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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#10590 MaleforSxC 13:41:51 01/06/2012
I love Cynder's Fear Element and Spyro's Earth element!
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#10589 spyroisthebest8 23:49:25 31/05/2012
yes, yes it does
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#10588 spyroatwarfang 05:59:00 31/05/2012
we are talking about favorite elements now but the topic on dotd keeps changing smilie
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#10587 cynder124 19:19:31 30/05/2012
yeeeeeeeeesh it's been soooooooooooooooooo long i havn't came here yah so what are u guys sayin?
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#10586 spyro_cynder88 16:16:17 30/05/2012
My favorite elements are Cynder's shadow and Spyro's fire.
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#10585 spyroisthebest8 23:24:49 29/05/2012
I like Cynder's wind element.
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#10584 huge dotd freak 21:52:55 29/05/2012
i let my cusin borrow his.
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#10583 spyroatwarfang 09:02:54 29/05/2012
the second time only a week for me
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#10582 spyro_cynder88 15:57:29 28/05/2012
I think this game took me a month or so to complete 100%.
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#10581 spyroatwarfang 07:36:19 28/05/2012
but i only get to play like 40 minutes a day so it takes me a while!
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#10579 spyroisthebest8 15:02:06 27/05/2012
Epic but hard
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#10578 LevanJess 22:33:09 26/05/2012
Lol really?
DotD took me 5 hours at the most to complete, personally. It's not that hard at all, cheat codes or not (I'm talking about no cheat codes).
Skylanders took me way longer to complete. By far more replay value and it's also longer.
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#10577 spyroatwarfang 22:10:45 26/05/2012
unlike dotd it took me several months
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#10576 spyroatwarfang 22:10:03 26/05/2012
i like challenging and hard games thats what makes it fun! unlike skylanders which is like the easiest spyro game i have ever did i finished it in a month

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