Q 01/05

Naughty Dog's rude codename for Crash Bandicoot, mocking its behind-the-hero camera, named which rival?

A) Sonic the Hedgehog

B) Earthworm Jim

C) Bubsy the Bobcat

D) Gex the Gecko

Answer · why

A) Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog lent his rear to the codename 'Sonic's Ass Game', because a camera trailing the hero meant staring at a character's backside all ga...

Q 02/05

Which placeholder name, borrowed from another Australian marsupial, did Crash carry through development?

A) Kenny the Koala

B) Wally the Wallaby

C) Pete the Potoroo

D) Willy the Wombat

Answer · why

D) Willy the Wombat

Willy the Wombat stuck until E3 1996 even though the team thought it sounded 'too dorky' and Hudson Soft already had a Saturn game called Willy Wombat...

Q 03/05

A playable recreation of a level from the original Crash Bandicoot appears inside which 2016 Naughty Dog game?

A) The Last of Us Part II

B) Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

C) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

D) Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Answer · why

B) Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End lets players pick up a PlayStation controller in-story and play Crash's first game, Naughty Dog's nod to a series it no lon...

Q 04/05

What did Sony Japan's Megumi Hosoya create for Crash's costumed TV ads that Naughty Dog then wrote into the games?

A) A theme song

B) A catchphrase

C) A dance

D) A comic strip

Answer · why

C) A dance

A dance performed by a costumed Crash was the heart of Japan's TV campaign, and its success persuaded Naughty Dog to add the routine to the games them...

Q 05/05

Crash Bandicoot's first US TV ads had a costumed fan heckling which rival outside Nintendo's offices?

A) Mario

B) Kirby

C) Link

D) Yoshi

Answer · why

A) Mario

Mario was the target: the agency imagined a crazed fan sewing his own Crash outfit and driving to Nintendo to harass its star, casting Sony as the cha...