{"id":69315,"date":"2018-12-16T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/12\/rumour_crash_team_racing_for_switch_might_not_release_on_21st_june_2019"},"modified":"2018-12-16T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T11:30:00","slug":"rumour-crash-team-racing-for-switch-might-not-release-on-21st-june-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/12\/16\/rumour-crash-team-racing-for-switch-might-not-release-on-21st-june-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumour: Crash Team Racing For Switch Might Not Release On 21st June 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7b7ef9b3dda92\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/7b7ef9b3dda92\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/12\/rumour_crash_team_racing_for_switch_might_not_release_on_21st_june_2019\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WgwA1gYDb5Q?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>When <strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/crash_team_racing_nitro-fueled\">Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled<\/a><\/strong> was revealed at the 2018 Game Awards, it was originally thought to be a timed PlayStation exclusive. Not long after, Activision confirmed the game would be simultaneously released on all platforms &#8211; including the Switch &#8211; on 21st June 2019. At this point, there was a collective sigh of relief by Nintendo fans.<\/p>\n<p>While everything appeared to be in order with the Switch version of the game, it appears this may not actually be the case. A few days ago, GoNintendo reported multiple retailers had removed pre-order options for the Switch version of CTR &#8211; with some even going as far as cancelling customer pre-orders. In the latest update, the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crashbandicoot.com\/crashteamracing\/home#\">official website<\/a> for the game is now displaying a &#8216;Coming Soon&#8217; message under the digital and standard Switch pre-order section. When selecting the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One version of the game, the original 21st June 2019 release date is still on display.<\/p>\n<p>This has <em>fueled<\/em> speculation that CTR on the Switch will not be released on this date. If this is the case, it wouldn&#8217;t be all that surprising considering past events. <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/crash_bandicoot_n_sane_trilogy\"><strong>Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy<\/strong><\/a> was a timed-exclusive and first released on the PlayStation 4 in 2017. One year later, it arrived on the Switch and multiple other platforms. As for the <strong>Spyro Reignited Trilogy<\/strong>, after a series of rumours it&#8217;s yet to make its away across to Nintendo&#8217;s hybrid platform. Once again, the most <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrashBandicoot\/status\/1070875368737906688\">recent date<\/a> provided by Activision for CTR on Switch aligns with the release on other platforms.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you make of this? Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WgwA1gYDb5Q?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] When Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled was revealed at the 2018 Game Awards, it was originally thought to be a timed PlayStation exclusive. Not long after, Activision confirmed the game would be simultaneously released on all platforms &#8211; including the Switch &#8211; on 21st June 2019. At this point, there was a collective sigh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}