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This is waaaaaay closer to the Nestor we all know and love (not an official concept art, unfortunately):



I like how he currently looks in-game, but the turban would be the last thing I’d change, especially since you can see both his horns and ears here.
His face is particularly off and the “frills” improve it a lot already.

Let’s hope TfB can take inspiration from this if they have some time left for those kind of changes, I personally don’t find Elders to be that important but it still doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be treated with the same care as the rest of the game.

to be clear, that's fan art from the reddit and this is the credit https://twitter.com/mrsdrpeepo...495287124193285

EDIT:
I see I've been ninja'd, I was caught up in a discord discussion about the Toys for Bob Twitter showcases uwu

Surprised no one mentioned you can also take a first low-quality look at the Armored Druid.
Have to say I was expecting him to wear a more solid armor, since it as the same reflective effect as the Dark Hollow big gnor or the Dark Passage turtle, but I like it.
You can even catch a very fast glimpse at the block the Green Druid moves.

Love these added animations, especially when they include such nice easter-eggs, they are going to make all the levels feel even more alive!

Am I the only one who doesn't care about Nestor and give a **** about how he looks?
He just appears for a short moment only in Spyro 1, he isn't an important character like Ignitus or Hunter who are appearing in more than just one game for 5 seconds.

The Reignited Trilogy has been confirmed to be playable at E3!

https://investor.activision.co...le-games-lineup

Not that it wasn’t to be expected, but they previously simply said the game would have been “there”.

Also, while the last bit about the N. Sane Trilogy most likely refers to the upcoming multiplatform release and probably the leaked Future Tense level, I’m still crossing my fingers for a quick Spyro demo to replace the trailer.
Just Artisans and either Toasty or Stone Hill would do, I think they’d help immensely by allowing everyone to get a taste of the new physics, controls, camera and generally drool even more over the remakes.

Even if it couldn’t be done inside the game because of the different engine, which would be a pity as it would work not only as nostalgia fuel but also as a marvelous way to promote both trilogies, they could still release it on the various stores.
Just... give us something to get an actual idea on how the remake feels, really.

its interesting that suddenly everybody becomes a art critic and game designer everytime a new screenshot is released

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its interesting that suddenly everybody becomes a art critic and game designer everytime a new screenshot is released

You don't have to be an art critic or game designer to have an opinion on what a game looks like. But you DO have to have a reasonable explanation for your opinion. At least that's how I see it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I personally like that fan rendition of Nestor more than what we have right now. The "sideburns" on the Artisans dragons have always been one of their most distinct features in my mind, and without them, I feel Reignited!Nestor doesn't really look like an Artisans dragon. That bothers me moreso than the hat. I also think the hat would look better if they kept his original color scheme with the reddish-brown wings, since the hat colors would then be more harmonious with the rest of his colors.

Now that I think about it, I'm not sure how I feel about his expression either. He always struck me as very dignified looking in the original game, but the downturned eyebrows he has in Reignited just make him look...unhappy?

All that being said, I do love how they're giving all the dragons accessories to strengthen their personalities and push the world building further!

Also....we got confirmation Spyro Reignited will be playable at E3!! Can't wait to see more gameplay vids!

https://www.businesswire.com/n...le-Games-Lineup

I wonder if Activision will talk about First 4 Figure's Spyro statue, like give us an actual shipping date since it's been so long now.

New Tree Tops screenshot. Looks amazing!! Look at that sky!

I think Spyro looks beautiful, and it looks like the dragon statue is a shade of green afterall, guess it is the lighting in Stone Hill that give it the blue sort of hue. I really like the glowing green arrows on the ramps. I can't wait for this game. I'm getting hyped, oh, the feels.

Tree Tops looks gorgeous as ever! Can't believe I'm saying that. It also seems like they adjusted the lighting to be more blue as opposed to green? Regardless, it's my desktop background now lol.

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I think Spyro looks beautiful, and it looks like the dragon statue is a shade of green afterall, guess it is the lighting in Stone Hill that give it the blue sort of hue. I really like the glowing green arrows on the ramps. I can't wait for this game. I'm getting hyped, oh, the feels.

I don't know where the idea that they all would be blue came from, but I also doubt it's the lighting. Stone Hill has very light orange lighting and even then the blue is way too saturated to just be a side effect of lighting IMO. Another theory that I personally agree with is that the color of the statue will match their scales; something that this screenshot doesn't disprove either, because I'm pretty sure that's this dragon (correct me if I'm wrong):



Either way though, we'll probably see at E3 because Nevin (Toasty) and Jed (Tree Tops) are not green.

Every screenshot, a new wallpaper. Oh my god everything about Tree Tops looks so pretty ;___;

I knew Spyro was going to be at E3! I wish I could be there to play the demos. Well, just wait for somebody to upload gameplay footage on YouTube. I want to know what the Spyro swag could be. I've got my fingers crossed for San Diego Comic Con, because I'm going there.

Tree Tops and Toasty will be the playable levels at E3:

https://blog.activision.com/t5...y/ba-p/10747422

Have to say this latest screenshot, while gorgeous, has me a bit perplexed.
Don’t understand the change from green to blue, I think the previous colors were perfect for the level and perhaps needed just a slightly darker sky, but the reason why I’m confused is I’m not even sure the build of this screenshot is more recent than the first ones we got.
Spyro’s tail has still the yellow part at the end, but his wings looks unfolded, even if that could be just part of an idle animation.
Seems almost a mixed bag of steps forward and backward to me.

Anyway, the article mentions the Devil Dogs from Dark Passage saying they are as horrifying as ever, and also gives us the first actual bit of information about the second game by saying that Elora will have a lot of personality, possibly more than what was originally possible.
I bet she’ll be quite sassy.

I don't think the yellow on the tail was EVER removed, to be honest. I just think people couldn't see it very well due to most of the footage being from the back, and the poor quality of the other videos.

In fact...



YEP! If you go frame-by-frame, the yellow is indeed still there.

That, combined with all other other new screenshots we've gotten also having the yellow, 98% sure that yellow is gonna be a permanent feature, and not something we can use to judge how old the build is.

[EDIT] Ahh, scratch that, ONE of the higher quality Stone Hill videos seems to have the yellow removed. At this point, though, I still feel like that yellow is gonna end up in the final product. If it wasn't, I'd think they'd show off AAANNNNY screenshot of Spyro without the yellow tail.

I dunno. I'd put a bet up with eating a hat, but I don't have any hats =p

Apparently there's also swag they're giving away at E3. Those lucky devils. <.>

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I don't think they would remove it, only to put it back. :/

As someone who's done texture (Which also includes color) work, I can definitely say that it'd be veeeerrrrrryyyyyy easy and believable for them to make a tweak to remove it, make that little video, but them have the overseer come in one day and say "Mmmmm, naaaahhhh, changed my mind. It looks too plain. I prefer the other one", and have them revert it back to the previous skin.

Only way we'll know for sure is if they post more screenshots/video, or until people see it from themselves at E3. Whichever comes first at this point *Shrugs*

Yup, I think the only instance where we can actually see the yellow removed is in the first Stone Hill clip, and having it removed pretty much means it’s no more intended to be there in later versions.
Keep in mind I’m still talking about his model, not the builds: not sure if they can be separated, but this could still be a newer Tree Tops build which still uses Spyro’s old model.
It’s such a small detail TfB probably though it would have went unnoticed.

More intrigued by his wings to be honest, that’s the only detail about Spyro’s design I would like to see changed.
To be completely fair there is something off with Spyro’s face in the latest screenshot, which almost makes me think his model is older than the ones we’ve seen so far; could just be the lighting though, he did look weird in one of the first Tree Tops screenshots as well.

It's probably a screenshot that was taken mid-idle animation of Spyro looking back at the player, where he moves his wings out of the way so he can look over his back. His eyebrows look in prime position to start making the o_0 expression.



(Alternatively, they personally posed the Rig itself to make him pose for this one screenshot. Cuz marketing.)

You may be right, the expression is very similar.
At this point I guess lenghty gameplay videos are what we beed the most: even the shift in Tree Tops’ hue could be due to dynamic sky and lighting for all we know.

We also have our very first look at the supercharge ramps, they look good and clean even though I wish they didn’t kept all the arrows lit at once (though again, it might either not be final or just for aesthetic purpose).

Just posted on Spyro's Instagram story!



Maybe we'll get a larger picture soon.

Aaaand here's a larger picture!

Quoting myself from a couple weeks ago. I totally called it!

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Something I just noticed with that cover art. Each of those colors corresponds with the main villain of the games. Green - Gnasty Gnorc, Blue - The Sorceress, Orange - Ripto. Could be a clue as to what the full art will look like, or it could just be a coincidence. It’s definitely worth noting though.

EDIT: Ripto's redesign is going to cause a lot of controversy! So get ready lol

Omg that’s so beautiful. Even better than I pictured. We even get to see how all three main villains will look. Bring on September!

Gnasty, Ripto and the Sorceress in detail.
They are quite different from the original design, but I find them very cool!

I love the reptilian eyes that Ripto has. I was expecting him to have his ETD design, but this is much better.

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Aaaand here's a larger picture!

Can't see it.

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Just posted on Spyro's Instagram story!



Maybe we'll get a larger picture soon.

is the middle level fireworks factory?

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Get ready for drama. I love these redesigns! Though dunno how they'll fit all of this in boxart.

awww hes cute

HOLY.............*Faints*

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Get ready for drama. I love these redesigns! Though dunno how they'll fit all of this in boxart.

Maybe this is only the top half of the boxart and the rest will show Spyro’s body.

Or maybe is just the middle part they’ll use

Oh man, it's beautiful.

Our main villains are looking pretty awesome.

That looks so legit.

that full game cover is most beautiful but and awesome in perfectly

WOOOOOOW!
This is unexpected and a lot to take all at once!

Really liking the overall composition, even though Fireworks Factory looks odd during day, but would have preferred if they shown Spyro’s whole body.
It’s not a complaint at all, again I love how this cover art looks!

Some of the redesigns are quite a departure from the originals, but they aren’t bad by any mean.
The Skelos Badlands’ Lava Lizards look quite intimidating, the Fire Wizard is super cool and so are the Chinese Fire Dragons in the sky and the Ninja Rhynoc!
Ripto is... Heh, very different.
It’ll take a while to get used to him (if that’s how he looks in-game as well, that is) but I do appreciate how they tried to make him both more intimidating and evil and also ridiculous: always felt like he wasn’t intentionally funny but tried his hardest to be as “imposing” and threatening as possible despite his size.
I think he could work even with regular eyes, though: feel like he might not be as expressive with these reptile pupils.
Really liking Gnasty Gnorc and appreciate the detail of the magic crystal encased in his mace which is probably what allows him to perform his magic attacks.
The Sorcers is fantastic, spot-on redesign even if she’s a bit blurry here.

The sworded Gnorc is probably my favorite one so far, should be from Dark Hollow if I remember correctly.

Also, seems like no one noticed it but there’s a dragon newborn inside his egg on top of the giant skull.
Looks cute as always, and I love how they kept the egg scaly.

Two more things: I highly doubt the opened Artisans castle door means it will be unlockable in-game, is probably only a matter of keeping the general feeling of “adventures lying beyond the horizon”.
Last but not least, I kinda miss the presence of an orb: the other two main collectibles are here, and I think it would fit nicely on one of the rocks on the right.

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Full res version.

Man oh man, The official cover art really looks beautiful and amazing! Surprised that they didn't bother to draw Spyro full body, but I still love this cover art.

It also seems like Ripto and The Scorceress (and maybe Gnasty Gnorc too) have gotten some major makeovers. Kind of shocked, but at least it'll fit with the Remaster overall. I'm sure I'll get used to their designs too just like how I'm getting used to Sparx's redesign.

Oh my goodness the cover looks gorgeous! Seeing all the main villains together in one place really tugged at my heartstrings, even moreso when I noticed the two dragons from the Fireworks Factory. I do quite like how each part of the cover corresponds with the color of said game's antagonist. We also got our first glimpse at the baby dragons! I've admittedly become attached to the older cover, but I'm excited to physically own this as well.

Although I wasn't too sure about Ripto's look at first, I'm really digging it here. I love the more reptilian approach as well as what was done with his robes. The nose and mouth kinda bug me, though I'm not actually bothered by the proportions at all. I feel like his design was going to be weird either way, because there's not too terribly much to go off of his original appearance IMO. Gnasty Gnorc looks awesome as ever here, so I'm hyped to see him in-game too. But what I love the most is the Sorceress. Like, holy cow, they nailed her design perfectly! That's exactly how I imagined she would look.

Overall super pleased with this. It fits really well with N. Sane's cover tbh.

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It fits really well with N. Sane's cover tbh.

The styles look really similar, and I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it's the same artist!

whatever next!? spyro and crash being designed by the same artist? imagine that!

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new vs old

Really helpful, but that’s not a baby Catbat, it’s a dragon newborn from Year of the Dragon.

By the way, I just realized that Artisans aside they choose the levels used as backgrounds for their respective games’ main menu.

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new vs old

Really helpful, but that’s not a baby Catbat, it’s a dragon newborn from Year of the Dragon.

By the way, I just realized that Artisans aside they choose the levels used as backgrounds for their respective games’ main menu.

my brain must have merged the lavalizards and the catbats into one for some reason, oppsie