

The earlier games, particularly their promotional renders, were referenced so that the art style was suitable with the series universe.

The game was produced by Suzanne Watson and Jon Williams, who explained that the goal was simply "to create a game that was in keeping with the franchise," with acknowledgement of the problems of the critically-panned previous entry Enter the Dragonfly (2002). Byrd the Penguin, and newcomer Blink the Mole, are playable in mini-game stages.ĭevelopment began in early November 2002 under the working title Spyro: The Dark Realms and was announced by Vivendi to be completed on 4 October 2004 the final title was decided by the publisher in early 2004.

Other characters, such as Sparx the Dragonfly, Hunter the Cheetah, Sgt.

This time, he collects Dark Gems, which corrupt the land with maniacal creatures and deadly plants, planted by a banished Dragon Elder Red. Per usual, players act as the titular dragon collecting objects, platforming, flying, headbutting and breathing fire onto enemies to save the Dragon Realms. It is the fifth console game in the original Spyro series and the ninth game in the series overall. They can also reintroduce Cynder if they choose.Spyro: A Hero's Tail is a platform game developed by Eurocom Entertainment Software and published by Vivendi Universal Games in November 2004 for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox. I can see them introducing female dragons like Ember, who was around Spyro's age in the old games. Devon Cady-Lee mentioned that he and the art team of Reignited proposed to TFB about lady dragons for Spyro but never went through with it as it was too inconsistent with the original Spyro trilogy that only had male dragons.ĭo you think they could explain why the female dragons weren't around in the original Spyro trilogy and Reignited in a new game? It's possible. Now with the evolution of technology and budget, we have a chance for that, especially after how Toys For Bob handled the creativity for all 74 adult male dragons. Insomniac Games mentioned that they had no female voice actors, there was a limited hired voice cast and the lack of technical hardware that could allow differences between male and female dragons. But I'm more open to the idea of the developers actually looking into why there were no female dragons in the original trilogy and we only got female baby dragons from Spyro 3. I know we had more female dragons in the old classic Spyro games after the OG trilogy, notably in A Hero's Tail and Shadow Legacy.
