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Spyro 1 demo please for the 20th anniversary of the original's release. You know it makes sense.

Well, I wasn’t talking necessarily about a social media-related announcement.

Let’s just say I think the wait for the 13th of November is too long to fill it with just clips and pics.
I do believe they could take the chance of the actual 20th birthday and release a public demo, even if perhaps not the one shown at PAX.

I feel like letting the fans actually try the demo and get feedback from that as well would be the best way to “end” the constant relationship between the fanbase and the developers on a high note.

EDIT: ninja’d by Dazzy.

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I think for simplicity's sake, Activision's going with the Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! name everywhere. There might be a trophy/achievement called Gateway to Glimmer as a tribute for the PAL name, however.

I was thinking the same thing, you could get it for beating Glimmer for the first time.

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I think for simplicity's sake, Activision's going with the Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! name everywhere. There might be a trophy/achievement called Gateway to Glimmer as a tribute for the PAL name, however.

I was thinking the same thing, you could get it for beating Glimmer for the first time.

I think it would be better for 100 percent of Glimmer, since you have to back track later on, and then when you come back to fully complete it, that's when you unlock it.

That would make more sense, since Spyro technically doesn’t use Glimmer’s portal the first time he arrives there, as the Professor “hijacks” the Dragon Shores’ one.
But the achievement could be unlocked as soon as we use the actual portal to return to the level.

I’ve also realized just now that, assuming the achievements will differ from the skill points, we’ll have quie a lot of objectives to look after with all three games.

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Spyro 1 demo please for the 20th anniversary of the original's release. You know it makes sense.

I am hoping for this hardcore. It'd be even neater if they included the demos I've been seeing a lot of YouTubers play that include a level from each game, but I would settle for playing through Stone Hill a few dozen times until release.

Stupid question: do both Xbox and Playstation have achievements/trophies? I only remember them on my old '360, and now I'm an achievement-less Nintendo player, hehe

Anyway. As a "PAL gal" (ohmygoddidijustsaythat?) I love the Gateway to Glimmer achievement idea! <3

I think it would be best if you got it when you're flying though the portal upon your return, like Drek said.

And a 20th anniversary demo! I would be so jealous...! But it's a great idea!

(There's a Nintendo Direct coming up by the way... Chances of a Spyro announcement?! There's speculation of course, but I don't think it'll happen. Even if it did, I feel like some Xbox/Playstation players would blame a Switch port for their November delay. If the hypothetical release date was close enough to the XB/PS one, anyway.)

Thanks for the heads-up

Are the achievements and trophies exactly the same? Or are there different challenges?

(May 2019... I could imagine Spyro appearing in a March-ish Direct, then )

Agent 9's render looks pretty rough from the angle he's in, but hopefully it'll better in game.

Byrd is literally the same appearance, just the addition of fingers and acessories, lol.

Anyone else noticed that Sgt Byrd's missile looks like a Bullet Bill?

Alicecarp, yes! I can't decide if it's cute or nightmarish, haha.

I love Bentley and Sgt. Byrd! I only know their A Hero's Tail versions (yeah, sue me) but I like these so much better!

Agent 9 and Sheila are a little rough though. These guys are new to me, so I don't mind Sheila's redesign... BUT she looks so much better in-game/in fan art! I don't think I'll ever like Agent 9, anyway :3

Spyro, as always, is on fire.

Sgt. Byrd and Bentley look great, but Agent 9 looks kind of awful. The suit is fine but it looks like they just copy-pasted Foreman Bob's face onto him and made the eyes bulge out. I hope that isn't final.

Has Bentley always had red eyes? I don't remember. Looking at them makes him look more demonic in that picture.

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Has Bentley always had red eyes? I don't remember. Looking at them makes him look more demonic in that picture.

He's always had brown eyes, it's just more pronounced here.

Sgt. Byrd got back now tho

Bentley high key channeling his inner James Sullivan. So, they got John Goodman to voice him, right? :V

Sergeant Bird, Sheila, Bentley and Agent 9 looks very extra amazing awesomes from the classics ones

sgt byrd is thicc

I like the anti-rhynoc symbol on Agent 9's chest, but I don't really like how his gun looks.

I LOVE AGENT 9'S FANGS C:

Looking good.

Not a super fan of Agent 9’s fangs and muzzle, though I can definitely live with the former if they tone down the latter, but I really like the rest of his design.
The gun is a bit too much V.V.-esque for my tastes, but it’s fine.

Sgt. Byrd, though... f l a w l e s s.
I seriously cannot believe they got him soo right design-wise.
Every little detail they added, from the feather in his helmet to the more pronounced tail, actually conpliments his basic design instead of straying away fom it.
A fantstic work.

All of that being said, these are just drawings and for some reason the actual in-game models usually end up looking much better, so I’m very positive even about the things I don’t quite like as much.

I wonder what they are going to post tomorrow, even though I’m not sure if they posted anything on Monday so the covers could be everything we’ll get for this week.

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to the more pronounced tail

More pronounced BOOTAY you mean :V

In all seriousness, he looks great! He's definitely the most straightforward redesign of all of them. Mostly just a few more details on his already existing accessories and that's it. Agent 9 is also pretty good, though his face isn't quite as cute as before. And we saw Bentley before, but now we have a better look at him! He's fantastic. He's got properly shaggy yeti hair now and I love that they made his color scheme white and blue instead of the old tanish, grayish colors. Makes him a lot more icy.

No idea what time it is in the US, but here it’s already the 9th, so...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SPYRO!

Yes! Happy birthday Spyro!

Happy Birthday, good, purple boy

Happe borfdae, purrple boi.

Celebration videos!

This one shows Jaques, Gnorc Cove and Beast Makers (which looks different from the reveal trailer but still disappontingly vibrant for my tastes).
Also potentially a new idle animation:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Pla...804225520590848

This one shows Devlin:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Spy...819259193815040

I only gave a quick glimpse at both, so I have no idea how they handled the designs, but the colors seem spot on for most levels!

"disappointingly vibrant" is quite the oxymoron! Ha!

But seriously, that Beast Makers transition was... uhhh??

I don't remember it being that dark originally. But, either way, I actually prefer the vibrancy - seeing the swampy background makes the homeworld more interesting to me.

Also, I am IN LOVE with Gnorc Cove's sky. I never liked the "tail end" of Spyro 1 that much (and I'm talking about Beast Makers and Gnorc Nexus here), but now I'm way more excited!

What was with Spyro's new sneezing animation though? It was in both videos.

Haha, yeah, it sounds weird.

It’s exactly as you said, the other levels transitioned fine even with all their differences but Beast Makers just feels too different.
I’ve always seen it as a rather unpleasant place so seeing it so lush and colorful is quite estranging.

I don’t think the levels should look beautiful for the sake of it but rather have their original atmospheres enhanced by the new graphics and touches: Dark Passage looks fine from what I’ve seen.

Regarding the sneezing, I guess it’s just another idle animation (like the stretching, which I don’t believe was in the original games).
I wonder if the fire acts as an attack though, as it managed to ignite the fireworks.

EDIT:
Spoilered myself Devlin but don’t care that much, this art is too cute to be angry:

https://mobile.twitter.com/Toy...834867163738113

Happy birthday best dragon!

I wished they would made an retroperspective anniversary trailer of Spyro's 20th but they're still acting like ETD,AHT,GBA-Trilogy,Shadow of Legacy and TLOS wouldn't exist.

Okay, so I watched a random Beast Makers video to refresh my mind a bit, and... IT WAS THAT DARK!?

I also forgot how much I love the music. And how creeped out I was when I first played it! Reignited could have doubled down on that "creepy swamp" feel, but yeah... it's kinda gone the other way. I don't mind too much though - because, if you didn't know already, I only played Spyro1+2 a few years ago! So the nostalgia isn't really there.

Devlin cutscene spoilers?! (Also the art you linked is adorable, Drek!)

Unless it's more clever editing, like when we thought Toasty had his own cutscene. I'm thinking the firework one might be the same.

If it is an idle, then that's so cute! I'm pretty sure one of the A Hero's Tail idles made it in, too. (Though I may be wrong - I could be recognising a AHT idle when it was actually from the 'OT', and was then in AHT afterwards.)

I wish we'd got a "retrospective" trailer too! Especially because it's everything but the 'OT' that I grew up with, haha It would just be hater bait though. But now I'm just gonna spend the rest of the day imagining the perfect 20th anniversary trailer with cutscenes from all the games (and Academy)...

It make sense for ETD but not for the rest that feel ignored and neglected,I grew up mostly with Legends so I would love some recognition of it.

No you'Re right! the idle was from AHT! :3

Yeah it makes sense for ETD but not the rest :/ still Sega even gave Sonic 06 recognition in Sonic Generations.

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If it is an idle, then that's so cute! I'm pretty sure one of the A Hero's Tail idles made it in, too. (Though I may be wrong - I could be recognising a AHT idle when it was actually from the 'OT', and was then in AHT afterwards.)

Ye, you're probably thinking about the AHT idle animation where Spyro sits down and just causally breathes out two little streams of fire.

It's not a spectacle like a big fire sneeze, so I dunno if it is suppose to be an AHT reference, but it's adorable none the less! 8'D

Which one was it? I was thinking the one where Sparx flies in front of the camera.

I think, in this hypothetical scenario, Enter the Dragonfly could certainly still be recognised! Even if they admitted it wasn't... that great, somehow.

It of course makes sense to focus on Reignited from a PR perspective though. All attention is on the new game (the thing they're selling), newcomers aren't distracted or confused by the appearance of the old ones, and the touchiest haters don't get... touchy... about the ""abomination"" that is Skylanders, lest it appear. Overall, a positive atmosphere is maintained, I suppose.

That doesn't mean I have to agree with all that though! Spyro's been on such a journey in 20 years - why not acknowledge it, just for one day?

Oh! I stand corrected! There IS a fire sneeze idle in AHT, along with the one I was thinking of!



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Which one was it? I was thinking the one where Sparx flies in front of the camera.

Oh! You mean Sparx's little wave to the camera we were shown? Sparx breaking the fourth wall with the camera when idle is a staple idle animation since the beginning, so that'd more be them being accurate to the OG games, rather then a reference to a specific other game.

Speaking of idles and animations, look at this fantastic gallery linked by the official Facebook page:

http://www.giphy.com/spyrothedragon

Looks like we are in for quite a few new animations.

Regarding Beast Makers, I have to admit I remembered it to look a lot greener but even then not to the point of its Reignited design.l
I think a bit more darkness would do wonders to the overall aesthetic.

And yeah, I do wish they could acknowledge the non-Classic games more at least on the 20th birdthday (same goes for Crash) but I also understand why they want all the attention on the first three titles due to the upcoming remakes.

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Speaking of idles and animations, look at this fantastic gallery linked by the official Facebook page:

http://www.giphy.com/spyrothedragon

Looks like we are in for quite a few new animations.

YOOOOO!!!




I think we found out the context behind a bunch of those "Crouching" screenshots we've had.

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happy Spyro’s 20th Anniversary

Happy Birthday Spyro

Happy B-day, Spyro!

happy birthday lil dude sorry i'm late

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Bamboo Terrace and AUTUMN PLAINS!

Both levels are looking good! I see that the Ripto banners on the castle aren’t just Ripto’s concept art anymore, so I guess what we saw from the Summer Forest reveal was just a placeholder.

Both of those are pretty amazing...