Crash Nitro Kart - Strategy Guide (Page 02)

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This race takes place in Out of Time.  But there's a difference...Norm and Big
Norm.  Big Norm takes the offensive, and Norm the speed.  Avoid their attacks,
use missiles and bombs, use the two shortcuts, AVOID THE WORMS, power-slide
like crazy.  Other than that, once you're ahead, power-slide non-stop to give
yourself a nice little (but not too little) space between you and the goblin
mime freaks.  Congratulations, you're done with Fenomena, now let's blow this
joint!

2.4 - Teknee
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|2.41| - Assembly Lane
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|Trophy Race|

This level is reminiscent of N.Gin's labs in CTR, right?  Okay, watch out for
the mud, because it slows you down massively.  When you get inside the building,
power-slide onto the assembly line.  There are huge "stompers" whacking the
floor, so avoid them and grab the Multiplier crate.  This is a shortcut, but
has no importance.  After leaving the building, you'll come to a large pipe
that you can drive all over...but near the end of it, go to the top so you can
jump off into the finish line!

|CNK Race|

C location - Near the beginning, stay left and right after the mud will be the
C.

N location - After the curve, near the green smoke, on the left side, you'll
notice a ledge that looks hard to reach...and the N, you'll see, is on that
ledge.  Make sure you have an Invincibility Mask or Turbo Boost before
hopping on a hill.  You'll easily reach the N.

K location - On the second last passage inside the building, jump diagonally
over the edge to get the easily visible K.  Power-sliding, Turbo Boosts or
Invincibility Masks will work.

|Relic Race|

As always, take the shortcuts to get great Time Crates and take the lowest
worth Crates first.  Overall, this race should not be too difficult.
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|2.42| - Android Alley
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|Trophy Race|

Now, the first thing you need to know is that as soon as you drive out the
tunnel, a huge train comes from hover tracks.  Avoid it by driving on the
walls, then drop down and get going.  Power-slide the corners.  When you get
to a turn that you have to go left, notice a large half-circle window with
broken ledges...power-slide there, or Turbo Boost, and crash through the
window for a nice little shortcut.  Remember this location and how to get
there.

Right after the window shortcut, there will be two sliding robots that make
you collide.  Avoid them, go through the curvy road and past the finish line.

|CNK Race|

C location - Right after the blue anti-gravity path, jump off the turbo pads
to the far right to grab the C.

N location - Remember the window shortcut?  Of course you do!  Crash through
the window and get the N.

K location - On the jump right before the finish line, hop to the right and get
the K.  You'll need an Invincibility Mask or a Turbo Boost.

|Relic Race|

The Time Crates are all easy to reach, so form a pattern and get the 1-seconds
first.  No problem, right?
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|2.43| - Electron Avenue
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|Trophy Race|

This race is very similar to Android Alley...whoops.  Anyways, lots of huge
jumping and power-sliding opportunity.  Start off the starting grid and take
the huge jump.  Hit the activation crate and pick a turbo lane; it probably
will be hit again and changed, so switch between the two.  You'll get to go
anti-grav numerous times.  When you see these huge laser gates, take the
elevated turbo pads, always.  That way you don't get shocked.  Other than
that, you should be fine.

|CNK Race|

C location - In between the two turbo lanes, in the spaces where you can go
between the two.

N location - When you get to the first laser gate, take the left turbo pade
and jump real high to the left to grab the N out of the air.

K location - At the last laser gate, go through the middle path, through the
turbo pad.  Try timing it right so you don't get electrified.  The K is in the
middle path, right in the middle.

|Relic Race|

Jump a lot through the bumps and take the 1-second Time Crates first.  Same
old same old.
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|2.44| - Magnetic Mayhem
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Now, this arena battle is a little hard.  You'll definately lose some times,
so figure out a pattern.  Avoid hazards and power-slide to not run out of
time.
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|2.45| - Boss Race 4: Geary
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Geary...the less said, the better.  This race takes place in Android Alley.
Geary with two little robotic helpers with try to make this race hell for you.
Shoot him a lot, and ALWAYS use the window shortcut.  Power-slide all the
time.  Avoid the train obviously, and near the finish line, jump a lot.
Not an overall easy or hard race.  Good luck.

2.5 - Velo Race 1

Well, this is it.  You have twelve (12) trophies, sixteen (16) tokens, four of
each color, and twelve (12) relics of varying colors.  You're almost done...
except for a few things.  Now it's time to race Velo in a new track called
Hyper Spaceway!  This track is crazy, honestly.  The only tips I can give you
is power-slide a lot, watch out for the flames and spinning lasers, and shoot
him.  The homing rockets work best against him.  His stupid little helpers
steal your crates and shoot you, so stay ahead of them too.  Watch out for the
Static Orbs Velo leaves behind.  When you finish, there, it's over.  CNK is
finished.  No more...or is it?  Watch the cutscene...
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|2.51| - Velo's Vault
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Now, after you finish watching the cutscene, go to Velo's Vault, the newly
opened portal in the colloseum.  Yes, Velo snaked you and now you have to get
all the relics to race him...no, problem, you already have all the relic.  No
you don't.  Hyper Spaceway holds one (1) last relic.  The thirteenth (13th)
relic.  And to open Hyper Spaceway inside Velo's Vault, you need all four gems.
How do you get gems?  Have all the CNK tokens of a certain, of course.  That
opens up the gem cups.  A cup works like this:  first place gets nine (9)
points, second place gets six (6) points, third place gets three (3) points and
fourth place gets one (1) point.  The other four (4) get nothing.
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|2.511| - Purple Gem Cup
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Requirements:

Four (4) Purple CNK Tokens, from the Arena Battles

There are three (3) races in each cup.  Basically, it's the same races but a
little harder.  The races in this cup are Android Alley (take the window
shortcut), Tiny Temple and Thunder Struck.  Just do your best.  Good luck.
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|2.522| - Blue Gem Cup
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Requirements:

Four (4) Blue CNK Tokens

The tracks in this cup are Barin Ruins (take the wall shortcut when you can),
Clockwork Wumpa (use the gear shortcut and the one inside the building where
you got the N) and Electron Avenua (make sure to take the elevated turbo pads
at the laser gates).  Remember, if someone shoots a Homing Rocket at you, if
you can, drop a TNT/Nitro, Static Orb and shoot a Bowling Bomb backwards to
destroy it.
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|2.533| - Green Gem Cup
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Requirements:

Four (4) Green CNK Tokens

The tracks in the Green Gem Cup are Jungle Boogie (use the elevated ramps
shortcut near the end), Deep Sea Driving (use the N shortcut at the last turbo
pad where you jump from land piece to land piece and the dirt shortcut near
the beginning) and Out of Time (avoid the windmill and sandworms and take the
ramp that cuts through the curve at the beginning of the race).  Now, only
one Gem to go...
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|2.544| - Red Gem Cup
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The last Gem Cup...you can do it.  This cup includes the following races:
Inferno Island, Meteor Gorge (power-slide heaven) and Assembly Lane.  Finish
them and you can move on to Hyper Spaceway.
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|2.555| - Hyper Spaceway
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|Relic Race|

Yes, all you have to do for this level is get a relic...mind you, this is
rather hard.  Your best best is to get all the Time Crates you can, preferably
1-seconds first.  Now, there is one thing I must say that is of utmost
importance.  There is a major shortcut in this level which will save your life.
After leaving the anti-grav blue road and reaching the rocky-sandy ledges with
the green flashing triangles sticking out of the ground, do this: when you get
to the second one, instead of dropping down, have an Invincibility Mask or
Turbo Boost, or just power-slide off the left side, but right before the ledge
stops.  You'll land down in a secret passage.  But that's not all...hop onto a
passage in front of it, power-slide your way left and jump really high to land
into the place with the statues shooting laser out of their eyes.  It will take
a few tries to master, but it's well worth it.  Remember this shortcut for
later.


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Shortcut (not accurate distances, but you get the point...)

Get the relic, Sapphire is fine, then get out of Velo's Vault for the last
race of the game.

2.6 - Velo Race 2 (Final)
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Ah, the big one...time to show Velo up.  There are two ways of completing the
race.  You can either take the shortcut, which, if taken only once, will put
you miles ahead, or you can try and see if you can beat him staying side by
side.  You choose.  Once you're finished, watch the great ending, which
varies if you're using Team Crash or Team Cortex, and relax.  Adventure
Mode is over...almost.

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*       Section 3 - Unlockables                  *
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Here you find out how to unlock everything the game offers to unlock.
Enjoy!

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*       3.0 - Unlockable Racers                  *
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Ah, perhaps my favorite section.  Who doesn't love unlocking new people to
race as?  When you're in an out-of-Adventure-Mode mode, such as Race Time
Trial, or Quick Race, you will be brought to a screen where you can pick your
characters.  When you start off, Crash, Coco, Crunch, Cortex, N. Gin, Tiny,
Oxide and N. Trance are available.  You will see many spaces are blacked
out...the characters' avatars are missing.

Here are all the unlockable racers and how to get 'em.

Fake Crash: The fourth member of Team Crash, Fake Crash is back.  You need to
do 50 or more CONSECUTIVE boosts in Team Cortex Adventure Mode.  Go to Meteor
Gorge and power-slide non-stop.  Deep Sea Driving also is good.  Keep on
trying, taking occasional breaks.  You'll do it soon enough.  Use Tiny Tiger
or Dr. Neo Cortex.

Pura: Pura, one of the most familiar characters (Crash Bandicoot: Warped).  To
unlock him, you have to do 50 CONSECUTIVE boosts in Team Crash in Adventure
Mode...once again, as with Fake Crash, Meteor Gorge is recommended.

Dr. Nefarious Tropy: Yes, Tropy also returns.  This can be a very arduos task.
You have to go in Race Time Trial and get a good time (best in the list) to
unlock Nefarious's ghost.  Then, enter the race again and beat him.  VERY
HARD!  Use all the shortcuts, power-slide as if you life depended on it.
Don't worry, you only have to do it on Inferno Island, Jungle Boogie, Tiny
Temple, Meteor Gorge, Barin Ruins, Deep Sea Driving, Out of Time, Clockwork
Wumpa, Thunder Struck, Assembly Line, Android Alley, Electron Avenue and
Hyper Spaceway.  It was very hard, but I managed to do it in an hour, and
honestly, I kind of suck at Time Trial...so you can do it.  Just to help you
out, here are the times of N. Tropy and Velo ghosts (you can race Velo's much
harder ghosts, but there's no reward):

Track Name..........Tropy's Time..........Velo's Time

Inferno Island......1:51:59...............1:38:44
Jungle Boogie.......1:56:91...............1:35:00
Tiny Temple.........2:39:67...............2:24:62
Meteor Gorge........2:10:17...............1:51:94
Barin Ruins.........2:35:55...............2:08:71
Deep Sea Driving....2:59:31...............2:39:46
Out of Time.........3:04:22...............2:35:19
Clockwork Wumpa.....2:59:11...............2:37:15
Thunder Struck......3:34:49...............3:21:05
Assembly Lane.......2:58:34...............2:32:76
Android Alley.......3:32:47...............3:05:71
Electron Avenue.....4:14:22...............3:55:52
Hyper Spaceway......4:58:93...............4:29:41

Once all the Tropy avatars underneath the track names are gray, you unlock
dear old Tropy.

Emperor Velo the 27th: Yes, you unlock Velo...but after the ending, you'll
notice he's actually smaller then Cortex's head.  Velo is in fact a very good
racer, with great handling and speed.  To unlock him, get 100% on both Team
Crash and Team Cortex in Adventure Mode.

Zam: Simply get the Purple Gem from the Purple Gem Cup in Adventure Mode.

Zem: Simply get the Green Gem from the Green Gem Cup in Adventure Mode.

Polar: Simply get the Blue Gem from the Blue Gem Cup in Adventure Mode.

Dingodile: Simply get the Red Gem from the Red Gem Cup in Adventure Mode.

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*       3.1 - Unlockable Tracks                  *
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Hyper Spaceway: Get first place in all the races, including the boss races.
After beating Velo the first time, it's unlocked.

Terra Drome: Get all the Purple CNK Tokens.

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*       3.2 - Unlockable Cutscenes               *
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After seeing a cutscene, it is unlocked.

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*       Section 4 - Frequently Asked Questions   *
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Q: Who are you?

A: My name's Dan Nicolescu, and I'm just a Crash fan.


Q: How many Crash games are there?

A: As of now (2005), this many:

Crash Bandicoot
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Crash Team Racing
Crash Bash
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
Crash Nitro Kart
Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
Crash Twinsanity
Crash Clash Racing (announced)


Q: How come on the CNK box, it says "Race as virtually any character in the
Crash universe", but this game doesn't have Pinstripe, or Koala Kong, etc.?

A: V Visions didn't have much space on the disk, but also because they only
have rights to certain Crash games.


Q: Why can't you play as Krunk, Nash, Norm (big and normal) and Geary?

A: Logically, yes, it would be a cool feature to have them as unlockables.
I don't know why they didn't include them.  Interestingly, the GBA version of
this game, you can unlock the bosses and Spyro...but why would you want the
bad graphics version of the game?  Note: I am comparing the GBA Version to the
Console Version.


Q: Have you done any other FAQs/Walkthroughs?

A: Nope, this is my first, but certainly not my last.

If you have any other questions, e-mail me at dan_nicolescu@hotmail.com.

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*       Section 5 - Legal Information            *
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This FAQ/Walkthrough can only, I repeat ONLY, appear on the following websites: - Cheat Code Central - Ultimate Bandicoot (MY website :D)

Even if it isn't on the site, it can only appear on those.

This FAQ/Walkthrough is not official in any way, and I have no connection to
Vicarious Visions, Sony Computer Entertainment America, or Vivendi Universal
Games.  It is simply a fan-made guide to help the troubled.  Ths
FAQ/Walkthrough may not be reproduced in any way, or taken and said to be as
yours.  This FAQ/Walkthrough is legally copyrighted, and copyright
infringement can result in law suits.

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*       End Credits and Thanks                   *
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I would like to thank the following people:

*My parents, for obvious reasons
*V Visions, for making the game
*Naughty Dog, for the original Crash games
*CBFan, from my forums, for pointing out a few mistakes...

Thanks to you all for reading!

Copyright (c) 2005 Dan Nicolescu/Elessar Mithrandir/Zooc_Flyup

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