Crash Nitro Kart

Drive your kart through a weapons crate to break it apart and collect the power-up inside. These are marked with a question mark and usually come in sets of four.

These special weapons crates contain three of a certain weapon, such as Bowling Bombs, Homing Missiles, or Turbo Boost. They are marked with an "X" and are usually found in hard-to-reach spots on the track.

These crates full of wumpa will help you get juiced quick! Run through one to pick up a bunch of fruit. Wumpa crates are unmarked.

These crates don't give you anything when you drive through them. Instead, they activate a trap to slow down the other racers! Crash through them at the right time to see your opponents flattened, burned, or rolled over. These crates are marked with an exclamation point.

A free bottle of boost! Use this to get an extra boost of speed and zip ahead of your opponents or out of the way of a missile. Juiced: Get an even longer and bigger boost.

These bombs shoot out from your kart in a straight line until they explode against a wall or, hopefully, another kart! You can detonate the bomb remotely or shoot it backwards. Juiced: The bomb moves faster and the explosion radius is even bigger.

These lock onto the nearest opponent you can see and zoom after him. They'll explode on contact and send your target into a killer tumble. Juiced: The missile goes faster and tracks better.

Drop these on the track to give the racers behind you a nasty surprise. If you run into one, it'll latch onto your head and start counting down before exploding. Juiced: Your TNT crate will be upgraded to a green Nitro crate that will explode as soon as someone hits it.

These freestanding spheres of electric charge will shock anyone foolish enough to drive into one, slowing them down and changing their weapon. Juiced: The orb will now be drawn to karts and short out their steering, reversing it for a short time.

Activate this item to get your team's mascot to spin around your kart in a protective shield for a short time, making you immune to weapons and hazards, and causing other karts to spin out. Juiced: Your mascot mask will stick around even longer.

This protective green bubble will save you from getting hit by one weapon or hazard, and you can attack opponents by bumping into them. Juiced: The blue juiced bubble still goes away when you hit something, but it has no time limit.

This mine will put anyone who runs over it into a giant ice cube that causes their kart to spin out. You can also toss it ahead of you. Juiced: The ice cube will take longer to melt and cause the kart to drive like it's on ice.

This wicked watch will let you alter time and slow down every other kart on the track, causing them to spin out and crawl along while you are protected. Juiced: The time effect will last even longer.

When you release this super cyclone, it will immediately home in on whoever is in first place and catch his kart up in a mini tornado, also affecting anyone in its path. Juiced: The top will go even faster than normal.

Turn this on to become invisible to all your opponents, great for sneak attacks or flag steals. Juiced: Stay invisible for even longer.

Replace the engine in your kart with something pumping out a bit more horsepower, allowing you to zip around faster than any kart for a short time. Juiced: The engine lasts even longer.

Fire off this super warhead to track down your enemies wherever they go, with a remote control and video monitor allowing you to steer it from a camera in its nose. Juiced: The explosion from the missile is even bigger, and the missile is easier to steer.

Crash is strapping himself in his kart, getting ready to lead Team Bandicoot to victory! His medium build makes him an all-around racer with exceptional acceleration.

Crash's smart kid sister now has all-new vehicles to toy with. She has programmed her kart's wheels to balance their speed better, which gives her much better turning ability.

Originally created by Dr. Neo Cortex to destroy Crash, Crunch had a change of heart and joined the bandicoot family. His tremendous bulk gives him amazing momentum and speed, but he's a bit slow to start.

Crash's archenemy intends to defeat Crash once and for all with his team of racing henchmen. Like Crash, he excels at acceleration.

This mechanical genius is Dr. Cortex's right-hand man. The rocket in his head hasn't affected his ability to rig a smooth ride on any vehicle he races.

This hulking giant has served Dr. Cortex faithfully each time he has tried to take over the world. Like Crunch, Tiny has a need for speed (of course, Tiny thinks Crunch is just a soft-hearted copycat).

Still bitter over previous losses to Crash and his friends, Oxide is going to do everything he can to make sure that Crash loses this time. He's brought along his cronies Zam and Zem to help him out as well.

The egg-shaped master of hypnotism is out for revenge! He's even kidnapped Dingodile and Polar and brainwashed them so that they'll race for him. He'll try to get in the way at every turn of the track, so watch out.