The following year, Universal would have Vicarious Visions release their first Crash Bandicoot game, a handheld exclusive called ' was developed by Vicarious Visions and released to favourable reviews. The game would be noted for being extremely similar to Naughty Dog's '. This would warrant a sequel, "", which would also be met to similar reception. During this time a subsidy of Traveller's Tales—Traveller's Tales Oxford Studio were developing a new Crash game for console. This game was to be "Crash Nitro Kart" but due to unknown circumstances Universal moved development of "Crash Nitro Kart" over to Vicarious Visions. Traveller's Tales Oxford Studio then moved on to their next project, "Crash Bandicoot Evolution".