Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex - Level 12: Tsunami (Crystal/Double Gem)
553Tsunami is the 2nd level for the Fire Chamber, and also Coco's second level. That said, it utterly fails at representing fire as it takes place in another Japanese town carried by water. But this time, it's because it's suffering from heavy rain.
Also, if you didn't already know from the level's name, Coco must use a scooter to outrun a powerful tsunami, or tidal wave. This level is actually pretty short when you don't consider its bonus or the Gem Path. The tidal wave chase doesn't take that long, either, and you'll be right at the end of the level and right next to the Crystal when you've gotten away from it.
The weird thing about this level is how its Blue Gem Path is right at the end of the level. The trick with that path is that you must not hit the Green "!" crate at the end, as it will blow up some Nitro Crates that are under normal crates that you needs to bounce on over deep water to get through the Gem Path and reach the second grey Gem. Otherwise, you can't.
What I do here is that I grab the Crystal right at the end, and then go straight for the Gem Path, get to its end, grab that bonus Gem, then invoke Coco's newfound Super Drowning Skills to bring her back to the checkpoint that was at the end of the main path. THEN I hit the Nitro Switch Crate, get the regular Gem, and get the hell outta there!
Also, Crash already has the Double Jump power at this point, but Coco can't use it. That's too bad...
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It's not too obvious, but the levels with two grey Gems do actually make them look a little different from each other. The grey Gem from smashing all the Crates in the level looks fatter and lighter, while the grey Gem from getting one in a Colored Gem Path looks wider, but thinner and darker.
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