Regional Differences
Excluding language, there are some minor differences between the different regional releases of the game:
Japanese
- A death animation was slightly altered. When Crash is hurt by a crushing hazard in the international versions, Crash is shown to have his body compressed into a head and shoes. In the Japanese version, this animation is made completely flat. According to Andy Gavin's blog, this was done to avoid a striking resemblance to a serial killer's actions in Japan at the time.
