When turning on the game, tap L and R together repeatedly until the minigame loads up. If you did it correctly, you will see the title screen for the mini-game, Crash Party USA.

To unlock the following characters, fulfill the corresponding criteria:

• Geary: Beat Geary at Teknee.
• Krunk: Beat Krunk at Terra.
• N. Tropy: Beat the game with all Team Cortex characters.
• Nash: Beat Nash at Barin.
• Norm: Beat Norm at Fenomena.
• Spyro: Beat the game with all Team Bandicoot characters.
• Velo: Beat the game.