Spyro: Year of the Dragon

Summary

It just goes to show, you can't keep a good dragon down. The world's cutest flame-thrower returns to the PS one for another jaunt, and this time it's to get his claws on a clutch of stolen dragon eggs. The evil sorceress Bianca is responsible for poaching said eggs, and it's up to Spyro to recover the precious items and return them to their rightful owners.

The nasty rhynocs, Bianca's dim-witted henchmen, have egg-napped the dragons' babies for their magical powers and taken them to the Forgotten World, but managed to drop most of them along the way. Playing as the sheep-worrying fire-breather, it's up to you to pursue the bad guys, collect the eggs, and restore order to the kingdom.

Details

There are 37 levels to roam around, all imaginatively rendered with shiny, rounded graphics and populated with a wealth of characters that you'll encounter on your travels. Spyro's best friend Sparx is along for the ride again, and even gets his own mini-game to unlock. You'll meet some new friends on your travels too, including a kangaroo called Sheila, and a space monkey(!) called Agent 9. These playable characters are on-hand to help Spyro, and all of them have their own worlds and stories to accompany their adventures. Amongst the mini-games on offer are a skateboarding challenge, a first-person shooter game and a boxing match.

Year of the Dragon, Insomniac's final Spyro-based outing on the PS one, is essentially another helping of scaly 3D shenanigans, but with some great additions to the tried and true formula. Exploring the vivid environment, searching for gems and dragon eggs, you'll get up to the usual tomfoolery for which the diminutive dragon is so well-loved. The gameplay and story depth are much improved, and the additional playable characters and vehicles make this a must for fans of Spyro, and the platform genre in general.

Features

• Loads of great mini-games to unlock, including skateboarding, sub challenges and boxing

• New mini-bosses add variety to the levels

• Great new vehicles for Spyro to get round in, including a flying saucer!

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uk.playstation.com

CELEBRATE THE "YEAR OF THE DRAGON" WITH AN EGG-CELLENT NEW ADVENTURE!

A new batch of dragon eggs has arrived and the Dragon World hums with festivities. But a disgruntled Sorceress has hatched her own plot to steal them all! Dragonkind could become egg-stinct! It's Spyro and his friends to the rescue...

• All NEW playable critters — Sheila the Kangaroo, Sgt. Byrd, Bentley the Yeti and Agent 9. Even Sparx the Dragonfly struts his stuff. All with their own unique moves.
• Huge, mystical worlds — Travel through vivid and dangerous realms. Search for eggs from deep lava craters and flooded mineshafts to a city in the clouds.
• Challenging new gameplay — Pull off sick tricks on a skateboard, unleash a tank attack, pilot a flying saucer, ride a speedboat, step into the boxing ring, dive deep in a submarine or fire off rockets.
• Scores of enemies and silly creatures — Battle flying beavers, gunslinger dinosaurs, unmannerly mummies, bug-eyed scorpions and micro-mastodons.

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Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (US)

Thieves have kidnapped a brood of dragon eggs, while, elsewhere in the Dragon Lands, a gateway to the Forgotten World has been uncovered. Sent to recapture the eggs, Spyro the Dragon, and his best friend Sparx, face a journey into uncharted territory against his most fearsome enemy yet — the Sorceress!

All new PLAYABLE characters, frantic challenges and new exciting worlds to explore — the Year of the Dragon begins HERE!

• The best platform adventure game ever - bar none!

• Soar through the skies, dive under water, skateboard, blast through quick-draw shooting galleries, drive a tank and even box with a Yeti!!

• 6 playable characters — Spyro is joined by Sheila the Kangaroo, Sgt. Byrd the military penguin, Agent 9 the space-age monkey, Bentley the club-wielding monster, PLUS Spyro's best friend Sparx gets his own mini-adventures too!

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Back of Jewel Case - PlayStation (UK)