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Level 23: Night Fight
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Level 23: Night Fight

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Level 23: Night Fight walkthrough. Navigate the dark level by following fireflies and breaking 46 boxes.

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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Level 23: Night Fight walkthrough. Navigate the dark level by following fireflies and breaking 46 boxes.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Start by getting the firefly and jumping over the initial pit. Stay to the right as the pit runs along the left.
  2. 2
    Jump over the pit when it spans the entire path.
  3. 3
    Kill the mouse in your path, then jump over the next pit.
  4. 4
    Kill another mouse, then jump over the subsequent pit.
  5. 5
    Break the two boxes and get the next firefly. Stay to the right to avoid a pit on the left.
  6. 6
    Kill the two mice where the pit ends and jump over the next pit.
  7. 7
    Kill another mouse, then proceed forward and kill the mouse in front of the next pit.
  8. 8
    Jump over the pit, break the checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death) on the other side, and get the next firefly.
  9. 9
    Jump over two consecutive pits.
  10. 10
    Navigate past a large pit on the left. If you arrived without dying, you can take the skull platform at the edge to reach the SKULL PLATFORM PATH.
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    Otherwise, go forward and slide into the enemy with a ringed neck.
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    Slide into the next enemy with a ringed neck, then jump over the subsequent pit.
  13. 13
    Kill the enemy with a ringed neck on the other side.
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    Proceed to an area with another firefly, three boxes, and a box of Nitro. Break the box on the left.
  15. 15
    Jump up and spin to break the second box atop the Nitro box.
  16. 16
    Jump onto the other box to break it, then jump off without hitting the Nitro. Get this firefly.
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    Walk past the two floating enemies in front of you and continue past any subsequent floating enemies.
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    After passing the last group of two floating enemies, jump over the pit and stay to the right to avoid a pit on the left.
  19. 19
    When you encounter more floating enemies, go through the small space they leave.
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    Jump over the pit directly behind them and grab the CRYSTAL.
  21. 21
    Break open the checkpoint.
  22. 22
    Get the next firefly near the checkpoint and proceed forward.
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    Go past the floating enemy that moves left and right.
  24. 24
    Slide into the enemy with a ringed neck.
  25. 25
    Jump over the next pit and continue.
  26. 26
    Go past the floating enemy that moves left and right, with a pit behind it.
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    Go down the hill and jump over the next pit.
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    Avoid the floating enemy moving left and right and stand on the question mark on the ground to access the BONUS STAGE.
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    Break the box in the bonus stage, then get the next firefly.
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    Jump over the two boxes of Nitro and continue forward.
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    Jump over the pit and land on the left, away from the two floating enemies on the other side.
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    Go forward to where the normal path and the skull platform path converge.
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    To collect the two boxes on the skull platform path: walk up it, jump over the two pits, break the two boxes past the pits, get the firefly, and return to the main path.
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    Jump over the next pit and proceed until you reach floating enemies.
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    Walk around the left side of the floating enemies and kill the mouse.
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    Break the next box and then the checkpoint.
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    Get the next firefly.
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    Go past the floating enemy that moves left and right.
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    Kill the mouse.
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    Proceed forward to an area with a small pit on the right, then a strip with an enemy with a ringed neck, followed by a large pit.
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    Avoid the pit on the right, slide into the enemy, and then jump over the pit, landing on the ground to the right.
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    Stay to the right to avoid the pit.
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    When you reach two floating enemies, go between them.
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    Slide into the enemy with a ringed neck.
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    Jump over the pit.
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    Proceed forward, hit the Green ! Box, and finish the level.

BONUS STAGE:

  1. Break the first three boxes and get the firefly.
  2. Jump over the pit on the right to the next platform.
  3. Jump up to the next platform on the right. Break the box here.
  4. Jump down along the Wumpa Fruit to the next platform.
  5. Break the stack of four boxes.
  6. Jump over the box of Nitro and the next pit.
  7. Pass the next firefly on this platform.
  8. Bounce between the two bounce boxes, then go back and get the firefly.
  9. Jump down onto the next platform on the right. Break the numerous boxes here.
  10. Jump up onto the next platform on the right, then to the subsequent platform.
  11. Slide under the first four boxes of Nitro, then under the next four, breaking the boxes underneath simultaneously.
  12. Jump over the pit to the next platform.
  13. Jump to the platform with a box on it. Break this box.
  14. Jump down to the next platform on the right.
  15. Get on the ? platform to return to the main level.

SKULL PLATFORM PATH:

  1. Jump over the first big pit.
  2. Jump over the next two pits.
  3. Get the firefly.
  4. Jump over the pit and past the floating enemy moving left and right across it.
  5. Go forward and kill the mouse.
  6. Go past the next floating enemy moving left and right.
  7. Slide into the enemy with a ringed neck behind it.
  8. Pass the two floating enemies moving left and right.
  9. Jump over the pit and slide into the enemy with a ringed neck.
  10. Go forward.
Tips
  • Fireflies only follow you for a limited time, so move quickly.
  • Stay to the right side of the path to avoid pits that run along the left.
  • Be mindful of the Nitro boxes; avoid hitting them directly.
  • The skull platform path is an optional route that can lead to extra boxes if you reach it without dying.

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