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Man, it just keeps better! It's looking like a Spyro Remastered Trilogy just might be up our alley! Just imagine if Activision gives Spyro the same treatment they've been giving Crash, with merchandising. They already got Spyro T-shirts and First 4 Figures. What if they did Spyro Pops? For Crash Bandicoot they had Crash and Cortex, as well as 5 variants of Crash. I just got into collecting Pops, and I guess now's a good time since Skylanders 7 might not be happening this year, or ever. Spyro of course, but who else? Gnasty Gnorc? Ripto? Hunter? And Spyro variants? Metallic Spyro? Glow in the Dark Spyro? Chase Variant Dark Spyro?

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A minor update on when the Spyro remakes could be announced.

Pay close attention to Thursdays. Activision usually does press releases on Thursdays according to people familiar with Activision's press release schedule. That's not to say that it won't/couldn't be announced on other days, but typically Activision likes to do it on Thursdays.

Thursdays being the 1st (which has already passed) 8th, 15th, 22nd (which is GDC), and the 29th of this month.

OOOOH! It may be announced on by Birthday! (22nd)

Yeah I agree, horn diving and hovering will probably be handled similarly to Crash’s ability to slide, which was only retained in the second and third game.
I doubt they would take their time to adapt the first game’s levels to that mechanic, and I frankly wouldn’t want them to.

A quick message to everyone: don’t know if you’ve noticed, but JCW555 actually updated the Falcon McBob post in the previous page with a couple tweets which rectify slightly the presumed year in which V.V. started working on Spyro, postponing it to 2016.
Nothing super importantm but I barely noticed it so I guessd it was worth mentioning it for others who might have missed it entirely.

I can barely believe it as well, SpcePirate.
And even more, I can barely believe it took so long for developers to understand the potential of bringing back old franchises through remakes and new games.
Cinema and TV already understood the power of nostalgia, and showed how it can be handled in smart and effective ways.

I knew it was only a matter of time before videogame companies started to do the same but, man, they totally took their time.

Including the weird half open mouth rather than a grin. Well, that's new merch.

DANG IT IT WON'T SHIP TO ME! If I can't get the merch I want because I'm in Canada I'm gonna be so miserable!

Edit: Found it on the Canadian site.

Edit 2: IT STILL WON'T SHIP TO ME!

A tragedy in 2 edits.

I wish I could get some merch but the shipping is always crazy and even getting preowned stuff on Ebay is too risky because of our mailing system. Maybe when Yeetee inevitably gets some Spyro themed things, they're the cheapest and safest to ship to my country from what I've seen.

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To be honest, I've never really been a fan of official shirts! Like, that shirt that was just posted isn't exactly something I'd want to wear. However, there's some nice fanmade stuff on Redbubble and Society6!
Speaking of, now that Spyro will be back in the limelight do you think Activision will start to crack down on fanmade merch? Are they known for sending out cease and desist letters?

And lol SpcePirate, I already questioned what Pops they might make and you guessed the same ones as me! Must be popular choices! Well, besides Sparx. I'm actually dreading a Sparx Pop now that I mention it. I'm getting flashbacks of that Dory Pop ... *shudder*

speaking of Spyro Fan Merch, I got my shirt from
Teepublic

That shirt is quite interesting, because it might have actually revealed us the new general Spyro logo.

If you look at the upper part of this shirt, where the neck should be, you’ll notice a small “Crash Bandicoot” logo which looks exactly like the remade verision used for the first game in the N. Sane Trilogy and which is also different from the one used for the shirt itself:



The Spyro’s shirt posted above has a similar smaller logo in the exact same position, which is the remade version of the first game’s one and looks similar to that used for the First4Figure statue.
Whether that’s going to be the general logo for his merchandise or not, I doubt they’d use the other design under Spyro’s image for the trilogy itself anyway.

I don't think they'll reverse the colors like in the shirt, and it's too stylized to mean much anyway. Spyro kept his logo even during LOS days(they just reversed the crest to match the new one) so it hasn't aged a bit.

Spyro's VA for the first game, Carlos Alazraqui, posted this on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/carlosalaz...103670158196737


Seems to just be a tease, then THIS happened.


https://twitter.com/JoshGamnYo...132065684541440

Well, we were expecting it to not be him. I'm happier with Camo nowadays. rrrrrrfirecrackaaaar

Yeah, but the big thing is, he straight up said there's a """""remaster"""".

Oh yeah, color-wise I’m sure they’ll keep the iconic purple.
But in terms of actual designs, I could see small changes with the letters (particularly the “S” and the “Y”) and the various extra features such as the texture, the crest and the end of the tail.

Looking at Crash’s logo again, even the “Crash” part included in the official general logo used for the first game is different from the one on the shirt (which for reference was used for Bash, Twinsanity and the Titans series, just to name a few).

I think Spyro’s “official” logo will actually be the first game’s one, which when you think about it is actually simply the character’s name just like in Crash’s case, while the trilogy’s logo will include that one and also whatever name it will have.
Assuming it’ll follow the N. Sane Trilogy’s scheme as well, of course.

EDIT:
saw Carlos’ tweet earlier today, but thought it wouldn’t have been relevant.
Wouldn’t personally affect me either way, as I’ll play the italian dubbed version, but it could be cool if he reprised his role and expanded it for all three games.

Now we wait for Copeland to confirm he’s not working on the “remasters”’s soundtrack.

Drek, are you Italian? What a coincidence!

Yup, fully expecting a flaming background.
So, purple for “Spyro the Dragon”, orange for the background... any idea for the color of the actual name?

Maybe a green or dark blue?
Would also love some crystals or gems coming out behind the flames similarly to Crash’s palm tree leaves.



@danyq94, yes I am!
And you must be the admin of Crash Bandicoot Zone!
I heard you helped a lot spreading informations about Spyro as well, thanks a lot for that.

Some things I'd love to see in the remastered trilogy. Something I'd do if I were developing it. What do you think?


One thing they need to keep is the cheat codes that allowed you to change Spyro's colors, and make him flat and big headed. What if turning Spyro black would turn him into Dark Spyro? With black skin and silver horns? Just the color scheme. And what if they added a new color? Square makes him pink, triangle green, X blue, circle red, up yellow, down black, and left back to normal. There was nothing for right, but what if they added a new color to change him for right? Orange?

What if the balloonists in Spyro 1 had voices? They'd talk to you like the NPCs in Spyro 2 and 3, with the text box appearing at the bottom. And what if they react when Spyro jumps on their head, like an "Ow!"?

How about after you defeat Gnasty Gnorc, when Magnus takes Deblin's place in Gnasty's World, when you see the fairy to give you the option to replay dragon, you have the option to chose between Deblin and Magnus?

What if in Spyro 3, when Sparx gains an extra hit, rather than two yellows, he became red? I never liked how he was yellow for two hits. I liked it better when he turned red after green in SOF, AOTR, and AHT.

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A merch update.

Urban Outfitters has a new Spyro t-shirt! The copyright date does say 2017, but people have just found it out.

https://www.urbanoutfitters.co...-the-dragon-tee



Interestingly, the shirt uses the same pose as Spyro 2: Season of Flame.



UPDATE:

Looks like the launch date was February 10th, 2018.

https://twitter.com/SpyroUnive...332559610662912

FDNJFNDJFND I WANT THIS SO MUCH

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Some things I'd love to see in the remastered trilogy. Something I'd do if I were developing it. What do you think?


One thing they need to keep is the cheat codes that allowed you to change Spyro's colors, and make him flat and big headed. What if turning Spyro black would turn him into Dark Spyro? With black skin and silver horns? Just the color scheme. And what if they added a new color? Square makes him pink, triangle green, X blue, circle red, up yellow, down black, and left back to normal. There was nothing for right, but what if they added a new color to change him for right? Orange?

What if the balloonists in Spyro 1 had voices? They'd talk to you like the NPCs in Spyro 2 and 3, with the text box appearing at the bottom. And what if they react when Spyro jumps on their head, like an "Ow!"?

How about after you defeat Gnasty Gnorc, when Magnus takes Deblin's place in Gnasty's World, when you see the fairy to give you the option to replay dragon, you have the option to chose between Deblin and Magnus?

What if in Spyro 3, when Sparx gains an extra hit, rather than two yellows, he became red? I never liked how he was yellow for two hits. I liked it better when he turned red after green in SOF, AOTR, and AHT.

All really nice ideas, especially Sparx’s red color!
I’m quite confident cheats will come back; don’t know if Crash’s games had them, but looking at the attention to detail V.V. put in the remakes I’d be surprised if they left them out.
The closest we have is Spyro’s demo in Warped, and the code does work... kinda; they could even go the extra mile and release Spyro’s remakes with Warped’s demo hidden in the first game’s selection screen, to help promote the N. Sane Trilogy even further.
Not that it needs that, though.

Since you mentioned Gnasty Gnorc, I’d really like to see his boss fight slighltly changed to look similar to how it was in the Beta version of the game.
I know, it would feel a tad less less nostalgic, but it would actually improve a rather anticlimactic ending.

Here’s a video in case you’ve never seen it (it’s unfinished, but a good direction nonetheless):



Just keep the final version’s soundtrack, no need for Artisans’ music while fighting the big baddie.

The plot thickens! Everything's coming together now...

Wow.
Just wow.

I think the most important thing here is not the fact that the code was intentional, as the remakes weren’t built from the original game’s source code but were done from scratch, so there was no way the code was simply added by mistake.
What excites me beyond comprehension is that it is a Spyro demo we are talking about!

They could have simply put a “Coming Soon” teaser or a short trailer, but they really did it!
Imagine our faces if this was unlocked the same day they reveal the remakes.

Not gonna lie, I’d scream with joy.

I’d logically go with the E3.

Activision is probably going to assume the reveal itself would be enough of a treat for now, and assuming they’ll have new footage this June, it could also be a way to show how much the game has improved since the announcement and to excite fans even more.

They could be really sneaky and add it when the game releases to further stimulate doubtful customers to buy the remakes, but I honestly don’t want to consider this option at all.

It's happening. IT'S HAPPENING! The official reveal is just a formality now, THE REMAKE IS HAPPENING!

Since no one posted it yet.

That aside, why did it take so long to datamine the game when we knew about the cheat code for months? Not saying that anyone should've done that ASAP, just that these secrets drive people crazy to flip the code upside down. Unless that line was added in a recent update.

Guys, I think we'll have the announcement trailer by the end of this week.

H Y P E

YOU KNOW THIS LEAK ALSO MEANS?

CRASH IS (Probably) COMING TO SWITCH!!!

You know, one thought that gives me fuzzy-happy feelings is, if the remaster indeed follows in the steps of the N. Sane Trilogy, a Japanese port will more then likely be made.

While Japan did get (flawed) ports of the first two Spyro games, they never got Year of the Dragon.

This remaster could let people in Japan experience Spyro 3 for the Very. First. Time.

I never though it would finally happen,was losing hope,now our purple dragon will spread it’s wings again and rise up to the sky,finally unleashed again in the world.

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You know, one thought that gives me fuzzy-happy feelings is, if the remaster indeed follows in the steps of the N. Sane Trilogy, a Japanese port will more then likely be made.

While Japan did get (flawed) ports of the first two Spyro games, they never got Year of the Dragon.

This remaster could let people in Japan experience Spyro 3 for the Very. First. Time.

And hopefully they won’t port it with that ridiculous camera and slow charge, this time.
This is indeed Spyro’s greatest chance to shine in the whole world!

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You know, one thought that gives me fuzzy-happy feelings is, if the remaster indeed follows in the steps of the N. Sane Trilogy, a Japanese port will more then likely be made.

While Japan did get (flawed) ports of the first two Spyro games, they never got Year of the Dragon.

This remaster could let people in Japan experience Spyro 3 for the Very. First. Time.

And hopefully they won’t port it with that ridiculous camera and slow charge, this time.
This is indeed Spyro’s greatest chance to shine in the whole world!

That announcement can't come any quicker, I just want Activision just to announce it already. Someone should make a meme of this lol

I got a feeling that 2018 is gonna be a great year for game announcements and releases.

If the trilogy does get a Japanese release, I wonder what Year of the Dragon will be called. Will it keep the same name or will it get a different one like how Spyro 2 is called Spyro x Sparx Tondemo Tours?

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I got a feeling that 2018 is gonna be a great year for game announcements and releases.

If the trilogy did get a Japanese release, I wonder what Year of the Dragon will be called. Will it keep the same name or will it get a different one like how Spyro 2 is called Spyro x Sparx Tondemo Tours?

Has the Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy sold in Japan?

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And hopefully they won’t port it with that ridiculous camera and slow charge, this time.
This is indeed Spyro’s greatest chance to shine in the whole world!

That announcement can't come any quicker, I just want Activision just to announce it already. Someone should make a meme of this lol

Not a meme, but artist FaithSDK did make this humorous drawing.

OMG, that's so funny, but so true.

If only Activision could be paid with gems to announce the game faster...

Do you think they'll fix the boundary breaking glitches in Spyro 2 and 3?

That drawing is funny lol. Sums it up, Chasing Moneybags, and getting all the gems back, all in lovely HD.

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I wish! I'm still holding out for an announcement this Thursday though!

I've started playing the first game again since a couple years because I'm so excited, and I'm just running through the game imagining how cool it'd all look with new graphics lol.

I’m actually holding back the need to replay them because I want to feel as “surprised” as possible, while going through the remakes.
Even though I basically know every level by memory, at this point.

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Do you think they'll fix the boundary breaking glitches in Spyro 2 and 3?

That’s an interesting subject to discuss.

The way Spyro 2 and 3’s level are built, mixed with Spyro’s enhanced abilities (the double jump will probably be removed though, as Insomniac itself didn’t want it to exsist), make almost every bit of them accessible and even allows the player to see the whole map from beyond its boundaries.
It would feel a bit odd to repeat these situations just as they were in the PS1.

I think they could build all the levels so that they’ll look like floating islands from the outside, just in case someone managed to get past the boundaries (with the exclusion of certain ones such as Scorch or Enchanted Towers, which actually encourages that structure).
But they probably just going to include invisible walls here and there, possibly with Spyro 1 and 2 effect to make them feel less forced.

I’d be fine with it, the original games would still be there in case I wanted to mess with the level design a bit.

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I’m actually holding back the need to replay them because I want to feel as “surprised” as possible, while going through the remakes.
Even though I basically know every level by memory, at this point.

That's exactly what I'm doing. Although, I am watching JoshJepson's current lets play of Spyro 2. I may replay Enter the Dragonfly and A Hero's Tail though since it's been a while since I last played them.

I'm stopping myself from playing Spyro on the PS1, mainly because I don't want to get too used to the way he controls, and he may control a little differently on PS4, and I don't want that to cloud my judgement. Also, if I haven't played the games for a while, it will most likely make the experience a lot more enjoyable, and I'm not going to be watching anyone LP this game either until I've gone through it all myself. Only thing that I'm going to watch is any official gameplay trailers, that's it.

Also, I bet they remove the glitch where you can get unlimited speed boost in the Super Bonus Round where you race the yetis. In Spyro 3, you can jump past Hunter and there's one blue star on a ledge that you can stand in, and if you let it go for 100 times, and start the challenge, your meter is infinite.

SuperSpyroFan has the right idea, though it'll probably not be as harsh of a muscle memory issue as Crash. A few numbers less on Spyro's weight and you might go careening off of cliffs where you usually would get frame perfect jumps.