The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon

The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon

Called The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, this is the third and final part of the first Legend of Spyro trilogy.

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North America October 21st 2008
Europe November 21st 2008
Platform Developer Age Rating
EU NA
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3
Wii
PlayStation 2
Etranges Libellules
7+ E10+ - Everyone 10+
Nintendo DS Tantalus Interactive E - Everyone

Info

In the culmination of the trilogy, players find Spyro teaming up with an unlikely ally - Cynder, his former enemy, to face his most challenging mission to date. As the Dark Master's (voiced by Mark Hamill) evil envelopes the world like a plague, Spyro must fulfill his destiny and unlock the true power of the purple dragon within him to stop the Dark Master in his tracks.
  • First appearance on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
  • Epic culmination of "Legend of Spyro" storyline Spyro finally faces the Dark Master
  • Fly at any time – first free flight in a Spyro game
  • Drop-in/drop-out co-op play with Cynder (female dragon)
  • Both characters can complete the game separately
  • Global release Oct/Nov 2008
  • Elijah Wood voices Spyro
  • Gary Oldman as Ignitus
  • Mark Hamill is the Dark Master
  • Christina Ricci is Cynder
  • Wayne Brady is Sparx
  • Blair Underwood is Hunter
  • The game takes place three years after The Eternal Night
  • Sets of armor can be found throughout the game that can be mixed and matched or use one whole set to gain bonus abilities.
  • Spyro uses Fire, Earth, Ice and Electricity
  • Cynder uses Poison, Fear, Wind and Shadow
Spyro Cynder
Fire Earth Ice Electricity Poison Fear Wind Shadow

Story

Three long years have passed since Spyro and Cynder were trapped in the crystal, since then Malefor has unleashed his evil onto the world. In this third chapter of the epic Legend of Spyro trilogy, Spyro must fulfil his destiny and face the Dark Master. As evil spreads over the world, Spyro and Cynder must discover new abilities and unlock their true powers to defeat Malefor and stop him from destroying the world.

Websites

Xbox.com
Xbox's official page for the game.
Australian Gamer
Australian Gamer interview Tantalus and get a hands-on of the DS game.
Sierra
Sierra's product page for the game.
Dawn of the Dragon
Sierra's official minisite for the game.
Joystiq
Some impressions from Joystiq.
Kotaku
Kotaku's impression of the game and some DS screenshots.
IGN
First screens of the game on Xbox 360.
GameStop
GameStop lists "Legend of Spyro: Darkest Hour" on PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and DS for release on the 7th of October.
Velvet Octopus
The first information on the third game was given via a Powerpoint that has since been removed.

Comments
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#8025 GamingMaster_76 05:37:34 09/02/2010
@ spyro777: thank you! ED
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#8024 spyro77 12:41:56 08/02/2010
gameingmaster_76,i love ur artwork..u shud get credit for it if he puts up
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#8023 DragonLover1 05:31:55 07/02/2010
This game is awesome yet there are lots of glitches
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#8022 GamingMaster_76 04:21:20 07/02/2010
dark52, i made some ASCII art for the game! if you display this, may I please have credit for it?

...................................THE LEGEND
…..S…S…S......................OF
S…SSSSSS…S………......YY…..Y...RRRRR
.SSSSSSSSS….PPPPP….YY..YY...RR……R…….....OOOO
.SSS……SS…..PP…..P…….YYY……..R……R……..OO………...OO
…SSS…………...PP...P...….YY……...RRRRR…..O..................O
….SSSSS……...PP………....YY…….R……..R……O...................O
…..SSSSS……...P……………………..R……….R……....OOOOOO
.SS..SSSSS
..SSSSSS.............DAWN OF THE DRAGON

it can be used for the other LOS ones too, just by changing the bottom line! how about that?
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#8021 GamingMaster_76 21:59:37 05/02/2010
it's awesome but there are too many plotholes.
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#8020 GamingMaster_76 10:29:15 05/02/2010
i have an explaination/theory to the whole 'every 10 generations' thing so PM me if you want to hear it.
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#8019 spyro glitcher 01:58:21 04/02/2010
now i remember okay spyro is a purple dragon and hense 'only found once every 6 centuries'and cynder a dark dragon turned dark by malefor was a purple dragon.plot hole anyone
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#8018 Deviedra 08:33:44 02/02/2010
i hadn't actually noticed that, Dragon Lover
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#8017 GoldenDragon 01:24:57 01/02/2010
Yeah!

It was REALLY WEIRD!!!
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#8016 Dragon Lover 14:46:47 31/01/2010
Based on the glitches, I found a video on YouTube where someone noticed that b4 the battle with Malefor, Spyro was thrown against the wall right? The camera switches to Malefor, then back to Spyro, and Spyro isn't beside the wall! It's like it never existed! It does that like 3 times!
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#8015 Dragon Lover 14:20:29 31/01/2010
I have a Spyro DotD walkthroughs on YouTube!

Sub me, I'm HowlAtTheMoon21.
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#8014 GamingMaster_76 06:59:32 30/01/2010
oh no! im tired of this type of gameplay!!! D:

well i need it to have a BETTER STORYLINE AND COVER AT LEAST SOME PLOTHOLES.
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#8013 GamingMaster_76 23:12:14 28/01/2010
wow, this game is so odd...
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#8012 Leon 20:57:54 28/01/2010
headbang XO
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#8011 rolvice 01:38:05 27/01/2010
oh that is what happens with my ps version, yeah sparx buggs out in there but everything worked perfectly on my xbox version, yes i have it for both, sorta put out that i wanted it badly for chrismtmas and everyone preceded to buy me a copy

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