darkSpyro

From this very link:
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06...bes-in-toyland/

Despite its name, Toys for Bob didn't come at this as a toy company. Reiche is an old-school gamer, and his company has a solid history of development, including the legendary Star Control titles and 1996's Pandemonium. In fact, when Activision first approached Toys for Bob about doing a Spyro title, Reiche and his company originally aimed for something much darker than Spyro has ever been before.

"Let's blow Spyro out," Reiche said at the time. "Let's raise up the age range for him, let's appeal to the kids over 16 up into young adults, let's make it tough and bloody. And we did all of this concept work and just lost our enthusiasm. That wasn't Spyro. That isn't what our passion was about. It was much more joyous and active, and so we sort of stepped back from that."

Never made another topic regarding the Skylander game, other than continuing to maintain the sticky topic. This sounds like worth discussing...originally going to be a darker-oriented game eh?

Discuss. BTW, I will try updating the sticky topic as soon as I can. A lot more stuff coming up from E3 this week. oo'

Interesting indeed, ISO. Spyro, in an M-rated like game? Could be laughable, if not ludicrous. Still it would show that Spyro is growing up with his fanbase instead of remaining as a kid friendly game. TV-tropes said it themselves that it would be better if Spyro was able to say some more edgy words instead of being water-downed by the censorship.

Not something I would agree on, but it could work. . .

Hmm, maybe not, I got this horrible feeling it would have been a bigger knock off of DMC / GoW then anything if they went in that direction.

Suddenly... suddenly Skylanders seems epic.

This would definitely have crushed my childhood. O.o

(Or did they make that up to make the current game seem better...?)

I've always wanted there to be an M-rated Spyro game. <.<;

So it would have dark like the legend series or even darker. even darker makes me wonder.

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Unless you're referring to Dark Spyro from LoS (Which I hope you're not), if it was M rated; it would most likely be darker than an E10 game.

I wanna see this concept work, if just for kicks...

Also, @Zackieo: A game that grows with its fanbase shouldn't grow at all, IMO. It should stay as it was when the fans liked it best, and best represent what they consider to be (insert franchise/character name here). That is especially true for Spyro the dragon, given the passion and nostalgia of many of his fans. But that is of course just my Opinion.

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Unless you're referring to Dark Spyro from LoS (Which I hope you're not), if it was M rated; it would most likely be darker than an E10 game.

No way. Dark spyro(the website and character) is awsome . I'm talking about the game be dark enough to be M-rated. I can see teen rated but, not M.

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I wanna see this concept work, if just for kicks...

Also, @Zackieo: A game that grows with its fanbase shouldn't grow at all, IMO. It should stay as it was when the fans liked it best, and best represent what they consider to be (insert franchise/character name here). That is especially true for Spyro the dragon, given the passion and nostalgia of many of his fans. But that is of course just my Opinion.

I agree with that. Mario has done a fabulous job of evolving without losing who he is in the process.

I kind of think an M-Rated Spyro game would be better because it is more serious. TLoS was the only serious Spyro we got.

They should make one group for light-hearted fans and one group for M-rated fans.

An M rated Spyro game?

lolno

TLOS would of fit more with it

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I wanna see this concept work, if just for kicks...

Also, @Zackieo: A game that grows with its fanbase shouldn't grow at all, IMO. It should stay as it was when the fans liked it best, and best represent what they consider to be (insert franchise/character name here). That is especially true for Spyro the dragon, given the passion and nostalgia of many of his fans. But that is of course just my Opinion.

I agree with that. Mario has done a fabulous job of evolving without losing who he is in the process.

agreed with both
we already had an attempt on a ''darker/more serious'' spyro game (aka the LoS series) and It just didn't work at all(IMO) and should've been its own new franchise without any connections to Spyro.
An M-rated Spyro game?seriously Activision? wow...
I'm atleast glad these developers realised that Spyro should stay in that ''lighthearted fantasy adventure'' sort of atmosphere...
anyways..I dig the designs of these worlds :3

I would like to see them release that, for the lulz!

Seriously, I could see it now...

Spyro being all big and muscle-y, ripping little monsters limb from limb...and swearing, with a Marcus Fenix like voice....that would be hilarious to see!

Well, that's...interesting. Can't really decide whether I would have liked that or not. While it would be cool, like they put it, it's just not Spyro. I guess.

Would've been damn interesting.

But I can still see people complaining.

I probbly wouldn't have liked that game.

I would have bought the game as my first M-Rated game, even if it had language issues.

Just as sonicbrawler said, I can picture it now.

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I would like to see them release that, for the lulz! :P

Seriously, I could see it now...

Spyro being all big and muscle-y, ripping little monsters limb from limb...and swearing, with a Marcus Fenix like voice....that would be hilarious to see! XD

Uh (how should I put this?) no. T_T

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An M rated Spyro game?

lolno

^This.

I can see a T-rating, but that's also pushing it a bit. E or E10+ works better...

Still, the Legend games were trying for too serious of a tone for the E10+ rating they got. Someone should remake the trilogy with a higher rating. <.<;

Better suggestion: SCREW RATING VIDEO GAMES. <.>

A Spyro video game like that might be very interesting, just to see how it was. Spyro has certainly gotten a lot of variation already.

aaaw, i kind of hoped for a bloody kind of spyro game one day

Me too. I really do think it would be epic.

You should know[to all who read this] that there is a fan made book on 'fanfiction.net'[or web, i cant remember] that would be an M-rated game if it was to be a game, i would get it, I'll have to get back for the name

someone should remake the legend series with free roaming and more levels to explore like the classics. But yeah a T rating i could see it working but M? i think thats totally going the wrong way too, its like barney having a dagger and killing people lol, something along the lines of getting to the basics like sly cooper and ratchet and clank have been doing all this time and doing well at best is what they should do with spyro.

its 'The Legend of Spyro: The Asgard Cronicles' I like it so far

ps: it is .net

But this game is already dark...it has DARK spyro hurr durr

@ SpyroD : But the author rated it T for teen.

That's a lot of chapters. But I'll get around to reading it.

*Bump* I read the first four chapters. It's a pretty good fan fiction. 145,868 words is a lot, that's like more than the longest book I've ever read! It's like Harry Potter-sized! But the point is, if this author was able to make this long of an epic story that would be considered an M-rated game, why can't Activision?

I would have been dissapointed to see this... It wouldn't worked well in my opinion. it probably would have been seen entirely as a joke.

I prefer happy and lighthearted Spyro games, you know, with no blood or swearing.

It can still be happy and lighthearted, but still mature.

Take Conker's Bad Fur Day for example. It's M-rated, has bad language, violence and gore, and sexual references, but it is all about hilarious jokes and wacky suprises. And yet, it's a 3D platformer, with colourful worlds.

If they made a Spyro game that played like the Classics, but had the mature, sick humour of Conker, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

Also, just so ya know, Conker's first game was in fact a "kids" game.

Yeah, that doesn't sound very happy and lighthearted to me.

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"Let's blow Spyro out," Reiche said at the time. "Let's raise up the age range for him, let's appeal to the kids over 16 up into young adults, let's make it tough and bloody. And we did all of this concept work and just lost our enthusiasm. That wasn't Spyro. That isn't what our passion was about. It was much more joyous and active, and so we sort of stepped back from that."

I want to see the concept work
If only they'd kept at it, I'd have loved to see that. Despite all the complaints and hate. I'd love to see a Spyro game like that. I guess I like that direction more.

If it was anything like Conker, I'd love it. Or like Duke Nukem (even though I never played it).

Aww man!! That would have been AWESOME if it were more violent!! That's what I would have chosen to do if I were in control of Spyro...that would have been GREAT

If Spyro was M-rated...

AHHHH HA HAAAA!!! No.

it would be kinda intresting though...

Yea, it would be interesting to know what they would of made the game like.

only it would be spyros bad scale day

CURSE YOU TFB!

I probably would've supported this game more, although I have grown a bit fonder of Skylanders over the months.

I would have been all for a darker game! So long as it didn't get TLOS'd.

It depends on what it was Rated M for.

If there were live scenes that you control with buttons of Spyro getting some tail, I think I'd have to...........go out AND BUY THAT GAME IMMEDIATELY.

And if it had lots of blood and vicious injury stuff, I would buy it.

Hmm...an M-rated spyro game.

Before the *shot* moment.

SxC, GOTTA Happen! *sniped*
Hehe, I'd love to hear Spyro drop a few bad words to... The 'F' word or the 'S' word would make me lol.
And Spyro would be 100,000,000,000 times better.

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Hmm...an M-rated spyro game.

Before the *shot* moment.

SxC, GOTTA Happen! *sniped*
Hehe, I'd love to hear Spyro drop a few bad words to... The 'F' word or the 'S' word would make me lol.
And Spyro would be 100,000,000,000 times better.

*reloads sniper rifle*
You better leave it at that.

But Spyro saying the F word would be alright with me.