What's up With: The Story of Spyro the Dragon!
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- čas přidán 8. 12. 2016
- From the classic PS1 trilogy to the Legend of Spyro, we look at the rise and fall of one of gamings greatest heroes! This has been a huge project, but the story of Spyro and how he fell, is a worth cause. Enjoy! Just so be one step ahead of you, yes, I know there are more games than what we covered in this video, but ain't nobody got time for a half hour rant.
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Am I the only person who got emotionally attatched to Spyro in The Legend series? Because, I like, cried at the end of the Dawn Of The Dragon
I take that as a yes. :/
Blade Ponds Me too. There was supposed to be a movie of LOS but they replaced it with Skylosers I hope the movie comes out one day too because directors are still trying to get the rights to it.
The current holders of Spyro said to "never say never" when it comes to making another game. So, if we ask enough, and keep an interest, there might just be another game. I hope so to, thinking back on all three and piecing them together gets me depressed.
With the remaster of the OG trilogy it is very unlikely to see a fourth Legend of Spyro game, unfortunately. And I almost cried at the end of the second game because of the damn music.
You’re not alone, I really love de legend series, specially the last one,
Why the hell do these companies keep buying franchises only to shove them in a closet?
That's the thing that gets me too. Hell, they even denied them to be used in other games or contests.
Naughty Dog was celebrating their 15 year anniversaty and wanted to hold a fan art contest, when they asked to use Crash Bandicoot for the celebration, they got denied.
For Playstation All Stars Battle Royale, Crash and Spyro should've been shoe-ins to be playable characters but Activision said "NOPE!"
It's just dumb, especially when they didn't do much with the IPs in the first place.
it really is
activision actually tried to revive something that was made a horrible piece of shit whit the heros tail game
Dovahkiff to remove competitors?
Dovahkiff There are 3 possibilities. 1: greed and marketing, 2: Bringing kid's attention towards toys they're making, and 3: They think they're making spyro the dragon better to the newcomers (kids, because Activison sees spyro as a kiddie game) who had no knowledge of him.
As someone born in '91 and enjoyed the original trilogy, I actually loved TLOS trilogy more. I thought it was a smart decision. The original spyro fans had grown up, so why not grow up the story/gameplay/art design, too? I also only saw footage of a new beginning which leaves me questioning if you played the next two. The last game saw an art change, dev change, and over all was such a huge upgrade to the first two in the trilogy that it'd be hard to play the first two again. Dawn of the dragon was god damn amazing and I honestly would recommend TLOS trilogy to any one just for that one game.
Jarek4GamingDragon That's so weird. I'm basically the opposite of you lol. I played the Legend trilogy long before the originals, and although for a long time a was fandom-level invested, I much prefer the originals now. Everything from the music, gameplay, colour palettes, Spyro's design and personality. I think DOTD had nice visuals, but felt repetitive and like God of War clone to me and in hindsight the overall storyline of the trilogy feels quite unoriginal honestly despite trying so hard to be really in-depth. That probably sounds really harsh, but they're still fairly good games in my opinion and I'm still nostalgic for them. I guess preferences and what people find fun and captivating in a game are all subjective though, despite even critics scores, so to each their own haha.
I just threw up after reading your comment
I first learned about Spyro through TLOS trilogy and have Dawn of the dragon on my 3DS
lol i disagree so fuck you
@@lizardzilla same!!!!
The legend of Spyro is more like
Avatar: The Last Purple Dragon of the Rings
That is SO accurate😂
The Legend Trilogy really wasn't that bad :/
I prefer both Trilogies for different reasons. The original is for humor and light-hearted fun, while the newer one is more serious and emotional.
Same, dude, same
Same here :D
In fact, a crossover would be nice
Exactly, couldn't have said it better! 👌🏼
Took the words right out of my mouth
It makes me wish Legend of Spyro came back as a subseries of Spyro. So we can have classic OG Spyro AND Legend Spyro for those who want a more Fantasy/adventure story
The OG and the Legend Trilogies are great. The OG is light-hearted and funny at times while the Legend series is serious and dark.
Yeah, the OG is very charming and funny while TLOS is dark and has a more fantasy vibe to it.
@@xenodraws2397 how does TLOS have more fantasy elements? OG got fauns, satyrs, heck, magic! Not to mention DRAGONS! I don't really see how either one can have more fantasy than the other
the legend of spyro is not really that dark in my opinion, the vibe and the tense situation/art style was different but the story was not all that dark. It was your typical fantasy main character facing difficulities and beating the bad guy just like in the original spyro, just less goffiness to it. It was a 7+ game afterall
In defense of The Legend of Spyro trilogy...
I loved it.
Then I played the OG Trilogy and thought... "OK, how'd it change?"
Then I think:
OH IT'S AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE
But that's just a ThEroY
@@JaKeelJyba A gaME tHeoRY
@@ZoobiethePopplio fVgk YoU fOr wATchInG
You should check out the Rebirth theory (canadian guy eh has a good vid on it). I think it makes a lot more sense. I personally like the idea that 1998 Spyro goes on to become Malefor (Just see the way he acts, considering letting Bianca die for example, not to mention the fact he's a mass murderer) So maybe not an alternate timeline, just different "Spyros"
Spyro multiverse
That return is coming, in September.
I hope it coms out on switch
In November*
It is coming to the switch. I just hope spyro and crash get into smash.
@@culterwaleddy Not before Doom Guy gets in :^)
@@culterwaleddy no it's not coming on switch until next year
I love spyro too much
Blake B. same :P
Blake B. Legend of Spyro is best
Me To...
i miss the old spyro i loved him he was my first game i played
Blake B. Wait.
How come Pong isn’t your #1 game? I mean, the graphics, the backstory, the characters, it’s just golden!
The Legend of Spyro was the best in the series. It made me fall in love in Spyro. I loved the legend of spyro and it was the best in my opinion. I will forever miss the legend of spyro.
To be honest, the Legend of Spyro triolgy is by far my most favorite Spyro games. Ever.
I bet it wasn't that bad,but take it with another character.
Let's just say what if Mario instead of being a happy plumber adventurer was a dark vigilante in a city where crime happens all the time.
It's Mario,he doesen't need a complicated story
+francisco Villamil It basically just depends on your preference. I prefer the Legend Of Spyro because of the deep story.
@@ShadeKill yeah i guess
I'm not the only one :D
@@capitatecab6049 That's not how the Legends series wad it was spyro with all hid goofiness but with a real interesting story with little art style changes and mechanical changes that I honestly liked more than the og
17:17
“It’s not dissimilar from a journey I’ve taken before.”
*OH REALLY*
Remember when spyro was skylander's mascot? me neither
SMG39 The PopplioFan I quite literally want to hurt the makers of Skylanders.
Yeah, same.
SMG39 The PopplioFan they only used him to make the game popular.
smelly soap skylanders academy spyro tv show
Skylanders ruined Everything (My Opinion)
I want Activision to remaster the Spyro trilogy like they are doing Crash aswell.
It HAS to be done,the Crash remasters look pretty good.
me too
SRUFUS3D Knowing Activision... Supply Drops.
SRUFUS3D
LETS ASK FOR IT!!!
WHO WITH ME!!!. Cuz I,d buy it.
SRUFUS3D same
LoTR is one of a million fantasy stories with the Hero's Journey trope, you could compare Frodo to Luke Skywalker and make it sound like Star Wars ripped off LoTR.
The Legend of Spyro trilogy is Spyro the dragon but on thr Hero's Journey.
You only use LoTR because of the VA.
I still always loved the legend of spyro trilogy, but i consider it a sort of different universe from the classics, basically im saying i dont think the classics and the modern are connected, they just share characters. I loved both and im happy with both but not together as a collective thing.
I think TLOS is supposed to be a reboot anyway
@@quirky.9143 It's actually apart of the universe a sort of reincarnation thing so this is a different spyro same timeline
Yeah, the Legend Of series is good, but associating the OG trilogy and TLOS is like associating water with fire. They just do not mix. I love the OG trilogy, and even the GBA games made sense with the franchise... But TLOS feels like it should be a franchise of its own.
@@maddcruiser8874 That’s just a fan theory. Officially, the original games, LOS, and Skylanders are all set in separate canons and universes.
@@trainlover16I think the rebirth theory is neat, I personally accept it as canon :D Everyone has their own opinion ofc lol
I'm not the only person who liked the Legend series am I?
dawn of the dragon was really good the other 2 were good
nope, I LOVE The Legend of Spyro and feel it's severely underrated. If more people just accepted it for what it is instead of being upset it's a reboot of the original, I bet it wouldn't be as underrated. PLUS something ALMOST EVERYONE tends to overlook about TLOS is that it had the spirit of the original games. A LOT of nods and references to Classic Spyro are there in terms of game play and characters. TLOS actually paid respect to the original, while being its own thing, whereas Skylanders doesn;t
Litten Fire ttly agree
BitchBoiOnTheBlock it's just sad how misunderstood TLOS really is. I mean they even kept the classic charge attack in TLOS, it's not Spyro's main attack in that game anymore, but the fact that Spyro can still charge towards enemies in TLOS is a nod to classic Spyro. AND the Air Charge makes that move more useful for TLOS gameplay
Litten Fire thank God I'm not the only one 😅
Spyro is not like Frodo. Frodo got scared an awful lot and even dropped his sword. Understandable though, since he was young and inexperienced. Legend Spyro showed nothing short of bravery. He was always willing to put his life on the line despite how frightened Sparx was. There was nothing Spyro wasn't willing to do. And that goes for all the Spyros. They don't ever quit. None of them do.
And more defending of the combat system in the Legend of Spyro. I recently found out in the Eternal Night that the combat is best done flexibly. If you just use the same combo over and over again you're sure to lose in the fights. That's why I was losing so much. I just mashed the buttons and I kept dying. But when I came to study what moves worked and keep changing attacks between hitting the attack button, ramming enemies, knocking them in the air and whale on them I died a lot less and took care of even the blunder tails with ease. Now I can flatten a blunder tail in ten seconds.
Second time you see the blunder tails: "Awe come on! I hate these things."
Last one you face now that you've beat them so many times: "Here's Johnny!"
In Dawn of the Dragon the combat grew intensely. You could chew toy them, use fast or strong attacks alternate for different combos swing enemies, throw enemies, knock them in the air, slam them into the ground and stomp on them, get them to work for you with Cynders shadow powers and I enjoyed it to the fullest extent. I studied all of them and didn't even need a game guide or instruction manual (because I never had either). It felt more like a zelda game when you had to find red and green crystals to boost your magic energy and health bars. And I enjoyed it.
There were ways to make combat easier. To fight those red things called wyverns in air levels you could just breath onto them with Cynders cyclone attack for a split second and they would fall into that invisible boundary that kills them instantly. It's so funny whenever that happens. If you know everything about the game you could speed run it with ease. I can speed run it with ease. I know the locations of everything in Dawn of the Dragon. I've one-hundred percented that game countless times and still enjoy it. The two player thing was the best. And I still want more. I want there to be a PS4 remake of the Legend of Spyro games. And all of them improved on in not just bug fixes and graphic enhancement but an expansion of things you could do in it. Four player challenges with Ember and Flame making an appearance would be highly appreciated for me. Survival challenges. I want a lot of challenges with medals and scores, achievements, stealth, fixed plot holes. They need to take advantage of that.
Simon Briggs i have to agree with your assesment. Plus Frodo always had a choice. he could have stayed quiet and let someone else carry the ring but didn't. Spyro didn't really have the same choice. and the combat system was fun when you figured out to not stand still like a rock and hope to win.
U wasted so much of ur time writing this comment
A Person
wat?
I agree with you WITH ALL OF IT although I'm q little scared that if they made a remake of The Legend Of Spyro Trilogy it will not be as good.. or idk ruin it?? Jmmm but it sure as hell could be interesting :3
Simon Briggs Frodo is freaking pathetic in the movies! Not sure what he’s like in the books though...
I have to say, going into this video I was fairly strongly convinced it was just gonna be typical fanboy bashing on the Legend Of trilogy for being different. But I have to say, I have a lot of respect for the way you handled things; not just bashing it for being different and being able to admire where the game succeeds, even without personally liking them. As someone who actually grew up with the Legend Of trilogy I'm probably a bit biased myself, but I can respect someone willing to play devil's advocate to things they don't personally care for. (At we can all agree that Skylanders shouldn't have anally fisted Spyro's franchise, amirite?)
Have a like, my dude.
This comment section makes me feel horrible for loving skylanders. I mean it was my childhood?
I feel like your feelings about The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning are like mine about Matt Smith becoming the next Doctor in Doctor Who. The show didn't become awful, or terrible, but it just wasn't the same show that the previous 4 seasons were. It feels like Moffat just wanted to change everything about the show, from the humor, to the sets used, and just everything that I had gotten used to.
The analogy is almost perfect somehow...
Heh
I love the Spyro series, but when they came out with Skylanders that ended quick.
blue dragon King of all dragons, yeah but after the first game, the appearances of spyro declined further and further, the last few games just forgot about him, and for ffs spyro wasn’t even in the centre of the box, it was that dark elf that was.
no mention of skylanders. how odd
he referenced skylanders in a metaphor at 0:20, Lord of the Rings is the Legend of Spyro series and GI Joe is skylanders
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT SKYLANDERS.
They killed Spyro.
Gentleman Nemesis at least Skylanders spyro doesn't look like a retarded purple salamence
MidnightStar89 well at lest the new is game try do make I'm like the classic one..........somewhat
+Joe Mackei if looking like a gremlin is close to the original , than you are right.
as a big fan of the legend trilogy I've always been really disappointed about the og fans giving it a hard time and I appreciate your fairness. personally, everything you said about introducing a new generation of fans remains me of similar thoughts I've had about Skylanders.
Gavmandragon Skylanders was my childhood
I’m an OG fan, but I like the TLOS series. I’m just disappointed that Activision used Spyro instead of creating a different franchise. The Spyro I’m used to and the Spyro in the TLOS series are two totally different beasts. The personalities, story, and even game mechanics are way different.
Actually, I really prefer "The Legend of Spyro" than the old Spyro games. Even if the gameplay isn't really good, the story and characters are what made those games great! If I were to play those old Spyro games, I don't think I would like them.
And I don't talk from nostalgia, since I played 2 of them on my GBA recently! They took another direction, but I agree that this is completely different and should have create a new dragon character and a whole new series name, so everybody wouldn't compare those two different trilogies.
Same, the story and characters are what made the Legendary Trilogy and as for the game play, I never really minded it, I’m always indifferent about gameplay in general, and the OG trilogy, I know I would have put them to the side and barely touched them. The only original Spyro game I played before Reignited Trilogy was A Hero’s Tail and I liked it, but still liked the Legend games better. As for the Reignited Trilogy, I did enjoy playing them, but boy did I go nearly insane with frustration a lot, especially with the flying levels, that skateboard race cause I suck at racing, and Hunter’s stupid popcorn crystal mini game. So, I guess I’m automatically speaking from Nostalgia, but I know what I like and and the Legend has always been a big part of my life since fourth or fifth grade, it introducing me to both Spyro and dragons in general, so it will always reign king in my book.
Eh, The legend of spyro was a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine, Don't see much wrong with it.
Games Done Badly
Yeah, but it was ok, but it just seems too serious and dark for a spyro game
I like it as well but it was really dark compared to what spyro was. It was a good game but it didn't feel like the original spyro games.
Games Done Badly TLoS was Spyro done in another vain, not a collect-a-thon, but a new experience. Although Skylanders is nothing close to the source material except for a redesign. Spyro's cameo in Crash Twinsanity is more Spyro then Skylanders.
There wasn't much wrong with....the second and third games, they just weren't anything special, and definitely were not Spyro. They just felt like God of War but toned down for children and given a Spyro skin. The first game was just garbage; the combat was horribly repetitive, the story was cliched as fuck, certain parts of the story made no fucking sense whatsoever (he literally just GETS ice breath out of nowhere with no explanation) and there were tons of glitches and just broken/unfinished things about the game.
Even when I first played it as a kid, I hated it. It was awful. The second game was only slightly better, and it wasn't until the third game that they finally got their shit straight and decided to make an okay-ish game.....but I don't want a cheap God of War ripoff, I want Spyro. I don't want cheesy buttonmashing combat, I want exploration and collectathons and platforming and...you know, an actual Spyro game.
His face was the only problem honestly.
I enjoy all the Spyro games... But The Legend of Spyro was not the end of Spyro's legacy... OOOOOH NO... OOOOOOOOOH NOOOOO........ *I HATE SKYLANDERS WITH A FUCKING PASSION*
KashKey Excuse me!?
You heard me. I. *HATE. SKYLANDERS.*
KashKey Well I am not liking your attitude toward us!
GOOD. I hope you don't like it, because I sure as hell don't like Skylanders! It's a bland game series that has been repeatedly milked and is made exclusively to sell stupid toys to unwitting kids that don't know any better, that insists on holding the Spyro IP hostage for no reason whatsoever.
KashKey Um...you better think before you speak, because if you read my name, you would find out that I AM A SKYLANDER! Kids do know better too, and there is nothing wrong with us.
Wait, Tom Kenny voiced Spyro?! (Spongebob theme song plays)
This is an old video, I know, but I wanted to point out that the Legend trilogy wasnt produced by Activision. The first two Legend games were developed by Krome Studios and published by Sierra of all people, who had just been purchased by Vivendi-Universal. They also, along with Radical Entertainment, made the Crash Bandicoot Titan games. Activision would end up merging with Vivendi (which is how we got Activision-Blizzard), but not until the final Legend and Titan games. Activision is more responsible for shutting down both franchises afterwards and replacing them with Skylanders than anything.
Okay, loved this video, but I have to point this one fact out.Activision didn't acquire the rights to Spyro until Dawn of the Dragon (the last game in the Legend trilogy) was well over halfway done. The Legend series was made by Vendidi Universal as a new take on Spyro because the series was floundering since the PS1 era. Honestly, of all the titles since the PS1 trilogy only 2 of them were console games while everything else was a budget handheld, so they needed to give Spyro a new identity. A New Beginning started as an origin story, but when they realized that it would be better as its own thing, they decided to reboot the series instead of shoehorning it into the original series and return Spyro to it's fantasy roots rather than the generic cartoon platformer the series had become at the end.Dawn of the Dragon was well into development as well as Crash: Mind Over Mutant when Activision bought the franchises. They released these games as no point scrapping them so close to competition then changed everything up with the Skylander franchise for Spyro rather than the proposed sequel to Dawn of the Dragon and nailed Crash in his coffin until recently.
Also, A New Beginning and The Eternal Night are VERY rough about the edges, but if you can PICK UP Dawn of the Dragon. That game is seriously legit and stands on it's own as one of the best Spyro adventures out there outside of the original trilogies.
okuraorca Meh but you need to play the first 2 to get the story.
Oh, I agree. I never said that wasn't an issue. But the game itself is really good.
Too bad I can't find dawn of the dragon anywhere for the ps2, I want it so bad. T_T
Fredrik Löfstedt I played it when I was younger I remember it being only on PlayStation 3
Sleepylittlemoonman Xx i remember getting stuck on the final boss dragon guy on PS2 & wii
Skylanders aka when activision took spyro's rotting corpse and reanimated it.
Well at the very least, at least Crash Bandicoot faired a little better lol
DeQuillsta and mutated it
DeQuillsta And then made a shockingly good series.
Honestly I think A Hero's Tail get's unfairly shit on because most of the negative reviews ive seen consist of "It's Open World" "It came after Enter the Dragonfly" and "Who are most of these new characters"
“A New Beginning” was my first Spyro game I ever played, and I love it still to this day!
Skylanders is a good game but honestly Spyro would have been better off not being shoved into a dead end series of kids games that doesn't even make him the main character of the games
I have to say that this is a great honest review, and I like the fact that you didn't let your opinions drive the whole video. I do agree with a lot of your points, and I can also see why a lot of people were turned off from the Legend trilogy. Some people didn't like the darker story, others didn't like the linear progression (and they were very linear), and there are other people who didn't like the voice acting. Personally though, I really enjoyed the story of the Legend trilogy, with the third game, Dawn of the Dragon, being my absolute favorite game of all time with its absolutely gorgeous graphics, smooth controls, just-right difficulty, and it wrapped up the story of the trilogy really well. Granted, there were a few plot holes, but it's good for what it is.
I honestly consider A Hero's Tail to be a guilty pleasure personally. It's not the best Spyro game I've ever played, but it's not the worst either. Enter the Dragonfly is at least playable, and as you said it did do a few things right, like the controls, the charge, the flame, and the different breaths (which were carried over into A Hero's Tail and the Legend Trilogy).
Anyway, I don't want to gush. This is a great video, and I'm glad you weren't one of those "It's different, so it automatically sucks." people. Different doesn't always mean bad.
I can say that you've earned yourself a new subscriber.
Just thought you'd like to know that IGN received a purple dragon egg with a. letter saying "something big is coming." Spyro's return could be on the horizon. Also Wendy's got Spyro toys to give away in their kids meals. Yeah it was lit.
And now THE REMASTERED TRILOGY IS COMING!!!!
So it looks like Spyro is getting back on the right track finally hopefully this does not happen again
I'll put spyros history in two words "downward spiral"
Cue in Hunter's classic "WHOOAAAAAOOO" lol
Gives Spyro's name a whole new meaning.
Beyond Birthday Well it was an upward spiral up until Insomniac sold the rights and THEN it was a huge downward spiral.
MechaMinilla99 , I was mostly referring to insomniac, but yeah it was great until then
+Zelkertia Hey... I was gonna make that joke! Next time, I expect you to predict 5 months in advance when someone wants to make a joke!
Okay, I'm pretty sure this comment is a downward spyrol.
5:50
Have you read the sign because it says "Spray me"
Does it really?
Wow, if that's true, Peter made a big deal out of nothing...
I never bothered with the blue coins anyway, I didn't really care.
I think so, I mean I remember that blue coin in particular and never botherd telling us what the sign read.
But yeah I didnt look for the Blue coins either
No it doesn't, it says "Pianta Hot Spring --Open-- Refresh body and spirit with a dip!" I checked, I'm not THAT nerdy.
Huh, I meant to put two hyphens on either side of the word "Open," but apparently that crosses out the word, the more you know.
Did you check the other side of the sign?
I actually loved the Legend Series! It was my favorite in the Spyro games! I don't understand who it got so much hate
Besides it was FUCKING Skylander that ruined Spyro
If Spyro hadn't done well, we would have never gotten Spider-Man PS4.
Pinkie Pie never appeared in another Spyro game ever again....
Dominic Greer Well, the only reason she was there was to be that one character that crushes on the MC, and she ended up being done by an armadillo so... There's that.
If she was meant to be the one character that crushes on the MC then she would have appeared more than once. The only reason she and Flame were in the game cutscenes was so that they could be introduced to the player so that when they were unlocked later as pallet swaps the player would know who they were.
16:16 It can also be used to describe Star Wars, Harry Potter, Legend of Zelda, Avatar the Last Air Bender, and many other stories like that.
But The Legend of Spyro is amazing. SKYLANDERS ruined Spyro.
@@flamestudios1350 what the actual FUCK are you saying
Skylanders itself is a decent pass time. I don't think it's trying to be a Spyro game at all.
@@flamestudios1350
Uhh... What?
@blue dragon King of all dragons I think he may or may not be dead now. I think he was having a stroke.
@@zeteri4563 Thank you for partially restoring my faith in this fanbase
He predicted the remaster of the original Spyro... he is a GOD.
Wasn't Sierra Entertainment the one who made the Legend of Spyro series?
They published it alongside Universal and Vivendi in '06-'07 and then Activision in '08. The actual creators were Krome Studios for A New Beginning and The Eternal Night and Étranges Libellules for Dawn of the Dragon
They made the wretched Shadow fucking Legacy ds game
FireSonic101 yeah he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
xXKierra BinghamXx Well its kind of an understandable mistake as Activision did co-publish the third entry in The Legend of Spyro.
i am one of the people who didnt actually know old spyro. i didn't own a ps1 or 2 to play it on, and got introduced to spyro through the new beginning trilogy. as someone who didn't know old spyro was an actual thing as a kid, i loved the game. of course, from a kids perspective its awesome, it's got that story and cute dragons and you can fight and stuff, the characters got older and the trouble you had to deal with got more serious - but i also entirely understand why people dislike it, it's just not the same characters they used to be and knowing the original ones and their successful and good games, it must be really awkward and weird and unfitting to see that reboot.
Why can't people move on from "The ORIGINAL Spyro this" and "The ORIGINAL Spyro that"? It'a not like the newer games with Frodo were absolute garbage. They were arguably more refined than its previous installments, but long- time Spyro fans tend to only see the bad in those games. I loved the "Lord of the Rings" style gameplay, it really revolutionized the game. I respect other people's opinions, and by no means am I attacking anyone who thinks otherwise, but I just think that people should recognize "A New Beginning" and its followups are reasonably fun games and might be seen in a more positive light if people maybe moved on from the charm of the first trilogy.
People can’t move on from it now because of the remake
he did recognize that tho
At least it isn’t as bad as the skylanders redesign
I agree.
Even though I don't like the Spyro in Skylanders I think Skylanders itself is a pretty fun pass time. I've been recently playing it recently quite a bit. Although I haven't played imaginators yet.
I agree. While the original was great in its simplicity, it lacked any depth and there wasn't enough of a story. The levels were too simplistic and there wasn't enough change. The LOS series gave us all those things and more. Of course, with Elijah Wood voicing Spyro, all you can really think in the first LOS game is Frodo Baggins. But as the story progresses, you stop seeing frodo, and start seeing Spyro.
While these two Spyros are fundamentally different i.e. Original Spyro is brash brave and showy while LOS Spyro is also brave, but thinks before he acts and has a real heroic presence about him.
I recently began to think along the lines that perhaps the two Spyros are just that; two Spyros. LOS Spyro could be an ancient ancestor of the Original Spyro, like in Star Wars where the "Old Republic" games are based tens of thousands of years before the movies.
I actually love the legend trilogy
I actually really liked the direction they took for The Legend of Spyro but that just might be my nostalgia kicking in as it was the only spyro game I played...
hay what legends did Spyro leave behind. because when i first saw spyro in this game the new beginning of spyro. is what made me fall in love with this game. it dos int mean that i don't like the old spyro games but spyro is still spyro no mater how much they change him. each new spyro my be different but there still the same they remind us of what it fells like when you see that little purpler Dragon for the first time. spyro lives on with each new game he is in and the why he makes us fell will never change so spyro live on.
I like the Legends trilogy since it felt like I was growing up with Spyro.
I was a little kid when i played the original trilogy, and when Legends came out, I was at the “right age” to appreciate the tone of the new trilogy
To be honest The Legend of Spyro was my first Spyro game and I unconditionally love it despite not remembering all that much of it (I just remember have a lot of fun with its combat). It’s what got me in love with this purple dragon. I’ve never really played all that much of the series overall but even I can feel a very special bond with the guy.
Interesting thought about the original trilogy the difficulty being not to hard not to easy: I thought it was a good challenge as a 5 year old kid. nothing too frustrating but engaging enough to keep me immersed. I played it now 21 years old all the way through again and miraculously it still feels like an appropriate level of challenge. Maybe its just my gaming skills are trash or maybe its because the game holds up so well. Kind of reminds me of Super Mario 64 with how thorough you can be without getting bored.
haha your not trash mate, same here im 21 but the games still holds up to this day its amazing i really hope they give spyro the trilogy RE make/mastered maybe for 2018 as its his 20th anniversary
KrazyBomber- 95 GUESS WHO CALLED IT
That's because the originals had a system in the software that would raise and lower the difficulty in tandem to the player, look it up, it's pretty cool especially for it's time
A Spyro video by Peter Knetter, I don't need to watch it to give it a like.
Ye
Fun story. I first saw this video around three years ago and laughed so hard at your "rant" about the blue coin in the sign in Mario Sunshine. Now, years later when I got the game, I was looking forward to finding that sign and even though I didn't remember exactly what the environment around it looked like, I saw a sign and it looked familiar. So I decided to spray it and see what happened, and sure enough the coin pops out and I got unnecessarily happy for really no reason
And now, we're getting remakes!
I wish Peter would make a video talking about the remaster.
I think the dawn of the dragon is the best one in the legend series, in terms of... just about everything. the music, gameplay, puzzles, look, feel and the introduction of cynder and spyros young adult forms. now if they made that game longer or had that same style all throughout all three, I think this trilogy would have been better.
DID FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE WHO LOVES AND FEELS THE WAY ABOUT SPYRO AS I DO!?!?
Do i have permission for my life to be complete now?
(Peter your hair looks good btw)
9:02 - Such a beautiful and uplifting theme! 😊
*plays spyro, sees my younger brother on skylanders*
"whos that harry?"
Harry:"A purple dragon called spyro"
me: *grabs the skylanders pod and throws it out the window and burns the spyro figure
Ah yes, the childhood of other people doesn’t matter because of a simple redesign.
This comment section makes me feel horrible for loving skylanders because it was my childhood :(
My boyfriend got offended cuz he sprayed that sign for fun in Mario sunshine XD XD
What happened to the YTPs?!
I liked the ending of this video where you said some good things about the Legend trilogy. Spyro was the first game I ever played and I grew up on both the Original and Legend Trilogies. I’m glad that Spryo has grown to have a great following
I have grown up with the Spyro trilogy ever since I was a kid my first game was spyro a new beginning I loved it so much when I got older my dad finally told be he has the sequel to that game it blew my mind, like I said I grew up with spyro my mother's favourite game was the first Spyro that saved its developer, Spyro a new beginning was a game I couldn't stop playing it over and over again as I grew up and I was sad that SDOTD was somewhat the last Spyro game to end its trilogy I fell in love with the trilogy all together I have played and have almost all of the Spyro games but little old Skylanders had to screw up Spyro forever :/
They sould do a hd remake of the original trilogie like the crash n sane trilogie
Toni the Bat guess what lol
I loved Legend of Spyro, never played the 2nd or 3rd game though
LowTier4Life the third game is the actual best! can't recommend it enough
3rd one is amazing in how it gives the game a huge scale in terms of how big the levels are now, an even more dark feel to the story, and the ability to fly at ANY TIME for the first time in any Spyro game... highly recommend the 3rd one. the Second one's okay, but it feels more like filler leading towards the 3rd one
Litten Fire yes!!
Litten Fire The PS2 version has bad HD graphics while the PS3 Wii and Xbox 360 version matches the system
Get A New Beginning and The Eternal Night on Playstation 2, then get Dawn of the Dragon on Xbox 360 or Play station 3. The second game can feel like absolute bullshit at times but it's fun as hell, and the third is just a gem in of itself
This video was gold. I totally understand your feelings about the original trilogy and TLoS! I personally was a big fan of TLoS, AND the original games! The way you put things really brings a new perspective to the slight crack in the fandom. Good work!
I grew up with the legend of Spyro, it had its problems but I remember it fondly and it was what got me into Spyro. That eventually led me to skylanders, the reignited trilogy and some of the older Spyro games like enter the dragonfly and seasons of flame and ice
i actually liked The Legend of Spyro
I actually liked Spyro games.
One of the first games I owned for my PS3 was Spyro 3 year of the dragon!
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*What happened to him.*
Roxy Lalonde Skylanders happened, my friend. *Fucking Skylanders happened*.
The first game of the trilogy was my childhood, and recently i played all the trilogy, and i still hold that trilogy as the best game series i have ever played, but i cannot tell if those are better than the original series because i’ve never played them, i’ll try to play the original series and also the remakes to feel what you felt in your childhood
i only played the first spyro game growing up, which i loved, but i also grew up with the legend of spyro a new beginning, so i guess growing up with both i kinda love them both, but i love story in a game, and sometimes i even look past game play in order to get to the story, so when i was younger i might have done this even then
And then Skylanders happened and pretty much mutilated Spyro beyond recognition.
pretty much :(
Funnily enough Malefor appears in the Skylanders comics
I mean, the game is kinda fun, if really simple.
I personally enjoy the legend of spyro games as an independent series and don't connect them.. the only similarity is the name but they're both good fun and both versions of spyro are likable in thier own ways .
I enjoyed the legend trilogy allot (except the second game because it's broken as hell for some reason) and for whatever reason the graphics seemingly got worse with each game maybe because of money problems but who knows
The legend of spyro was a unique twist for spyro and introduced cool characters to the franchise and still references to the original games
My first console was a PS2 and i grew up with the Legend of Spyro trilogy. I honestly didnt know that any other spyro game before that existed. Your Legend of Spyro is my Skylanders... i think everyone understands
Sonic 2017 is a sequel to Sonic 2006
The Legend of Spyro is pretty much Spyro Boom except its canon
And way better... I actually had a really good time with it as a kid.
Except it looks good and looks really fun its not spyro no but its a good game and has fans unlike boom
***** The original trilogy was great back in the day but if you didn't grow up with them then you wont like them they didn't age very well never play any spyro game outside of the original 3
I think skylanders is its boom!
Jayson Blackhair Yes!
I happened to LOVE the legend of spyro series, thank you very much 😤
The croc series was my favorite(along with spyro) so thanks for reminding me about croc(with that clip) it's soo underrated!
Universal Studios needs to make a Spyro movie!
There was actually going to be a movie based on the legend of spyro trilogy! But it was cancelled :( No idea why
Count Bleck Try and guess. That one dude gave the idea about selling the rights and cancelling the movie to create *fucking Skylanders*.
Koge -mo oh for fuck sake. really? they have up a movie for that shit? I have officially lost hope in humanity
Dr. Julian Robotnik plz no...
It was probably budget issues that ruined the potential for a great movie, if it wasn't then they made the stupidest decision of their career. They'd better make it up to us and make the movie after Skylanders dies, I want to see Spyro and Cynder together on the big screen.
No....No....*NO!*
How could they?! They actually dared to turn spyro from a collectathon game into a beat em up??!!! They fucking dared to give him personality, plot, backstory and character development?!
And out of all their crimes they actually gave a God damn purpose to those wings and made him fly??!!
Ohhhh nooo!!! The terror!!! They abomination!!!
KUNGLAO3 KUNGLAO3 lol this feels like a troll comment since all you said were good things.
Meta Prime I swear the God, there is no trace of sarcasm in my comment. Everything I said, I meant it literally, and I truly believe that all those changes ruined Spyro the Dragon.
Did I mention how they killed Sparx s character by making him actually talk and making sarcastic remarks and jokes? Unforgivable
KUNGLAO3 KUNGLAO3 are you talking about Spyro or Sparx?
Meta Prime In the second half of my reply to you I clearly say Sparx
But in my first comment I was talking about Spyro
KUNGLAO3 KUNGLAO3 I find that very hard to believe.
This weekend I introduced my 3 year old daughter to Spyro on the ps2. She sits next to me with the second controller, thinking that she's controlling Sparx. The legend continues...
I love that they remade the original Spyro.
Now all we need is for them to remake the Legend of Spyro trilogy, and everyone will be happy.
The legend of series was very dark thats what i liked about it was so sad
Does everyone remember what else Activiton did to Spyro
You're pretty funny. I like a lot of things about this video like how you put both your opinion and the facts(if those are the facts, I mean I'm to lazy to do research myself) as well as acknowledging how cool the new Spyro trilogy is. I am a new when it comes to Spyro and seeing that you took some time to talk about the newer games warmed my heart. Awesome video. One last thing, I finally know where Ember came from. I had no idea how she came into existence until this video. Thanks. /)
I used to play Spyro for hours and hours when I was younger. Thanks for bringing back memories of my childhood Peter!
I get it, The Legend of Spyro trilogy is not like the original Spyro. I've played both games but I still favour The Legend of Spyro, probably because I grew up with it. But the story and the music is what keeps me playing the trilogy, it feels like there's life. Not only is Spyro not the cute and cocky dragon that he used to be, but in The Legend of Spyro, you watch Spyro grow into the hero that he was destined to be and he even develops a deeper relationship with Cynder. It just adds to the story, I don't care if gameplay doesn't meet my standards, what keeps me playing is progressing through the beautifully-crafted story. To learn about the "special" purple dragons, how they can use different elements, makes you want to learn more about this universe of Spyro. Even to have an evil purple dragon as the main antagonist is a great play on Activision's part. It also leads to questions like what if Spyro killed Cynder and didn't save her during the first game? What if Malefor stole a different egg, specifically a male dragon? The game had so much mystery whenever you entered new worlds to explore.
The one thing I didn't like is Sparx, that he had to have a voice. If anything, he was annoying and his jokes mostly ruined emotional moments. But I guess the Spyro games are supposed to be more appealing to younger audiences. Younger generations will most likely prefer the most recent Spyro game, but I can't confirm that.
If you wanna hate on a game, I'd hate Skylanders for what they did to Spyro and Cynder. Why do they have to look like angry lizards that wanted to be snakes? Just like many Spyro fans, I am very disappointed. I played as Cynder once in Skylanders and I couldn't do it. She was not the dragon that she was and the change wouldn't be so dramatic if they didn't have to make her look like she was born evil (hint, it's a pun lol)
Great video, I appreciate how open minded you are. People need to give The Legend of Spyro another try.
peter... it's crash time now, make a video about him
Spyro : A New Beginning is a beloved game of mine, and one of the first games I ever played on the Playstation 2. It was a huge part of my childhood, and many others, so whilst OG Spyro may be many other's childhood and they see that image being 'ruined', the reboot was what many of us as kids at the time needed
"Yeah, Banjo is dead."
*fast forward to E3 2019*
This video is 💯 btw I loved the legend of spyro the first one I played
EXEMASTER 777 same it was awesome
if you want to see spyro now just look at what Skylanders did to him
never mind
adam al-assaf When I first heard about Spyro I was like, "From Skylanders?"
How many people have I triggered?
adam al-assaf god. I was so mortified at what he's become
Ava The Gamer many.very very many.
I love literally every single game of Spyro no matter how much he changes
As a Legends fan, and someone who also loves the originals, I'm glad to see someone not butcher the legends and actually decently like it slightly, Good video! Loved it! :)
I don't really like the first spyro games, because they were all about gameplay, and the story was too basic. However, I love the legend of spyro trilogy, the games were much more interesting, the story was deeper and I still enjoy flying in the valley of avalaar while listening to the music.
I am a super huge fan of Spyro the Dragon. :). I've played him since the age of five. I also played Mario since the age of five: but Spyro the dragon left a much more big place in my heart. :). Not only do I love all of the creativity in the original games of him: but I also enjoy all of the characters' personalities. Ripto, as an example: is given a huge amount of evil streak and also personality.
Mario is great but the thing I don't like about the Mario games is that they fail to introduce some character personalities. With Spyro the dragon: every single character has a personality. :). I might be wrong about what I said about Mario: but to me his games lack many character personalities.
i always wondered why some people didn't like the new trilogy version of spyro because i absolutely loved it when I was littler but you put it into perspective like showing the differences of the original spyro and comparing these changes to what happened to banjo kazooie i definitely understand why there was some frustration with it.
The Legend of Spyro trilogy was my childhood and will always be my favorite set of games. I undertsand where you’re coming from when you say its different, but don’t hate on it just because of that.