Can You Beat Spyro Enter The Dragonfly Without Gliding?

#canyoubeat #spyro #spyrothedragon
So, I chose to do this challenge because I thought it would be a nice easy one after the massive edit that was Final Fantasy 8. How wrong I was. This was quite possibly the most difficult Spyro challenge yet, and not necessarily due to a lack of skill (although I do lack that sometimes). This particular challenge required carefully planning out our routes ahead of time, otherwise we risk softlocks.
A big thank you to these two Spyro Speed Runners, without them, I would have fallen to many of the aforementioned softlocks:
Groink ➤ / groink_xyghost
Snugggles ➤ / snuggglypikachu
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[@NGPlusVideos]

Thank you all! Why not join our Discord and share some ideas with us for future challenge runs: discord.gg/ptqmgum T

[@Zorro7269]

I love how this game is so broken that the challenge was technically completed before the 2 minute mark. Even Sonic 06 is more stable than that, though the glitches in 06 are a bit overblown to be fair.

[@JonVonBasslake]

Hey, I was wondering what the Hive thing in the "Also find us here" section is, since you don't have any direct links to it...

[@senortacocat_992]

If I subscribe, will you actually love me forever? Or are you just trying to get in my pants?

[@NGPlusVideos]

@@senortacocat_992 Both?

[@NGPlusVideos]

@@JonVonBasslake Hive is a social media app on mobile, so we can't link directly, so we put our account name there.

[@williamfalls]

"This isn't flying. This is swimming in the air. With style!" -Buzz Lightyear playing Spyro

[@ampgamer7941]

Definitely love the inclusion of both any% and max% in this. Had me wondering why the video was so long when it ended in 3 minutes

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Enter the Dragonfly is one of the games of all time. You go through the game, you walk in the air, the level sometimes shows up, what more do you need?

[@operator8014]

This is not only one of the Spyro games ever made, but one of the Sega games ever made!

[@PresidentDwayneEMDHComacho]

One of, if not the game

[@TheEvilRayquaza]

Truly a game

[@steelbear2063]

@@operator8014 Tf do you mean Sega?

[@MangaEnthusiast]

Sonic did a *HORRENDOUS* job on this game.

[@TheUltraSinx]

I'm actually glad to see you using savestates, I think it's really dumb when someone is trying to perform a very precise glitch and people complain when they use them

[@Pyxis10]

BuT iT's NoT aUtHeNtIc!!!!1111. WaAaAh!!!!!

[@planescaped]

@@Pyxis10 I want to see them try and retry the same trick *FOR THE FULL 5 HOURS AS GOD INTENDED*

[@Yuni-is-Schrodingers-Fox]

It can be argued that save states break the 'no hacking' rule. Since it is literally using 3rd party software in order for an in-game advantage. But like.. it's just for convenience so who really cares?

[@truemanmassat5919]

Holy shit, you tore this game APART, well done!! The thieve's den place just had me shaking my head in disbelief

[@AriochStarr]

Snuggles did such an excellent job on that breath challenge in the Thieves level; that would have driven me insane after only a few failed attempts, so gg's on that my dude.

[@NGPlusVideos]

They really came through on that one!

[@violetpilot]

Let's gooo! This was the only Spyro game I ever played and thought it was pretty fun. 15 years later I saw the internet didn't.

[@dsgirl3]

I still love it tbh. It was my first Spyro game and I played it so many times as a kid

[@pat2rome]

I loved Ratchet and Clank and I heard that the studio behind that franchise made Spyro too, so I bought it and thought I'd love it. Turns out they gave this game to a different studio and I definitely did not enjoy it lol

[@violetpilot]

@@pat2rome Oof. Same energy as thinking the PSP Ratchet games would be good because the studio consisted of former Insomniac and Naughty dog devs, then finding out it sucks.

[@lewiswoodhall]

@@dsgirl3 1, 2 and 3 are just so good

[@pat2rome]

@@violetpilot Secret Agent Clank should have been so fun 😭, the worst execution of a great concept

[@Patashu]

The timed challenge where you die to reach the last two bonfires is amazing. It's like they made the time ridiculously generous on purpose knowing someone would come up with that!

[@dapondboi]

when did he do that?

[@Patashu]

42:57@@dapondboi

[@Snugggles]

I'm so excited that the video is out! Pushing games past what they are supposed to be able to do is one of my favourite things to do, and helping you with this was a lot of fun, can't wait to watch it! Always feel free to get in touch for any games that you are having any issues with for these challenges, it's always a great time

[@NGPlusVideos]

Thanks for all your help in this one 😊

[@Edlandish]

Ever since watching Mr FO1's Enter the Dragonfly documentary I have a new found respect for this game. It wasn't that the developers were bad, it was just that the game went through development hell in an era where you couldn't patch games easily. I have 100%'d this game fairly recently and some levels are actually quite good. It's just sad knowing what it could have been. Great run of the game anyway, it's just a shame Monkey Monastery had to go and ruin it. Also learnt a thing or two, didn't know there were too many gems in the Jurassic level and didn't know Ripto had multiple forms based on completion.

[@jackappleton2795]

I remember as a kid not being able to find 2 gems (1 green gem) in the Luau level. I'd spend hours going through the level looking for it. years later I found it at the start of the level in the water hidden in a corner that for some reason I never thought to check as a kid.

[@NGPlusVideos]

Same thing happened to me in this run too. Apparently it's commonly missed

[@HorizonEdge]

This really was the sonic 06 of spyro games. As a preteen/teen I couldn't remember why this was my least played spyro game, so I booted it up and immediately noticed the terrible frame drops, broken controls, and the crashing. That cloud level was the worst culprit with the framerate rarely going above single digits. Great video though! I'm not really a big fan of glitches but seeing the creativity used when combining multiple glitches to work in tandem is so much fun.

[@MoneybagsIsthedevil]

Really nice to see a bigger channel cover the walk on air money bags skip! I made a amateur video about it before, glad to see the knowledge lives on!

[@EvolvedPixel]

I am used to seeing you glitch your way through games, but this one is just insane, so ridiculously broken. If anything, I'm more impressed than usual because you were able to devote such time to such a broken game without completely losing your mind! Bravo

[@groink450]

Glad to finally see this video out! I personally had a great time trying to help you figure this stuff out on stream even if it was pain at times lol

[@NGPlusVideos]

Appreciate all the help, couldn't have done it without you!

[@MattTheMan2708]

This game is so incredibly broken and a shell of the original trilogy. Despite this though, it was my first Spyro game and I played it as I was growing up. I have fond memories of being 8 years old and talking to my friend at school about this game and being excited to come home and play it together. I remember spending ages taking turns to try and beat that tank mission in the honey level, which was the last dragonfly we got before 100%. Even though this game is objectively a bad game, it still holds a great amount of nostalgia for me and I'll always appreciate it for that.

[@mcrsit]

For real guys you are actual magicians of videogaming. Besides the sheer skill, the production value of the videos is high too, especially the commentary. Well done guys!

[@Antifrost]

This was the first and only Spyro game I played as a kid. The weird thing is I remembered loving it. That's not to say that I didn't run into bugs or glitches, I certainly remember a lot of those, but that didn't necessarily reduce the experience for me. It's always kinda funny to hear how much everyone else seems to have disliked the game in comparison, which I can't fault anyone for. The fact that this run could have ended in mere moments is pretty funny, but it was worth not allowing that clip to see the strategies for Thieves' Den.

[@Azenatrail]

This was my first Spyro game… I don’t remember it being this broken.

[@MrTurok999]

I remember the ps2 version running perfectly fine, but perhaps it’s just nostalgia goggles?

[@londyngray3659]

@@MrTurok999 Ps2 must be the superior version because mine’s not that buggy either

[@JudithARobinson]

Agreed, the PS2 version must have been the best because I never had half as many issues as a lot of people seem to have. That said, it's not a great game, and the actual gameplay leaves a lot to be desired😂 Give me the original trilogy any day!

[@DeroTK]

On my PS2 version i dont remember any significant bugs aswell

[@lordhellstrande2763]

​@@JudithARobinson same. I had a loading issue with the farm level, but that was a scratch on the disc (thanks Blockbuster)

[@TheGingerlie]

This game made me discovered my love for glitches. I found that you can just hold B and go through the gates and just play any level you want. I loved the feeling that I could do anything I wanted so much.

[@GiantProcrastiNation]

I remember playing this game. Grew up on spyro, ripto's rage, and year of the dragon. Was excited when i saw this. Got to the ripto fight in this game and wondered where the rest of the game was

[@Jellpie]

Coming over to say I’m so glad you guys are doing so well on KZbin now 😊 and even though I’m not around for streams, I’m proud of you guys and how far you’ve come. Forever a fan ❤❤❤

[@NGPlusVideos]

Thank you for that! We've missed you :D

[@planescaped]

43:29 Good god the timing on that Bonfire mission is insane, can't believe you went through the effort of all that for a challenge run!

[@JesseIsWorthless]

I haven’t watched that much yet but I plan too - but I just wanna say I remember having so much fun with this game. It doesn’t hold the same standards as the originals but man I loved doing the ‘swimming in air’ glitch and just roam around

[@mike_havens]

I love games that are so broken you can beat them in less than 5 minutes!😂 It's also fun seeing you trying to complete as much of these games as possible while under very strict rule sets

[@andie507]

😂I am so glad you put in how quick you beat Ripto, was a great stream!

[@jaomang]

It's crazy that the walk in air is so easy to pull off and even more broken than just headbashing into the final boss, unlike swimming in air or proxies it's something a normal player could easily just discover casually.

[@paddlesawtactic9788]

OBJECTION! "We're treating this challenge as if Spyro's wings have been clipped." Then how do you explain the use of the Wing Shield ability in Thieves' Den? Checkmate, PHONY! Nah but for real, great video. Probably the most in depth I will ever know this broken mess of a game. If only Universal didn't push the developers to have it out by Christmas, who knows, this game could have been great.

[@rawrpopsicles]

god this game… this is the first game that i ever played that made me completely break immersion. when i was little, i would mess around in the overworld and found a lot of the speedrun glitches. my biggest achievement was loading into the game with the floor to ripto already despawned somehow so i beat it in minutes. great game. inspired me to become a glitch hunter!

[@Mister_Clean]

The fram rate drops are giving me flashbacks to when I played this as a kid. Even as a 6 year old, I was breaking Enter the Dragonfly 😅 This was a fun one. Pretty ballsy going for 100%

[@gravekpr]

I love this channel! I always found those challenge runs very entertaining, also when it showcases game from your childhood it's even better!

[@anonymoususer2336]

Anytime I see a video pop up from this channel, I cannot stop myself from dropping everything and watching it.

[@dumuu]

Thank you for another video... I have been waiting

[@NGPlusVideos]

Thank you for waiting

[@TheZohan907]

YEEEEES I’ve been waiting for more Spyro content!!! And it’s a full hour!!!!! This is the best day

[@pNsB]

This must have been PAINFUL, but I learned a hell of a lot from watching this. For instance, the whereabouts of those missing 10 gems in Luau Island that 8-year-old me spent hours of his childhood looking for because HOW WAS HE SUPPOSED TO KNOW

[@t5k313]

proud to be part of the 16.6% subbed to your channel! keep up the spyro content!

[@DumasP]

God even as a kid I knew something wasn’t right either. I started with year of the dragon and was obsessed with it, and then got this game and was… wildly disappointed. That being said this is such a fantastic video and it’s really cool to see what you can do when breaking the limits of the game

[@PudelMitFoen]

Man, your challenge runs just hit different. Awesome job

[@idontwantahandlethough]

Damn dude, this is so thorough it's insane!! Also, it's hilarious to see just how broken this game is; the ground, the walls, the enemies, physics itself... they're all just suggestions in Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly

[@Cheezyman3]

absolutely enjoyed this vid. you really are a legend Nathan ❤

[@gnbman]

I'm very glad that you made this video. The next game, A Hero's Tail, is excellent (albeit flawed), so I hope you tackle it as well.

[@NGPlusVideos]

Thanks, already tackling it 👍

[@gnbman]

@@NGPlusVideos WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@RyuuNoGin]

Enter the Dragonfly sure is a game alright. Opened this video expecting the Ripto glitch to come up as a technicality and was not disappointed. I'll always remember aimlessly charging through the homeworld as a child and falling into the boss fight. Wasn't until I started watching YT vids on this game many years later did I realize, no, I didn't somehow miss the portal opening up, I just clipped into the ground.

[@gardenburgerr]

I’m so happy to see this video after catching most of the streams! Great job as always, Nathan

[@Busy_Bee619]

Spyro Enter the Dragonfly is so weird to me. Cause whenever I play it on my GameCube I NEVER have frame rate issues or glitches happen. But everyone else in existence does. It’s wild. Also great challenge hope you do A Hero’s Tale next :)

[@lethauntic]

To be fair, the framerates and glitches are only part of the problem with the game and that comes from someone who grew up with it

[@Busy_Bee619]

@@lethauntic I grew up with it too. Not saying it’s amazing without em but idk it’s not bad either. Just flawed

[@TraxisOnTheLines]

Your opening line is my exact feels. 1, 2, and 3 were amazing. 4 felt off, and I had no desire to keep playing. Many years later my sister got a new spyro and... no.

[@TakavaNirhii]

59:47 For a moment, Spyro looks bewildered that it even worked

[@ilovequiktrip3110]

I LOVE Spyro, but this game was definitely the exception. Glad to see others feel the same about it. VERY cool video and honestly so amazing to see what things humans can accomplish even if it's pretty silly stuff like this haha. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

[@mirko241]

35:50 Spyro 3 had sliding sections if I recall correctly, so the idea is not even original to EtD, except being behind a portal so it classifies as a minigame

[@connormchugh7697]

For the gate at 17:14 you can just press your face up against it and bubble breath through the wall and get the dragonfly, helping if you don't want to leave the level and come back

[@trumpeterjen]

If anyone ever wants to know why Enter the Dragonfly is, uh...like *this*...I’d highly recommend Mr. FO1’s documentary on the topic. It’s long, but it’s extremely well-researched and has interviews with people who worked on the game. It gets very dramatic at times. It’s a miracle the game was completed at all.

[@TheMoogleKing93]

Nice to see you play this game, it's one of the games of all time.

[@kungusrungus2133]

My personal corroboration of how poorly the game was made is 1: my and my brother’s save file got corrupted when trying to enter cloud nine every time 2: back before I even knew what speedruns and challenge runs were, I accidentally got a swim in air glitch after getting lightning breath and swam into the final boss portal Also, clipping through doors by lowing the frame rate was something I’d seen in a SpongeBob: battle for bikini bottom speedrun where you rapidly open and close the pause menu to clip into locked containers holding a collectible; interesting to see it used elsewhere. Great video as always!

[@tinfuf]

i woke up very sick and ill and this video being the first thing in my subscriptions tab cheered me up even after the revelation that i would have to stay in bed ❤ super interesting watch, had no idea most of this was possible in this game - especially the stuff on cloud 9

[@xviolaa]

That entire Thieves Den segment is fucking INSANE

[@RamothElggur]

I stopped after Spyro 3 for the Ps1, never played any other Spyro game that came afterwards (with the exception of the Remastered trilogy of course), and seeing this tells me that i haven't missed much.

[@nerdboyhour3231]

Drinking game! every time you hear the words "Walk in Air" you take a shot (Also love the video love you)

[@dominicmillns5856]

I’ve never been so happy and so disappointed at the same time for one video

[@RabbitEarsCh]

Fantastic and thorough as always. Really squeezing good times out of a game that played normally is just eh. Fun fact, I watched this in chunks because I have only been able tto get internet in 8 minute slots today. Surprisingly suspenseful...

[@meemumeem1913]

Oh boy!! Thank you for your awesome work!! I got pizza and some drinks ready for this video!! Youre the best! 😊

[@aerostrafe1075]

This was my first spyro game and I loved it oddly enough and then didn't care too much for the others. I was a simple lad. Having multiple breath attacks was just visually fun for me except bubble.

[@Mondo78951]

This video is a masterpiece, especially the Thieves Den section

[@y_z]

Awesome, definitely going to check the other Spyro videos after this!

[@galaksina]

A one hour video of entertainment for just before bed tonight, looking forward to it!

[@noxious_2.06]

The fisrt 20 seconds are litterally what I thought of this game !!! YET : this is the best OST of all times and I'm going to complete this game 120% right now !

[@caseydewitt6236]

NGPlus: We're going to need glitches to get through this EtD Devs: Well have we got news for you!

[@underidoderidoderiododerid2001]

Spyro: backtrack and walk in air

[@Kami7YT]

The slag Spyro game is finally done for good! 🥳 It's been a little bit more than a year now since I've found your channel and I'm not regretting subscribing to you ever since then. In fact, your runs never cease to amaze me and when I see a new video of yours, watching it asap is pretty high up in my priority list. 😁 Also I'm glad you are the first channel I've ever subscribed on Twitch. Sometimes I almost get drowned due to laughing but absolutely worth it 😀

[@lexinicole4317]

I find it so funny that in a series where the point is to not use Spyro’s limited flight abilities, he actually appears to be much better at flying due to glitches lol

[@ednascissorhands7398]

I loved the originals and the 2 after. The trilogy was definitely the best but honestly a heroes tail was really fun too. Enter the dragon fly was the first one I finished without my moms help as a kid.

[@the-banana-man]

Oh man, I remember this game now! We only rented it when I was a kid, so I only played a little bit of it. And kid me didn't see to like it. That said, I'm excited to see you crush it!

[@Alexander_l322]

I watched all in one sitting, fantastic video. I really enjoyed it!

[@SillyInsaneGamer]

Finally! I did this a year ago on the reignited trilogy, but I was surprised no one had ever uploaded it to youtube, I partly wish I had the proper equipment and recorded it, playing the whole trilogy without gliding was such a breath of fresh air, especially after playing it with gliding again. Ever since, I wish I could've done the same to this game, mainly because it's so broken LOL!

[@zachofragnarok3067]

Fantastic work as always man!

[@theflightlessone7845]

I swear, I must be one of the few people who genuinely enjoyed this game when I was younger, can always remember playing it on GameCube and having so much fun lmao played for hours every time I went on it

[@groink450]

I also enjoy it! Game is good

[@Iceclaw77]

I had it on GameCube too, and also genuinely enjoyed it. Growing up, I never understood why people always complained about it being so glitchy because outside of occasionally lagging, and the extremely rare moments where Spyro would unresponsively walk in circles, the game ran just fine for me. Turns out I was not only playing the more stable version, I also wasn't going out of my way to do these exploits.

[@larvasupershow]

I have been watching you guys for 5 years. And seeing this video in one sitting, brings back memories ❤😁🥳

[@Zaurthur]

I like how this video has the quickest yes and the most difficult kind of.

[@Orice11]

Been checking my feed every other day for this one. 😂 Though I appreciate what you are trying to acheieve takes an enormous amount of time and patience.

[@draggydaducky]

A new no gliding run? It really is my birthday.

[@BobberW]

Don't know why I was so excited to see this drop, I watched u do it live 😂

[@eshasunrise]

I love how some of the glitches you use in earlier levels compound on each other in later levels, challenging you like a good game would, just with unintended effects. It's quite cool.

[@The_Roach_Hiding_In_Your_Room]

I remember using that glitch where you swim through that part of the fence that has the rope lifted up and 'flying' around the overworld As a really really young kid playing this i had no idea how video games worked and I was annoyed the fence was blocking my path there because I wanted to go past it and 'explore the rest of the ocean' because I assumed there must be a full fledged ocean behind it, and I ended up doing that glitch because I tried to get past the fence by going under it where the rope is lifted up Fun fact: If you keep swim-flying towards the sun you can go past the sun and just keep going and going into the blackness of the void. For some reason I really liked to do this as a kid, I remember doing it all the time.

[@FallOnFridays]

I love and look forward to these videos. Instant like, time to enjoy the vid.

[@ElysianAura]

Been looking forward to this for a long time

[@landonrush340]

Just finished watching all your vids on the first three games, this one's here just in time. Cool stuff. Also, I'm one of the people that love this game.

[@BlackLustWarrior]

Another well deserved like. These videos are brilliant

[@DeltaAkuWolf]

What’s so crazy about this game is that when I played it when I was younger, I didn’t experience any glitches whatsoever (that I can remember that is). It just felt mid and I went back to the originals afterwards, content to not play it again. Crazy to see just how broken it actually is lol

[@OverkillHazard]

Bro, the beginning sent me! What are these hitboxes?!? XD

[@OverratedGames]

Aw yeah, another one. Favorite series going on youtube!

[@patrickn.4113]

Wow my PS2 version never had any bugs. I liked this game as a child. Especially the different breaths.

[@kenu995]

That end credits jpeg gives new meaning to the games subtitle

[@Mairou44]

Love the content keep it up!

[@kilmindaro3]

>flying and gliding is forbidden okay, I understand the challe- >walking on and swimming through air is allowed wait what

[@RolandTHX]

42:20 I was paying such close attention to what you were saying that when I only half-saw that message box at the bottom, I thought it said 'You caught Autism!' for a second and I was like 'yeah, fair enough'.

[@HazmanFTW]

Fun Fact, when I got this game when I was like 8, my dad, who didn't really play games. Thought this was an older Spyro and wondered why I didn't get the new one as it looked worse than Spryo 3 to him :D

[@briannacarter5146]

With all those bonks, a speedrun of this should be called headache%

[@DizzyyPandaa]

One hour long, imma enjoy this

[@sasuke1243]

Love your vids!

[@RandomGameCritic]

43:43 - 45:49 This is possibly the single craziest thing I have ever seen in any challenge run ever.

[@tb3411]

My God, that Thieves Den part was insane... The game is glitchy as hell but it was my first GameCube game. I still enjoyed it more than Season of Ice and Shadow Legacy. And chances are I would also love it more than Orange, but I never bought that one and I don't plan to.