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The '''Croc series''' is a series of video games developed and published by several companies from 1997.

Argonaut Games was founded in 1982 by Jeremy Elliot "Jez" San. Over the years, Argonaut was accustom to creating videogamesvideo games, and caught Nintendo's attention when they bypassed the Nintendo startup screen on the Gameboy in the game with the Japan only game "X" released in 1992, to which Nintendo R&D1 published. X was one of the very few attempts at 3D on a gameboyGameboy, and was so impressive at the time that Nintendo decided to allow them to make another 3D game, this time on their home console: the Super Famicom (or Super Nintendo Entertainment System overseas). Starfox was released to acclaim in 1993, with Argonaut developing other first and second party Nintendo games using their patented SuperFX chip.

Argonaut Games pitched "Yoshi Racing" to Nintendo in the mid-1990s., Yoshi Racingwhich was the world's first 3D platformer starring Yoshi from the Mario series. Nintendo was interested in the prototype Argonaut had created, but turned it down, eventually created their first 3D game Super Mario 64 in 1996, which Jez San had claimed "Miyamoto-san went on to make Mario 64, which had the look and feel of our Yoshi game - but with the Mario character, of course - and beat Croc to market by around a year."<ref name=":0">[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-07-04-born-slippy-the-making-of-star-fox Eurogamer interview with Jez San]</ref>

=== Croc's Slow Decline ===

Although Croc 2 was released to praise from gamers and critics alike, the game sold much less than the previous game with 730,000 units on the Playstation alone, neglecting the Personal Computer release. The game still sold wonderfully, but presumably not exactly what Fox Interactive had hoped, and scrapped their plans of merchandise and a television series, putting their resources towards other projects and being indifferent towards [[Croc 3]]. Fox Interactive had then published handheld version of both Croc games onto the Gameboy Color for the Nintendo market from 2000 through 2001 with success.

In 2005 through 2006, Croc received a small revival through Morpheme when they introduced the Croc Mobile Series. The first game, Croc Mobile: Jungle Rumble sold in the six figures within the first year with virtually no marketing, which came as a surprise to its developers and cemented Croc's success as a platforming mascot into the 2000s. The game received two sequels, one being a pinball spin-off and the other being a direct successor. After 2006, Croc had received no other games nor made any appearances.

Since 2017, fans of Croc and gamers alike have gotten together to spread the hashtag BringBackCroc after the massive success of the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy. In the time frame between 2017 and 2020, platformers and other games of Croc's era received a resurgence in popularity with games like Super Mario Odyssey and Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition in 2017, the Spyro: Reignited Trilogy in 2018, Kao the Kangaroo Round 2, Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled in 2019 and Crash 4: It's About Time in 2020. In 2019, Tate Multimedia mentioned Kao's revival was due to fans using the hashtag BringKaoBack, and soon revealed a brand new sequel; Kao 4 on June 9th, 2020. After the aforementioned events, fans on Twitter began to increasingly speculate and wish on Croc's return. In a December 2019 interview with Eurogamer, Jez San stated he was aware of the demand for Croc remakes and stated he receivedreceives requests for them all the time, and stated he plans on doing it someday, he later directly affirmed this to Croc fans on June 30th29th, 2020 on Twitter. The want for Croc remakes accelerated on July 15th, 2020 when @pushsquare tweeted about a potential Croc revival. On July 17th, 2020 @Kaothekangaroo tweeted support for a Croc remake and would "welcome Croc back in our 3D platformers family!" A kickstarterKickstarter event is likely if the plan ever goes through. For now, keep using the hashtag!

[[File:Croc_1.png|thumb|left|191px|Croc: Legend of the Gobbos]]

This is the first game in the Croc series. Developed by [http://croc.wikia.com/wiki/Argonaut_Games_PLC Argonaut Games PLC] and published by[http://croc.wikia.com/wiki/Fox_Interactive  Fox Interactive] in 1997. In Japan, the game was released as: "[http://croc.wikia.com/wiki/Croc!_Pau_Pau_Island Croc! Pau Pau Island]". The game was originally a 3D racing game starring Yoshi from the Mario series. The prototype was later rejected by Nintendo, but soon influenced Super Mario 64.

[[File:Croc_2_Artwork_no.2.png|thumbright|168px|Croc 2]]The sequel to the above game finds Croc receiving a message in a bottle, from two crocodiles looking for their son. The [[Gobbo]]s decide to help Croc and catapult him to the [[Mainland]]. Unfortunately, the [[Dantinis]] plan to resurrect [[Baron Dante]], and the only [[Gobbo]] to see this, [[Professor Gobbo]], was kidnapped by the Dantinis. It is up to Croc to save the Professor and also find his parents.

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Croc is an alternative telling of Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. It was developed by [http://croc.wikia.com/wiki/Fox_Interactive Fox Interactive] and published by [http://croc.wikia.com/wiki/THQ?action=edit&redlink=1 THQ ]In 2000. The game is a side-scrolling platformer which Croc collects letters and has to reach the end of the stage, until he faces Baron Dante.

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[[File:Croc4JungleRumble.jpg|thumbpng|left|100px|croc Mobile: Jungle Rumble!]]

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