Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled, but I fixed the Podium Theme Placements.

Welcome to what is my first and only video of 2019! Surely something like this won't be subject to incurring COPPA's wrath. Sorry for the shoddy thumbnail, I just wanted to quickly make a thumbnail before the end of the day.

FAQ (I recommend reading this after watching the video so you get a better understanding for the questions and answers.)

1. "What's the purpose of this video?"

Fans, myself included, love this remake (NOT a remaster, get it right, Activision...). Despite the many great things it has done, such as breathing life into all of the tracks and bringing in characters both beloved and obscure to give them a big chance to shine, we have our gripes with this game. Glitches/Bugs, Connection Issues, Rilla Roo's face... one of my biggest gripes is the podium theme choices for most CNK and Grand Prix characters. It has really gotten out of hand since the Spooky Grand Prix where everybody was getting the Bandicoot theme while Koala Kong and Rilla Roo got Cortex/N. Gin's theme, despite being big brutes like Tiny and Dingodile. Thankfully Nina and Komodo Moe's theme choices got fixed, but not everybody else. CTR? More like: Bandicoot Podium Theme Simulator. I respect the work Beenox has done for this game, but whoever's job it is in assigning podium themes to the characters, as Krunk would put it: "You will have to do better than that!"


2. "Why are Nitros Oxide and Krunk featured twice?"

Well, it's a bit of a long story. Before the game launched, I made a simple video of podium theme predictions for characters both confirmed and yet to come to the game and posted it on the Crash Bandicoot subreddit (shoutout to any of you guys there watching this!). I had Nitros Oxide with the Pinstripe/Komodo Bros. theme along with Velo as at the time I felt it fit them both the most. However, Real Velo ended up getting Cortex/N. Gin's theme while Nitros Oxide got Ripper Roo/Papu Papu's theme, the latter which personally didn't fit that much for me. I feel both Oxide and Velo should share the same theme, either the Pinstripe/Komodo Bros. theme or Cortex/N. Gin's theme since they're CTR and CNK's main villains and had (somewhat) similar goals. As for Krunk... well, he was a big guy like Tiny and Dingodile, but so was Papu Papu, who had a different theme. The case with Krunk was more-or-less a nod to TobyDoge Musics's video of giving the CTR Podium Themes to all characters in CNK, which you can see here.
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3. "Why're there so many characters with the Pinstripe/Komodo Bros. theme?"

Hear me out... this theme is my favourite of them all, and I'm trying not to be biased or anything as I have my reasons for giving it to this many characters. This theme was wasted on Krunk and Zem as it didn't fit them at all. The CTTR crew needed something to get them out of the Bandicoot Podium Theme Simulator, so I felt this was the best pick for them - if Polar/Pura's theme could be used for Geary, I'm sure using this theme for some good characters would be just as fine. Once Willie Wumpa Cheeks joins the roster to complete the CTTR roster, I feel he should get Ripper Roo/Papu Papu's theme. I gave 3 of the CNK bosses (4 if you count Norm as separate characters) the same themes as their CTR counterparts - Krunk = Papu Papu, Nash = Ripper Roo and Norm = Komodo Bros.


As for my reasons to assigning certain themes to particular characters...

Rilla Roo - Some people say he should have Ripper Roo/Papu Papu's theme, and I can see why. But if Koala Kong's gonna have Tiny/Dingodile's theme, I think it's only fair that Rilla Roo gets it too since 'Kong & 'Roo are Tiny & Dingodile's counterparts in Crash Bash. Only thing that doesn't match up with them is that all but Rilla Roo have Speed as their default class setting. I'm not surprised 'Roo has Turn as his default class since he is essentially the meme character of the entire franchise. I personally felt Yaya should've gotten Acceleration instead of Speed... but, moving on.

Zem - He's the Speed character in Team Oxide. Despite being shorter than his leader, he does the kind of brutish stuff you expect from characters like Tiny, further adding to how better fitting the theme is for him. Can't believe the Pinstripe/Komodo Bros. theme was wasted on him...

Geary - He's a robot, which to me makes Cortex/N. Gin's theme a better fit for him. His angry/evil side's usually in control during racing anyway. I will admit that him having Polar/Pura's theme was an interesting touch. He, Nash and Zam were the only CNK characters that I felt had decent theme selections, but I figured why not give them the themes I envisioned them having anyway.


Read the pinned comment for more theme placement reasons.