After a number of purple eggs with a cryptic message had fans speculating of a return, Activision officially confirmed the news.
After much speculation, Activision has officially announced a remastered version of the popular Spyro the Dragon game series.
The Spyro Reignited Trilogy will hit shelves Sept. 21 for Playstation 4 and Xbox One to celebrate the series' 20th anniversary.
North American PS4 players of the recent Crash Bandicoot remakes, the N. Sane Trilogy, can enter a code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, square) into their controllers in the Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped title screen to watch the Spyro Reignited Trilogy trailer. (It can also be viewed at the bottom of this article.)
The original games have been remade from the ground up by developers at Toys for Bob and features over 100 levels, improved visuals and updated controls, as well as an enhanced rewards system.
Voice actor Tom Kenny will return as Spyro.
Activision fed rumors of a possible return of the side-scrolling dragon adventure when it shipped out a number of shiny, purple eggs to journalists with the cryptic note, "Something's about to hatch," signed by a Falcon McBob. Falcon McBob is the Twitter display name of Spyro the Dragon, a handle that was soon followed by the official Crash Bandicoot Twitter account, further fueling the flames of fan speculation as the latter series similarly received a remaster last year.
The games, which put players in control of the cartoonishly adorable wyrm Spyro, were originally released on Sony's Playstation console in 1998. Two sequels were released on the system over the following two years.
The character of Spyro quickly became one of the more familiar faces in gaming, and he was marketed as a mascot for Sony's new system at the time. The franchise has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
Having grown up watching 'Gremlins,' I am very skeptical of this package I just recieved.... #Spyro? Or #Mogwai? pic.twitter.com/d94FvB74CZ — Patrick Shanley (@pshanley88) April 3, 2018
Watch the trailer below.
After the commercial success of Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy, Activision is bringing back another classic PlayStation-era character: Spyro the Dragon.
Spyro Reignited Trilogy is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on Sept. 21, Activision announced today. The collection will include the first three games in the series (Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage, Spyro: Year of the Dragon) in remastered form. Those three games were original developed by Insomniac Games, which has since moved on to Ratchet and Clank and is developing this year’s Spider-Man for PS4.
Developer Toys for Bob, which created Activision’s Skylanders franchise, is handling remastering duties for the Spyro trilogy.
Spyro Reignited Trilogy has been “remade from the ground up,” Activision said in a press release, with “improved environments, updated controls, brand-new lighting and recreated cinematics.” The remaster will also feature a cast of characters that have been “creatively re-imagined with additional flair.” Activision promises “full analog stick support and smooth camera handling” and a reimagined version of composer Stewart Copeland’s soundtrack.
Grid View Spyro Reignited Trilogy Toys for Bob/Activision
Spyro Reignited Trilogy Toys for Bob/Activision
Spyro Reignited Trilogy Toys for Bob/Activision
Spyro Reignited Trilogy Toys for Bob/Activision
Spyro Reignited Trilogy Toys for Bob/Activision
Spyro Reignited Trilogy Toys for Bob/Activision
Spyro Reignited Trilogy Toys for Bob/Activision
Spyro Reignited Trilogy Toys for Bob/Activision
Spyro Reignited Trilogy Toys for Bob/Activision
Spyro Reignited Trilogy Toys for Bob/Activision
Spyro Reignited Trilogy will cost $39.99. Above are some images of the remastered trilogy.
Spyro the Dragon’s most recent stand-alone adventure was 2008’s The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, but Activision’s popular Skylanders series was built on the Spyro brand. The first game in the Skylanders franchise was Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure.
For another look at how Spyro has changed, here are a few comparison shots that illustrate how Spyro Reignited Trilogy improves on the original PlayStation games.
