Crash Bandicoot- It's a Small Motorworld After All

Aww, thanks for sending me a postcard, Crash!

...you went to MOTORWORLD for your summer vacation? I heard that place is a ripoff.

In one of the Crash Bandicoot games, the main villain rips out someone's heart, carries it around in a sack, and shows his victim their own heart before laughing and running off into the night.
Said villain is also a talking fruit monster/mascot and the heart is a gem from a cyborg, but hey, it's all in the details.

Some fanart of what I consider to be an underrated Crash Bandicoot game, Crash Tag Team Racing. I've been replaying this game/trying to complete it 100% (key word: "trying", those chicken challenges are a nightmare) and the game still holds up as a really fun and funny experience, albeit one with some flaws.

I think the main flaw is the fact that the game doesn't actually "end" in a satisfying way. You collect enough gems, you jump into a certain spot, press a button, and the game is over, and having a game with no final challenge or boss is a disappointment. All they needed was one final challenge with Willie Wumpa Cheeks himself (although a half-fruit, something very squishy and fragile, racing in a high adrendaline race is sure to be...messy for Willie) and the game would've been great. Having Willie being unlockable would've also helped.
That being said, I'm absolutely positive this game was on a tight deadline, much like the other PS2 Crash games. Willie Wumpa Cheeks, main antagonist of the game, has a ton of cut dialogue.

But yes, my main suggestion for improving Crash Tag Team Racing is "more Willie Wumpa Cheeks" because I really dig this rotten fruit monster. I like that he has mascot proportions but he isn't some guy in a costume; he really looks like that. That's his body.
And he produces beverages out of his nose, which is something that gets more disgusting the more you think about it. People are drinking his bodily fluids, and best case scenario, it's "just" his blood.

He's also quite fed up with his boss, and judging by his cut dialogue, it's a mistreatment based betrayal.

And his parents sent him to law school. Willie Wumpa Cheeks has been to law school. Let that sink in.

_{And yes Crash signs his postcards with the Naughty Dog logo because why wouldn't he?}

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