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a marsupial who spins through boxes because platforming needed a mascot with attitude, not a mustache.
means a video game character and franchise starring a genetically mutated bandicoot who runs, jumps, and spins through linear 3D levels smashing crates.
from created by naughty dog in 1996 to give sony's playstation its own answer to mario and sonic — early code-named willie the wombat before marketing sanity kicked in.
original namewillie the wombat, mercifully renamed before launch
mutation originzapped by evil scientist neo cortex's evolvo-ray
launch impactsold over 6 million copies as ps1 exclusive
box obsessionfranchise built entire economy around smashing wooden crates
for instance
crash bandicoot 1996 — launch title that made naughty dog a household name
crash team racing — 1999 kart racer that out-sold expectations and outlasted rivals
n sane trilogy — 2017 remaster sold over 10 million copies
crash bash — 1998 party game spin-off, naughty dog's odd detour