The Cortex Commandos were a group of mutants created by Dr. Cortex, N. Brio and possibly N.Gin for world domination. Crash Bandicoot was originally planned to be a leader, but was a failed experiment and he escaped from Cortex Castle and fell into the ocean. They were mentioned and seen in the first game. Brio said that he and Cortex were failures, but Cortex told him that Crash would be his general and Crash would lead the Cortex Commandos to world domination. This time Cortex would be triumphant.