

As the celebration begins, fairies deliver a new batch of 150 dragon eggs, and dragons come from all around to dance and feast until everyone drops from. In Spyro: Year of the Dragon, Spyro and Sparx are back and ready to take on an eggs-cellent new adventure! Every twelve years, the Dragon Kingdom celebrates its most coveted event: the "Year of the Dragon" Festival. Spyro: Year of the Dragon maintains all the key elements of the popular hit series by providing strong fundamental gameplay, broadly appealing characters, entertaining lip-synched animation and a friendly learning curve that will appeal to gamers of all ages and skill levels. Since 1998, the combined Spyro franchises have sold over 3.2 million copies in the U.S. "Gamers will certainly appreciate the true signature style gameplay of the Spyro the Dragon series, but this time, they will also enjoy new playable critters and completely new and more challenging gameplay elements."

"Spyro: Year of the Dragon is the best game in the series yet," said Ami Blaire, director, product marketing, Sony Computer Entertainment America. The game boasts a wide variety of mini-games-including skateboarding and boxing-hidden within the levels, as well as a slew of mini-bosses that will test the mettle of our fire-breathing friend.ĭeveloped and designed by Insomniac Games and produced in association with Cerny Games, produced by Universal Interactive Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America, Spyro: Year of the Dragon is an extension of the first true, free-roaming 3D action platform game for the PlayStation game console. Spyro: Year of the Dragon features four all-new playable characters, 30 completely new worlds and more than 37 levels in all. The third installment of the popular, multi-million-unit selling, Spyro the Dragon™ franchise, Spyro: Year of the Dragon combines the signature style of the first two games in the series with a new cast of characters and a variety of new gameplay elements, delivering the most exciting adventure in the series yet! Sony Computer Entertainment America announced today the nationwide release of Spyro: Year of the Dragon™, available exclusively for the new PS one™ console and the PlayStation game console.
