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"You're only a little older than me, so quit acting like you're so much more grown up. You're just like everyone else!"

Matthew "Matt" Crusoe is the deuteragonist of Another Code: R - A Journey into Lost Memories and is a major character in its remake Another Code: Recollection.

He is a homeless boy who has run away from home to go to Lake Juliet to search for his missing father Michael Crusoe who disappeared in 2002. He crosses paths with Ashley Mizuki Robbins who makes the tough choice to assist him in his search and not rat him out to Dan Maxwell immediately.

Background[]

Crusoe family

The Crusoe family

Matt was born and raised by Michael and Emily Crusoe. Matt also played with his little sister Kelly all the time. Her and the rest of the family even laughed together too.

In 1999, Matt's father won a three million dollar lottery and tried to set up a resort company called Crusoe Resort at Lake Juliet but it became bankrupt after false accusations by JC Valley claiming Crusoe Resort polluted the lake. When Michael vanished, his son was constantly waiting for him to return while he was by the entrance door. Matt's mother was mad about that and got increasingly angry, so much so that she started to yell and even cried. Matt decided to give it up as a result. She was then affected by an illness and was admitted to a hospital. Emily passed away afterwards and her son wanted to see Michael again. Around 2002, Kelly drowned in a lake. Traumatized, Matt repressed the memory of Kelly's death. He lived with his uncle, who only told Matt that Kelly went somewhere far away.

He ran away from home in 2006 to search for his father, believing he was abducted. Matt says his uncle would not pay the ransom and did not care about searching for his brother. Matt was found and brought back. At some point, his uncle decided to ship him off to a boarding school in London in the month of September, saying Matt could not return until he graduated and that he needs to be a "responsible adult". Matt heard about the school rules and he had to live there too. A month before the transfer, in 2007, Matt decided to run away from his home again. A missing persons report was signed after he left that time.

He wants to be a Nobel Prize-winning scientist when he's older.

Another Code: R - A Journey into Lost Memories[]

Ashley Mizuki Robbins first finds Matt on the other side of a window, when she catches him stealing food from the guesthouse. The player has different options on how to proceed;

  • If Ashley peeks through the blinds, the player can snap a photo of him in the act which Tommy Harrison will later accept as proof of her innocence.
  • If Ashley pulls open the curtain, Matt will notice and leave, missing the chance to take the photo. Tommy takes Ashley to the storage room and asks her to find proof of her innocence. The player can point out a small hand print on a bottle, as well as small foot prints and dog prints near a door.
  • If Ashley never bothers with the blinds and just opens the door, Matt will flee, causing her to have to find proof like the above scenario.
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Matt and Ashley cross paths at Lake Juliet.

When they formally meet, she promises to help him in Lake Juliet, and the two become friends. She also tries to hide him from Greg Davis and her father. Along the way, Matt and Ashley meet Elizabeth Alfred, who condescendingly calls him a "runt". She becomes suspicious of him and accuses him of stealing her music player. Richard Robbins appears and questions Matt about Elizabeth's claims, causing an argument between Ashley and her father, as well as causing Matt to run off. Regretful, Richard asks Ashley to find Matt and bring him to their cottage so he can apologize.

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Matt falls ill in Richard's cottage

Ashley finds a sullen Matt by a tree, and she brings him to their cottage. Matt tells his story to Richard and Richard decides to put off telling Dan about Matthew for a day. Later, Matt falls ill and drops to the floor in their cottage. Ashley moves him to a bed and she becomes concerned, wondering if she should call a doctor. Matt tells her if they see a doctor, the police will be called to take him away, ending his investigation. Ashley makes the tough choice to not call a doctor, instead taking the situation upon herself. She makes medicine for him using the advice of Charlotte Graham and he recovers.

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Matt giving Kelly her doll

While investigating the abandoned Crusoe Resort office building, Matt remembers his sister's death and makes peace with his sister, who has become a ghost. At this point, Ashley tells Matt about how her first real best friend was also a ghost named D. Ashley implores Matt to try accept and emotionally process his sister's fate to help her move onto the afterlife.

When the two make it to JC Valley, Sofia Callaghan refuses to let Matt into JC Valley due to him having no family members being part of the company, so he stays with Charlotte for the night.

At the end of the game, he says goodbye to Ashley. While he has not found his father, he remembered his sister and discovered clues in the process.

Quotes[]

  • "No way! He doesn't care about me at all! He hates me! Why else... why else would he ship me off to boarding school?" (to Ashley regarding his uncle)

Trivia[]

  • He is described by one of the game's developers as being the "shadow" of Ashley. He has the same background as Ashley when she went to Blood Edward Island, being thirteen years old with a deceased mother and a missing father, and living with his father's sibling.
  • There are rumors Matt was going to get his own spin-off game in which he was going to search for Michael, but it never happened due to Cing's bankruptcy. This possibly would have been the series crossover game between Another Code and Hotel Dusk, and be the one in which Ashley/Matt meet an elderly Kyle Hyde who may help with the search. There is also speculation that Michael was abducted by Nile, giving a reason for all the characters to connect.
  • Concept art of Matt is shown in the Another Code: R official guide.[1]

Gallery[]

Another Code: R - A Journey into Lost Memories[]

Another Code: Recollection[]

References[]

Characters in Another Code series

Major characters
Ashley Mizuki RobbinsJessica RobbinsRichard RobbinsDBill EdwardCliff Fox
Minor characters
Sayoko RobbinsLawrence EdwardLeonard EdwardHenry EdwardFrannie EdwardThomas EdwardJane Edward • Helen Edward • Marie Edward • Sally Edward • William Wells

Major characters
Ashley Mizuki RobbinsSayoko RobbinsRichard RobbinsDan MaxwellTommy HarrisonElizabeth AlfredMatthew CrusoeRyan Gray
Minor characters
Jessica RobbinsSam HillmanRex AlfredKatePrincessBob FoxCharlotte GrahamLucy GrahamJanet RiceGreg DavisSofia CallaghanIan TylerGina BarnesEmily CrusoeKelly CrusoeMichael CrusoeJudd FitzgeraldBenjamin GrahamOlivia GrahamGilbert Moss

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