Crash Bandicoot Worlds - Concept Art

A working draft for the game's proposed logo.

This strange woman was created as the villain for the game. As her name suggests, Elli-Mental had control over the classical elements: earth, water, air, and fire. Not much else is known about the character or what her motivations were meant to be, but the idea of Crash dealing with the four elements in a rogue state stuck ever since, leading to the creation of the Elementals in The Wrath of Cortex.

Despite the idea to have Elli-Mental as the game's main threat, Cortex was always planned to be in the game. Here's a couple of concepts of the bearded doctor: one which appears to be a proposed redesign, and one with a disco outfit that was probably made for fun.

A boatload of strange enemies that look very different from what you'd expect in a Crash game. Most of them have a distinct space alien appearance.

More enemies, drawn by a second artist.