Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back was first developed in 1996. It took 13 months and cost $2 million to complete.

The jungle levels were originally intended to feature ground fog, but it was removed after technical limitations.

Naughty Dog created Coco Bandicoot because Sony Japan felt Tawna from the first game was too sexy.

There was a dynamic difficulty system that gradually made the game easier if you kept dying.

A death animation was altered for the Japanese version, as Crash’s demise resembled that of a recent serial killer’s victim in Japan.

It was the first Crash game to be localized into Spanish, French, German, and Italian.

It was the first Crash game to be localized into Spanish, French, German, and Italian.

The European version refers to the Komodo Brothers as the Kimodo Brothers.

Clancy Brown voiced Neo Cortex for the first time in the series. He is perhaps most famous for voicing Mr. Krabs on SpongeBob SquarePants.