His skillset is derived from the original Spyro games: fireball breath attacks, charging, and dragon flight.

Spyro was one of the original four Skylanders that were made for the game's first playable prototype, Spyro's Kingdom. įor Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Nat Loh was given the task of bringing Spyro to life. But there are enough nods to previous games to allow longtime fans the freedom to imagine their own connections with the past. For many fans, Skylanders represents a fresh start for both Spyro and Cynder. Spyro's world has always been a world full of imagination – and ultimately the developers decided that imagination was the most important aspect to carry forward into Skylanders.

This allowed the team the freedom to reintroduce these characters in a way that was very fitting for the world of Skylands – while also leaving it to longtime Spyro the Dragon fans to use their own imaginations to fill in the blanks. The end of The Legend of Spyro series left both Spyro and Cynder in a place that was open to interpretation and purposely left mysterious. He would be set as one of the starter pack characters for Spyro's Kingdom alongside Tarclops and Bomb Troll.ĭuring the development of the Skylanders universe, it was important for Toys For Bob to establish a brand new universe that could introduce a league of new heroes, but to also honor the history of Spyro and Cynder. So Spyro took Fire Dragon's place as playable character. You'd go to him for quests, and he’d tell you where to go and help you on your adventures.' While His Purple Majesty was originally going to be a benevolent and regal NPC, 'it was felt that they couldn’t have a game called Spyro’s Kingdom without Spyro as a playable character, so Fire Dragon became Spyro,'. 'Spyro was going to be a full-grown dragon and the king of Spyro's Kingdom. When the original concept of Spyro's Kingdom was still underway, Toys for Bob originally had a dragon character named Fire Dragon, who was one of the playable heroes. Ĭoncept art of King Spyro sitting on his throne in Spyro's Kingdom Eventually the toys-to-life idea of Spyro's Kingdom came into light. While looking for new ideas for the Spyro the Dragon license in 2007, Activision and Toys for Bob explored many concepts with Spyro, including a 'realistic, gritty Spyro', a 'tiny Spyro', and an 'Origami Spyro'.

3.7 Trigger Happy Targets the Evil Kaos.

3.6 Stump Smash Crosses the Bone Dragon.

3.5 Cynder Confronts the Weather Wizard.3.4 Gill Grunt and the Curse of the Fish Master.

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