Gaming, something that was once thought to be a nerdy pastime, has evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry with numerous fans across multiple generations, and with it the appeal of gaming franchises as a cross-media source of entertainment has risen substantially.
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“This video is test animation that was done for Crash Bandicoot”, said David Siller.
[Update: Apparently this wasn’t a cartoon planned for television but was planned to be used in the original game but was cut.].
Crash Bandicoot could have been the star of his own animated show if Sony hadn’t stepped in.
Test footage for a cartoon series based on Naughty Dog‘s Crash Bandicoot series has been released, along with additional information of other potential tie-in content considered for the character. The YouTube video was only posted earlier today. “It was probably too ambitious in nature and was also trying to be humorous”. Sadly, the cartoon was never used or even added to the final game. Siller believes Sony didn’t want this kind of show because they were heavily pushing the idea of “3D” graphic interfaces.
“There are many close to the development of the original game that do not even know that this material even existed”. According to Siller, the two sets of hand-drawn images from Universal Animation would have served as the opening and closing cutscenes to the first game. Over the years, Crash has starred in a variety of games and even became the property of Activision for a time, but is now back at Sony where there has been talk about bringing him back in an updated fashion.
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Siller further adds that Universal had grand ideas for the Crash franchise.
