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Spyro: Year of the Dragon

The third game in the Spyro series, and the last to be made by Insomniac Games. Spyro: Year of the Dragon is the biggest of all the Spyro games so far made. It incorporates several new playable characters as well as a new evil to fight.

In this game you play mainly as Spyro, but there are certain levels and parts of levels where you can only play as a different character. The playable characters in this game are: Spyro, Sparx, Hunter, Sheila the Kangaroo, Sgt. James Byrd, Bently the Yeti and Agent 9.


Oct 11th 2000	Nov 10th 2000

The Story

Every twelve years, the Dragon Kingdom celebrates its most important event: the "Year of the Dragon" Festival. Fairies deliver a new batch of dragon eggs and dragons come from all around to dance and feast until everyone drops from...eggshaustion.

The Year of the Dragon is upon us again and the fairies have brought 150 eggs to the Dragon Worlds. However, unbeknownst to the celebrating dragons, a sinister plot is about to unfold...

Far away - on the opposite side of the world - lies a kingdom long since forgotten by dragonkind. So forgotten, in fact, that even the legends about these "Forgotten Worlds" have now been forgotten.

This kingdom is ruled by a mean and spiteful Sorceress who has frankly become quite fed up with being forgotten. As she sits on her forgotten throne, the Sorceress has hatched a fiendishly evil plan. A plan to restore the fading magic to her forgotten realm. A plan to conquer the dragons once and for all. All she needs is a little help from her army of horn-nosed 'rhynocs', the cooperation of her mysterious disciple Bianca and of course, those 150 magical dragon eggs.

The Controls

Spyro the Dragon
Button	Action
X	Jump. Press again when in the air to glide
Square	Charge
Circle	Flame/Spit out rock
Triangle	Look around/Aim rock/Drop out of glide/Headbash when just jumped
R1/L1	Bring the camera behind Spyro fast
R2/L2	Turn the camera
R1+R2+L1+L2	Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it)

Sheila the Kangaroo
Button	Action
X	Jump. Press again when in the air to go higher. Press again the moment you land to double jump
Square	Kick
Circle	Kick
Triangle	Look around/Headbash when just jumped
R1/L1	Bring the camera behind Sheila fast
R2/L2	Turn the camera
R1+R2+L1+L2	Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it)

Sgt. Byrd
Button	Action
X	Fly, hold to go higher
Square	Drop bomb/projectile
Circle	Fire guns
Triangle	Look around/Aim
R1/L1	Bring the camera behind Sgt. Byrd fast
R2/L2	Turn the camera
R1+R2+L1+L2	Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it)

Bentley the Yeti
Button	Action
X	Jump
Square	Thump
Circle	Spin club
Triangle	Look around
R1/L1	Bring the camera behind Bentley fast
R2/L2	Turn the camera
R1+R2+L1+L2	Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it)

Agent 9
Button	Action
X	Jump
Square	Throw Bomb
Square (hold)	Aim Bomb
Circle	Fire Weapon
Triangle	Sniper Mode
R1/L1	Zoom in/out in sniper mode
R1/L1	Dodge left/right
R2/L2	Turn the camera
R1+R2+L1+L2	Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it)

Gems are strangely identical to the last game. Strangely because Avalar and The Forgotten Worlds are most likely further away from each other then the Dragon Realms is from the Forgotten Worlds. Strange how they have the Avalar set of gems rather than the Dragon Realms set, maybe the Sorceress had the GemCutters in from Avalar though.

Gem Colour	Gem Value
Red	1
Green	2
Purple	5
Yellow	10
Pink	25

The same containers for the gems as in Avalar. However here you get gems from killing the Rhynocs whereas in Avalar they released a Spirit Particle. Also this game sees the return of a locked chest, slightly different in appearence from the first game, but you will still need to find a key to open them.

Anyway, on with the walkthrough, and on to Sunrise Spring!

Walkthrough »

Comments

#1020 ps1spyrofan 23:14:25 14/04/2011

this is my favorite one out of all of them :)

#1019 Purple 19:04:10 14/04/2011

some of the challenges are too hard for me.

i know where all the eggs are, i just cant get them. im very close too 100%

#1018 SuperSpyroFan 06:43:13 13/04/2011

I've completed this one, full percentage, twice. I didn't play it as much as the first two, thought it was kind of harder.

#1017 Thunderdragon14 21:07:28 12/04/2011

I can't get past 10% of this game xD

#1016 Purple 18:45:16 12/04/2011

i like ba'ah

#1015 jac900 18:37:28 12/04/2011

My favorite character is Agent 9. Anyone have different opinions?

#1014 dyz 07:54:08 12/04/2011

this is my 2ed fav spyro game its a good game

#1013 Kitty 01:10:35 12/04/2011

This game is amazing. I really suggest getting it if not already in your collection. If the colorful graphics don't turn you on I'm sure the characters will.

#1012 spyrorocks101 22:30:13 11/04/2011

i dont have the yin yang egg and what does he/she do

#1011 jac900 16:39:30 11/04/2011

The Yin-Yang egg is awesome!

#1010 Purple 16:29:48 09/04/2011

i have 14000 and somethin treasure so its only a few gems and a few eggs. i cant do the 3rd sparx level or the second (in the egyptian place) cannon/hovercraft battle. i cant beat the bailey gang either.

#1009 spyrorocks101 15:49:51 09/04/2011

right now i have 13567 treasure and 146 eggs im so close i got 96%

#1008 Purple 20:52:05 08/04/2011

i love it. i tried to 100% it but some of the egg challenges were too hard for me. i knew where they all were but im not the best gamer. i had 143 eggs.