Thread 713058515

>Mario gets a new racing game
>Sonic is getting an upcoming racing game with guest appearances from Avatar Aang and Spongebob
>Donkey Kong is getting a brand new platforming which everyone is universally sold on
>Crash is completely dead as a franchise with no hope of ever coming back despite the overwhelming success of his remakes
What a bleak and cruel timeline we live in.

>>713058515 (OP)
You mentioned spongebob but forgot to also mention that he is getting his own 3d platformer this year as well

Crash honestly should be sold off to a company that cares. Because the reality is none of the parent companies or publishers have really given a fuck outside Naughty Dog and even they had to move on due to personal reasons. Honorable mention to Vicarious Visions who at least tried with the handheld games, Nitro Kart and the remakes along with Beenox. But they were rewarded for their success with dissolution. As plainly as can be seen, Crash has no future anymore with Actiblizz and certainly not Microsoft but we'll run into another problem of trying to find someone suitable to pick up where it all left off. Sony? No way they would be just as bad.

>>713058515 (OP)
Why are you mad? Gex got his comeback gig (EMULATED GAMES, WOOOOO!) and it was a dumpster fire.

>>713058515 (OP)
It's over

I wouldn't mind IPs like Crash/Spyro/Rayman/etc. being dead if they were at least regularly acknowledged in something like Smash or Fortnite.

Does Mega Man or Crash have it worse?

>>713059154
Megaman, no question

>>713059154
Crash. Megaman at least still have games and the fanbase is pretty much alive. Crash gerts nothing and the base is sparse.

>>713058515 (OP)
Crash was never good. Spyro was the good PS1 platformer.

>>713059154
It depends on how you look at it. Mega Man as a series got a fuckload of games and spinoffs before it died. Crash never got nearly as much. Crash got a few new games recently whereas Mega Man hasn't gotten a new game (excluding collections) in forever. They both have it pretty bad.

>>713059154
Crash doesn't have 1/10th of the fanart dedication Megaman fans do. Roll alone has more art and lewds than any Crash character combined.

>>713059154
crash has it way, way worse. at least there are still megaman romhacks and an occasional indie that borrow a ton from mega man. crash has dick and went to shit much quicker

>>713058515 (OP)
Even garfield is getting a new racer. Fucking garfield videogames are more alive than Crash.

>>713061745
Jesus fuck thats brutal.

Why is there a Boo arm holding a squirt bottle of ketchup?

>>713058937
gex was always a dumpster fire,

well, nobody would be able to make the game you want.
So do you really want some rando to make a new one?

>>713058515 (OP)
>Donkey Kong is getting a brand new platforming which everyone is universally sold on
Sure

>>713058515 (OP)
Crash already has the best racing game (CTR). There's no need for it to make more.

>>713058515 (OP)
atleast crash has a chance. rayman is fucking dead

>>713058515 (OP)
That's what happens when your IP is severely mismanaged by people who don't care. Instead of staying the course of turning Crash into timeless Looney Tune he could be, they ditched all of that & aimed for a "modern audience" instead.

Crash and Vigilante 8 are basicaly hostages of Activision at this point.

>Cliffhanger Ending
>No Movie
He deserves justice

>>713058515 (OP)
Snoy platforming icons really had it done dirty to them. Crash was THE Playstation mascot for the 90s and yet nobody even remembers he exists nowadays despite how ace the games were. Even the racing ones. Then there's Spyro who has three of the best platformers ever and an admittedly great remake but is also pretty much dead. At least Ratchet got his sequel game.
>>713068552
I honestly forgot Sly Cooper existed also.

The PC decomp is nearly finished just be patient crashbros.
Look at what is already possible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRsc9bNAbIM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFR84j8dnWc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK6wRUOhKmc

Hopefully, this can lighten the mood.

A growing team have been working on Crash Team Racing [PS1] (decompile/function rewrite/additional custom content and modes) and may be working towards getting an official license to work on the IP proper.

If you want something done right?

>>713072006
Not quite. Still gonna take some time with the last hurdles. Whilst most of the work and functions may seem in place, there's still a ways to go.

>>713072212
>getting an official license to work on the IP
This will not work

>>713072212
It doesn't. If they were able to get a real license, you wouldn't need the decompiles. They'd just use the Source Code proper not unlike the Nightdive remasters.

Just pray someone who understands Crash's "whimsical edge" gets ahold of him.

>>713072639
I doubt the CTR source code even still exists.

I wish we could get Crash Bash remaster, but I'm not sure what is the status of its IP

>>713072813
Andy Gavin has it. And so does Sony. Part of the reason Activision/VV didn't use it for Nsane was due to Sony licensing issues. Rest assured, all the OG Crash Bandicoot game code has been preserved.