enjoyed this trilogy :)
Man, I'm just can't thank enough TH-cam algorithm for showing me your channel. This content is so fucking cool, all Crash and Spyro challenge playthroughs is something I want to try myself after completing both games (og's and remasters) dozens of times.
hey jsyk in a challenge run you set your own rules. If at the start of the run you decide masks shouldnt be used and glitches are fine, that's a valid way to play the game
Hi ARD! I stumbled upon this series last week and also looked through your NST modding videos and level editor project. I really like the effort you put into these videos, especially the one second throwaway lines like the mention of picking up pinstripe's gun and then seeing you modding just that. Keep up the good work! Nice to see the LBP mention here, too. You might remember me as napero7 from LBPC, nice to stumble upon you once again years later :)
Even though this challenge wasn’t possible, this was still super interesting. It was interesting seeing you expanding on what you had to do in the next 2 games. However, this challenge does look like much more of a pain in the ass.
I like both styles of progression. I think something that would be really cool would be combining Crash 3's warp rooms (I know it's called the Time Twister, but I like saying Warp Room) with Crash 1 and 4's map progression, and also N. Tranced. Maybe even toss a Crash 2 style tower at the very end as a sort of hard gauntlet of levels. The way I imagine that working is you start out on the world map. Instead of entering levels, the dots on the map take you into a warp room containing a set of levels. Not necessarily 5, but maybe 2 or 3. This gives you the freedom to play a set of levels You can usually access multiple dots on the map at the same time, similar to in N. Tranced, so you preserve that feeling of adventuring across a land while also having the variety of level choice similar to in 2 and 3.
i like how hes honest with these challenges, its less a challenge video and more a "well... CAN you" he essentially creates a TAS and talks about it and he doesnt try and say shit like "now guys you have no idea how long it took me to get the correct RNG to..." hes just "yeah i cheated to get to this area to test if its possible"
You're integrity to the rules and pursuing the best possible result is always inspiring. If you ever need another masochist for some co-op game I'd be all for trudging through it!
Once again the level of dedication to figure out every possible solution. However illogical, time consuming, or game breaking it is, is incredible. It makes me think how for every competitive game or sport someone has to have tried something before it was determined legal or illegal. I know it’s nitpicky to some. But for me seeing every possible way to do something and then deciding which should be a “legal” or “illegal” move is so satisfying. Also I agree. Crash 1 (n same trilogy) is my absolute fave.
LOVED the first two videos, so this was the perfect thing to wake up to on my day off! I'm mad for any sort of challenge video, and the ingenuity and dedication of this series has been absolutely mental. Who could have ever thought of that crazy GPU strat? Big respect.
I rather appreciate long format videos that go into loads of detail about a certain subject. You're doing a great job of explaining the mechanics and the particulars of this kind of run. Keep up the good work
I would love to see the other crash games! As someone who is new to the series it’s both entertaining to see you problem solve but also cool to experience these legendary games through your story telling. Keep it up!
I feel like death abuse masks should be considered valid. Because wouldn't starting from a fresh save mean you would be struggling to have enough lives to be constantly dying?
I respect that you went into this despite knowing it would be impossible according to the rules you set yourself in Crash 2 and 3, and once again it did again provide some interesting insight into how the N. Sane Trilogy works! Definitely good luck on your level editor, I understand you're done with this kind of challenge for now :)
you should combine all the n.sane triology games into one cohesive experience, like centralizing mechanics and upgrades for said mechanics, and evenly dispersing and mixing levels from each into a pseudo linear progression, similar to how warped handles level progression. would be fun too finding places for all the extra bosses, like using some as mini-bosses to get to new areas.
Yay, Crash 1 is finally here! It was the idea of getting to see this one that made me subscribe after TH-cam threw the Crash 3 video into my recommendations... But annoyingly it didn't think to suggest it and I had to find by visiting your channel directly?!
Something that did happen to me in the original games was: when the nitro jumps and I do a small hop on top of it (without touching it), if the nitro below me stops my upwards vertical momentum, I'll be standing on top of the nitro.
To be honest, the switch crates in the lab I'd try to give a special "Switch Nitro" texture instead of just fully going one way or the other, let there be that little extra challenge, but communicate it to the player. Just like "Yep. You gotta break this one or the door doesn't open."
Anyone that knows Crash 1 knew you'd have to settle for compromises, but it was still an interesting run to watch! Will you ever consider doing the PlayStation 1 versions? From your Crash Bandicoot 2 all nitros video, you mentioned that Snow Go was impossible to get through because of the 2D section stacked crates, so I would be interested in knowing if there are differences like that. Plus Bear Down would be easier :) If not a full video, I would propose to do a single video compilation of all 3! Then again, I'm sure you got a big headache already from doing the NST already... Cheers mate! Have a good one!
I think with this Crash Bandicoot, using Aku Aku to pass an unsurmountable obstacle is acceptable, to bypass something that physically stops you. But you can only use it once, for those circumstances only. Keeping the arrow boxes on the Great Gate and Native Fortress is also acceptable, and the same goes for the crates on the lab, they are trigger boxes, and affect the environment not just simple boxes.
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Naughty Dog in 1996: "Let's make players jump on this arrow crate to continue the level. No one would ever complain about that."
The challenge: TRIGGERED
Hey guys probaly in the past in great gate/native fortres have exist a shell as jump box have find in prototype chash 1 archive
this comment makes no sense. what the game design has to do with these "challenges" so that a line like this would ever cross your mind?
@@Pao-vo8mfin an exclusive naughty dog interview in 1996, they said that they added arrow crates to detour certain challenges.
And here we are, who'dathunkit?
He first called the triceratops a stegosaurus, and now a diplodocus.
I think he's messing with us guys
he's stated before he got the message it's a tricera :p
and you give views to this kind of vagabond lol
@HarambaeXelonmuskfansdo you not know tricera is short for triceratops?
I think you mean the tyrannosaurus
That missed crate death is pretty funny, would be a great idea for a twisted completionist mod.
"Find every crate or die"
I dig this idea
Some levels cannot be completed fully on first run, so, that would make the game unbeatable. I think it would hit you as early as second level?
Crash 4 moment
@@maxwellmegagamer8535 no, that's find every crate AND die
Sounds like the horror stories of Rayman 1, minus the death part.
9:55 My guy pulled out one of the unused Skylanders just to prove a point. Major respect.
Pretty sure the ability to land on the "edge" of a nitro crate is part of a grace mechanic that lots of platformers have where the edge of platforms are longer than their physical models suggest or more commonly you still have a couple fractions of a second to press jump after you step off a ledge.
Ah yes, Coyote Time.
To me, that "mechanic" feels like a bug. Why do I think that?!
Well, back in my old days, where I used to make Super Mario World Rom Hacks, there was old custom block tool to create custom blocks and one of them was an insta-kill block.
Given this blocktool was old and still not optimized as it were by nowadays standards, you could in fact, do the same and STAND on the right corner of the death block, without dying. That one magic pixel of the block allowed you to stand on it.
As soon as I saw this happen here with nitro crates, that is where my mind instantly jumped to this little bug of the said block tool.
@@deoxysandmew2162 Considering that most of the jumps in crash 1 (at least the nsane version) are impossible if you don't jump when off the platform, it's not a bug
Except you see him do it on series of crates, not just corners.
It is likely a hybrid of that and something else or just the something else.
In particular frame rates, as long as you're able to get on/off the Nitro between frames tied with the landing animation.
@@Buglin_Burger7878 Either way I would rather have same mechanic that was in Crash 2 and 3.
Where if you pressed jump on the right frame where you would jump off the nitro, you would outrun the blast.
I have done that so many times in Crash 3.
Mainly in time trials. I believe one was Future Frenzy. Nitro crate was close to time crate and with Speed Shoes, that was a good speed strat.
So seeing this weird strange bug as to why you CAN or CANNOT jump on nitros in the N.sane version, feels way more off as it doesnt feel consistent.
Except for the spin trick. THAT is consistent, as long as you have timing down.
3:14 love the Twinsanity reference XD
I want this skunk in Nitro-Fueled
*insert Caddicarus harmonica solo here*
@@JUMPYCOOL _insert random Caddicarus ADHD spasm here_
"Diplodocus Chases" - now he's just taking the pee-pee.
I want BIG NITRO to be canon in Crash's universe now! XD
Amazing editing, kept me laughing all the way through. Honestly I would love to see a TAS (Tool assisted Speedrun) with this MOD showcasing perfect run all the way through, to visualize exactly the journey you went through.
The only part is see tricky in doing so is the performance exploits to create a passageway so you can continue the explosive emissary.
You have so many quality assets that you’ve produced from scratch. One example is the “BIG Nitro”. I subscribed to your channel because it’s guaranteed quality content - as well as showing us what you can do/produce, you also have some fun with your modifier and it’s great to see. Can’t wait to see all the mods you come up with/release, in addition to the content you upload showing your ruminations.
This one was the best one of the "can you beat?" series. I love seeing your other content too, but continuing this to the other Crash games could be really interesting
I might be misunderstanding your comment, but he has already done Crash 2 and 3
@@7878444 I meant Crash 4 IAT, Crash wrath of cortex, Crash twinsanity, etc
He showed twoc and twinsanity in crash 3 vid and they were impossible
@@hjohnson966Twinsanity nitro kills you instantly even with Aku Aku, so it's 100% impossible
Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped will forever be the best Crash Bandicoot game imo!
💯
"the first legitimate mask" ah yes. The legitimask
feat. Crash Bandixplosion
This is funny cause Crash 1 doesn’t have Nitro Crates!
I really appreciate the extra effort you put into a small gag in these videos, like making a big nitro from scratch, or showing an actual example of how having the superpowers in the first game would change stuff. I really enjoyed this trilogy :)
30:35 I just love when he so quickly shifts from calm and professional, to alpha gamer.
He's well 'ARD.
Man, I'm just can't thank enough TH-cam algorithm for showing me your channel. This content is so fucking cool, all Crash and Spyro challenge playthroughs is something I want to try myself after completing both games (og's and remasters) dozens of times.
Haha, yeah, it got recomended a week ago, cool
Good ol LBP1 logic, so nice to see that in the Lab segment.
Love to see anyone talk about Littlebigplanet outside the community
hey jsyk in a challenge run you set your own rules. If at the start of the run you decide masks shouldnt be used and glitches are fine, that's a valid way to play the game
Damn, this whole Nitro logic gate thing is so interesting. I'd love to see more of this.
Whoever holding Crash IP rn should be considering the idea of Mario Maker game for Crash with these in mind
0:23 *roll credits*
also lol at the correction on the dinosaur name
wrath of cortex was my fave as a kid, it'd be epic if you ever got around to that one!
Everyone keeps pronouncing his name wrong. It’s pronounced, “Cash Banooca”
huh
CADDICARUS MENTIONED
Bandiconth
My favorite Xbox title.
Cash Banooca 2: Gringott's Steak House
He is correct it’s cash banooca
Watching you do this after i struggled through the game normally is so impressive
Hi ARD! I stumbled upon this series last week and also looked through your NST modding videos and level editor project. I really like the effort you put into these videos, especially the one second throwaway lines like the mention of picking up pinstripe's gun and then seeing you modding just that. Keep up the good work! Nice to see the LBP mention here, too. You might remember me as napero7 from LBPC, nice to stumble upon you once again years later :)
I really enjoy this series, thank you for making another one of these videos. : )
Crash’s face is very scary in the thumbnail though lol
Nice to see the 'interesting' naming of dinosaurs continue in this video
trust me, after that Polar nitro box jump rolling maneuver, I believe you when you say you tried alternate methods of clearing any obstacle
Now THIS is the Dark Souls of platforming
Even though this challenge wasn’t possible, this was still super interesting. It was interesting seeing you expanding on what you had to do in the next 2 games. However, this challenge does look like much more of a pain in the ass.
I like both styles of progression. I think something that would be really cool would be combining Crash 3's warp rooms (I know it's called the Time Twister, but I like saying Warp Room) with Crash 1 and 4's map progression, and also N. Tranced. Maybe even toss a Crash 2 style tower at the very end as a sort of hard gauntlet of levels.
The way I imagine that working is you start out on the world map. Instead of entering levels, the dots on the map take you into a warp room containing a set of levels. Not necessarily 5, but maybe 2 or 3. This gives you the freedom to play a set of levels You can usually access multiple dots on the map at the same time, similar to in N. Tranced, so you preserve that feeling of adventuring across a land while also having the variety of level choice similar to in 2 and 3.
I don't think any of the metal boxes should be considered crates, tbh
I stayed because you didn't clickbait.
Now can you beat SPYRO but every crate is a Nitro?
"I'll torch him"
*Crate explodes*
Aw yes, Twin Sanity AkuAku, "my duty is to protect you" then instantly spins into Nitro and dies :D classic
2:37 i loved this gag
i like how hes honest with these challenges, its less a challenge video and more a "well... CAN you"
he essentially creates a TAS and talks about it and he doesnt try and say shit like "now guys you have no idea how long it took me to get the correct RNG to..." hes just "yeah i cheated to get to this area to test if its possible"
You're integrity to the rules and pursuing the best possible result is always inspiring. If you ever need another masochist for some co-op game I'd be all for trudging through it!
This is my favourite Crash game too, and 'Sunset Vista' is one of my favourite levels - so atmospheric. Great taste!
Thank you for losing your sanity for our entertainment sir!
Once again the level of dedication to figure out every possible solution. However illogical, time consuming, or game breaking it is, is incredible. It makes me think how for every competitive game or sport someone has to have tried something before it was determined legal or illegal. I know it’s nitpicky to some. But for me seeing every possible way to do something and then deciding which should be a “legal” or “illegal” move is so satisfying.
Also I agree. Crash 1 (n same trilogy) is my absolute fave.
LOVED the first two videos, so this was the perfect thing to wake up to on my day off! I'm mad for any sort of challenge video, and the ingenuity and dedication of this series has been absolutely mental. Who could have ever thought of that crazy GPU strat? Big respect.
I rather appreciate long format videos that go into loads of detail about a certain subject. You're doing a great job of explaining the mechanics and the particulars of this kind of run.
Keep up the good work
The next logical step is Team Racing. Being my second video game, and first for a home console it holds a special place in my heart.
I would love to see the other crash games! As someone who is new to the series it’s both entertaining to see you problem solve but also cool to experience these legendary games through your story telling. Keep it up!
One of the best videos out there for Crash Bandicoot
Loved this series, i hope you do challenge like this on twinsanity
Always cool to see more Crash Bandicoot content around, I wish there were more TH-camrs doing videos on them. Their pretty good games.
Your videos are a joy to watch. Your humor is spot on, your editing is excellent... amazing video, ARD.
Waiting for Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled *Nitro Fueled*
consider yourself subscribed, your level of detail and punctuality is something else, thanks man!
I feel like death abuse masks should be considered valid. Because wouldn't starting from a fresh save mean you would be struggling to have enough lives to be constantly dying?
That thing of nitros hopping on switch crates and activating them makes sense since when a crate falls on top of a tnt it activates
If you happen to be a total fucking badass! I died when you said that. Lmao
I respect that you went into this despite knowing it would be impossible according to the rules you set yourself in Crash 2 and 3, and once again it did again provide some interesting insight into how the N. Sane Trilogy works! Definitely good luck on your level editor, I understand you're done with this kind of challenge for now :)
you should combine all the n.sane triology games into one cohesive experience, like centralizing mechanics and upgrades for said mechanics, and evenly dispersing and mixing levels from each into a pseudo linear progression, similar to how warped handles level progression. would be fun too finding places for all the extra bosses, like using some as mini-bosses to get to new areas.
I have never, and probably will never play Crash Bandicoot - but I love these videos. I've been binging your whole channel
The Twinsanity reference at about 3:20 makes me so happy. That complaining skunk made my day.
Same
I was hoping you'd cover this game. Even if you left the arrow crates alone I would of been happy with it.
I guess you could say, "it's about time."
Yay, Crash 1 is finally here! It was the idea of getting to see this one that made me subscribe after TH-cam threw the Crash 3 video into my recommendations... But annoyingly it didn't think to suggest it and I had to find by visiting your channel directly?!
Awesome video, I really respect your will to go the extra mile.
Imagine crash twinsanity with this Challenge 😍 😳 😍 😳 😍
BTW love this Twinsanity reference 3:15 😊
W + That would be a fun challenge tbh
@@Kyle_South198who knows maybe someday 😌
Absolutely insane the amount of effort you went through for this one. Awesome job!
I don't think the arrow crates should count because they don't behave like crates do,
This was cool. I'm interested to see what other cool challenges you'll come up with.
Shout out to the LBP ambition, absolutely some of the best times with friends was playing and making stuff in that game!
I have never played a Crash Bandicoot game before, but I find these videos strangely fascinating.
A perfect ending.
You could use msi afterburner to limit the framerate and revert it back with a button press, no need to change gpus or settings
Christmas came early
I’ve never played crash bandicoot but I have greatly GREATLY enjoyed this series from you
Basically crash 1 challenge went from "all crates" to "all breakable creates". Leaving metal arrows and switches untouched.
Something that did happen to me in the original games was: when the nitro jumps and I do a small hop on top of it (without touching it), if the nitro below me stops my upwards vertical momentum, I'll be standing on top of the nitro.
The sneakie shoes from Wrath of Cortex would have spared this man much pain lol
To be honest, the switch crates in the lab I'd try to give a special "Switch Nitro" texture instead of just fully going one way or the other, let there be that little extra challenge, but communicate it to the player. Just like "Yep. You gotta break this one or the door doesn't open."
i feel this content is SO niche but SO necassary. thanks ARD you're the greatest!
Let’s go I thoght it wouldn’t be a video let’s go I love these trilogy of videos
Oh boy! Now that you've finished the original trilogy I can't wait to see you try the all nitro challenge with the next logical game: Crash Purple
I dont know why but looking at the thumbnail at 12:30 AM looks less funny and more horrifying
Anyone that knows Crash 1 knew you'd have to settle for compromises, but it was still an interesting run to watch!
Will you ever consider doing the PlayStation 1 versions? From your Crash Bandicoot 2 all nitros video, you mentioned that Snow Go was impossible to get through because of the 2D section stacked crates, so I would be interested in knowing if there are differences like that. Plus Bear Down would be easier :)
If not a full video, I would propose to do a single video compilation of all 3! Then again, I'm sure you got a big headache already from doing the NST already...
Cheers mate! Have a good one!
21:01 Ah, it's always nice to see the old OLD crash commercials
love this series, keep them coming 👍
"Can you beat Crash 1 if all the crates are Nitro?...
*no.*
But I am going to spend over 40 minutes telling you why anyway, so buckle up."
Can you beat Crash if every crate is a Nitro?
Can you beat Spyro if every Gem was a Nitro Crate?
Is everything a Nitro Crate?
Am _I_ a Nitro Crate?
A trilogy of perfection dear sir
All we need now is crash 4
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT ONE!
Great video. Loved the Twinsanity reference near the beginning!
I absolutely love your content recently man! Please keep these challenges type videos up! You’ve earned a sub from me 🤝
Can I just say I love this series you've done for these
I imagine that the jumping off the crate thiong is actually because of the capsule shaped hitbox. the "take a few steps" is sliding off of it
honestly, the great gate's bigger brother level should be called "The Grand Gate".
… you know you need todo Crash 4 right?
"Your worst nightmare has arrived"
Once they conceptualised nitro crates they put in ways to get through if everything was nitro, and that’s why 1 is a no
I think with this Crash Bandicoot, using Aku Aku to pass an unsurmountable obstacle is acceptable, to bypass something that physically stops you. But you can only use it once, for those circumstances only. Keeping the arrow boxes on the Great Gate and Native Fortress is also acceptable, and the same goes for the crates on the lab, they are trigger boxes, and affect the environment not just simple boxes.
Heh, I got the dinosaur joke :D
Dang, finally we would have had a use for the silly sneaking ability in wrath of cortex
Step one: Intel HD Graphics
I’ve been waiting for this for a while now.
Keep up the good work.
Also are you still working on the crash 1 remake?
16:36 that monke is vibin