Toys for Bob artist Nicholas Kole has revealed that Crash Bandicoot 5 was in improvement at a distinct studio, however was canceled. The revelation got here throughout a dialog a few separate challenge that Kole was engaged on, which was not too long ago canceled after three years of labor.
Crash Bandicoot 5 cancellation will ‘break hearts,’ says Toys for Bob artist
Over on X, Kole was mourning the lack of one thing referred to as Venture Dragon, which was canceled after inside makes an attempt to reserve it failed. The phrase “Dragon” led followers to imagine that it was a Spyro sport that Toys for Bob needed to cancel, prompting Kole to make clear that it wasn’t a Spyro sport and it wasn’t in improvement at Toys for Bob both. He then dropped the bomb about Crash 5 unprompted.
It’s unclear how lengthy Crash 5 was in improvement, the place it was being made, and why it was canceled.
There’s some hypothesis that Crash Bandicoot 4‘s gross sales might have contributed to Crash 5’s demise. Whereas it’s true that the sport didn’t fairly see the identical success because the N. Sane Trilogy did, design director Toby Schadt beforehand revealed that Crash Bandicoot 4 was “nicely obtained” and offered over 5 million copies.