darkSpyro

I do like Spyro's design. But I think the muzzle ruins his image. IMO, it should come out more. At the moment, the incredibly short muzzle makes him look like a pug. D:

This has been bugging me. D:

Yeah, though hopefully you shouldn't be able to notice it during gameplay.

if it were longer i'd be pleased

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if it were longer i'd be pleased

Oo-er.

really pleased.
OVER THE TOP PLEASED.

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really pleased.
OVER THE TOP PLEASED.

Get a room!!

I think it's cute!

I think it looks terrible in game.....he looks cool in the artwork though....

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At the moment, the incredibly short muzzle makes him look like a pug. D:

Even more reason for me to like him
*loves puggies*

I don't like his muzzle either.. I'm surprised the same people that hated TLoS's muzzle aren't upset about his muzzle here, where he barely has one at all.

His face, I'll admit, seems squashed as a whole... Probably intended for the cuteness factor. I believe it was one of those designs that look fantastic on paper, but in CG... Not so much. Basically, cuteness backfired. D:

I have to agree here. His muzzle could be a tad longer. I still am warming up to the design, regardless. He does kinda have a Stitch-like quality to him.

Those eyebrows he has doesnt help his squashed face

It's one of the few flaws of his design.

It was intended. After all, he was designed by the character designer of Shrek.

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It was intended. After all, he was designed by the character designer of Shrek.

LOL'D.

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It was intended. After all, he was designed by the character designer of Shrek.

No wounder why he looks like a goblin.

He looks bad in game but good in artwork D:

I love the concept art. :D

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I have to agree here. His muzzle could be a tad longer. I still am warming up to the design, regardless. He does kinda have a Stitch-like quality to him.

i agree. I think its supposed to be that cute-vicious image :3

I hate the horns, they dont have much of a curve at the tip, making it look like he has ice cream cones stuck on his head

Besides I thought we heard the design wasnt final.

But they already made the in-game animation and toy in Spyro's current design.. It looked final.

I heard it wasn't final too. It could easily change. Remember DotD?

Hmm, could've sworn I heard it somewhere. The toy part is a problem but it wouldnt be too hard to tweak the ingame design, especially since they have quite a bit of time.

The game is currently in a pre-alpha stage.

Yeah, but a lot can change. I played the alpha build of Sonic 4: Episode 1, and there were quite a lot of differences between it and the final version.

Yeah, thats still pretty early.

They tend to put 'placeholders' instead of full textures until they're ready.

AGREED! *slams gavel*

Whaa? It's possible this design isn't final? And what's 'pre-alpha stage'?

It's still partly early in development before the game testing. It just means that the game has not yet to have all its features in the game so it can't be tested yet.

Heres someone that explained it pretty well.

"Pre-alpha means that the game is incomplete - as in they don't have a playable version of it.

There are placeholders instead of models/textures that will be there, once they're finished.
Gameplay mechanics might not be right.
There can/will be pieces of levels missing, and there will be levels missing from the game, which should be there for story purposes.

Alpha is basically when you have the game in place. It's not done. There are still bugs, there are still things that you can add...
...but there aren't any big, purple checkered textures, where a real texture should be...

...the game basically plays like a full game. Just with bugs and with things which can be added or refined.

Beta is when they're in their testing phase, pretty much working on bugs and tweaking, exclusively. If something gets added during a beta, it's because it was either a really incredible idea, or because it was really, really necessary, and they didn't find out until then.

A public Beta is the same... ...it's basically a release candidate. End users play it, and get a sense for how the finished game is going to play, but also, with 10,000 end users playing it, all of a sudden, they have a larger group of test subjects (and in the case of PC games, more, and different builds of computers) to find bugs/glitches/incompatabilities.

After that, a real release candidate is released to all of the people who need to have a copy for approval (ESRB/PEGI, Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo). Once it's approved and certified, it's "Gold" and is ready to be produced and shipped."

If this is all true, about the design change, and the pre-alpha stage, then they could change the game. Its not likely they've made thousands of those little toys yet, or a thousand of those games. If they have, big recall xD. But anyway, it is possible for a design change. Maybe checking the reception?

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"Pre-alpha means that the game is incomplete - as in they don't have a playable version of it.

They don't have a playable version but yet at the toy fair that I unfortunately missed (dispite living in the same city as the fair), they allowed several people to play it.

The definition is somewhat flawed.

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"Pre-alpha means that the game is incomplete - as in they don't have a playable version of it.

They don't have a playable version but yet at the toy fair that I unfortunately missed (dispite living in the same city as the fair), they allowed several people to play it.

The definition is somewhat flawed.

Actually, they were just videos of the game showing some of the characters' gameplay. Nobody really played the game at the Toy Fair.

@Aura24: I think someone actually did, check the press release footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjFSmkp9v-o
Shortly after Spyro is revealed on screen, and after showing the CEO's face, you can see two people playing the video game at the left - the Wii version! You can see some tiny details on there... such as the pause menu (yeah, someone paused the game briefly!), and how the HUDs appear when the characters go to a certain area. :o

Oh, well that's a detail I missed.

I think they just removed one of the toys, that doesn't look like a full pause menu

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@Aura24: I think someone actually did, check the press release footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjFSmkp9v-o
Shortly after Spyro is revealed on screen, and after showing the CEO's face, you can see two people playing the video game at the left - the Wii version! You can see some tiny details on there... such as the pause menu (yeah, someone paused the game briefly!), and how the HUDs appear when the characters go to a certain area.

Cool!

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@Aura24: I think someone actually did, check the press release footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjFSmkp9v-o
Shortly after Spyro is revealed on screen, and after showing the CEO's face, you can see two people playing the video game at the left - the Wii version! You can see some tiny details on there... such as the pause menu (yeah, someone paused the game briefly!), and how the HUDs appear when the characters go to a certain area.

I absolutely love the sound Spyro makes when he comes out

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@Aura24: I think someone actually did, check the press release footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjFSmkp9v-o
Shortly after Spyro is revealed on screen, and after showing the CEO's face, you can see two people playing the video game at the left - the Wii version! You can see some tiny details on there... such as the pause menu (yeah, someone paused the game briefly!), and how the HUDs appear when the characters go to a certain area.

I absolutely love the sound Spyro makes when he comes out

Is he suffocating?

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@Aura24: I think someone actually did, check the press release footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjFSmkp9v-o
Shortly after Spyro is revealed on screen, and after showing the CEO's face, you can see two people playing the video game at the left - the Wii version! You can see some tiny details on there... such as the pause menu (yeah, someone paused the game briefly!), and how the HUDs appear when the characters go to a certain area.

I absolutely love the sound Spyro makes when he comes out

Is he suffocating?

I hope not... Poor Spyro.

I don't even know if he's worse than DotD's model. Both anatomy are horrible. What talking about Cynder... I WISH SPYRO WAS A REAL DRAGON.
Lol well, I hope they will still be releasing games after this Skylanders game.

He had a nose job and it went wrong like MJ.

I think lengthening Spyro's snout a little would be a good improvement

...is adorable, I know!

Jeeze, guys, get over it. It's not that bad. He had an overbite that was bigger than his legs in the older design.

I think I've warmed up to this new design.

I don't really mind the muzzle, I just don't like everyting else about the new one. But, if the story is good, I'll probably get used to it.

The muzzle does have a somewhat drastic effect on Spyro's new image however, as i've said before...i'm going to give myself a chance to get to like the new Spyro before i go judging it.