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Level 15: Un-Bearable
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Level 15: Un-Bearable

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Un-Bearable walkthrough. Avoid mines, electric fences, and a pursuing bear. Find the crystal and secret area.

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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Un-Bearable walkthrough. Avoid mines, electric fences, and a pursuing bear. Find the crystal and secret area.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Jump over the initial pit and avoid mines. Stay to the right to bypass the next pit.
  2. 2
    Jump over a pit that spans the entire path. Avoid two Nitro boxes on the right.
  3. 3
    Slide under an electric fence, then spin through a wooden fence. Avoid two mines on the other side of the wooden fence.
  4. 4
    Ignore or defeat the lizard enemy on the right. Jump across the next pit.
  5. 5
    Spin through the left side of the next wooden fence to avoid a pit on the right.
  6. 6
    Enter an enclosed area where the bear stops chasing you.
  7. 7
    Past this area, a checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death) and two boxes are located.
  8. 8
    As the bear resumes chasing, spin through a wooden fence. Spin through the right side of this fence and hit the speed boost, avoiding the mine to its left.
  9. 9
    Stay in the middle of the path to avoid pits on both sides.
  10. 10
    Before the pits end, spin through another wooden fence; a mine is located shortly after.
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    The pit on the right will end, revealing another speed boost to hit.
  12. 12
    After the pit on the left ends, two mines appear on the left, followed by a wooden fence to spin through.
  13. 13
    More mines are present after the fence, then a pit on the right before another wooden fence. Spin through it.
  14. 14
    Defeat or jump over the lizards encountered. Proceed to a wooden bridge. The bear will fall into a pit below.
  15. 15
    Warning: Before crossing the bridge, consider going back and falling into the pit below to access the SECRET AREA. It is advisable to get the checkpoint just past the bridge before entering the secret area.
  16. 16
    Break the checkpoint and go around the pit on the left.
  17. 17
    A pit on the right has a path with the CRYSTAL between the two pits.
  18. 18
    Pass the pit on the right to find the entrance to the BONUS STAGE. Stand on the '?' to enter.
  19. 19
    Break the Green '!' Box and enter another enclosed area. Break the checkpoint and the two boxes outside.
  20. 20
    Hit the speed boost and stay left to avoid a pit.
  21. 21
    At the pit's end, spin through a wooden fence; a pit is behind it on the left.
  22. 22
    Go right after the fence and jump over the pit that crosses the path.
  23. 23
    Stay left to reach another wooden fence to spin into; a pit is on the right behind it.
  24. 24
    Once the pit ends, move right to avoid a pit on the left. Hit the speed boost.
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    Deal with the lizards and break all scattered boxes.
  26. 26
    Navigate a pit on the left and spin through a wooden fence. A pit is on the other side.
  27. 27
    Jump over the pit and slide under an electric fence. Break the four boxes immediately after.
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    Spin through another wooden fence, then immediately slide under an electric fence behind it.
  29. 29
    Enter an enclosed area with a checkpoint. You can now jump onto a polar bear cub and ride it.
  30. 30
    Stay right to avoid a pit and run into a box.
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    Avoid a pit on the left, then another on the right, then jump over a third pit.
  32. 32
    Stay right to avoid TNT boxes on the left.
  33. 33
    Jump over another pit and navigate around electric fences: right, left, then right.
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    After the third electric fence, a pit is on the left.
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    Jump across to the path on the left when the narrow path next to the pit ends.
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    Navigate more electric fences: left, right, then left.
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    The polar bear cub will stop at a large pit and throw you over.
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    From here, you can finish the level or go back to unlock level 26 in the secret warp room. To go back, walk along the path extending into the pit, then slide and jump across. Walk back to the polar bear cub and stand in front of it to be warped to the secret warp room.

Bonus Stage:

  1. Break the two boxes near the start. Jump down to the platform on the right.
  2. Go right and jump to the next platform.
  3. At the end of this platform, jump up to the platform on the right.
  4. Slide and jump to the platform above on the left. Break the box.
  5. Jump onto the metal boxes. Slide and jump left across the gap.
  6. Jump over the small gap between metal boxes and the next gap.
  7. Break the three boxes and hit the '!' Box.
  8. Return to where you jumped up from the bounce boxes.
  9. Jump between those bounce boxes... (The source text is cut off here).
Tips
  • This level functions similarly to boulder-chase levels but features a bear pursuit.
  • The secret area is accessed by falling into the pit after the wooden bridge where the bear falls.
  • Falling into the pit to access the secret area does not result in death.
  • The crystal is located on a narrow path between two pits.
  • Riding the polar bear cub allows you to bypass many hazards.
  • Going back after the polar bear cub throws you over the final pit allows access to the secret warp room, which unlocks level 26.

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