It looks like N’Sanity but a streamer named KittyRawr is attempting to playCrash Bandicootwith a dance pad controller and is succeeding. She managed to complete the first three levels of the game before bowing out due to exhaustion.
“Y’all, I expected this game to be hard, but dude,”KittyRawrsaid before getting disrupted. Towards the end of the session, Kitty said she “was a sweaty mess,” likely due to how much she had to use her feet for button inputs. “I’ll be honest I was only able to get through the past three levels; it’s rough.”
so far on crash bandicoot on a dance pad..legs are JELLO. 💀 round 2 tomorrow..https://t.co/mMWz5AY8izpic.twitter.com/0Byf15Q7Yj
Crash Bandicootis funnily known as theDark Soulsof platformers as you need precise timing and awareness of what’s happening around the bandicoot. The first game, in particular, is challenging. In our review for theN’Sane Trilogy, we say that this series has a “different razor-focused feel that a lot of bloated modern game design has forsaken.” It also states, “The first iteration is definitely more rough, especially early on, but it does hit its stride, and by the time the second game rolls around, they’ve gotten it together completely.”
The speedrun and cosplay streamer KittyRawr says they’re continuing their playthrough in the future for “Round 2” on August 17. Hopefully, they can complete the game with the dance pad alone. She’s finished the first threeResident Evilgames,Super Mario World, Super Mario 64,and the first threeMetal Gear Solidgames with this method of input in the past,. so completing Crash Bandicoot is with it is certainly possible.
If you don’t know what a dance pad is, it’s a controller you place on the floor with the D-Pad assigned to arrows and the buttons in the corners of the square mat.
It was used for games likeDance Dance Revolution,music-rhythm games that focused on you shifting your feet. It was massive in the late 90s and the 00s, and it even had an installment featuring Mario on the GameCube.
The last game to feature Crashin a 3D platformer is the well-regarded fourth entry fittingly calledIt’s About Time.
