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The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
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The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon Wii boxart
Developer(s)Etranges Libellules
Tantalus Media (DS version)
Publisher(s)Sierra Entertainment
Activision Blizzard
Platform(s)NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player, Cooperative Multi-player

The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon is the third and final installment in The Legend of Spyro trilogy, as well as the tenth anniversary game of the series. It was released on October 21, 2008 for the Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 for North America. Although Krome Studios developed the last two Legend of Spyro games, Etranges Libellules a French Game Company, developed the console editions of Dawn of the Dragon, while Tantalus Media an Australian Game Company developed the Nintendo DS version. Both versions were published by [[Sierra Entertainment],] a Worldwide American Game Company along with Activision Blizzard, a Franco-American Game Company.

Gameplay

The gameplay is a more advanced than previous titles in the series. This is the first Spyro game that a player can fly at any time they want (free-fly mode). The game also features a co-op (two player) play with Cynder, which introduces players to drop-in/drop-out with the cooperative feature. The co-op feature allows players to have the option of completing the game as either Spyro or Cynder, also giving them the power to switch between Spyro and Cynder, giving them more freedom to explore Spyro's world in completely new ways.

The game is also a free-roamer, similar to the past games prior to The Legend of Spyro series. In the previous games of the trilogy, Spyro must travel to the end of a level in a linear fashion and defeat a boss at the end.

It was confirmed that Spyro retains his commandments of fire, electricity, earth and ice, while Cynder controls poison, wind, shadow and fear. The powers were given to her when she was controlled by the Dark Master, in addition to being faster but weaker. She is seen breathing fire in "A New Beginning", a power she can only access in her giant form. Along with the standard power ups that gems will bring, Spyro and Cynder can now both equip dragon armor in pieces that they find. They also have another feature called melee combos, which means the players can do a number of hit combos to their enemies and the more the hit combos, the more Blue Gems the players will earn. Blue Gems power up Spyro and Cynder, allowing them to upgrade moves. Along with Blue Gems there are also Red gems, that restore lost health. The Green gems give the dragons breath energy, allowing breath attacks. There is also purple gems, (also known as Fury Gems) that let the dragons use a highly powerful attack move called a: "Devastating attack" which causes nearly all the enemies on the screen to be defeated once enough Fury Gems are collected. But only Boss battles have even the slightest chance of surviving the Devastating attack.

Plot

In this epic culmination, or "climax" game, Spyro, Sparx and Cynder wake up in the future. In the final chapter of the trilogy, players find Spyro teaming up with Cynder to face and defeat Malefor, the Dark Master, hopefully saving the Dragon World from the evil and darkness that is plaguing it. The game starts with a mysterious set of enemies who enter the ruins of The Mountain of Malefor, where Spyro and Cynder remain frozen in crystal after their fight with Gaul. These mysterious enemies break open the crystal, put glowing green snakes whose effects are to keep Spyro and Cynder together at all times, on the two dragons' necks. They then take them away, leaving Sparx, who awakens moments later in the palm of Hunter of Avalar, who observed the whole scenario unfold from the shadows. Meanwhile, Spyro and Cynder awaken in a dark area, wondering what has happened to them. Because Spyro and Cynder have been trapped in a crystal for three years, they've grown up a lot since The Eternal Night. Spyro notices that Sparx is not there, but has no time to dwell on this as he and Cynder are sent straight into battle. Attached to a peg on the stone platform, they're unable to escape when a massive Golem attacks them. While they are able to lift the peg, they remain stuck together as they fight off the creature. When they are unable to defeat it completely, Hunter rescues them by distracting it with an arrow to its eye.

Spyro, Sparx, and Cynder are reunited, then proceed after Hunter. He introduces himself, and says that Ignitus sent him when Spyro did not return to the temple three years ago. They manage to escape the Catacombs, tangling with the Golem and removing it's arm in the process. After getting though an area called "Twilight Falls", Hunter shows them that the Dark Master escaped from Convexity shortly after Spyro's disappearance, and has covered the land in Darkness. But before he is able to explain more, he and the others are taken captive by Hunter's tribe. In the Valley of Avalar, the village Hunter belongs to is attacked by the mysterious creatures from before, now known as Grublins. After rescuing the Village, news arrives that one of the Villagers, Meadow, went upriver before the attack and has not returned. After an argument with the Village Leader, Chief Prowlus, Cynder and Spyro head out to find him, rescuing him from a troop of Grublins. But his leg has been broken, and since the Dragons return to the village without him would spell disaster, they are forced to go to an old hermit across the Valley. When they get there, they are attacked by several undead Apes: they had reduced to animated skeletons skulking in the shadows by Malefor after his return. After the Ape-wraiths are driven off, the hermit confronts them and fully gets under Cynder's skin with his words that she hasn't changed since A New Beginning, and that "her eyes give everything away".

They leave the Hermit's area after Sparx pickpockets the key they need. The Dragons then guide a raft over to Meadow, and escort him back home. Prowlus lets Hunter lead the Dragons to a place called the Forbidden Passage, and from there, to the Dragon City of Warfang, which the Moles crafted before Malefor caused the to be feared. When they arrive, the City is under attack. Hunter is separated from the Dragons, and they are forced to go their separate ways. After putting out a building fire and rescueing a group of Moles, the city comes under a fierce attack. Cynder and Spyro help to defend the City, before the gates are breached by a massive Ogre type creature. Once the Ogre is defeated, the Golem from the Catacombs attacks again, reforming his missing arm from parts of the city. The Guardians, Ignitus, Terrador, Cyril, and Volteer, lead the attack on the Golem, with Cyril and Volteer falling behind to grant Spyro and Cynder time to defeat the Golem. After it is finally killed, the Guardians and Spyro are finally reunited after three long years. Later that night, the Dark Master, Malefor, sends them a message. He has revived the Destroyer, an ancient creature that's only purpose is to renew the world, by bringing about its destruction. When it completes its circle around the world, known as the Belt of Fire, everything as they know it will end. Unable to catch the creature if they fly after it, Ignitus hatches the plan that going underground to intercept the creature before Malefor realizes the City is unguarded. After Cynder and Spyro open the gates into the Ancient City, the attack force proceed through it. Ignitus calms Spyro's fears that he will turn out like Malefor, just as they arrive where the Destroyer will finish its circle. Cynder gets the idea to flood the canyon with water from the nearby dam. Climbing to the top, the Dragons destroy the Dragon's Head at the top, flooding the canyon and halting the Destroyer's progress. Ignitus leads the attack on the Destroyer as Cynder and Spyro go into its heart, taking out it's Dark Crystal. But it was a losing battle, as it is able to complete its circle anyway. With no options left to turn to, Ignitus orders the others underground as he escorts Spyro and Cynder through the Belt of Fire into the Scorched Lands. But before they can complete the crossing, Ignitus tires and tells Spyro his journey has ended, but theirs have just begun. Ignitus sacrifices himself to get them across. In his grief, Spyro transforms into his Dark form from The Eternal Night and attempts to fly back into the inferno to find Ignitus.

Cynder's words bring him back to himself, and they make their way to the Floating Islands, near where Malefor is waiting for them. After a few final fights, Spyro and Cynder confront Malefor. He messes with their heads, first by telling Spyro that the destiny of the Purple Dragons is to destroy the world, then saying that Cynder has led him into a trap the entire time, by luring him to the Well of Souls to free Malefor. Cynder denies it, but Malefor unlocks the Darkness within her. She attacks Spyro, only coming to her senses when he refuses to fight back. Angry at the turn of events, Malefor attacks them. Once he is finally defeated, Spyro and Cynder blast him back with a Fury attack. As he says they will never defeat him, five spirits of the Ancestors surround him and take him down with them. Even though Malefor is finished, the world is still being destroyed. Spyro tells Cynder to flee after Ignitus' spirit grants him hope, but she refuses to leave his side as he stops the destruction, with the last words the player hears from her are "I love you" to Spyro. The world is rebuilt from Spyro's desperate endeavor, and we last see the remaining Guardians, Hunter, Sparx, and the survivors coming back into the sunlight as stars in the sky form into the form of a Dragon. After the credits roll, the Player is shown the Chronicler reading the end of Spyro's book. He then speaks to someone, saying that every age has a Dragon to write down the triumphs and failures of that age. His time is over, but the time of the new Chronicler, Ignitus, has just begun. Before he takes his place, Ignitus asks what has happened to Spyro. The Chronicler does not know, and shows Ignitus the book that records Dragon's deaths, and says that he has tried his best, but he was unable to find Spyro among the pages. Ignitus then becomes the new Chronicler, and we are finally shown that Spyro and Cynder escaped the falling core of the world. The last scene we see of the heroes are the two of them wheeling through the sky, finally having earned their happy ending.

Soundtrack

While a soundtrack on a CD has not been released, the ending theme song is called "Guide You Home (I would die for you)", performed by Rebecca Knuebuhl and Gabriel Mann. It's mostly based off the bond that Cynder and Spyro share, and partly from the bond that Spyro and Ignitus share. There is also a minor friendship bond between Sparx and Spyro that has an impact on the music.

Cast

References

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