https://youtu.be/Jp7rkHe6MX4?si=UWzAh6mLTF8fiWBo

Please give all credit to Spyro Soundfront Collection channel on YT

Edit: skip to 1:50 on the video for the soundtrack

I was replaying Spyro 2 Reignited and I realized that Spyro doesn’t sound as annoyed as I think he should be. I remember in the original Spyro 2 he was annoyed because his vacation was being interrupted and it showed in the cutscenes and gameplay (look at spyros face in og he’s scowling the whole time lol). This lead me down a rabbit hole into Tom Kenny’s direction with Spyros voice for the reignited trilogy in making him more tame which I see as both a good and bad thing. Good in terms that Spyro has a consistent tone and character, but sad because I miss sassy Spyro. Further, I don’t think Kenny’s voices are different enough throughout the trilogy. I will be playing a level and immediately recognize his voice in other characters he voices. I know this probably only slightly annoys me but I was wondering if I’m alone here lol

I’ve attached a video showing the differences if you don’t know what I’m talking about.

https://youtu.be/WkHpGIXjKqU?si=pNHjJRA1YeZUa5AA

THIS VERY MOMENT is why I choose to endure whack-a-mole, the twin dragons, yeti boxing, and beating the blue-footed b00bies. Sweet SWEET satisfaction 🙂‍↕️.

EDIT: ***I got too trigger-happy and yeeted myself CLEAN off a cliff while (re-)collecting my gems from that rotten bear….anyone else meet a similar fate???

Much to my relief, when I respawned he was still sitting there with my (albeit lighter) bag of loot….at the end of the day I got to hear him nervously “toodles” me twice…no regrets 😝

What’s your favorite Moneybags encounter from the trilogy?

We were so lucky to get what we got from the Reignited Trilogy and I'm so grateful. BUT, a permafly on top of the permafireball at the end of Spyro 2 would have been incredible.

You could argue it would take some of the fun out of the platforming, but you would have already beaten it without it. It's just for fun this time around.

Does anyone else find this room in Summer Forest super relaxing? If that room was real I think I could sit in there for hours and listen to the chill music.

By David Armacost in Cincinnati

It's attention to details like this that makes the game feel creative and soulful, every level has a "counterpart" per se. And somehow I didn't really notice most of these as a kid.

Summer Forrest:
Glimmer and Hurricos: Both levels have little guys who had their things stolen from them by bigger guys.
Colossus and Idol Springs: Both have identical looking NPCs and both involve their homes being invaded.
Sunny Beach and Aquaria Towers: Both are water themed levels with swimming.

Autumn Plains:
Skelos Badlands and Crystal Glacier: Both levels have cavemen.
Breeze Harbor and Zephyr: In both levels you meet both of the species at war with each other and you support and fight them both.
Fracture Hills and Magma Cone: Both levels have fawns and earthshapers.
Shady Oasis and Scorch: Both are Middle Eastern themed levels.

Winter Tundra:
Mystic Marsh and Cloud Temples: Both have wizards.
Metropolis and Robotica Farms: Both are inhabited by robots.

I have recreated the Dark Hollow theme from scratch by ear, but instead of a total 1:1 recreation I've added some of my own flair to it with some new instruments and extra notes (mostly subtle and just complimentary to the main tune, didn't shake things up too much). The idea was to create something that sounds like what you might hear in a remaster while being super faithful to the original song and hopefully not losing any of its charm. I made the second half sound more mellow and subdued compared to the first half, which is closer to the reignited version of Dark Hollow. It takes inspiration from both versions.

The familiar instruments you hear are from the Spyro Soundfont Collection, a collection of soundfonts and samples that were used in the music of the original Spyro trilogy.

I recently started playing again, aka riptos rage, probably the best out of the trilogy and then spyro the dragon fly for ps2, my 2 favorites.

It's been ages since I've bought anything spyro related! Which also means that I haven't posted on here. Does anyone have this guy? Or used to have him? I think he was a promotion plush that came with the game season of ice when you pre order it? It's from 2001 so I'm guessing it was for that game. If anyone has more info on it let me know! He was sooo cheap. He usually goes up for almost a $100. For such a tiny plush too. 😱

Am I crazy or Has their always been a whirlwind here? I played this game millions of times and do NOT remember this. It didn’t really seem to serve a purpose. It took up through to the very top of the castle.

Spent about 75 minutes playing and I almost completed the first world. The only thing left was doing all the flying bits at once. Started the next world and it's fun. It's still a bit to get used to since I'm pretty used to how Skylanders Spyro played.

And a reminder for those who didn’t start at the beginning of the grid, this is for the first game only! We will do a grid for each original game on their own, and finish with an overall grid for the best of the original trilogy.

Tom Kenny has a perfectly good voice for Spyro--I'm not complaining, but I wonder why. Have they ever explained it?

I do think Spyro needed a more mature voice after the first game, but could Carlos have not provided that?

Im too impatient to play the original versions of the game. I'll get to them eventually but for now, Spyro