Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back - Stage 17: Diggin' It (100% Completed)

DIG THIS!

Diggin' It's theme is semi-new. It's based on the winter themes of Crash Dash, Crash Crush, and Un-Bearable.

Except this time, Crash is heading away from the camera instead of towards it, because there's nothing here to chase after him...

Expect for those goddamn bees. He's allergic to them, but they can be attacked. Just don't let them sting him. There's also special red ground that Crash can dig under to protect himself from the bees.

If you are to complete this stage in one sitting, you're going to have to backtrack from a fork road without dying at all. When you reach the fork, go right first. When you reach the end of that path, carefully make your way back to the beginning of the split and take the Skull Route on the left.

This would probably be a bit easier had there not been any breakable Crates in the Skull Route. You'll find the challenge Gem, there, but you need to reach the Skull Route if you wanna get the crate Gem, too.
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After beating the level, Coco tries to talk to Crash again, once again very limited to how much time she has to do this.

All Crash learns from her this time is that Cortex has finished preparing a space station, and that there's something funny about the things he's told Crash.

Lastly, right before she cuts out, Coco warns her brother of tricks, most likely from Cortex himself.
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See my N-Sane Trilogy run through this rather-hard level (feat. Coco), here!:
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