![]() ![]() Then in 2006, someone came up with the idea of a new, fresher, hipper, re-branded Spyro in ‘The Legend Of Spyro: A New Beginning’, launching the little purple dragon onto a new audience, and cleverly suggesting both that this was a well-established and well-loved character (a ‘legend’ no less!) and also that this latest game was actually totally different to the ones that came before it (because it’s a ‘New Beginning’, see?)įor this ‘second in the trilogy’, Spyro is voiced once again by Elijah ‘Frodo in Lord of the Rings’ Wood, with Gary Oldman reprising his role as ‘Ignitus’ from the previous game and Futurama’s Billy West voicing Sparx, Spyro’s comedy side-kick. ![]() See, what happened was that the Spyro games that started out as compelling, cutesy, actually quite decent platform adventure titles, gradually – as games console technology advanced and yet they stayed more-or-less the same – pretty-much dropped off the radar as far as most gamers were concerned, with Spyro becoming something of an also-ran next to more successful characters like Sonic, Crash and Mario. This confused me a little, as I can remember the first Spyro game way back on the PSone, and to my knowledge there have been at least eight Spyro titles so far, so what was with all this ‘second in the trilogy’ business? Then I twigged – it’s not the second ‘Spyro’ game, it’s the second ‘The Legend Of Spyro’ game. ![]() The Legend Of Spyro: The Eternal Night was hailed in advance by a Sierra press release as ‘the second instalment of The Legend Of Spyro trilogy’. ![]()
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