<s>
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
N-Tranced	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2003	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Vicarious	O
Visions	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Universal	O
Interactive	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
eight	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
video	O
game	O
series	O
and	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Crash	B-Device
Bandicoot	I-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
Huge	I-Device
Adventure	I-Device
(	O
2002	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
N-Tranced	O
is	O
the	O
eighth	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
video	O
game	O
series	O
and	O
the	O
second	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
game	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
a	O
handheld	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
centers	O
on	O
the	O
exploits	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
,	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
,	O
as	O
he	O
sets	O
out	O
to	O
save	O
his	O
sister	O
Coco	O
and	O
friend	O
Crunch	O
from	O
Doctor	O
N	O
.	O
Tropy	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
brainwashed	O
them	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
his	O
ally	O
N	O
.	O
Trance	O
to	O
conquer	O
all	O
of	O
time	O
and	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Crash	B-Device
Bandicoot	I-Device
Purple	I-Device
:	I-Device
Ripto	I-Device
's	I-Device
Rampage	I-Device
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
N-Tranced	O
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
,	O
who	O
must	O
free	O
his	O
friends	O
from	O
the	O
hypnosis	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
antagonists	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
protagonist	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
bandicoot	O
who	O
must	O
rescue	O
his	O
friends	O
from	O
the	O
hypnosis	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
antagonist	O
Doctor	O
Nefarious	O
Tropy	O
and	O
his	O
ally	O
N	O
.	O
Trance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	O
's	O
friends	O
,	O
who	O
have	O
been	O
captured	O
and	O
hypnotized	O
by	O
the	O
main	O
antagonists	O
,	O
consist	O
of	O
Coco	O
Bandicoot	O
,	O
Crash	O
's	O
spirited	O
genius	O
sister	O
and	O
Crunch	O
Bandicoot	O
,	O
a	O
"	O
super-bandicoot	O
"	O
who	O
joined	O
Crash	O
's	O
family	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Wrath	I-Application
of	I-Application
Cortex	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
failure	O
of	O
Doctor	O
Neo	O
Cortex	O
's	O
previous	B-Device
scheme	I-Device
to	I-Device
shrink	I-Device
the	I-Device
Earth	I-Device
,	O
Uka	O
Uka	O
entrusts	O
Doctor	O
Nefarious	O
Tropy	O
with	O
the	O
task	O
of	O
aiding	O
him	O
in	O
universal	O
domination	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
back	O
on	O
N	O
.	O
Sanity	O
Island	O
,	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
sleeps	O
away	O
while	O
his	O
friends	O
Crunch	O
and	O
sister	O
Coco	O
are	O
abducted	O
by	O
a	O
strange	O
vortex	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
sequel	O
's	O
biggest	O
unique	O
element	O
is	O
its	O
pretty	O
darn	O
fun	O
Altasphere	O
challenges	O
,	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
PS2/GameCube/Xbox	O
"	O
Wrath	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cortex	I-Application
"	O
levels	O
and	O
powered	O
by	O
Vicarious	O
Visions	O
 '	O
"	O
Tony	O
Hawk	O
"	O
GBA	B-Device
engine.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Sometimes	O
it	O
smells	O
,	O
other	O
times	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
fresh	O
as	O
a	O
daisy	O
,	O
"	O
while	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
noted	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
single-player	O
game	O
covers	O
more	O
than	O
30	O
levels	O
with	O
new	O
nonlinear	O
level	O
progression.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Avi	O
Fryman	O
of	O
GameSpy	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
an	O
amusing	O
romp	O
through	O
the	O
bizarre	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kristan	O
Reed	O
of	O
Eurogamer	O
deduced	O
that	O
"	O
given	O
its	O
high	O
price	O
tag	O
and	O
scant	O
innovation	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
N-Tranced	I-Application
is	O
unlikely	O
to	O
win	O
over	O
any	O
new	O
converts	O
by	O
playing	O
it	O
so	O
safe	O
and	O
so	O
young.	O
"	O
</s>
