Crash is ambushed by Dr. Neo Cortex and his niece Nina, but things go a bit awry when Cortex makes a carbon copy of his enemy.
Spike auditions for a role in the game with Crash, Nina and Cortex as the judges of his performance.
Crash goes to the local town to pick up a Wumpa fruit, but when he's spotted by Nina Cortex, he's forced to battle her uncle's mutant army.
Cortex tests his latest invention, the Mutatorizer, on a few critters - including his arch-nemesis, Crash!
