Hey guys!
Welcome back to Top 10 Gaming, I'm Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey.
I'm here with a new entry to our Versus series, where we pit various video game characters
against each other and decide who we think would win.
This week's battle is between Sonic the Hedgehog and Crash Bandicoot.
Make sure to make YOUR choice of winner known by using #Sonic or #Crash in the comment section
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And after this, check out our Sonic vs. Mario video!
But for now, buckle up, it's time for Sonic vs. Crash Bandicoot!
Alright, first of all, cards on the table, I really like Crash Bandicoot.
I’ve definitely played more Crash than Sonic, and I think his games are the bomb.
So before you start going “Ah what’s the point of watching this, Top 10 Gaming loves
Sonic, Ron will be biased.”
Cool ya jets!
We’ll look at their stories, their powers, and then we’ll see what’s up.
Let’s start with Sonic.
If you’ve been following the channel for a while, chances are you already know more
about Sonic than you’ll ever need to know.
But for the noobies out there, and those who want to reminisce, let’s talk about the
fastest thing alive.
Sonic wasn’t always the blue blur we know today.
As we learned in Sonic the Comic, Sonic once looked more normal, all brown and spindly.
He still had shoes and talked so he wasn't QUITE a normal hedgehog, but you know what
I mean.
One day, Sonic went into the lab of Dr. Ovi Kintobor... yes, that's Ivo and Robotnik spelled
backward.
The two became friends, and Sonic was given Power Sneakers, that increased his speed.
However, while Sonic was having his speed tested in the Kinetic Gyratoscope, he broke
the speed of sound, which caused his quills to fuse together and turn blue.
Sadly, Kintobor had his own accident, but this time the results weren't quite so good.
The day after Sonic's transformation, Kintobar tripped and combined the evil in the chaos
emeralds with a rotten egg to turn himself into Dr. Robotnik, aka Eggman.
Yeah, it's not exactly Dickens.
In terms of powers, I think most of you can already guess what I’m gonna say: He fast.
Like… really fast.
His speed varies throughout the games and comics, but he can consistently run faster
than the speed of sound.
He can use this speed to run quickly, hit hard and fast, and use a number of cool attacks,
like his spin dash and homing attack.
He can also power himself up to become Super Sonic, gaining access to a bunch of chaos
abilities.
But that would make him way too OP in this fight, so we’ll leave that out for now.
Moving onto Crash Bandicoot, his origin is strangely similar to Sonic’s.
Crash was once a regular bandicoot, but one day he was captured by Doctors Neo Cortex
and Nitrus Brio.
Using their Evolvo-Ray, they managed to soup Crash up into the smarter and more humanoid
form we all know and love.
While he was in captivity, he met and fell in love with another bandicoot named Tawna.
However, when the baddies tried to use the incomplete Cortex Vortex on him to turn him
evil, it didn't work, and he managed to escape.
He eventually finds a witch doctor mask, the much-loved Aku Aku, who helps him out on his
quest to stop Cortex.
Thanks to the Evolvo-Ray, Crash has a number of improved abilities, and he improves further
on them as he progresses through each game.
For the purposes of this video, we'll assume he has access to all such abilities.
Physically, he has enhanced strength, speed, reflexes, and durability.
He's also very limber, able to contort himself into various positions.
He's also great with a yo-yo, but spoiler alert: that won't come into play in this fight.
Sorry.
In terms of abilities, Crash can do a fair bit.
First and foremost, of course, is his spin.
Crash can spin around quickly to kill enemies, and break crates.
This is his main attack and would be vital in this battle against the speedy Sonic.
He can also double jump, which is basically spitting on the laws of physics.
Furthermore, he's believed to be an expert at hand-to-hand combat, even though he generally
just spins around.
He has shown the ability to walk on walls, he's immune to mind control, and can do a
big ol' belly flop to squash his enemies.
Alright, now we know our combatants, it’s time for the battle.
The moment Crash sees Sonic, he starts spinning.
He knows that the hedgehog is way too quick for him to react to in time, so he needs to
keep the spin going to stay safe.
But after a while, he starts to get tired.
He slows down, and eventually stops, hoping there wouldn’t be a hedgehog waiting for
him.
Crash looks around, breathing heavily, but he doesn’t see Sonic anywhere.
It worked.
Just as he decides he’s safe, a voice comes from behind him: “Oh hey, you’re done!”
Crash whips around, WHOA, and sees Sonic chilling on a nearby rock, chowing down on a chili
dog.
Turns out when Crash started spinning, Sonic just went for a snack, knowing the bandicoot
would be out of energy soon.
Now, with Crash out of gas, and Sonic full of it thanks to his chili cheese dog, the
fight is one-sided.
Sonic runs up to Crash, Crash flinches away, but no hit comes.
He opens his eyes, only to have Sonic honk his nose like Mr. Miagi.
Sonic wins by humiliation.
Well, there we have it, as much as I love the Crash games, especially Warped, Crash
just couldn’t keep up with Sonic.
He could hold him off for a bit with his spinning, but he can’t do that forever.
Sonic is just far too good at going fast.
But hey, what do I know?
Let me know who YOU think would have won in the comments using #Sonic or #Crash!
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Until next time, I'm Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey with Top 10 Nerd.
Later nerds!