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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 that is set to release on October 21, 2008 for Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo DS. Although Krome Studios developed the last two Legend of Spyro games, Etranges Libellules will develop the console editions of Dawn of the Dragon, while Tantalus Media are doing the Nintendo DS version.
Gameplay
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. 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. The First level is where Spyro and Cynder are wearing two green glowing snakes on their necks and it will attach to each other to be stuck together at all times and they have to defeat a certain amount of foes before they are set free. This seems to be where the fighting controls are learned. The second level is called "The Enchanted Forest," where the "catacombs" first attack the dragons. The main enemy of th game is called "The Dark Master" who was the first purple dragon.
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. Either Spyro or 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 and 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.
New characters
Malefor, the Dark Master and Hunter of Avalar will make their first full appearance in this game. There has been no other information given if other characters from the series will be included.
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Spyro And Cynder
