darkSpyro

Yes it is funny that The Legend of Spyro was also marketed as the first time Spyro has free flight, and now they are using that exact wording for this new game. But the interviewer forgot to mention Legend of Spyro in this quote. https://news.xbox.com/en-us/20...-showcase-2026/

Quote:

Spyro’s design has gone through many iterations, from the original trilogy, to Skylanders, through to the (fabulously redeeming) Reignited Trilogy design.

I guess the interviewer probably just isn't very aware of that version of Spyro.

Well you won't be tethered to someone, for one thing.

Also it'll be the actual OG Spyro this time, instead of an alternate version.

And there seems to be a much bigger world to explore, allowing for much more freedom when flying.

Guess we're gonna have to wait and find out, give it a chance.

I'm excited, it makes me laugh seeing how many people seem disappointed that there's flying in a game about a dragon lol. It'll be different but I think it'll be good. Much as I love the OG games (and especially AHT, which was slightly different but without deviating too much), I feel like it's been done enough and done well enough that we don't need another game that's exactly the same. People would compare it unfairly to the OG trilogy.

I've not long finished the Dragonflight expansion on WoW and it's probably my favourite thing I've ever played, so if the game and the way the flight is implemented is anywhere near similar to that, where you're still encouraged (and almost forced) to engage with the world on the ground but also have the option to fly about everywhere and do occasional races and the like, I'll be very happy.

I wonder what other characters will return. I hope Sparx comes back. I'd like a few lesser-appreciated characters too, maybe Ember and Flame (but I'm biased there lol). I'm excited no matter what. A new properly original Spyro game is going to be great.

I think it will be different from DotD. That game had "fly anywhere", but the actual height you could reach was arbitrarily capped at what the developers wanted you to reach for a given chunk of the level, since the game was more linear. This looks like it's going to be open world/open zone though.

My prediction is that the game will have RPG elements and as part of that, Spyro will have a "wing strength" that dictates how high he can fly without assistance from environmental aids, and/or he will have a stamina system that will prevent him from simply flying forever.

If you're out of stamina, he will still be able to glide like normal, and recovers stamina while grounded. So the idea would be you fly as high/far as you can then glide the rest of the way if you can.

The trailer also showed Spyro lighting a campfire that creates a heat updraft that pushes him upwards, similar to what you could do in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom. So it seems like there will be ways the environment can help you fly higher or faster. And like DotD, they will likely have ways to hinder your flight when they do want to keep you grounded.