crash nitro kart

Crash Nitro Kart features 16 playable characters, most of whom require unlocking. Only six characters are available to play in Adventure mode and they are in turn divided into two teams, with Crash Bandicoot, Coco Bandicoot and Crunch Bandicoot forming Team Bandicoot and Doctor Neo Cortex, Doctor N. Gin and Tiny Tiger forming Team Cortex. In all races (except boss races), two members of each team compete against each other.

Two additional teams compete alongside Team Bandicoot and Team Cortex in the races, both of whom are not playable in Adventure Mode, but are playable in all other modes. One team consists of Nitros Oxide and his two new minions Zam and Zem. The other team consists of N. Trance, Polar and Dingodile. Both Oxide and Trance are available to play at the start of the game, but Zam, Zem, Polar and Dingodile have to be unlocked by winning a purple, green, blue and red gem (respectively) in Adventure Mode.

Like in Crash Team Racing, the two teams have to content against various bosses, whom are represented by the champions of their respective planets, as described frequently by Emperor Velo. In order, the two teams face off against Krunk, Nash, Norm and Geary before confronting the evil Emperor himself. Only Velo is playable; he is unlocked after winning the game with both teams, although he does not participate in any races outside his own.

As well as the three main members, each team has a fourth member that does not participate in any races unless they themselves are being used. With the exception of Velo, none of them appear in Adventure Mode. Pura is unlocked by successfully performing 50 consecutive slide boosts using a member of Team Bandicoot. Fake Crash is unlocked by doing the same thing with Team Cortex. Much like his appearance in Crash Team Racing, Dr. Nefarious Tropy is unlocked by beating all his ghosts in Time Trial mode. Once unlocked, these three characters are playable under N. Trance's team, Team Bandicoot and Team Cortex, respectfully. Velo, upon being unlocked, is playable under N. Oxide's team.

Like in Crash Team Racing, Aku Aku and Uka Uka appear every so often to give hints to Team Bandicoot (in Aku's case) and Team Cortex (in Uka's case), as well as to protect their respective teams, plus bonus members, as a race power-up. A third mask, which resembles Velo, is used to protect Oxide and Trance's teams.

The Game Boy Advance version differs slightly from the console version. In this version of the game, 19 characters are playable. All of the bosses can be unlocked after beating them in Adventure Mode. N. Oxide is an unlockable character in this version of the game, whilst Polar and Dingodile are available for play at the beginning. N. Tropy (also locked) competes alongside the other characters in this version. Pura, Zam and Zem are all absent, whilst Spyro the Dragon appears as a bonus character.

At the Bandicoot Home, Crash is sleeping, Coco is working on her cart and Crunch is lifting weights while Aku Aku is watching him when suddenly a bright light appears and abducts their entire house. Meanwhile, at Cortex Castle, Cortex is trying to think up another plan to defeat the bandicoots, but as he sends Tiny to assist N. Gin with his latest experiment, the castle tower is abducted by the same white light.

Crash, Coco, Crunch, Cortex, N. Gin, and Tiny exit their respective domiciles and find themselves in a large coliseum in the middle of space. Cortex immediately blames Crash, but a giant holographic display of a large alien head interrupts him. The head explains that he is Emperor Velo the 27th, ruler of the galaxy, that he has heard word about their racing skills, and that his people hunger for entertainment. He has taken them to this coliseum to race alongside Nitros Oxide, Zam, Zem, N. Trance, Polar, and Dingodile in his Galaxy Circuit. If they win, they win their freedom. If they refuse, Earth is destroyed. Faced with this threat, both teams agree to race for Velo in order to return home