So there was a 2D animated Crash Bandicoot cutscene made for the 1st Crash game…. until Sony hid it away. They wanted Crash and the PS1 brand to be associated with 3D, thus this 2D intro was removed
Notice that during Pearl’s regeneration, her silhouette morphs around quite a bit.
The very last silhouette is what Pearl looked like at the beginning of the series, before she reformed. Thus, we can assume that that the different silhouettes she makes are the past regenerations she has had.
If we look frame-by-frame, we can see the 5 distinct incarnations of Pearl.
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