The fifth console game, Spyro: A Hero's Tail, was released in 2004 on the previous consoles. It was the first Spyro game to be developed by Vicarious Visions. In 2004, a crossover game with Crash Bandicoot called Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy (known as Spyro Fusion in Europe and Australia) was released. In 2003, a third GBA game called Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs (known as Spyro Adventure in Europe ans Australia) was released.

Because of a rushed development to make the game available in winter, it was badly received by critics for the numerous problems the game suffered, but the fan reception has been mixed-to-positive. In 2002, Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly was released for the Playstation 2 and the Nintendo GameCube, the first game of the sixth generation and multi-platform. In 2002, a sequel named Spyro 2 : Season of Flame was released. Developed by Digital Eclipse Software, the first game made without Insomniac was Spyro : Season of Ice, released in 2001 for the GameBoy Advance. However, the dragon eggs have been stolen by a rabbit girl named Bianca and the Rhynocs, a race of anthropomorphic Rhinoceros, commanded by the Sorceress, ruler of the 'Forgotten Realms', who wanted to take out the wings of the baby dragons to create a spell to make herself immortal.Īfter the PlayStation 2’s release, Insomniac moved on to the Ratchet & Clank series, leaving Universal Interactive Studios (now Vivendi Universal Games) to develop the series. Spyro: Year of the Dragon (2000) : NA (October 11, 2000), UK (October 25, 2000), PAL (November 10, 2000), JP (Unreleased)įollowing the events of the previous game, it's the Year of the Dragon in the Dragon Kingdom, an event only occurring every 12 years when new dragon eggs are brought into Spyro's world to bring about the new generation of dragons.

Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage : NA (November 2, 1999) / Gateway to Glimmer : EU, AU (November 5, 1999) JP (March 16, 2000)įollowing the events of the first game, Spyro decides to take a vacation in the Dragon Shores with Sparx, but his destination has been changed to the Avalar world by The Professor, Elora the faun, and Hunter the Cheeta in order to help them free their world from the Riptoc's army, commanded by Ripto and his two henchmen, Glup and Crush. He's confronted against Gnasty Gnorc, who stole all the gems of the dragons and imprisoned them with a spell, and his army of Gnorcs, made with the stolen gems.Īfter the success of the first game, two sequels were made for the PS1: The first Spyro game was released in North America (September 10th, 1998), Europe (October 23rd, 1998), Australia (November 15th, 1998) and Japan (April 1st, 1999) exclusively for the PlayStation, starring the eponymous character as the hero of the game.

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