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I opened my inbox this morning to find Spyrorocks, our admin, had tipped me off that he had seen footage of The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon on Spike TV last night and anticipated it in the morning. I scrambled over to GameTrailers to find it, and indeed, there is an interview with Elijah Wood that provides us with the first real-time footage of Dawn of the Dragon in action.
Click here to be taken to the video.
It's in Chapter 3: Nintendo's Nurture and is the second silver bar of the chapter, following the interview with Reggie Fils-Aime of Nintendo.
Welcome back to Hind Site. To quote one of the greatest singers of our time - I know it's been a while, but I'm glad you came. Hind Site began as a way for us to recall some of the greatest sites of Spyro's past but has now transformed into a way for us to share any Spyro-related site we found interesting with you all.
This week we offer for your perusal a blog post. Yes, a blog post. It seems one gamer is not impressed by the bright and shiny graphics of The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon we've all been drooling over. He explains to us the technical terms behind the images we've been ogling and says that the crisp, bright colors are more bad than good.
Normally I wouldn't give such a post a chance but when he captioned a Dawn of the Dragon screenshot with this:
| Quote: | | The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon: Would you believe that this screenshot inspired this entire post? What a disaster. |
...I knew I had to share this.
He's not bashing Spyro, so you can put down those pitchforks, he's merely pointing out that everything glowing isn't the best representation of graphical power on a console.
Read what he has to say.
Do you agree? Do you think that sometimes glow and shine is used to the point of overkill? Does it bother you they are using the technique to help Spyro look more graphically advanced? Share your thoughts with us in our comments section, we'd love to know how you feel.
Wow, the news just keeps coming in these days. Courtesy of DarkSpyro.net we learn today that there are five new screen shots for the Nintendo DS version of Dawn of the Dragon. The official game logo has also been released.
Take a look at the new screens and logo here.
Many thanks to the ever-awesome Dark52 for finding this stuff for us.
Most likely to coincide with the frenzy of the E3 media expo, the official Dawn of the Dragon website has updated with new screen shots, downloadable wallpapers, and a downloadable screen saver. The screens and wallpapers are the same ones we've seen before, but it's nice to see the site with new content on it.
Check out the updates at the site!
Edit: The screen saver features Spyro and Cynder flying through the two level stages from Wings of Fury. It's very hypnotic to watch. :D
Also, Activision's name now appears on the site. This is the first instance where Activion's name has been officially paired with Spyro.
The August 2008 issue (issue number 86) of Official Xbox Magazine (OXM) comes with a surprise - on the demo disk included with the magazine is some Dawn of the Dragon Artwork.
It is unknown whether the artwork will be what we've already seen or something new. If anyone has an Xbox 360 and buys the OXM magazine, we'd love to know what the artwork on the disk is of.
The disk contains demos, photos, and game trailers for various games.
The DotD art is located under Bonus Content, it is a locked item for 600 points
Besides Spyro you can find content for Grid, Iron Man, Universe At War: Earth Assault, Condemned 2: Bloodshot, Operation Darkness and others. The disk is compatible with the Microsoft Xbox 360 system only.
If you're looking for the magazine in stores, the cover story is Call of Duty: World at War.
UPDATE: We now have screencaps of the art and images on the disk thanks to friend of the site Dean! Although not the highest quality, they let you know what to expect if you plan to buy the magazine/disk.
See them after the jump.
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Online game magazine, HGZine, has provided us with more details on the DS version of Dawn of the Dragon.
One interesting reveal is that the game has two parts to it. Part of the time it's a side-scrolling platformer/action game with lots of puzzles. In this half of the game, the stylus and touch screen are not used. The other half is the flight sections and the touch screen IS used for those portions of the game.
The magazine comes in a pdf downloadable format. It can be found here.
Those of you who subscribe to the Sierra Insider newsletter may have gotten the latest issue in their inboxes over the last few days, which has a small blurb about Dawn of the Dragon. Although it doesn't really tell us anything new, it's always worth a look to read 'official' pieces of the TLoS canon story:
| Quote: | The Legend of Spyro®: Dawn of the Dragon pits our heroic purple dragon against the Dark Master Malefor in an epic final battle that promises to determine the very fate of the Dragon World. To win this fight, Spyro will need to call upon all the power at his disposal. This means fire-power, earth-power, electric-power, ice-power… and girl-power? For the first time in Spyro's history, we get the opportunity to fight the forces of evil as Spyro or his one-time nemesis, the black dragon Cynder, in the form of drop-in/drop-out cooperative play. The game can be completed by either dragon and provides extra thrills in multiplayer cooperation.
Let's take a look into the sordid past of your new ally in the battle against the Dark Master.
Cynder was stolen as an egg and raised under the evil influence of the Dark Master. She was brainwashed into stealing the powers of the great Dragon Guardians and, once infused with their abilities, became a mighty foe. Cynder used these stolen powers to attempt to release the seal that held her Dark Master captive. In the final battle of The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, Spyro was able to defeat Cynder using all his power, freeing her from the influence of Malefor.
At the climax of the second game, The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night, Cynder rises to help Spyro fight the evil Ape King Gaul, who is attempting to free the Dark Master. With her last bit of strength, Cynder frees Spyro from a beam of evil energy generated by the lunar alignment of the Eternal Night. As the beam tears through the mountain surrounding them, Spyro uses dragon magic to seal both himself and his companions in a protective time crystal and await the day when their powers will be needed once again.
The final chapter of the trilogy, The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of The Dragon, takes place three years after Spyro and Cynder's battle with the Ape King. The two dragons awake from the time crystal to find out that the Dark Master has been freed and now spreads his evil across the land like a plague.
Now, Cynder must face the one she used to call "Master" and battle alongside Spyro to ensure Malefor's twisted magic never hurts anyone again. Cynder proves a mighty addition to the forces of good. Take control of her powers over Poison, Wind, Shadow, and Fear to the fight for the freedom of the Dragon World. |
One interesting thing to note - people were concerned that the description for the Spyro movie said "Dragon World" in it. Now the game does, too!
Well, a few of them, anyway. Brandon over at Sierra Forum has just posted answers to some of the questions asked in the first developer Q&A. Once again, Mike Graham has been providing answers to the questions about the upcoming Dawn of the Dragon. You can read the whole thing right here.
Video game news site Australian Gamer sat down with Tantalus Interactive - developers of the DS version of Dawn of the Dragon - and were given the chance to try it out.
| Quote: | | Overall I was rather impressed with what Tantalus Interactive had to show us. If this is just the alpha of Spyro: DOTD, things can certainly only get better from here. The controls are easy to master (maybe except for the dreaded 'wall jump'!!), the visuals are clean, the sound quality is great. I could go on for ages here, but I want to leave myself something to talk about if I am lucky enough to review the final copy of Spyro. |
Click here to read the whole preview.
Today's GameFAQs' Top 10 List was about the biggest environments in video games. Number ten on that list was Spyro:
| Quote: | #10: Spyro the Dragon (PS)
The first game on this list is one of the first games I remember thinking had a big game environment. Spyro the Dragon was up there as one of the first PS games, and its environment is big, but not colossal. The reason it's on the list is because of the many different levels and secrets Spyro's world contains, which really combine to make one of the earliest "Big" games. Spyro will no doubt always be in my mind when I think of big game environments. |
To see the full list click here.
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