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Crash Bandicoot was almost Wily the Wombat

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The manic spinning marsupial went through several bizarre iterations before finding his iconic look. Executives strongly pushed for a wombat protagonist, completely disregarding the fact that real wombats are notoriously slow, sleepy creatures that do absolutely nothing exciting.

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