Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex
Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex
Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex
Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex
Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex
Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex
Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex
Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex

Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex

$16.99
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$16.99
Complete in Box / No Manual
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Item Condition

This copy of Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex for Nintendo GameCube is complete in box and presents in near mint condition, with a clean disc showing minimal to no visible wear and a box that is sharp, bright, and well-preserved. The only thing missing from a full complete set is the original manual, so collectors should note this comes as game and box only. The case and artwork are in excellent shape with no significant creasing, fading, or damage. Please refer to the provided photos for a detailed view of the item's condition.

Item Description

Crash Bandicoot The Wrath of Cortex marked the beloved marsupial's first full leap into the sixth console generation, bringing the iconic platforming series to the Nintendo GameCube alongside a new publisher in Vivendi Universal Games. After years of defining the PlayStation era alongside characters like Spyro and Lara Croft, Crash made his multiplatform debut here, and GameCube owners got a version that showcased the console's vibrant color palette and smooth performance. For fans who grew up spinning through crates and dodging boulders on PS1, seeing that familiar orange fur and those googly eyes on a GameCube disc was a genuine moment.

The game introduces Uka Uka's latest scheme, teaming the villainous Dr. Neo Cortex with a new and powerful antagonist — Crunch Bandicoot, a genetically engineered super-soldier enhanced by the Elementals, four ancient and powerful masks. Crash must race, spin, and wumpa-fruit his way through a globe-trotting lineup of levels that range from snowy mountain stages and underwater depths to blazing volcanic terrain. The structure will feel immediately familiar to anyone who played the PS1 trilogy — hub-based world selection, time trial runs, hidden gems and gems for completionists — while the expanded graphical muscle of sixth-gen hardware gave the environments a new sense of scale and detail.

What makes this GameCube version particularly interesting for collectors is that it represents a specific chapter in gaming history when the Crash franchise was transitioning from its PlayStation-exclusive roots into something broader and more platform-agnostic. The GameCube port holds up well as a standalone experience and benefits from the console's responsive controller, which lends itself naturally to the tight jump timing and combat that the series demands. Crash's moveset is fully intact here, from the classic spin attack to slide kicks, and the vehicle stages — featuring Crash riding everything from a motorcycle to a submarine — add welcome variety to the runtime.

Near mint complete-in-box copies of GameCube platformers from this era are increasingly hard to come by, and a box this clean is genuinely difficult to find on the secondary market. While the manual is absent, the game disc and outer box together make this a strong display piece and a fully playable, collectible package. The box art alone, with Crash mid-spin against that bold orange background, is a piece of early 2000s nostalgia worth having on a shelf.

This is a perfect pick for GameCube collectors rounding out their platformer library, longtime Crash Bandicoot fans who want every chapter of the series represented in physical form, or anyone chasing the warm nostalgia of early 2000s mascot platformers in a format that still holds up today.

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