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HOOOLYYY SHEEEEEEET! Since 2015 eh? Good to hear it's been in production for a good long time. It should be gooood!

On an unrelated note, I remember someone talking about new poses for the dragons in Spyro 1. How's this:
https://goo.gl/images/tHaxGn

curious: does any know code name of crash remake before it revealed?

OH MY GOD.

Since 2015...?
That’s definitely more than enough to create an amazing remake, and it might have been in the works for even longer!

I’m seriously shaking from excitement, this is beyond awesome!
Also, since the account was taken over fairly recently this must mean the announcement could truly be imminent!

Anyway, sorry if I’m asking a dumb question but I’m not very familiar with these situations: could the e-mail address be the name of the remake itself?
I’s pretty safe to assume the first word is “spyro”, but I’m not sure about the other two: the second one could simply be “activisions” (since it has one letter more than the company’s name), no idea about the third.
Again, sorry if it’s irrelevant, just wanted to point it out.

One last thing: I know codenames for unrevealed projects usually have little to do with the actual games (though “FALCON” could refer to the fact Spyro glides a lot), but that “Bob” at the end looks quite suspicious to me.
Could it be that TfB actually worked on these remakes and was only helped by V.V., similarly to how the opposite happened for the N. Sane Trilogy?
That could even explain why Skylanders’ last game, Imaginators, felt almost rushed and had many budget cuts: Activision wanted the biggest effort to be put on Spyro instead!

Again, thanks immensely for this amazing coverage, JCW555!
We are almost there, gyus, and I still can’t believe this is really happening!

Also yeah ClassicSpyroLUV, that was kinda what I was talking about, but I’d prefer slightly funnnier poses because I wouldn’t want to have the impression dragons suffered when they got crystallized.

I'm not sure how okay digging into the emails like that is, but since someone did it anyway, yeah this isnpretty big proof. However, remind yourselves of Forces - games take years to leave paper if they're not yearly machines. Recording lines is easy to do before the game is even in development because they have the originals to reference timing and whatnot.

Oh, my, I must have been very sleepy to miscount the number of the letters in the second word (and I feel quite stupid for not having thought about “com” or “net” as well).
So it’s just a simple e-mail adress to them which however, once again, proves we are indeed talking about Spyro.

Just for the sake of playing the Devil’s advocate a bit, I’m still considering the quite remote possibility of this being a brand new game (which I sure hope will come after the remakes, if anything to see how many people would be interested in them) until the official announcement is made.
Let’s hope it’s happening soon.

In development since 2015? This sounds promising

A nice recap video from CrystalFissure:



Also, just to gave you an idea of the time spans, Spyro the Dragon’s development begun in 1997 and Year of the Dragon got released in 2000; three years for the entire trilogy to be conceived, created and distributed, just like the minimum amount of time these remakes have been worked on.
Considering the technological advencements we got since then and the fact whoever handles the remakes will simply have to re-create already exsisting stuff (except for maybe a couple new features), I litterally cannot think about what is awaiting us.

To think the N. Sane Trilogy took only two years...
Isn’t this incredibly exciting?

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curious: does any know code name of crash remake before it revealed?

Simply "Crash Bandicoot Remaster Project"

“Trouble with the leaks, eh?”

Isn’t it hilarious how they changed the actual name but not the “@SpyrotheDragon” part?
It’s like they thought “HAH, this will stop them from making connections, no one will read what’s under the name anyway!”.

Still doubtful these are actual leaks, just as I was for Skylanders; companies probably started to understand how to generate hype and are using these situations to their advantage.

EDIT:
oh, come on, just reveal it already.

Oh Great Lord, so we might actually be that close to an announcement...?
I sure hope he’s right and that they’ll follow the same steps.

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Is it weird that I thought it'd be funny if the person who owned the @SpyroTheDragon Twitter handle was still active and didn't want to give it up to Activision?

Almost sure they wouldn't have a choice. Either they'd get paid a bunch to give it up, or Twitter would pull some strings.

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A nice recap video from CrystalFissure:

Also, just to gave you an idea of the time spans, Spyro the Dragon’s development begun in 1997 and Year of the Dragon got released in 2000; three years for the entire trilogy to be conceived, created and distributed, just like the minimum amount of time these remakes have been worked on.
Considering the technological advencements we got since then and the fact whoever handles the remakes will simply have to re-create already exsisting stuff (except for maybe a couple new features), I litterally cannot think about what is awaiting us.

To think the N. Sane Trilogy took only two years...
Isn’t this incredibly exciting?

I thought Spyro began development in 1996, just after Insomniac released Disruptor, the only reason why I think this, is because in the credits of Spyro 3, right at the end, it states that they worked on the series for four years, and it was released in 2000, so from 1996 to 2000 is four years.

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"The development of Spyro the Dragon began in 1997, one year after both Disruptor and Crash Bandicoot were released. While Disruptor was critically praised, it was not successful financially. However, the praise encouraged the team to continue with their next endeavor. Mark Cerny, an executive with Universal Interactive Studios, advised the team to create a game with more mass market appeal as the demographics of the PlayStation were decreasing. The idea of a dragon was introduced by Insomniac artist Craig Stitt, while Alex Hastings developed a 3D panoramic engine containing some of the first level of detail renderers used on the PlayStation.[6]"

So 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000, so 4 years.

Nope, 1997 to 2000, is three years, just like from 2015 to 2018.
Think of it this way, if you were born in 1997, by the time 2000 come round, you would be 3.

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"The development of Spyro the Dragon began in 1997, one year after both Disruptor and Crash Bandicoot were released. While Disruptor was critically praised, it was not successful financially. However, the praise encouraged the team to continue with their next endeavor. Mark Cerny, an executive with Universal Interactive Studios, advised the team to create a game with more mass market appeal as the demographics of the PlayStation were decreasing. The idea of a dragon was introduced by Insomniac artist Craig Stitt, while Alex Hastings developed a 3D panoramic engine containing some of the first level of detail renderers used on the PlayStation.[6]"

So 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000, so 4 years.

Nope, 1997 to 2000, is three years, just like from 2015 to 2018.
Think of it this way, if you were born in 1997, by the time 2000 come round, you would be 3.

I know, but Insomniac was probably saying that in the years of 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000, they were working on Spyro, so that'd be 4 years.

Even though, that's technically 3.

Yeah, sorry for the confusion.
I was actually thinking as if the games were people with birthdays, so I was considering the three time spans between 1997 and 2000.
So:
1997 - 1998 (Spyro the Dragon)
1998 - 1999 (Gateway to Glimmer)
1999 - 2000 (Year of the Dragon)

The actual development time remains the same anyway you see it.

And presumably, so is for the remakes, from 2015 to 2018.

I'm quite happy to see some news in regards to this. Activision's been making some fantastic choices with Crash, Medievil, and now Spyro to add the cherry on top.

Here's hoping for that reveal to pop up soon.

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I'm quite happy to see some news in regards to this. Activision's been making some fantastic choices with Crash, Medievil, and now Spyro to add the cherry on top.

Here's hoping for that reveal to pop up soon.

Phew!
Thanks for clearing that up quick, Matt!

Almost had an heart attack, thinking you actually got to see a preview of the remakes.

They are really setting up a lot of features.
The fact they already have a working e-mail adress makes me think the announcement is truly closer than we might think.
Might help if we someone could try to find the time span between Crash’s account discovery and the reveal of N. Sane Trilogy.

What do you think it will involve?
I’m realistically hoping for a preview of Spyro’s look, the official name of the trilogy and possibly some background art from various social media.
I do hope for a trailer and even a couple seconds of gameplay, though.

They owe us them, after all this time speculating and waiting.

Ooooo...Now THAT, that actually fits in rather well with the few "I know a guy, who knows a guy" style rumors I've seen floating around, saying something's most likely going to be happening on the 6th or 7th...

...I mean, I'm still very much taking all those rumors with all of the Ocean's worth of salt, cuz, well, they're "I KNOW A GUY WHO KNOWS A GUY" style rumors, but still...

Veeeerrrry interesting indeed....

Hey, what kind of merch would you guys like to see for Spyro?
I would LOVE some minimalist art based on the Crystallized dragons, and a mug shaped like a gem. Not to mention T shirts (tho I don't really like the BoxLunch one), Enamel pins of all the big characters, and some more affordable figurines. I also want something to do with the YotD eggs, like a jewellery box or coin bank. Oh, how about a Sparx bank? Fits since he carries all the gems! A gem shaped bank would be cool too, or a Money Bags shaped one!

Oh, thought that guy on Twitter said “72 hours” just as an example, and not as a proper plausible guess.

I think our time window is between now and the next weekend, then.
Those rumors could hold some truth, especially now that we pretty much proved the exsistence of the games, so I’ll go with the 7th.

Not really into merchandise, but I’d like figures from the various characters and enemies, as long as they are relatively small.
Always wanted a Ripto figure of some sort.

Still going with the 7th, so that if it does get announced the previous day it’ll feel even better.

I've always wanted articulated figures of the Spyro characters like they had of Crash Bandicoot back in the 90s. I'd also like a Funko Pop vinyl of Spyro to go with my Crash.

You know those upcoming figures called Totaku that look like amiibo? It would be wasted opportunity if Spyro didn't get one. That could be a smaller and cheaper alternative to the F4F statue.

As for Numskull merchandise, I can imagine pin badges that come in a box shaped like one of the gem containers, a mug shaped like either a gem (as ClassicSpyroLUV said), an orb, a dragon egg or a gem basket from the second and third games as well as t-shirts and a Christmas jumper.

When I was 11-12, I used to look on ebay everyday for Spyro merchandise. I'm so happy that I may be able to buy some from my local game stores.

*Comes back to Dark Spyro after months.*
Holy crap.
Okay.
Dang.
Sticky?
I mean I guess. Ya can do that
Lol

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*Comes back to Dark Spyro after months.*
Holy crap.
Okay.
Dang.
Sticky?
I mean I guess. Ya can do that
Lol

It's gone from 'yeah maybe' to 'a matter of when' in recent news of merch and the twitter acquisition. This warrants a sticky while we don't have the name of the remakes, just like any news of a new Skylander game.

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I just want more Spyro plushies!

YES! Of ALL the characters!

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I just want more Spyro plushies!

YES! Of ALL the characters!

Okay but like that and Spyro Pop! Funkos please...
I’d sell my soul for a Spyro Pop that comes with Sparx and an egg thief Pop.

The only Pops I got are the Michelangelo Ninja Turtles one, and both Gwenpool ones.

I think Elora would make a good Pop figure... >.>

My body is ready for this Spyro Remastered. Take my money already.

Here's something that's got me curious: Do you think they'll keep the life system the same in Spyro 1, with the "Get 20 life orbs from enemies you've already killed" system, or do you think they'll just update it to the "Eat 10 butterflies and you'll get a life" system they used for the rest of the games?

It feels to me like it'd take LESS work for them and be more logical for them to just have the one life system implemented, especially since it really wouldn't cause dramatic changes to the gameplay of the first game (Like adding the hover ability to the first game might do).

So the 8th might be our earliest chance, huh?
I’ll definitely keep my eyes and ears extra open for that day.

Regarding a unified life system, I’ve always felt the first game was somehow set apart from the other two under many major (like the absence of prominent unique NPCs per world, the quests, the mini-games) and minor (the first game’s chest variety, the way the game saves your progress and of course the life system) aspects.
It’s almost like after Gateway to Glimmer the developers said “you know what, this is a pretty solid structure, let’s keep it for the next game as well”.

Since the leak, which seems pretty much legitimate by now, already mentioned a new saving system, I could see them giving Spyro the Dragon the same life system as its sequels.
I would also like to see smaller unified details, such as the sound gems make in the first game which is different from the other two and perhaps aven certain animations and effects.