You can find gems inside enemies or in their respective colour gem clusters (purple clusters contain random assortment of gems). Red Gems heal you, Green Gems will replenish your breath and Blue Gems will fill an experience bar on the Upgrade Screen which is used to better your elemental moves up to level 3. Unlike its bigger console siblings you cannot fly during the platforming sections, instead you only get to fly in on-rails 3D sections specifically designated for it. X + Left/Right (backwards to your direction) Left/Right + Left/Right (opposite to your direction)Ī + Left/Right (opposite to your direction) Left/Right + Left/Right (same as your direction)

These are the controls for the 2D part of the game. Like the console versions you can switch between Spyro and Cynder at any point but it is a one player game only, there is no co-op. The game features 2D side-scrolling combat and platforming sections and a few 3D on-rails flight levels. For the first time developed by Tantalus Interactive. Click 'Track It!' to follow the game's progress from now until then.The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon DS Version DS Versionįor the fourth time and fourth year in a row, Spyro makes an appearance on the Nintendo DS. We'll find out if all this is true when the game's released this autumn. 'The game takes some exciting twists and turns – fans of the series and newcomers alike will experience non-stop fun, a renewed sense of intensity and the type of challenging adventure only Spyro can overcome.' said Sierra senior vice president Al Simone.

He must have been practising since the last game. This means it also incorporates a drop-in/drop-out co-op mode which, in turn, allows players more freedom to explore the game world in new ways.Īnother new feature is that Spyro is no longer restricted in his flying and can take off whenever he likes. The game itself follows a plot in which Spyro teams up with former enemy Cynder to stop the Dark Master in his evil-doing tracks. We've got no idea if these voiceovers are just for the home console versions, but just in case you're interested the actors include Elijah Wood, Gary Oldman (Sirius in the Harry Potter films) and the strange but beautiful Christina Ricci. Getting top bill on the press release is the news of all the famous types who will be voicing characters in the game. There's no PSP version so presumably some marketing types decided Spyro's a bit too much of a kiddy game for the PSP crowd.

Vivendi has just announced the game, which will be available on DS as well as Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PS2. The Spyro trilogy will come to a conclusion later this year with the release of The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon.

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