The quiet, saline ocean breeze gently wafted over the tranquil islands, due South-East to Australia, that are seldom visited by man . The archipelago, known as the Wumpa Islands for their unique, and divine-tasting fruit, sat quietly amidst an ocean of eternity. However, it was not too long ago that chaos reigned in this little pocket of the world.
Three years earlier, a heroic band of mutated creations usurped chaos from its vile throne. Chaos, Doctor Neo Cortex, had created this mutations with the purpose of taking over the world. When these mutations, Crash and Coco, escaped and vowed to forever foil Cortex's plans, a seemingly interminable cycle of struggle between good and evil was born. Crash, an orange Bandicoot (similar to a fox mixed with a human), and his sister, Coco (similar to crash but more human than fox), with guidance from an ancient, yet powerful voodoo mask, Aku'Aku, became the champions of light against Dr. Neo Cortex, a mad scientist who is hell-bent on taking over the world; Uka'Uka, the evil twin of Aku'Aku who fuels the scientist's schemes; and Cortex's other lackeys that range from a genetically modified tiger to a fellow scientist with a rocket fused in his head. These were the pieces, and the grand chess game had just begun.
After many failings, the frustrated Cortex finally decided to throw everything he had at the benevolent Bandicoots. Little did our unfortunate heroes know that Cortex had been brewing a secret "weapon" even before they themselves had been born. While Cortex has proven exceedingly unreliable in taking over the world, the mad scientist still possessed enough intelligence to know that he would always need a back-up plan. Therefore, it had dawned on him: in order to defeat the Bandicoots, he needed to unveil his secret weapon. To fight a Bandicoot, one has to be a Bandicoot. Or so he thought.
The secret weapon turned out to be a genetically modified beast. The beast, a different species of Bandicoot, was a force to be reckoned with. Cortex's creation was over seven feet tall with powerful, built muscles. He had a metal forearm and hand in the right arm's stead. The beast was filled to the brim with a volcanic temper, to Cortex's delight. In woeful irony, Cortex named the beast "Crunch" for his physique. Cortex failed to realize that this was another example of his frenetic planning. Destiny had it that Crunch, even when being named, was similar enough to the other Bandicoots to be a brother. To Cortex's dismay, the three C's would be his undoing again and again. Yet, we hear of the Bandicoots' triumph over Cortex too often. What do they do when a problem other than Cortex arises? Reality has no entity behind it. Reality has unrelenting power where Cortex does not. Reality has the power to sunder the sun-bleached archipelago. Reality is the ultimate equalizer. This is where our story begins.