Announcement of Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy

At E3 2016, Sony and Activision announced that the first three Crash Bandicoot Games to be remastered from the ground for the PS4, which would later be known as Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy.

Overview
At E3 2016, Shawn Layden who was CEO of Sony at the time would appear on stage with a shadow of Crash following him and the Crash Bandicoot theme appearing on stage and announcing that to celebrate Crash Bandicoot's 20th anniversary at the time Crash and Cortex will Join Skylanders in Skylanders Imaginators with a level exclusive for them while also releasing the first three games remastered from the ground up in June 30th 2017 as a timed exclusive for the PS4

Response
While the announcement of Crash and Cortex in Skylanders Imaginators received positive reviews, the announcement of the remasters was universally praised among fans especially since the last game in the series was a mobile game in 2010 while the last console game was in 2008 and even then those were polarizing among fans so fans were happy to see a fresh start for the series.

Reception
Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy was well received among critics and fans with praise for the improvements in terms of gameplay and visuals as well as adding extra content and features like Coco being playable in almost all levels.

The remastered trilogy would change the way most remasters would be made with many games getting remastered from the ground such as Shadow of the Colossus and Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2, the remastered trilogy also has heavily increased the popularity in the Crash Bandicoot series with it being popular among streamers and newcomers.

The success of the N.Sane trilogy convinced Activision to focus more on the series as well as reviving old franchises as well and in 2019 we got Crash Team Racing: Nitro fueled, a remake of Crash Team Racing while in 2020 we got Crash Bandicoot 4: It's about time, the first main game in the series in 12 years, both received even better reviews than N.Sane Trilogy.