<s>
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
N	I-Application
.	I-Application
Sane	I-Application
Trilogy	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Vicarious	O
Visions	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
compilation	O
of	O
remasters	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
series	O
:	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
(	O
1996	O
)	O
,	O
Cortex	B-Application
Strikes	I-Application
Back	I-Application
(	O
1997	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Warped	B-Application
(	O
1998	O
)	O
;	O
which	O
were	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Naughty	O
Dog	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
timed	O
exclusive	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
in	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
in	O
June	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
N	I-Application
.	I-Application
Sane	I-Application
Trilogy	I-Application
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
remasters	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
series	O
;	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
,	O
Cortex	B-Application
Strikes	I-Application
Back	I-Application
and	O
Warped	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
game	O
features	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
traversing	O
various	O
levels	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
stop	O
Doctor	O
Neo	O
Cortex	O
from	O
taking	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
trilogy	O
adds	O
new	O
features	O
across	O
all	O
three	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
unified	O
checkpoints	O
,	O
pause	O
menus	O
and	O
save	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
both	O
manual	O
and	O
automatic	O
saving	O
,	O
time	O
trials	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
Warped	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
play	O
most	O
levels	O
in	O
each	O
game	O
as	O
Crash	O
's	O
sister	O
,	O
Coco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
N	B-Application
.	I-Application
Sane	I-Application
Trilogy	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
franchise	O
had	O
been	O
on	O
hiatus	O
for	O
approximately	O
six	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
entry	O
being	O
released	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
Kotaku	O
interview	O
with	O
then-Activision	O
CEO	O
Eric	O
Hirshberg	O
regarding	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
the	O
Crash	O
series	O
,	O
he	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
do	O
n't	O
have	O
anything	O
official	O
to	O
announce	O
,	O
but	O
I	O
can	O
speak	O
as	O
an	O
individual	O
,	O
I	O
love	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andy	O
Gavin	O
,	O
cofounder	O
of	O
Naughty	O
Dog	O
and	O
co-creator	O
of	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
,	O
has	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
would	O
love	O
to	O
see	O
an	O
HD	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
marsupial	O
's	O
first	O
four	O
games	O
,	O
or	O
even	O
a	O
full	O
blown	O
reboot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
that	O
context	O
,	O
you	O
could	O
reprise	O
classic	O
Crash	B-Application
1	I-Application
and	O
2	O
's	O
settings	O
and	O
villains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
CEO	O
Andrew	O
House	O
revealed	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
thought	O
about	O
reviving	O
the	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
series	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
never	O
off	O
the	O
table.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
E3	O
2016	O
during	O
Sony	O
's	O
press	O
conference	O
,	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
made	O
his	O
return	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
timed	O
partnership	O
with	O
Activision	O
,	O
that	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
games	O
from	O
the	O
original	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
would	O
be	O
remade	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	O
would	O
also	O
be	O
a	O
playable	O
character	O
in	O
Activision	O
's	O
then-upcoming	O
toys-to-life	O
game	O
Skylanders	B-Application
:	I-Application
Imaginators	I-Application
,	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
16	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remakes	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
trilogy	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
Vicarious	O
Visions	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
N	I-Application
.	I-Application
Sane	I-Application
Trilogy	I-Application
and	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
on	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vicarious	O
Visions	O
has	O
also	O
expressed	O
interest	O
in	O
making	O
a	O
new	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
game	O
following	O
the	O
N	O
.	O
Sane	O
Trilogy'''s	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Almost	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
codes	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
games	O
were	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
developers	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
engines	O
were	O
specially	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
original	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
and	O
Vicarious	O
Visions	O
could	O
not	O
find	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
on	O
more	O
powerful	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
and	O
Naughty	O
Dog	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
provide	O
various	O
polygon	B-Algorithm
meshes	I-Algorithm
from	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
although	O
many	O
important	O
elements	O
from	O
these	O
were	O
missing	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
found	O
that	O
"	O
they	O
were	O
compressed	O
in	O
some	O
wacky	O
format	O
that	O
we	O
had	O
to	O
decode	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
additional	O
levels	O
were	O
added	O
as	O
post-launch	O
downloadable	O
content	O
:	O
Stormy	B-Application
Ascent	I-Application
,	O
a	O
level	O
originally	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
but	O
was	O
cut	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
difficulty	O
,	O
and	O
Future	O
Tense	O
,	O
a	O
brand	O
new	O
level	O
created	O
by	O
Vicarious	O
Visions	O
for	O
the	O
third	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
one	O
year	O
of	O
timed	O
exclusivity	O
,	O
the	O
N	B-Application
.	I-Application
Sane	I-Application
Trilogy	I-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
2018	O
;	O
which	O
were	O
developed	O
by	O
Toys	O
for	O
Bob	O
,	O
Iron	O
Galaxy	O
and	O
Vicarious	O
Visions	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sega	O
published	O
the	O
Japanese	O
Switch	O
version	O
on	O
October	O
18	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
while	O
Sony	O
Interactive	O
Entertainment	O
published	O
the	O
Japanese	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reception	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
N	I-Application
.	I-Application
Sane	I-Application
Trilogy	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
across	O
all	O
platforms	O
on	O
which	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sales	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
N	I-Application
.	I-Application
Sane	I-Application
Trilogy	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
selling	O
over	O
2.5	O
million	O
copies	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
months	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
increasing	O
to	O
ten	O
million	O
by	O
February	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
the	O
N	B-Application
.	I-Application
Sane	I-Application
Trilogy	I-Application
was	O
the	O
best-selling	O
game	O
for	O
eight	O
consecutive	O
weeks	O
since	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
release	O
also	O
saw	O
the	O
biggest	O
launch	O
of	O
a	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
2017	O
,	O
behind	O
Tom	B-Application
Clancy	I-Application
's	I-Application
Ghost	I-Application
Recon	I-Application
Wildlands	I-Application
.	O
</s>
