Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time recently received an action-packed reveal trailer, confirming its October 2 release date and getting fans of the classic platformer franchise suitably hyped for its long-awaited return. However, some fans may have noticed an interesting detail at the end of the Crash Bandicoot 4 reveal trailer that confirmed the new game is essentially retconning and ignoring most of the franchise.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is a direct sequel to Crash Bandicoot: Warped, ignoring all the titles that released after that game. This means that essentially all of the non-Naughty Dog Crash Bandicoot games no longer happened in the Crash universe. This is made apparent when the mask at the end of the trailer asks Crash and Coco how many times they've fought Dr. Neo Cortex at this point, to which Coco replies, "Three." The mask then says, "Really? Only three? Funny. Seems like more," a tongue-in-check reference to the game essentially being a soft reboot of the franchise.

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It's no secret that most of the Crash Bandicoot games that came after Warped were poorly-received. With Naughty Dog no longer at the helm, developers seemed to struggle with creating worthwhile Crash Bandicoot experiences, eventually leading to the franchise becoming dormant for seven years after the release of 2010's Crash Bandicoot: Nitro Kart 2 on iOS mobile devices. However, there are still some fans who enjoyed the post-Naughty Dog Crash games and may be sad that their stories are being wiped from the franchise's canon.

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One game in particular may be a source of contention for fans, and that is Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex. While it received mediocre reviews, especially compared to Naughty Dog's Crash games, Wrath of Cortex was the franchise's debut on PS2, and so many fans still have a nostalgic soft spot for it. It being essentially removed from the Crash canon may upset some, though others may just be happy that a brand new Crash Bandicoot game is coming out at all.

Prior to the reveal of Crash Bandicoot 4, there were rumors that Activision was working on a Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex remaster instead, but it seems as though those rumors were unfounded.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time will launch on October 2 for PS4 and Xbox One.

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