Fun fact: From technical point of view, this boss fight is pushing playstation hardware capability to its absolute limits. If you count that two massive models, coco's model, background and so many particle effects had to be loaded at the same time, its insane that this boss run smoothly (on 60/30 fps depending on the version). Just a reminder, playstation has 2MB of RAM and it had to load everything and use it at specific times without any loadings. One of the things where they did save precious space is in the fact that you and N.Gin are not actually moving forward. Only the scenery is moving and the hectic movement from N.gin and stiff control from coco creates an illusion that you are moving forward. This way the "arena" where you are fighting is actually pretty small (probably big as Tiny Tiger's arena, although its little taller because of Phase 2). I was actually talking to Crash modders about this boss fight and they also said that its a miracle that Naughty dog actually pulled out something like this. Huge shotouts to all programmers because they had to probably optimise it like crazy.
Me as a kid: "Five lives? Seems manageable." *halfway through the fight, N. Gin transforms into another mech with seven lives* Me: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
At least she was supported by her pet tiger after half the battle, for some reason only a bandicoot can understand... o.O "Oh, coco is in trouble! Better launch her tiger in some kind of addon up to her!" Jep, sounds like crash
Probably one of the greatest boss levels to be designed in a 90s video game. The fact they decided to have Coco annihilate Ngin on the freaking moon still blows my mind even today more than 20 years after release date.
@@zanegandini5350 The two actually fought in 'Nam together if we go by Twinsanity as the next game after this, N.Gin is still doing other things, he just considers Cortex a really good friend and wants to make sure the best is happening for both of them.
Can we all take a moment and appreciate how adorable it was when Pura came on and attach himself to Coco's spaceship? LOL. I cannot wait for the N.Sane trilogy!
When I was a kid I found this ridiculously hard, and finally I beat him and I was like AT LAST!! Then the bastard transformed and kicked my ass, I felt like jumping out a window.
N. Gin used to be the first boss that I thought "damn.. this dude serious". Like all the others before him were cartoonish and not entirely serious, maybe other than N. Tropy. But N. Gin just appears with this weird eye and half-metal-scull thing and talks with this odd voice... I was just like, damn. Shit just got serious.
@@CamerataAndrea2000 I know of a strategy for fighting Tiny: when he unleashes the lions, stay in the lower left or lower right corner. That way you only have to worry about the lions that come out of the far left or far right hole.
Looking back, the fight just starting abruptly without any establishing intro of Coco’s spaceship coming out of a time portal and the reveal of N Gin’s insanely huge boss robot is kind of weird. Especially when every other boss, even the final Cortex fight has one of those. XD I THINK the N-sane Trilogy remasters made one but I wonder if it got cut at the last minute in the original game’s development?
i remember getting a huge "WTF?! NO WAY!" adrenaline rush when crash jumps into n-gin's sphere and doesn't go through, and coco goes in. really, that was a total "wow" for me.
N.Gin: *Prepare to be pulverized, Bandicoot!* Megumi: *But Dr. N.Gin, didn't we talk about this!?!* N.Gin: *But I wasn't referring to you... I mean I didn't... rrrgh, never mind.*
This boss fight was one of the many fantastic gameplay decisions that they made with this game... It was like they were walking on water, they could do no wrong. Probably one of my top 10 favorite games, all time, at least in terms of 1P campaign games.
"So...Crash Bandicoot...we meet again. Uka Uka and Dr. Cortex want me to teach you a lesson! Well, I've made a few MODIFICATIONS to my mechanics since our last encounter. So back off, or be deleted!" "So...you want to go a few rounds? When this is over, we'll see who is obsolete!""
Can we just celebrate that COKO beat the HARDEST BOSS fight in the franchise. We gotta admit, that's some real girl power ish! Go Coko for being the smartest and reppin for tha ladiesssss
Darkstar263 Much like the other bosses. After you know their patterns well they are easy. But when we played this game as children, this fight was the real shit. I think it is the hardest fight out of the 3 original games.
One day, Dr Eggman asked his little brother to visit him to check out his new robot created in order to defeat Sonic. When he arrived, Eggman admitted that his new robot was still a little glitchy, and that a few modifications were recquired. When the brother, who was right in front asked Eggman if there were missiles in his robot, Eggman showed him the button used to cast them. Unfortunately, he pressed the button a little too hard. Thus was born N.Gin.
Getting older these boss battles are easy as hell. But when you're a kid, they're freaking hard. But man it was so satisfying dyinglike 20 times then finally beating the boss
By far, one of the best twist/turns of a boss level. I bet you dropped your controller in relief when you first tried N.Gin. Then Phase 2 began, FU.....!
My greatest fear when seeing N. Gin's second mech was that there were going to be three mechs - three mechs for the price of three bars of health - as all the other bosses had only three bars of health.
@TheAllamondeSeries I'm guessing they record the voice actor saying N. Gin's lines. Then they copy the sound file. With the copy, they add a "pitch increase" which makes his voice sound a little bit higher in tone. And when that's done, they add a slight robotic effect. Then they play these two files together and that gives him the Normal + the High Pitched + the Robotized voice.
Can't tell if I like this boss fight more or his Crash 2 fight. Either way, a pretty fun fight and I'm happy Coco got to have a boss battle. It being split into 2 phases was definitely a surprise at first.
N. Gin from Warped and Cerberus Alpha from Mischief Makers are my favorite bosses from the 5th generation era - love the constant barrage of rockets and lasers as well as the kick-ass music
i only liked this boss because i got to be coco. xD she was my favoriteeeeeeeee back then haha. thank you for posting these! brings back good memories! 8D
I can't count how many times I fought this boss because it's too much fun. I actually made it into a challenge of getting my health down to like 3% of course that was an easy, just as a challenge of not to get hit XD. Even though I can do this while staying at 100%. And the music is great to that I can still hear it even with the sound
N Gin is my fav character, i havent started crash 3 yet (im palying the original 3 on my ps3) this bos looks awesome. what accent does n-gin have? it sounds spanish to me.
I noticed something about this boss in the European version. I believe N. Gin fires those laser guns in his first form for a slightly longer period, and they also take slightly longer to go down than in the American version. I could be wrong, however, because I haven't played this game, or this boss, for a long time.
![Crash Bandicoot 2 [Boss Stages] N. Gin](/img/n.gif)
Fun fact:
From technical point of view, this boss fight is pushing playstation hardware capability to its absolute limits. If you count that two massive models, coco's model, background and so many particle effects had to be loaded at the same time, its insane that this boss run smoothly (on 60/30 fps depending on the version). Just a reminder, playstation has 2MB of RAM and it had to load everything and use it at specific times without any loadings.
One of the things where they did save precious space is in the fact that you and N.Gin are not actually moving forward. Only the scenery is moving and the hectic movement from N.gin and stiff control from coco creates an illusion that you are moving forward. This way the "arena" where you are fighting is actually pretty small (probably big as Tiny Tiger's arena, although its little taller because of Phase 2).
I was actually talking to Crash modders about this boss fight and they also said that its a miracle that Naughty dog actually pulled out something like this. Huge shotouts to all programmers because they had to probably optimise it like crazy.
R.I.P Brendan O'Brien as N.Gin
Me as a kid: "Five lives? Seems manageable."
*halfway through the fight, N. Gin transforms into another mech with seven lives*
Me: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
+Daniel Plainview Five lives? I think you mean five hit points.
***** Semantics.
He took a lot more than 5 hits :P
Me paso ahora mismo jajaja
This looks easy here... But when you are the one who is playing...
Virtual Space Manipulator agree. I nearly destroyed my tablet today. (i am playing epsxe emulator)
I never had any problems against him.
I’d say it’s not extremely difficult but it’s definitely long and intense
I beat it when i was 5 so it isnt definitely very hard
Poor Coco has to risk her life in a space battle against a psychopathic madman then Crash never lets her use her own bazooka that she earned lol
At least she was supported by her pet tiger after half the battle, for some reason only a bandicoot can understand... o.O
"Oh, coco is in trouble! Better launch her tiger in some kind of addon up to her!"
Jep, sounds like crash
Bill Ontario well she finally gets to in the remaster version!
She play with my ‘bazooka’
@@balaclavatheslidegod1469 shut up creep
Im started to feel sick with your comment
And to matters even make worse he has an unexploded nuclear device lodged in his head.
The fact that it’s Coco who ultimately defeats N. Gin.....on the god damn moon is so freaking cool to me. Coolest boss fight in all 3 games.
"ARRRGGGGHHH! Not again!" - N.Gin
So sad that line is cut from the remake.
Probably one of the greatest boss levels to be designed in a 90s video game. The fact they decided to have Coco annihilate Ngin on the freaking moon still blows my mind even today more than 20 years after release date.
N Gin is hands down the most intimidating boss in the series. That's why he has the most health.
N. Gin is wasting his life away working for Cortex, as he's far more OP.
@@zanegandini5350 Agreed.
@@zanegandini5350 The two actually fought in 'Nam together if we go by Twinsanity as the next game after this, N.Gin is still doing other things, he just considers Cortex a really good friend and wants to make sure the best is happening for both of them.
@@tsonicboomplays9694 Yeah I'm not so familiar with the post-Naughty Dog games. Damn, they're old enough to have fought in 'Nam?
@@zanegandini5350 Yeah, In twinsanity it's implied the two of them fought alongside each other
At the beginning of the fight, he says; "Prepare to be Pulverized Bandicoots!"
the graphics is so nice for a ps1 game
Rebeca Rodrigues Graphics don’t matter for me in games, but it is really beautiful
Ikr
When the penultimate boss is the best boss.
Fucking loved this boss battle. Will always treasure the pain and humiliation from N. Gin
me too
Can we all take a moment and appreciate how adorable it was when Pura came on and attach himself to Coco's spaceship? LOL. I cannot wait for the N.Sane trilogy!
In the N. Trilogy we can see more clearly when Pura appear to help Coco :3 its was even more adorable ❤ Pura is cute and helpful 💗
agree
"prepare to be pulverized bandicoot." is what n.gin says at the begining of the battle, a very cool line.
I always loved after you beat him:
"AAAAAAAAAAARRRGGH! NOT AGAIN!!!"
When your adversary has such little respect for you that he sends his sibling to deal with you.
1:08 N. Gin after the first phase: "You fool, this isn't even my final form!"
When I was a kid I found this ridiculously hard, and finally I beat him and I was like AT LAST!! Then the bastard transformed and kicked my ass, I felt like jumping out a window.
N. Gin used to be the first boss that I thought "damn.. this dude serious". Like all the others before him were cartoonish and not entirely serious, maybe other than N. Tropy. But N. Gin just appears with this weird eye and half-metal-scull thing and talks with this odd voice... I was just like, damn. Shit just got serious.
"So back off, or be DELETED!" ~beautiful
Maybe he's a Cyberman and no one told us?
+Obvious Bicycle it sure sounds like it.
BROKEN N. GIN!!
OBSOLETE!
this was definitely the hardest boss on crash 3
Maybe in the whole trilogy
certainly not in the remake, took like 1 try.
@@CamerataAndrea2000 easier than the early bosses? You have some explaining to do there bruh.
@@CamerataAndrea2000 I know of a strategy for fighting Tiny: when he unleashes the lions, stay in the lower left or lower right corner. That way you only have to worry about the lions that come out of the far left or far right hole.
probably the most epic boss fight for a childhood game! a boss fight that is set in the middle of space!
Naughty dog's N.Gin fights are always epic! 5/5
This boss was so much fun to play! :) I always crack up when at the end of the fight "AhHHH! NOT AGAIN!"
Looking back, the fight just starting abruptly without any establishing intro of Coco’s spaceship coming out of a time portal and the reveal of N Gin’s insanely huge boss robot is kind of weird. Especially when every other boss, even the final Cortex fight has one of those. XD
I THINK the N-sane Trilogy remasters made one but I wonder if it got cut at the last minute in the original game’s development?
The N Sane Trilogy has more of a proper intro with N.Gin arriving in his mech but there's still no Coco coming out of a time portal.
2:07 that sound will never get old
"Prepare to be ... PULVERIZED BANDICOOT!" xD
Oh, THAT'S what he said? Finally, I get some clarity.
AG Kaiju i wanted to make the same comment 😂
i remember getting a huge "WTF?! NO WAY!" adrenaline rush when crash jumps into n-gin's sphere and doesn't go through, and coco goes in. really, that was a total "wow" for me.
N.Gin: *Prepare to be pulverized, Bandicoot!*
Megumi: *But Dr. N.Gin, didn't we talk about this!?!*
N.Gin: *But I wasn't referring to you... I mean I didn't... rrrgh, never mind.*
It’s such a shame that this boss fight on the N. Sane Trilogy is nowhere near as fast paced, aggressive and epic as the original battle
Best boss in Crash Bandicoot, hands down.
This boss fight was one of the many fantastic gameplay decisions that they made with this game... It was like they were walking on water, they could do no wrong. Probably one of my top 10 favorite games, all time, at least in terms of 1P campaign games.
43 got deleted by n.gin
1:08 - "YAY, i beat him!!!"
1:17 - "Holy S**t"
"So...Crash Bandicoot...we meet again. Uka Uka and Dr. Cortex want me to teach you a lesson! Well, I've made a few MODIFICATIONS to my mechanics since our last encounter. So back off, or be deleted!" "So...you want to go a few rounds? When this is over, we'll see who is obsolete!""
+hitmontop16 N.Gin had the best lines in the game. *0*
+hitmontop16 Prepare to be *PULVERIZED*, Bandicoot!
+corjonbett ARRRRGH!!!! Not *AGAAAAAIIIINNN!!!!!!*
And yet... He's fighting with Coco, not Crash.
Can we just celebrate that COKO beat the HARDEST BOSS fight in the franchise. We gotta admit, that's some real girl power ish! Go Coko for being the smartest and reppin for tha ladiesssss
I agree. Since the glorious 90's the Crash Bandicoot -brand has been destroyed multiple times.
"Easy"? Bite your tongue, HARDEST. BOSS. IN. THE. GAME.
Ever since my childhood, he's never killed me once. Ok fair enough I do occasionally take some damage in the 2nd part but he's never killed me.
Darkstar263 Much like the other bosses. After you know their patterns well they are easy. But when we played this game as children, this fight was the real shit. I think it is the hardest fight out of the 3 original games.
One day, Dr Eggman asked his little brother to visit him to check out his new robot created in order to defeat Sonic. When he arrived, Eggman admitted that his new robot was still a little glitchy, and that a few modifications were recquired. When the brother, who was right in front asked Eggman if there were missiles in his robot, Eggman showed him the button used to cast them. Unfortunately, he pressed the button a little too hard.
Thus was born N.Gin.
The most awesome boss fight of all time. N. Gin's weapons have always been his biggest and only weakness :D
Getting older these boss battles are easy as hell. But when you're a kid, they're freaking hard. But man it was so satisfying dyinglike 20 times then finally beating the boss
“Prepare to be PULVERIZED BANDICOOTS!”
This was my favorite boss in the game. I love you Crash Bandicoot. Come back...
By far, one of the best twist/turns of a boss level. I bet you dropped your controller in relief when you first tried N.Gin.
Then Phase 2 began, FU.....!
Best boss battle in all crash games
My greatest fear when seeing N. Gin's second mech was that there were going to be three mechs - three mechs for the price of three bars of health - as all the other bosses had only three bars of health.
I remember rage quitting on N.Gin so many times
Those who found him difficult never played Starfox. Clearly.
@TheAllamondeSeries I'm guessing they record the voice actor saying N. Gin's lines. Then they copy the sound file. With the copy, they add a "pitch increase" which makes his voice sound a little bit higher in tone. And when that's done, they add a slight robotic effect. Then they play these two files together and that gives him the Normal + the High Pitched + the Robotized voice.
to be quite honest, this was one awesome boss fight...almost a defining moment of my sad little childhood.
really fun boss fight
Can't tell if I like this boss fight more or his Crash 2 fight. Either way, a pretty fun fight and I'm happy Coco got to have a boss battle. It being split into 2 phases was definitely a surprise at first.
I prefer this fight over his Crash 2 fight. Mainly due to I hate how its a one hit and your dead boss.
N. Gin from Warped and Cerberus Alpha from Mischief Makers are my favorite bosses from the 5th generation era - love the constant barrage of rockets and lasers as well as the kick-ass music
i only liked this boss because i got to be coco. xD she was my favoriteeeeeeeee back then haha.
thank you for posting these! brings back good memories! 8D
0:34 Objectives: Hit Shoulder Missile, Main Core and Chain Gun
I can't count how many times I fought this boss because it's too much fun. I actually made it into a challenge of getting my health down to like 3% of course that was an easy, just as a challenge of not to get hit XD. Even though I can do this while staying at 100%. And the music is great to that I can still hear it even with the sound
is that pura behind her after the first round???
Yes
I wonder how could she pilot n fire alongside coco...
Maybe warped her out of nowhere XD
Yes
he was always my favourite character since CTR and warped
With the Flashback tapes it makes sense Coco defeats N Gin since he mentored her on computers
N. Gin: DELETING foes before Matt Hardy made it cool!
Favourite boss fight. Non stop action, tough, and I like how they got Coco to do it. The music too!
0:33 What does N. Gin say?
"Prepare to be pulverized, Bandicoot!"
The despair in N Gin's cries after he loses filled my 10 year old heart with IMMENSE joy.
I eradicated that man.
I beat him on my first attempt. And believe it or not, this was a few years before I even started playing the Starfox series.
As a kid this was INTENSE!
That thing on the left of Dr N.Gin's head is that an unexploded nuclear device lodged in his head?
Yes
I don't know if you noticed that I actually corrected MYSELF :D
1:12 Me encanta como Pura se une a la batalla :,)
AYYYYYYY ♡♡♡ Si tú no lo decías no me daba cuenta.
Muero de amor
@@skadiraith Pura es tan adorable y util :3 ❤
Jugaste los remake?? Ahi se ve mas claramente como Pura se une a Coco :3
This is the hardest boss battle of all time for Crash bandicoot series, I am stuck and will probably never ever be able to beat him :(
Litteraly the first try after I write this comment, I finally make the level 😂 if thats the case I wish I would've wrote this comment sooner
Really? Great!
I remember first getting the fruit bazooka. That thing was awesome.
"prepare to be PULVERISED BANDICOOT!!!"
Man, this boss fight was my favorite.
Who can't love his Peter Lorre-esque voice.
Does anyone know what he says at the beginning of the battle? Hard to hear with all the gunfire and everything.
I hate the inverted axis, literally moving my crosshair the opposite way it should go
N Gin is my fav character, i havent started crash 3 yet (im palying the original 3 on my ps3) this bos looks awesome. what accent does n-gin have? it sounds spanish to me.
tiny- 30% hard
Dingodile-18% hard
N Tropy- 42% hard
N. Gin- 100% hard
Cortex- 50 % hard
ohhh man this brings back memories i played this so many years ago now on the original playstation i used to love crash games
I like how n gin is talking to crash in his time twister messages but he ends up fighting coco
Anyone know what N. Gin says at 0:33? I wondered for years
Prepare to be pulverised bandicoot!
AAARRRGGGHHH! NOT AGAIN!
And Coco got the most badass level
I noticed something about this boss in the European version. I believe N. Gin fires those laser guns in his first form for a slightly longer period, and they also take slightly longer to go down than in the American version. I could be wrong, however, because I haven't played this game, or this boss, for a long time.
@warcactuar N. Gin is a super awesome nuke head that creates awesome bots, why not? xD
"Coco Bandicoot how do you do?"
This is one of the more epic boss fights I remembered from playing the PSX.
I absolutely love this fight!
Quite strangely, I have experienced the exact contrary - I found this boss ridiculously easy while the others were harder for me to defeat.
man, this was by far my favorite boss battle in the game. 5/5 for naughty dog and this vid, and 4/10 for sierra
what's the difference between the first and second cortex fight.
I wish there was a checkpoint in this boss...
Incredible boss fight
"Arggh! Not again!"
funnest damn boss battle in the entire game
Really need that sound que of N gin Screaming when he falla out of his exposing ship. XD
Seriously. Make that sound at 2:08 a sound effect! DO IT!!
N Gin: "I don't follow the rules of 3HP as the others nor have boss patterns! You'll have to do what you can here!"
"DO A BARREL ROLL!!!"
What the hell does n gin says when the battle starts?
What happened in dexters lab