

If you run into the crate it will cause the player to lose a life or Aku Aku mask. To destroy these crates you will, need to either jump on them or headbutt them underwater or in space.

These crates are very dangerous but necessary to break in order to getting all the crates in the levels. The TNT crate is an explosive crate that appears in the Crash games and is filled to the absolute top with TNT ready to explode. If you have a translucent version of the Aku Aku and you pick up another your original Aku Aku the time that you have the Aku Aku is extended. If the player has the translucent version of the Aku Aku and takes a hit the Aku Aku will disappear leaving the player without light so be careful in the dark levels not to get hit or else you will be up a dark creek without your flashlight. The Aku Aku crates can also release a translucent version of Aku Aku which can aid the player as a lighted guide in the dark levels such as ‘Lights Out’ and ‘Fumbling in the Dark’ however the light guide is only temporary and after a certain amount of time the Aku Aku will disappear and no longer light the path. Hits do not include falling into holes and being brutally crushed by boulders, your witch doctor can’t save you then. The Aku Aku can take one hit for the player before disappearing. In the first two games there are Aku Aku crates which once broken the Aku Aku will appear along side the player’s side.
