Customer Reviews
One of the best! Buy it! - By: , 09 May 2004 
This game is one of the best GBA games I have ever played!
There's just so much action it's hard to take in!
The levals are not to easy & not to hard,just perfect!
I recently played Crash on my Playstation & then when I found out that I could also play crash on my Gameboy, I was over the moon! I had previously thought that this version of crash wouldn't match up to the playstation version but I was so surprised!
All I can really say is GO OUT AND BUY THIS GAME!!!
Wicked - By: , 06 Dec 2003 Crash bandicoot XS is absolutely bad. It is cool all the graphics & everything. It's even better than my PSone.
Crash Bandicoot the frustrating and challenging game - By: T McIntosh, 20 Aug 2003 
I never realized that there would be a Crash Bandicoot sequel coming on to the GBA. So when I bought it I wasn't sure if it would be worth buying because the graphics & the moves might not be up to standard, because it is on the GBA.
But hek was I wrong the moves are the same as the other sequels the graphics are pretty good but it does seem a bit fake. The levels are a lot harder, it can get very frustrating, but if you overcome that bit of frustration the game will become challenging & fun.
Then only reason why I gave this game a 4 star is due to the fact it only took me a day to complete & the graphics were a bit Tacky.
I suggest you buy this game, its a great laughe.
Addictive - By: Ben Williams, 06 May 2002 When you first start playing this game, you notice good smooth graphics with well crafted levels & good gameplay. There are variety of enemies each of which have to be killedin a different way. At first levels seem quite hard but it doesn't take long before you're doing them with perfection. However this leads to its only downside. The game is a little short. I don't play on my gameboy much yet I still managed to complete 30%in one weekend & a bank holiday.
But that weekend was full of fun. The game is just generally fun to play & it has an addictionin which you find yourself reaching for your gameboy at all times during the day. The biggest plus side is that you can't reaaly get annoyed much even if you find yourself falling of a cliffin a rather surprising death. Overall its good fun but could do with more than 20 levels & 4 bosses. If you persevere with braking every cratein the game it would be quite worthwhile but these things do get slightly boring.
Overcome frustration, and this is a great game! - By: CJ, 23 Apr 2002 
I was quite amazed that Crash Bandicoot was coming to the GBA as one outstanding feature of the Crash series has always been the graphics & sound, which I was not sure the GBA could manage.
On that score, I was wrong. The GameBoy Advance produces some excellent graphics & sound here, complete with the traditional 'Crash running into/out of the screen' moments & all the familiar animations & enemies. The range of moves is also pretty much present.
There are 20 levels, fleshed out with collecting crystals, gems & relics (through time trials), so there is a lot of game going here.
That is, if you can overcome the problems of Crash Bandicoot XS. First up, it can be teeth-clenchingly difficult & just plain unfair. There are leaps of faith galore (where you are forced to jump having no idea what you are going to land on) which frequently involve you dying so you know what to do next time, some overly pixel-perfect jumping & some dodgy collision detection with enemies. OK, all platformers require precision, but the problem here is one hit kills most times so constantly repeating sections leads to the odd close-to-throwing-your-GBA moment.
This is all compunded by some suspect controls. Too often the jump button does not seem to workin time & you fall. Carrying out double-jumps & getting your spins right can be difficult. Sometimes control is far too sluggish & you die largely though no fault of your own. This is extremely frustrating when you are trying to grab every crate or whatever.
Frankly, Naughty Dog's decision to pass on the Crash franchise to other developers is not a good one for gamers. Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex was disappointing on PS2 &in many respects it's the same here. The polished, fun feel of the original games is just not there.
BUT, it is still one of the best platformers on the GBA (especially if you are not a Mario fan) & you find yourself wanting to play through the difficulties so the game is doing something right. Worth buying, just try to keep calm!
