darkSpyro

Quote: dark52

I've got some more 3DS screenshots and the bios for Dark Spyro, Stealth Elf, Voodood, Bash, and Sonic Boom.

Oh yeah and there's a bunch of new videos but those'll take forever to upload.
Dark Spyro

I have two words to say dark52, YOU... ROCK!!!

Quote: dark52

I've got some more 3DS screenshots and the bios for Dark Spyro, Stealth Elf, Voodood, Bash, and Sonic Boom.

Oh yeah and there's a bunch of new videos but those'll take forever to upload.
Dark Spyro
Sonic Boom
Stealth Elf
Voodood
Bash

Holy crap, those are amazing! Now I really want Sonic Boom and Dark Spyro, and Bash, too!

The characters themselves look cool, and the appearance of thier attacks is neat, but I think I have to agree with my brother on the statement the changes each new character brings are only cosmetic. Sure you unlock areas with different elements, but Ultimately the gameplay isn't wowing me. Don't get me wrong, platforming always looks awesome to me and this is no exception; what I meant was that I'm not wowed by character-to-character gameplay. From what I see, it's almost the same thing the whole way through, with some slight changes as you switch from characters specializing in fast/slow/ranged/close combat.

Bash reminds of an ankylosaurus

^Me, too.

so dark spyro DOES have spyros powers only in purple. how original. also, he looks so cute :3

Quote: dark52

I've got some more 3DS screenshots and the bios for Dark Spyro, Stealth Elf, Voodood, Bash, and Sonic Boom.

Oh yeah and there's a bunch of new videos but those'll take forever to upload.
Dark Spyro
Sonic Boom
Stealth Elf
Voodood
Bash

Sonic Boom has her babies help her fight? That's so cute!
Dark Spyro really does look nearly identical to Spyro as far as gameplay is concerned, but that wing color inconsistency thing is still weird.

Quote: Aura24

Bash reminds of an ankylosaurus

He really does when I first saw the trailer for Bash.

As predicted, I want this game for the soundtrack by itself. But I also really like the colors, characters, and environments.

So, the baby girffion in Screen shots was Sonic booms! Thats cute.

I thought Sonic Boom was a male before this new info.

Her gender was unconfirmed before it was revealed. The DarkSpyro site had her gender as male on default before Dark52 corrected it.

Another GamesCom Skylanders article, this time from EL33TONLINE: http://www.el33tonline.com/pas...enture_preview/

Am I the only one that though Sonic Boom was a female at first?

Nope. I was pretty sure she was female from the start. Glad I was right (and she's made doubly awesome by having kids ).

So that makes her the second female character in the series to have children? (The first was the Mother Turtle from AHT)

I thought the turtle in AHT was just baby sitting. Maybe I should replay that one. I know Nanny had kids (I'd bet money that she's Ember's mother). And don't forget Nina, Sparx's mom! But this is the first time that any character's children get to play a real role in the games.

lol Yeah.

Remember, Razz, mother turtles leave their eggs on shore and the babies have to survive their trek to the ocean when they hatch. ;3

True, but since when has a game like Spyro cared about facts? Last time I checked, red foxes don't live in the arctic and hyenas don't have poofy tails. The turtle's dialogue made me think she was just a teacher or something, but I might have misheard that one (and it's been a few years).

The Turtle Mother said this:

"Spyro, thank goodness, you're here! My hatchlings can't seem to get into the water. And naturally with me beng a turtle, I want my newborn children to be able to go into the ocean unsupervised."

Quote: Razz

I thought the turtle in AHT was just baby sitting.

I've been replaying that game. She's definately the mother of those kids.

Yep, you guys are right! Hah, I forgot about her line. That one actually made me laugh the first time I heard it.

Correction. Sonic Boom is the third female character to have children in the series, so far. :3

Fridge Horror Nightmare Fuel: If you die as Sonic-Boom the children become orphans

Quote: Jackson117

Fridge Horror Nightmare Fuel: If you die as Sonic-Boom the children become orphans

You made me frown.

Fridge Horror, yes, Nightmare Fuel...not unless you're terrified of fictional characters becoming orphaned (which must be awful, because almost all fictional characters are or become orphans). And the Fridge Horror is much worse than those hatchlings just being orphaned: they're doomed to live for moments than return to the egg and repeat the process forever. Since it is implied that they learn and experience things and remember their time outside the egg, imagine them having to stay in the same place, hatching then returning to the ggs, for eternity.

Fridge Horror?

Fridge Horror on TV Tropes.

Oh okay, yeah I knew what that was, just not the name, if you know what I mean.

New walkthrough vids from GameTrailers of Skylanders at GamesCom 2011.

I don't know why, but that pretzel just fills me with glee. it's so rare to see normal American food in any game.

Watermelons, chicken legs, and even pizza as health items X3

Audio preview of Skylanders from Thursday's Activision showing at PAX Prime. These guys are sort of neutral leaning towards the negative side, but they make some interesting points we haven't heard before.

lol I just listened to that. They are a little neutral about Skylanders.

Quote: Aura24

Watermelons, chicken legs, and even pizza as health items X3

There's an obvious joke that I could've made if there was a turtle Skylander.

Well, Flameslinger is green and wears a mask over his eyes...

Wouldn`t the fairys in YoTD techically (Spelling fail..) count as mothers? Seeing as how, they do produce they eggs? Just a random thought, correct me if I'm wrong..

Quote: Razz

Well, Flameslinger is green and wears a mask over his eyes...

But he doesn't have a half shell. D:

Quote: parisruelz12

Wouldn`t the fairys in YoTD techically (Spelling fail..) count as mothers? Seeing as how, they do produce they eggs? Just a random thought, correct me if I'm wrong..

They don't produce the eggs, they deliver them. They're not the mothers of the baby dragons.

FRIDGE HORROR!

Why can't the dragons in Spyro 3 find mates and make thier own eggs? How come the eggs have to be brought from elsewhere? Is the world of classic Spyro a place of segregation, where males and females kept separate until it's time to breed, then pushed apart again? Are the females forced to do nothing but breed, birth and repeat? Do any of them get to keep thier eggs or are they all taken away, without the mothers ever getting to see thier young? Also, why are the females living like this? Are they opressed by the males, or a single despot?

Note that I'm just putting forth random ideas, don't read too much into this.

You're really putting way too much thought into this.

Natural biology I don't think even applies to dragons of the Classic Spyro world, I think they have kinda like a "Magic Stork brings babies"-like thing, that's how dragon eggs are made, not "happytiems"

I'm more or less with Skorpion on this one. The implication I got from the games is that dragons may have gender when young, but they grow up to be completely gender neutral (and bipedal), at least in the Insomniac games. The fairies get the dragon eggs only once every 12 years, which implies magical forces at work more than anything else.

I just assumed people at computer desks dumped them there.

Game programmers don't work at computer desks, silly. Well, not the ones I know, anyway.

Easy answer: Magic

I have a theory that after the female dragons lay their eggs, they go to other realms to find food for their families. During that time, the fairies deliver the eggs to the male dragons and they're in charge of hatching and caring for the babies until the mothers come back.

or, haaaaaaaaaaaax.

Quote: Razz

Game programmers don't work at computer desks, silly. Well, not the ones I know, anyway.

I seen many behind the scenes looks at games, and the developers worked at computer desks. :I

Quote: sonicbrawler182

Quote: Razz

Game programmers don't work at computer desks, silly. Well, not the ones I know, anyway.

I seen many behind the scenes looks at games, and the developers worked at computer desks. :I

Perhaps years ago they could have worked at computer desks, maybe nowadays it's something else?

I had games that came out this generation in mind, such as Sonic and the Secret Rings, and Dante's Inferno.

Though I know not all programmers work at a computer desk. There would be many who do though.

The programmers I know take breaks, as well as throw toy arrows at each other.

(at the time they were making a medieval RTS)