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The characters in the Spyro universe have had many different designs throughout the franchise's history, some good (:spyro and some BAD ('shudders'). What are you favorite and least favorite designs for each Spyro character? Here's some of mine:

Spyro:
Best: Original
Worst: Skylanders
Hunter:
Best: TLoS
Worst: EtD
Sparx:
Best: Original
Worst: AHT
Cynder:
Best: Skylanders
Worst: TEN
Moneybags:
Best: Original
Worst: AHT
Sgt. Byrd:
Best: AHT
Worst: Attack of the Rhynocs

Okay, I'll go from what characters you've chosen:

SPYRO:

Best: A Hero's Tail

Worst: Skylanders

HUNTER:

Best: A Hero's Tail

Worst: Gateway to Glimmer/Year of the Dragon

SPARX:

Best: Gateway to Glimmer/Year of the Dragon

Worst: A Hero's Tail

CYNDER:

Best: A New Beginning [Evil Form]

Worst: A New Beginning [After Form]/The Eternal Night

MONEYBAGS:

Best: A Hero's Tail

Worst: Enter the Dragonfly

SGT.BYRD:

Best: A Hero's Tail/Year of the Dragon

Worst: ?

Best: Spyro 2 and 3
Worst: Skylanders



Best: GtG and YOTD
Worst: LoS



Best: Spyro 3
Worst: Any other game he's in


Best: DotD
Worst: Anywhere else



Best: YotD
Worst: EtD and Shadow Legacy



Best: GtG and YotD
Worst: Any other games he's in

Money Bags in a Hero's Tail was worse in my opinion. I'll never understand why he changed in accent and wardrobe.

Agent 9 in year of the dragon, his space suit was kind of... bland looking. I like the one in the gba games better.

Best: All three Spyro's
Krome (Little) Cynder
TLOS Hunter
TLOS Sparx
Worst: None...I'm pretty much neutral about all the other models...

Spyro:
Best: StD, it looks so adorable :3
WORST!: You already know the answer ^-^, if you don't:

Sparx:
Best: YotD and ANB (Because I like his voice and the design is not bad at all)
WORST!: Skylander (He is actually an Item o_0)

Hunter:
Best: DotD, looks badass >.<
WORST: Mmm.... Maybe SoI but that's gonna be unfair, I'll choose ETD >.<

Cynder:
Best: ANB and DotD (Adult and Young design >.< )
WORST: Skylander, not much to say, it looks really bad...

Moneybags:
Best: RR/GtG and YotD, classics :3
WORST!: ETD, Oh Hell Yeah, that's Horrible!!

Bianca:
Best: YotD, I love her >.<
WORST!: ETD, well....

Sgt.Bird:
Best: Mmm... AHT design looks good
WORST!: AotR, it's a GBA game but it looks TERRIBLE >.<

Zoey:
Best: RR/GtG design, she is cute.
WORST!: AHT, don't get me wrong, it looks good but the other Fairies are better :3

The Professor:
Best: RR/GtG, classics...
WORST!: AHT, I really was expecting a better design >.<

Spyro:

Best: A Hero's Tail / Insomniac

Worst: Skylanders / Dawn of the Dragon

Hunter:

Best: A Hero's Tail

Worst: Enter the Dragonfly

Sparx:

Best: Gateway to Glimmer/Year of the Dragon/A Hero's Tail/A new Beginning/The Eternal Night

Worst: Skylanders

Cynder:

Best: A New Beginning, Eternal Night, Dawn of the Dragon

Worst: Skylanders,

Moneybags:

Best: A Hero's Tail

Worst: Skylanders with his "Fake" name Auric <<

SGT.BYRD:

Best: A Hero's Tail/Year of the Dragon

Worst: ?

Zoey

Best: A Heros Tail

Worst: Gateway to Glimmer / Years of the Dragon

Bianca

Best: Years of the Dragon / Shadow Legacy / Fusion

Worst: ?

The Professor:

Best: A Heros Tail

Worst: ?

Ignitus, Terrador, Cyrill and Volteer:

Best: A new Beginning / The Eternal Night

Worst: Dawn of the Dragon

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Spyro

Best: Spyro The Dragon

Worst: (Who didn't see this coming?) Skylanders

Cynder

Best: TLoS:TEN

Worst: DotD or Skylanders

Sparx

Best: TLoS: ANB/TEN

Worst: Spyro the Dragon (I think I'm the only one who didn't like him in this game... xD)

Hunter

Best: All of them

Worst: Uh....

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Spyro

Best: Spyro The Dragon

Worst: (Who didn't see this coming?) Skylanders

Cynder

Best: TLoS:TEN

Worst: DotD or Skylanders

Sparx

Best: TLoS: ANB/TEN

Worst: Spyro the Dragon (I think I'm the only one who didn't like him in this game... xD)

Hunter

Best: All of them

Worst: Uh....

See your mistake?

I'd have to agree with most people and say that Skylanders Cynder is the worst. C'mon, her and spyro look almost EXACTLY the same. Almost...

^That's Right >.<

Either the Spyro & Cynder being siblings rumours are true or Activision was REALLY starting to run out of design ideas.

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Either the Spyro & Cynder being siblings rumours are true or Activision was REALLY starting to run out of design ideas.

..........................I uh.....um....hmmm.....I can't, I just can't deal with this anymore.

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Either the Spyro & Cynder being siblings rumours are true or Activision was REALLY starting to run out of design ideas.

Never mind the fact that it's been established multiple times that Skylanders and the Legend trilogy are separate universes. It was probably just done that way to make coding the game easier. <.<;

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Best: Classic Spyro tied with Krome Spyro.
Worst: DOTD Spyro..


Best: Spyro 2 gtg Hunter, buttt also TLOS Hunter
Worst: hmmm.... YOTD Hunter..?


Best: ANB Sparx
Worst: I can't choose! D: Nah, Skylanders Sparx (Sorry lil' guy..)


Best: Skylander Cynderp (She's actually pretty groovy)
Worst: DOTD Cynder


Best: (there's a best?..) Spyro 2 gtg Moneybags
Worst: AHT Moneybags

But Hunter's exactly the same in both YOTD and GtG, except for his eyes

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Best: Classic Spyro tied with Krome Spyro.
Worst: DOTD Spyro..


Best: Spyro 2 gtg Hunter, buttt also TLOS Hunter
Worst: hmmm.... YOTD Hunter..?


Best: ANB Sparx
Worst: I can't choose! D: Nah, Skylanders Sparx (Sorry lil' guy..)


Best: Skylander Cynderp (She's actually pretty groovy)
Worst: DOTD Cynder


Best: (there's a best?..) Spyro 2 gtg Moneybags
Worst: AHT Moneybags

But Hunter's exactly the same in both YOTD and GtG, except for his eyes

Really? I didn't know that, what's different about his eyes? Is it the colour, or the shape?

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Best: Classic Spyro tied with Krome Spyro.
Worst: DOTD Spyro..


Best: Spyro 2 gtg Hunter, buttt also TLOS Hunter
Worst: hmmm.... YOTD Hunter..?


Best: ANB Sparx
Worst: I can't choose! D: Nah, Skylanders Sparx (Sorry lil' guy..)


Best: Skylander Cynderp (She's actually pretty groovy)
Worst: DOTD Cynder


Best: (there's a best?..) Spyro 2 gtg Moneybags
Worst: AHT Moneybags

But Hunter's exactly the same in both YOTD and GtG, except for his eyes

Really? I didn't know that, what's different about his eyes? Is it the colour, or the shape?

Colour. I think it's GtG where they're blue and YOTD where they're green

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But Hunter's exactly the same in both YOTD and GtG, except for his eyes

Really? I didn't know that, what's different about his eyes? Is it the colour, or the shape?

Colour. I think it's GtG where they're blue and YOTD where they're green

Wow, I've never noticed.

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Really? I didn't know that, what's different about his eyes? Is it the colour, or the shape?

Colour. I think it's GtG where they're blue and YOTD where they're green

Wow, I've never noticed.

Really?!

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I can't find any decent ones of him in YOTD, just a load of fan art which is quite disturbing. I assure you though, he has green eyes in YOTD.

Closest thing I could find to a 'decent' image was this;



It's still a bit fuzzy, but the change in eye colour should be obvious when compared.

Best: Original/Classic Design.
Worst: DOTD and AHT/SL.

Best: Original/Classic
Worst: All of TLOS.

Best: AHT/SL.
Worst: ETD

Best: YOTD
Worst: SL

Best: ANB/Evil/Adult/whatever Cynder.
Worst: DOTD.

Best: Original/Classic.
Worst: AHT.

@ BurningGnorc & Jaggedstar: Thanks for finding the time to get those images, that's very interesting that Insomniac decided to change the colour of his eyes, it doesn't really make much difference to his design overall, but is it just me? Or does Hunter's face look more rounder in Spyro 3, and his face look flatter in Spyro 2? lol.

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@ BurningGnorc & Jaggedstar: Thanks for finding the time to get those images, that's very interesting that Insomniac decided to change the colour of his eyes, it doesn't really make much difference to his design overall, but is it just me? Or does Hunter's face look more rounder in Spyro 3, and his face look flatter in Spyro 2? lol.

No problem, yeah I thought that too about his face. Weird

Spyro:

Best: Year of The Dragon Insomniac Spyro will always be my favourite

Worst: Skylanders

Hunter:

Best: A Hero's Tail.... I guess

Worst: Dawn of The Dragon

Sparx:

Best: Year of The Dragon or A New Beginning

Worst: Hasn't Sparx mostly stayed the same? Then again he's so small and I don't look closely at him that often....

Cynder:

Best: A New Beginning (Big and Small

Worst: Dawn of The Dragon, Skylanders (She's pink!)

Moneybags:

Best: Year of The Dragon (Nostalgia again)

Worst: Enter the Dragonfly, A Hero's Tail

Sgt. Bird:

Best: A Hero's Tail, Year of the Dragon

Worst: Meh...

Anybody else is defaulted to the Insomniac choice

I assume everyone here has forgotten the tirades of the fandom in regards to the AHT dragon redesigns? I dunno how the developers looked at Magnus from Spyro 1 and thought he'd make the best camp dragon, but I loved it. :3

I also prefer AHT Gnasty over Spyro 1 Gnasty. The general look of the latter is...okay, but the armour was quite frankly stupid-looking.

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I assume everyone here has forgotten the tirades of the fandom in regards to the AHT dragon redesigns? I dunno how the developers looked at Magnus from Spyro 1 and thought he'd make the best camp dragon, but I loved it. :3

I also prefer AHT Gnasty over Spyro 1 Gnasty. The general look of the latter is...okay, but the armour was quite frankly stupid-looking.

I WOULD prefer AHT Gnasty buuuuuuuuuuut

HE WEARS A FREAKING BRA

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I assume everyone here has forgotten the tirades of the fandom in regards to the AHT dragon redesigns? I dunno how the developers looked at Magnus from Spyro 1 and thought he'd make the best camp dragon, but I loved it. :3

I also prefer AHT Gnasty over Spyro 1 Gnasty. The general look of the latter is...okay, but the armour was quite frankly stupid-looking.

I WOULD prefer AHT Gnasty buuuuuuuuuuut

HE WEARS A FREAKING BRA

Well, that's what you get when you base your armour on a Valkyrie.


Besides, that works for my interests better.

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I assume everyone here has forgotten the tirades of the fandom in regards to the AHT dragon redesigns? I dunno how the developers looked at Magnus from Spyro 1 and thought he'd make the best camp dragon, but I loved it. :3

I also prefer AHT Gnasty over Spyro 1 Gnasty. The general look of the latter is...okay, but the armour was quite frankly stupid-looking.

I WOULD prefer AHT Gnasty buuuuuuuuuuut

HE WEARS A FREAKING BRA

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Original games
Spyro: Best
Legend Series
Spyro: Best
Cynder: Best

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-Sorry I didn't reply sooner, but about Hunter's face-shape thing, I agree. Also, the part of his body down the front looks a little different, but I'm not sure if that's just the pictures. By the way, does Hunter have different voice actors for both Spyro 2 and YOTD?

Spyro:
Best: Original
Worst: LoS DotD

Hunter:
Best: LoS
Worst: EtD

Sparx:
Best: Skylanders
Worst: LoS DotD

Cynder:
Best: Skylanders
Worst: LoS DotD

Moneybags:
Best: Original
Worst: AHT

Sgt. Byrd:
Best: Original
Worst: AHT

Spyro.

Best:
Tie with Shadow Legacy and Eternal Night.


Worst:
Skylanders.
I wish the team would've put more time into making Skyro look like a dragon, not a pug with long fangs.

Cynder

Best:
TEN.
Now if only it were easier to draw...

Worst:
DotD
Her anatomy DOES NOT match up with her older self from ANB, it drives me crazy.


Hunter:

Best
Tie with SL and DoTD

Worst
ETD


Guradians as all

Best: ANB

Worst:
DoTD
They changed the designs waaaay too much. Made them all too stocky and thick.


Though this thread is going to be thick with opinions, that's my two cents.
When I can think of more, I'll add more.

Best: Classic, AHT
Worst: Skylanders.

Best: Classic
Worst DotD, Skylanders

Best: Classic, LoS
Worst: EtD

Best: Krome
Not the best and not the worst either: Skylanders

Spyro:
Best - StD
Worst - DotD

Cynder:
Best - ANB, both as young and adult
Worst - DotD

Hunter:
Best - AHT
Worst - DotD (it's not that I dislike his personality, I legitimately don't like his design)

Ignitus, Volteer, Cyril, Terrador:
Best: ANB
Worst: DotD

Sparx:
Best: YotD
Worst: DotD

Sgt. Byrd:
Best: YotD
Worst: AHT

Moneybags:
Best: YotD
Worst: AHT

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Closest thing I could find to a 'decent' image was this;



It's still a bit fuzzy, but the change in eye colour should be obvious when compared.

The answer is obvious: He wears contact lenses.

SPYRO:
best: original trilogy
worst: skylanders & AHT

CYNDER:
best: ANB(evil form)
worst: TEN

MONEYBAGS:
best: original trilogy
worst: ETD

SPARX:
best: TLoS (but the personality..eeh...)
worst: original trilogy(it's just...just...he's simpy but...well..)

HUNTER:
best: all his forms xD except
worse: AHT (this)

(YES! POST REVIVING!)

Spyro:
Best: Originals - I haven't played many of the classics but he looks perfect in pictures!
Worst: Skylanders - Especially Swap force, he looks so wrong!

Cynder:
Best: Evil Cynder!
Worst: Dawn of the dragon

Spyro:
Best: Insomniac
Worst: LoS DotD (his legs are broken, augh! D: )

Hunter:
Best: AHT (dem hips :D)
Worst: EtD

Sparx:
Best: DotD (he looked so alien and actually kind of like a dragonfly)
Worst: EtD

Cynder:
Best: Skylanders
Worst: DotD (she has no organs! D: )

Moneybags:
Best: Insomniac
Worst: Shadow Legacy

Sgt. Byrd:
Best: Insomniac
Worst: AHT

Spyro - Best: Spyro 1/Worst: Skylanders

Cynder - Best: DotD/Worst: ???

Hunter - Best: AHT/Worst: : ???

Spyro
Best: Skylanders?; I really don't know
Worst: ANB/TEN

Hunter
Best: EtD
Worst: DotD

Sparx
Best: LoS trilogy
Worst: EtD

Cynder
Best: DotD
Worst: TEN

Moneybags
Best: Insomniac
Worst: AHT

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