Lastly, Zoe is a fairy who represents the checkpoint. Moneybags is a bear obsessed with money and often asks Spyro for gems to let him pass. The original series by Insomniac also introduced Sparx, a dragonfly companion that can protect Spyro from damage.Īnother side character is Hunter the Cheetah, Spyro’s loyal friend. These games follow Spyro the Dragon, a young dragon with purple skin. Many still believe Spyro is one of the most iconic platforming video-game series. Spyro games are often forgotten or unknown, sadly. The Spyro Game Series Spyro has always been a 3D platforming game series.

Every Spyro Game in Chronological Order.

Spyro Reignited Trilogy – 2018 (Remaster).

The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon – 2008.

The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night – 2007.

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning – 2006 (Reboot).

Reboot Era: The Legend of Spyro Trilogy.

Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto’s Rampage / Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy – 2004 (Cross-over Spin-off).

Spyro 2: Season of Flame – 2002 (Spin-off).The Switch's innate strength of being a pick-up-and-play console matched with a game that features short, rich levels with plenty of collectibles to gradually uncover is truly a joyful combination.Ī nostalgic spectacle with gameplay that excels in handheld mode's pick-up-and-play-ability. However, as distracting as these shadows and laggy loading screens can be, any negatives melt away as the overall elation of being able to play Spyro on the go takes precedence. This looks especially ugly when it appears on characters' faces in cutscenes, seen below. Assumingly in order to optimise the performance, shadows are not done through transparency, but rather through a distracting dotted pattern.

What really stands out as a distracting negative that was hard to ignore was the shadows, especially in handheld mode.

The gameplay is smooth, with the frame rate only really suffering during loading screen times, which are not much longer than the Playstation 4 Pro's. Particularly intense particle effects such as fire and electric obstacles are basic as bread on the switch, with this actually posing as a frustration when you are licked by flames that look like they were burning an inch to your left. At least the smaller screen of the handheld mode means that a lower resolution doesn't exactly pose much issue.

Spyro for the switch