Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon | The Adventure...Ends? - AntDude

[@calennon3]

I don’t care what anybody says, getting your gems back from moneybags at the end is the most satisfying moment in gaming history

[@susiehaltmann3342]

Its even more satisfying if you pay him in every level before fighting the Sorceress to give him 8000 gems and in the reignited trilogy with his new voice

[@linkrulezall]

If you pay close attention and know a decent amount of early-2000's trivia, you might notice that the ice ballerina you have to defend from hockey thugs is named after Nancy Kerrigan, the figure skater who famously got attacked by goons after a practice session because Tonya Harding wanted the olympic figure skating medal for herself. Pretty nifty, ain't it? By the way, Nancy ended up scoring 2nd place while Tonya only managed to get 8th and then got banned from the sport as a result of the goon attack.

[@y2commenter246]

Ha, karma.

[@ShinySonic]

linkrulezall fun fact: tonya didn’t pay anybody to do this her abusive boyfriend did

[@casper6405]

Shiny. Sonic still kind off a bitch move when you think about

[@Spanishdog17]

Woah! I never noticed that before.

[@jmcelhinny]

I was dying when I noticed that haha

[@CrashBandicootFan100]

11:23 That theory always sorta bothered me: All the ADULT dragons in the games are bipedal. "Teen Spyro" could literally be walking upright, freeing his hands.

[@CrashBandicootFan100]

I didn't, I never got to play through Spyro 1 All we had when I was a kiddo (early 2000's in Croatia, like preschool days) all I remember was some guy selling bootleg and pirated copies in some store. Most of my Spyro versions were corrupted- In Year of the Dragon the fairy would literally say "this game is not original, it won't work" and after Evening Lake the game would break and it would just start over every time. Didn't even realize I was being cheated lol. Never beat a Speero game in my life, hoping to get a PS4 by November to play all 3 of em.

[@Whitefang2331]

That and to be fair, two of the adult dragons are dropped to all fours, one of whom switches between the two while the other stays on four. The rest are entirely bipedal. It does make you wonder though LOL

[@rubberwoody]

@@Whitefang2331 makes me think some dragons are bipedal, some aren't. Isn't spyro a special purple species or something?

[@agsilverradio2225]

@Zachary Erickson I feel like he was more rearing up like a staloon, rather than actually learning how to standing up in a way that would allow him to use his hands.

[@agsilverradio2225]

Which is also why OG spyro has nothing to do with Legends Spyro. In legends all dragons are quaduipeds, no matter their age.

[@vario6492]

As someone who played Year of the dragon first, I love this game the most. Nostalgia plays a big role in what your favourite is

[@drako9485]

Same here! I beat this game who knows how many times as a kid, and occasionally played the second game, and when I got the Reignited Trilogy I beat the games in reverse order just due to nostalgia.

[@bobbymccabe2825]

I’m 25, and I first played the Spyro Trilogy this year. Year of the Dragon is also my favorite!

[@bkkersey93]

Unfortunately I hadn't even heard of the third one until years later. I grew up on the first one and second one respectively.

[@BorderlandsBoy0]

As a kid the skateboard part was my favorite part of this game.

[@helloimcrota3153]

Same

[@helloimcrota3153]

Dude 2 days and it’ll be back

[@ilopominecrafter]

Mine was when i learned online and figured out cheat codes existed. Especially since i never could 100% the game, i literally kept coming back just to use the cheat codes over and over

[@olicityfan1150]

For me it was the worst part proubley because I had problems beating those levels

[@jjc4924]

I never had any problems with the skateboarding missions. I thought they were pretty challenging in an good way.

[@edgaralonzo8111]

I just finished the reignited trilogy with full percentages! Now that I beat all the games I'm really sad because Spyro is literally one of my favorites! I hope in the future to make more Spyro games because he was like a childhood Friend to me even though I may not have been around when the original game was released.

[@ProcrastinatorProductions]

I'm glad that Toys for Bob bought this game back! It's nice to hear that younger and newer audiences get to experienced this game and see why people who grew up with the original trilogy loved this series so much.

[@ProcrastinatorProductions]

Also, maybe they will remake Enter the Dragonfly or Hero's Tail. Or the Gameboy Advance games

[@edgaralonzo8111]

@@ProcrastinatorProductions I did have the three original games but I just wasn't around when they were first released

[@ProcrastinatorProductions]

@@edgaralonzo8111 oh. Nvm. Glad you enjoyed the game tho!

[@edgaralonzo8111]

@@ProcrastinatorProductions thanks!

[@Sjono]

8:01 “Spyro sets an example Sonic Adventure would follow in the future.” Sonic Adventure came out in 1998 & 1999 Spyro: Year of the Dragon came out in 2000. Spyro was following the trend of multiple playable characters here, especially since it also came out after Donkey Kong 64

[@burnout713]

Good catch. Though, let's be honest, Year of the Dragon is on another level from those games.

[@Comickid15]

@SlowBurne Uhhh, no it's not? They're all 3D platforms and are really on the same level. Granted, given the choice between Sonic Adventure 1, Spyro 3, or DK 64, I'd pick Spyro 3, but the quality difference isn't that big.

[@burnout713]

Please, the quality difference isn't close. To be honest, I think DK 64 absolutely sucked and while I liked Sonic Adventure, it has aged absolutely horribly and I think it's only nostalgia that keeps it so high in a lot of people's minds. Year of the Dragon on the other thand is a masterfully crafted game. I would easily put it in the top five platformers I've ever played with only Jak and Daxter and Super Mario Galaxy as competition for the top spot.

[@lamontyaboy718]

I was just about to comment that Sonic Adventure came out first. But yeah by 2000 tons of platformers had done this already

[@alfa01spotivo]

maybe he meant Adventure 2

[@michaelkowal3230]

Bianca followed the Sorceress because she thought the Sorceress just wanted to bring the dragons back, but once she found out that she was lied to, that's when she has a change of heart

[@BdresserGaming]

When I played Year of the Dragon as a kid my game had a weird glitch when ever Bianca talked to me in the first world. She would say “So your in charge of rescuing the eggs huh hahahahaha” and she would keep laughing and never finished the rest of what she had to say. I also thought in the swamp mission that being able to sneak around the door where you have to pay money bags to open door was a feature then learned it wasn’t when I played Reignited when I tried to do it

[@Outside998]

Antdude's reaction to Elora makes me wonder what his reaction was to her Reignited appearence.

[@AllAgesofGeek]

Gotta love the Hunter x Bianca ship in Year of the Dragon!

[@ChristopherMoom]

Spyro 3 is a good game. Wanna know about another one? *_POKÉPARK 2_*

[@strawbtangerine6087]

I remember pokepark 2 being really good!

[@ArendAlphaEagle]

What about Legend of Spyro?

[@Iinneus]

YEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHH POKéPARK 2 BABYYYYYYYYY

[@dynamickirby]

Pokepark 2 is amazing.

[@thepurplemudkip9998]

fuck yes

[@TheNewgreatlife]

Spyro 2 and Spyro 3 definitely run a tight race, however Year of the Dragon's worlds just seem more immersive. There are more levels in general, so it just makes the world as a whole feel bigger and like a larger adventure awaits you. I remember the very first time I played it as an 8 year old back in 2001. It's like I instinctly knew that it was a masterpiece and that I was in for a ride. Besides the feel of a bigger adventure, the skateboarding and the story bring me in to 3 over 2. The little twist of fate with Bianca coming over to Spyro's side was cute and added an unexpected twist to the story. The story even hints and builds on this early on with Hunter being attracted to her and later saving her in Midday Gardens. The game is ALMOST perfect, besides the points you pretty much covered in the video. I also have the original version and I've never had a chance to play the Greatest Hits version. Also Spyro 3's rating on IGN actually indicates it's the best performing Spyro game of the trilogy with a 90% rating. Spryo 2 is somewhere around 85-87%. It's been a long time since I've looked up those statistics, but I do remember that much.

[@Layteo]

The European version has the Spike boss theme playing for the Sorceress battle instead of Sunrise Spring.

[@hikaru9624]

I thought it was different! Been years since I last played spyro 3...also the cover art is different.

[@LordArikado]

That's because the initial US release was unfinished due to Insomniac having to rush the game out the door to coincide with the real-life Year of the Dragon. Since the PAL version came out later, it had numerous bugfixes (like the Spike cutscene actually playing) and music changes. This improved version would later be re-released in the US as the Greatest Hits edition (as it was common in the day to patch major bugs in later printings of games), but the one most commonly available, including on the PS3 store, is the original, buggy, unfinished release.

[@prodmasjay]

Ant dude back with a another video about the purple sonic

[@KingExalted]

You mean Good but much smaller Ridley

[@flightlesschicken7769]

Who's Sonic? Is that fast Mario?

[@bookid1581]

Lol

[@prodmasjay]

No it purple crash

[@C4rrots]

Jorgen Tacetta Who's Mario? You mean Italian Pac-Man?

[@PowahSlapEntertainmint]

Do you think if the trilogy flops it'll be a...downward Spyro?

[@RabnawazReviews]

Get out

[@anonymousdan7205]

It won’t flop.

[@BewbsOP]

booooooooooo

[@aguynamelex3146]

You got three seconds run

[@xxxdumbnamexxx904]

I would see that’s a good pun, but you don’t reply to my jokes

[@CrashFan00]

Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon (PS1) My favorite and the Best Spyro Game in the Trilogy

[@edwardandbrookenav7275]

Yeah crash fans 00 this game is highly unappreciated this game should get more love from people this game is the most undorated in the series

[@TheMetalOverlord]

Poor AntDude, all his work to make the videos of the Spyro trilogy ending up close to the Reignited Trilogy just to see it get a two month delay at the last moment.

[@redwallfan123]

Better to have the game delayed than come out rushed and unfinished

[@vi_night7]

@@redwallfan123 True *glances at enter the dragonfly*

[@13nrandom]

@@redwallfan123 and yet the Reignited version of 3 still ended up rushed. Again.

[@daniellado2523]

I adore this game so much. I didn't grow up with a ps1 and I played this game much later in my life, but I always connect this game with my early childhood.

[@bigbeatmanifesto6517]

Why lol

[@daniellado2523]

@@bigbeatmanifesto6517 I played the demo for it several times in some stores back in the day and fell in love with the gameplay. Also you play as a frigging dragon and not a simple animal.

[@bigbeatmanifesto6517]

@@daniellado2523 dragons are pretty Kewl

[@StarWarsNerdyGuy]

6:21 I always accosiate this music with Caddicarus

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

(Mimics Caddicaus) Hakuna Mattel!

[@Ratciclefan]

Do you mean "associate"?

[@StarWarsNerdyGuy]

@@Ratciclefan Yes I do! Thank you.

[@popplio7891]

NintendoGamerChris The MOOOOON JUMPIIING!

[@rikudaika4418]

Where that music is from?

[@shawnshock8651]

I was never a big fan of the Spyro series but after seeing your reviews of Ripto's rage and Year of the dragon I'm definitely giving the Reignited Trilogy a shot!

[@FloofPuppy]

You probably should! Toys for Bob are doing a splendid job revamping the originals for the modern day!

[@killerhamster0013]

@@FloofPuppy aren't they the same people who made the Skylander series?

[@FloofPuppy]

@@killerhamster0013 yep

[@omg_its_widow5624]

@@FloofPuppy we don't talk about that series though 💀

[@NeoCreo1]

That shit was my childhood. I’m so pumped for the remake.

[@starrydaze_]

Man, I get such a rush of nostalgia from 3, it's my personal favorite.

[@keeweefroot2692]

Being an adult sucks. Games like these remind me of just how today's world will never be as good as it was in the late 90s early 2000s.

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

Yeah ikr smh

[@Sydpart2]

Strat for the show board level. You can walk around just as spyro, walk through a boost star over and over and over again and then when you start the race you'll basically have endless boost (depending on how much time you spent going through stars)

[@TheNewgreatlife]

I've heard this rumor before but I TOTALLY forgot all about it! Thank you for this comment! I'm gonna have to go try that out soon.

[@ariaangelical]

need more games with this aesthetic.

[@dildonius]

I can’t say which of the trilogy is the absolute best, because somehow I never played Ripto’s Rage as a kid. It’s weird, we got the original Spyro the Dragon when it came out, Year of the Dragon when it came out, and even got both Enter the Dragonfly & A Hero’s Tail when they came out...but somehow not Ripto’s Rage. Slipped through the cracks I guess. It is strange that happened to be honest, as my sister and I loved Spyro and Crash but especially Spyro. So having missed Spyro 2, I can’t cast judgment. However, of all the Spyro games I *have* played, Year of the Dragon was my favourite. I love how innovative and expanded it was compared to the OG, and loved how much new shit they threw in. And I *love* how absolutely 2000 it is. A lot of the content and writing style exemplifies that strange transitionary period from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, and from the 20th century to the 21st. The addition of TOTALLY RADICAL skateboarding segments exemplifies what I mean lololol. The thing is though...I haven’t played this in over like 15 years. So seeing you play through this game has...filled me with such an UNIMAGINABLE amount of nostalgia! Like it’s actually caught me off guard. I’m suddenly remembering being back in the first house we lived in upon moving from Toronto, Canada to Southern California. Playing this game while sitting in front of the old classic glass screen TV in our living room that didn’t even have A/V jacks because it was made in 1989, forcing us to use an adapter until my parents finally decided my sister was old enough to get her own TV in her own room and bought her a more modern glass screen TV from 2004 that actually had the appropriate Red/White/Yellow A/V jacks. Sitting there with my sister explaining how playing a video game works. Remembering the early days when I still had to keep looking at the controller when I wanted to do stuff, and the day I realized that I had finally gotten the hang of video games because I no longer needed to do that, I knew where all the buttons were naturally and thus could keep both eyes on the screen at all times. Remembering playing the shit out of the skateboarding segment cuz it was the year 2000 and I was a 5/6 year old boy with a tomboy sister who was 9/10 years old and therefore loved any and everything EXTREME and RADICAL! Even the cutscenes...my god its amazing how the ENTIRE game and even the feeling I got while playing it is rushing back to me. And thinking of those days and that console has me remembering playing Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro and flipping through the BradyGames official strategy guide and always putting in the cheat code “AUNTMAY” in order to unlock EVERYTHING. All costumes and costume abilities (including invincibility and unlimited web fluid), and sometimes “WHATIF” to unlock What If? mode, which made all kinds of wacky changes. (There was one level where in What If? mode, you could find a giant floating banana and ride it all the way to the end of the level.) Ah and that game was even more special than all the others because it, in conjunction with the 90s Spider-Man animated series, triggered the beginning of my intense love for comic books and superheroes - specifically Spider-Man who is my all time favourite single superhero. (He’s tied with X-Men for all time favourite comics tho. If we’re talking individual character, I like Spidey more than any one X-Man. But counting the X-Men collectively, they’re firmly tied with Spidey.) I can’t tell you how much that influenced my life and my interests. So much of me started there, in front of a glass screen with PS1 controller in hand. It’s got me sad tho. Cuz the reason all these memories are so faded and have been put away in a box in the attic of my mind, only able to be brought forth by a video like this is because in like 2003 or 2005, our PS1 somehow disappeared. Lost in a move or stuffed in a box and put away in the rafters of our garage somewhere and totally forgotten about. And then all our PS1 games got sold. Except - thank fuck - for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 and Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro, because those two games were some of the most important games in my life. Part of a collection of classic PS1 games that make up the first video games I ever REALLY played in my life. Technically Banjo Kazooie on N64 was the first video game I ever played but I was 2&3 years old when I did and didn’t really grasp what I was doing. It wasn’t until a couple years later when we got our PlayStation that my sister truly introduced me to games. Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, Spyro the Dragon & Year of the Dragon, Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 & 3, and Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles & the actual Episode I video game adaptation. These were the games that introduced me to video games fully and literally changed my life forever. And then 2002 hit and we got our PlayStation 2 and I became a full-on GAMER. The PS2 was where things REALLY took off. PS1 and those games were my introduction to gaming and my training ground. But PS2 was where my childhood lived. Because not long after getting it my sister kinda outgrew video games so it became the first console that was MINE! All MINE. And I was 8 years old when I got the thing, and it was my only games console until finally getting a PS3 in about 2010 at age 16. 8 to 16 years old, man. That’s some of the most formative childhood years. So needless to say my memories of that console and it’s lineup overshadowed the PS1 and it’s lineup, once our PS1 vanished and all but 2 games lost. However, since the PS2 mercifully could still play PS1 games, I was able to still enjoy THPS2 and Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro. And while THPS2 got lost itself in around 2010 or 2012, I still have and enjoy the shit outta Enter Electro to this DAY, thanks to my PS3 and PS2 (though recently I fear my PS2 may have broken and I’m kinda freaking out about it cuz I’ve had it since 2005 when my parents got ME the new slim version for my 11th birthday cuz the original fatty PS2 that they got me and my sister for Christmas 2002 had busted and started EATING game discs. As in, pop in a disc and the console makes a bunch of scary noises and refuses to play the game, so you turn it off and when the console spits the disc out, you see that it’s been scratched up to about HELL and back). Anyway holy shit enough rambling. Sheesh. As you can tell, me seeing this footage of Year of the Dragon triggered an absolute nostalgia OVERDOSE and set me off on a WAY to bloated and rambling tangent. But still, it was good to reminisce while tapping out this nonsense nobody in their right mind would ever possibly read, and it was good to get this rambling nostalgia bomb out of my system. /rant

[@jimdim2222]

The reason Insomniac left Spyro was because of Universal Studios pushing them off the edge. Plus Spyro brought them enough fame to work on other titles.

[@pacificgrim4661]

4:36 Spyro roasts Robbie Rotten

[@master_matthew]

Yotd's missing homeworld is Twilight Valley

[@y2commenter246]

Good old Twilight Valley

[@jacehackworth6413]

Spyro 3 was the one I played a lot when I was a kid. It was one of the 4 games I actually played and it feels like it's tied to me. Year of the Dragon came out the year I was born, and with the delay the Reignited Trilogy comes out 3 days before my birthday.

[@jumponeverything]

Now that your spyro marathon is over, WILL YOU PLEASE FINALLY DO POKEPARK 2

[@Nielssie0420]

YES PLEASE!!!

[@MP-nq9ht]

+Jump On Everything Aw yeah, I remember loving that game as a kid! I sadly don’t own it anymore, but I would love to see him cover it!

[@BaritenorII]

Did anybody noticed the 4 headed Spyro in Kirby Returns to Dreamland.

[@TheGamingTeam101Tgt101]

Jump On Everything yes

[@bookid1581]

That would be cool

[@tyleradams1404]

Watching you cover this trilogy really brought back great memories of my dad and I playing these games when I was kid. This trilogy was what got us into video games, and we still find games to enjoy together. Great coverage with good, clean humor. Love it! Since we're still a ways away from the remasters...could you cover the last Spyro trilogy--The Legend of Spyro? Yes, it'll be painful, but it's no worse than Enter the Dragonfly.

[@Wrathchild1995]

Spyro: Year of the Dragon is the best game in the trilogy, it does everything the second game did just loads better, plus the game is a lot longer and has a more memorable soundtrack ;) Mind you it's the first Spyro game I played so I'll always say it's the best no matter what :P

[@13nrandom]

I think objectively, 2 is better because it's more focused while still having a lot of variety while 3 has a little too much going on but I like 3 more because our copy of 2 got scratched super quick and wouldn't load any levels past Colossus so I played 3 a lot more and I love it to death

[@jaretco6423]

I liked 3 more than 2 because they fixed some of the problems I have with it. Like when u have to kill enemies to get an power up. Or having to do alot of backtracking in which; while optional, is just an little overboard with the level designs & requirement moves or whatever. And the missions in 3 are pretty fairly challenging and not as much difficult spikes or annoyance as 2 ( with the exception of 2 or 3 ones like Bently Boxing & Shellias mission in the haunted Swamp level ).

[@JoakimOtamaa]

The first game is the most focused and stays as my favorite. I don't like any mini games or other playable characters in later games and those are the biggest part of the trilogy so 3 is easily the worst for me. Quality over quantity.

[@Dynexsil]

Funnily enough, your old Spyro reviews are how I found your channel in the first place. Its really great to see how much you've grown as a content creator :)

[@kjy05]

21:37-21:52 These transitions are actually golden

[@bluecollarden]

One little cheat on that yeti snowboarding section of the bonus level that my brother and I figured out was that you could go ahead before the race and just stand in a star power up for about 5-10 minutes and then you start the race with all that star power and you never have to do tricks to boost your speed and you're always boosted. But if you don't stand there long enough, you do eventually run out of star power and have to speed up with tricks and power ups.

[@SnowyFoxlinn]

This game in a nutshell: Romance between predators and prey.

[@TheElectricRaichu]

The only Spyro game I played as a kid involved skateboarding and I could never remember which one it was, even though I remembered certain scenes (similar to a couple of the Crash games) but unlike the Crash games, I have now found out it was the 3rd game. Thanks for helping me find a piece of my childhood, Antdude. (Actually, you helped me remember one of the 3 Crash games I played as a kid and it was Crash Tag Team Racing. I remembered Crash Bash from my memories, but still can't name the last one.)

[@ChaseBoogie345]

Antdude not mention to torture u...... But what about legend of Spyro trilogy Edit: 47 likes thanks guys

[@snow-ld8yx]

The only good part tlos was cynder

[@ChaseBoogie345]

Theo Snowball yes

[@firehedgehog1446]

That's your opinion

[@carsongiles7024]

“I’m always an advocate for games with charm” meanwhile in the background, Kirby, Kirby, Kirby.

[@peanutsgamer8021]

Are you going to review the Legend of Spyro games.

[@TBKholyavenger]

I mean they are Spyro games, and he did say when he did a review on the 4th game that he'd review ALL the Spyro games. Seems he forgot a trio of 'em- ...Although it's clear he doesn't like the three. For some reason that is an extremely love it or hate it trilogy. Personally, I love the games- but that's because I'm always a sucker for a good story.

[@TBKholyavenger]

...That and the absolute final Sparx was voice acted by Wayne Brady. Just sayin'.

[@shademillith]

There's definitely things to like, and things to hate. I kinda liked it, but with the first two games I thought that there were too many waves of enemies at every turn (I honestly would have had more fun if they cut the number in half), and I detested quite literally everything about Sparx. The low amount of animations, the model, the facial expression, the voice acting(At least the first game), and the writing. The third game I played and found it quite possibly the most "I love this"/"I hate this" game I've ever played, with how they took control of the camera from you. I loved the game when you had full control of the camera. I detested the game when you didn't.

[@TBKholyavenger]

I don't know man, I didn't mind the large waves of enemies... Mostly because there was almost always a cliff or a pit of lava that I could knock enemies into. That was during my "Sadistic 'knock everything off a cliff'" phase though.

[@chinadollsyndrome]

My biggest issue with the Legend of Spyro games was just how much they railroad you. One of my favourite parts of the original trilogy was being able to fully explore each of the worlds - climbing and gliding around to see what little nooks and crannies I could gain access to. With the legend series, you're on a path and surrounded by plants and other obstacles that force you to stay on it. There's little to no replayability, because it'd be the exact same experience every time. It's a good story, but eh.

[@BetweenTheLyons]

The demo for Crash Bash isn't just a demo. You can access the debug menu and straight up unlock the full game. It's the only way to play Crash Bash on ps3.

[@alertArchitect]

Honestly, in regards to the Sparx levels, I always just thought the projectiles were something that the fairies gave him temporarily for the purposes of the level.

[@spyr0guy]

Fun fact: A glitch with the dynamic difficulty system makes the blue-footed booby race in Harbor Speedway and the snowboard race in Super Bonus Round literally impossible on the highest difficulty. You either have to use a cheat code to set the difficulty manually or keep failing and hope the game decides you suck enough to drop the difficulty itself.

[@alessandrobozzi7085]

You honestly couldn't put it any better than with that genius title: the trilogy just kind of... _ends_ with this game, what with a rather underwhelming secret ending (belch-only dialogue, anyone?), a somber track for Midnight Mountain, and who could ever forget that gut-wrenching "Thank you for playing. We'll miss you." in the Atlas' epilogue? That's what makes the second one that much better in my opinion, variety notwithstanding.

[@Splitzblue]

20:42 "WaaAaaaAAaAaAaaa..." I think Hunter took too many drugs.

[@oliviab4079]

Would you ever consider discussing the Legend of Spyro trilogy?

[@whoplays7061]

he only breifly mentioned about the legends in the heroes tail review but it is a possibilty that he might do it since we still got 2 more months until the reignited trilogy comes out so I think he might do it but I'm pretty sure it won't be a positive review the way he talked about it

[@elenagamer9164]

I love that trilogy as well

[@Sonen10]

he did it.

[@tafua_a]

9:50 You don't need a friend, you just plug in the controller in the second port, and beat the crap out of the Colossus Yeti without him even moving. That's how I got the skill point in that stage.

[@tylerensminger]

This was my favorite of the trilogy. I liked new characters and the extra challenges better than the second game. Also the first game while more nostalgic than the others isn't as polished as this one in my opinion.

[@Cold_Ham_on_Rye]

Honestly I would rank 2, 1, 3. I get why people love the third one and it's a weird complaint but there is just too much to do in Spyro 3. Like 100% just feels like a grind at times getting all the eggs. With all the different minigame types. Especially because not all minigames are created equal. I think AntDude kind of hinted at that in his video as well. I like the 1st one more because it's literally the opposite. It's so chill. No minigames. Just run around. Collect gems. No backtracking. Perfect game. The second is just more charming than the first because of all the extra animations and characters. So, it's my favorite from a, "I love this world" standpoint.

[@madmaster0015]

The remaster looks great. My only gripes so far are that they didn't bring back the Spyro 1 voice actor and I don't like Shiela's character design.

[@surprisedwoody1025]

Well, I agree with your second complaint. Have a like.

[@rappingbeaniedog347]

they definitely didn't need to give her clothes OR hair. That hair in particular is kinda unnatural.

[@ilopominecrafter]

My main issue was the voice acting with the enemies and some of their sound effects seeming weaker as well as certain designs not feeling or looking nearly as threatening or close to their originals

[@DaCableGuy]

Glad I’m not the only one who prefers Ripto’s Rage to Year of the Dragon. Fun fact: When the Reignited Trilogy releases in November, it’ll mark the first time ever that Japanese players will be able to try out YotD, as the original PS1 version only came out in Europe and the Americas. No joke.

[@lunarhail3559]

They are going to make tons of merch for us.

[@CommanderZaktan]

Now then, where's the Legend of Spyro trilogy review?

[@EmilXOM]

pls no

[@Spika94]

pls yes! Such a good trilogy!

[@majorpeepo]

N O

[@souglompee]

I enjoy it quite a bit idk Not really as a spyro game, but just a game idk

[@CaptainFlavio]

I believe they're fantastic.

[@soulelevation9696]

Spyro 3 was always my favourite. Just like crash 3.

[@jaretco6423]

Same.

[@ThisIsCSDX]

I mean, I'll play the boxing mini-game with you, man. I'm in Florida, you're in Florida, I'm sure we could work something out.

[@YosephYostar]

6:09 you're a dragoon now? You're a squid now...eh no?

[@ryancarless7921]

The Adventure..ends. Nooo..well there's I guess Enter the Dragonfly🤔

[@RabnawazReviews]

He's done a review of that

[@mayday-tz4dv]

We all like to pretend that trainwreck never existed.

[@theodrik1043]

Enter the what ? Ah, "the game we'd rather it never existed so we pretend it never existed even if it's a shame but yes, we all sadly know it has existed"... Yes, Antdude did a video on this ^^

[@elkarlo1593]

He alerady did it. That's why he said he'd rather not do it, *again.*

[@akesan2374]

--What about Skylanders?-- In all seriousness,i think it's nice that Spyro is a Skylander character. (His series 3 version was my first max level Skylander)

[@MattPieti]

Spyro 1 is my favorite mainly because it feels the most "pure" to me. I thoroughly enjoy the gameplay of the series and the addition of minigames in Spyro 2 just feels like diluting the goodness. Ironically, the "emptiness" of the first game actually makes it feel more alive to me; it's its own living, breathing world that I can observe and explore while the plot in the second and third games make it feel more like a script that was written for me to follow. I also much prefer 3 over 2 because it feels more refined. If you're going to have the minigames, I'd prefer them to be in side areas accessed by portals so it doesn't feel like the levels are cut up into the "real" Spyro game and some other stuff. Plus I just liked the minigames and most of the level designs much more, and I actually liked all the characters from 3 whereas the only new characters from 2 that I liked were Hunter and Moneybags. I actually didn't like Spyro 2 when I first played it as a kid so I skipped it and came back to it later. I like all three now, but 2 is still easily my least favorite.

[@NanaKyoto]

Still iffy on my experience on Spyro 3, given how I wasn't able to play it until _years_ later. Also, why is everyone talking about Poké Park 2 now?

[@diatrigger6636]

Shiro-Luna because he did pokepark 1 and I think he teased doing 2 and he’s yet to do it.

[@djheroxt]

Shiro-Luna some people just wanna see the world burn

[@johnn7095]

I loll'd hard at "Backtracking" part. Excellent work, Antman.

[@TayTheNeonNeko]

"Only to be followed by Sonic Adventure, in the future" You know Sonic Adventure came out 2 years before this game, right?

[@hikaru9624]

He's hinting at the trend of new characters that the sonic series would churn out somewhat relentlessly with nearly every new game.

[@connorplays6263]

@@hikaru9624 well he should have said so in the video

[@hikaru9624]

maybe it could have been a little more obvious.

[@superlombax1561]

I was thinking that too.

[@WikiSorcerer]

While I acknowledge that Spyro 2 is the better game, this game was always my favorite of the three.

[@lindinle]

in the remake, i found the bosses to be decending in difficulty as i went on. Buzz was the worst, blaster was not so bad, scorch was piss easy. havent gotten to the sorceress yet.

[@vario6492]

I agree Spike (2nd) is difficult as shit, but Buzz is easy af come on ^^

[@DankFrank899]

13:06 Ah yes Minions on PS1...what a classic, well deserving of the greatest hits banner.

[@TheBestWanderbug]

Spyro is the only small dragon? Well isn’t that just convenient

[@roshipower]

Almost every Playstation Platformer trilogy I've played almost has the same progression to me. 1st game is decent, 2nd game changes a lot and the game way bigger (And usually my favorite in the series), then the 3rd goes for more variety, but kinda over does it at times

[@trcsonic]

Bianca looks like Lola Bunny in the remake.

[@M644theawesome]

I wouldn't mind you redoing games you have done in the past, these are a great set of videos, its nice to have an AntDude retrospective

[@kiroubada]

Please make vídeos about all Spyro games, like the way you did with Kirby

[@billy3212]

he probably wont do all the games unless it is highly requested but the only reason he does all the kirby games is well, he loves kirby and it is his favorite series if you couldn't tell by the length of the kirby videos.

[@kiroubada]

@@billy3212 Yeah I know, but he really like Spyro I think that after the Reignited Triology he will be very excited about Spyro and will make videos about all Spyros

[@Dfeneck]

Just like to point out too, that the first world in S3 is called "Sunrise Spring", Spring being the only season that didn't get a world in S2 :)

[@averyjenson]

actually spyro 3 came after sonic adventure.

[@The_Chosen_Heretic]

Year of the Dragon was the first video game I’d ever played period, so I have a lot of love and nostalgia for it (we even share a birth year, who’d’ve thunk.)

[@MisterBeagleton]

Hey, you're not finished with this franchise just yet! Why not review each Spyro handheld game? ...Well ok, I know _why_ you don't want to, but I'm sure a lot of us would still like to see it.

[@y2commenter246]

The GBA.games are alright, actually.

[@danielmarques5768]

When i was a kid, i played a pirate version of Spyro 3, and the decoder of that version (paradox) just didnt seem to have done a great job on cracking the game, so it will ALWAYS glitch at the end of the play. In the third and fourth worlds eggs would start to disappear and stages you hadnt acess would be accessible, not to mention that you never managed to beat the final boss cause the game simply COMPLETELY RESET as you attempt to defeat her. Just now, almost 20 years later, i was able to purchase reignited trilogy and just be happy to complete this game, which marked my childhood.

[@burnout713]

People really overrate those cutscenes from Ripto's Rage. I mean, they were fine, but didn't really add anything significant to the game for me. And Ripto definitely cannot claim he's the most threatening villain in Spyro. He definitely has a better boss fight, but throughout the game he's just a bumbling idiot. The Sorceress is masterfully built over time as a despicable villain and a legitimate threat. It's too bad this guy has an irritating hard-on for Ripto's Rage for some reason. Other than that, I kind of like him.

[@vidguru0062]

SlowBurne i agree. the second time i played spyro 2 in my adult life, it was really lacking compared to the third game, in my opinion. ripto was a boring villain, and yeah, an idiot.

[@burnout713]

I played the third one first as a kid and was absolutely blown away by it. Ripto's Rage was actually the last one in the trilogy that I played and it remains my least favorite. It lacks the sense of progression you get in the other two games since it only has three home worlds. I also wasn't a huge fan of quite a few of the orb challenges. I still think Ripto's alright, and his boss battle is actually really cool, but yeah he's far from the level of The Sorceress.

[@miwestraveler3986]

Kinda hard to find Ripto threatening when his nickname is Shorty.

[@PlanetZoidstar]

I think what people like about Ripto is he is a more proactive villain compared to Gnorc and Sorceress. You see him actively taking over Avalar and you have to chase after him. Gnorc and the Sorceress just wait for Spyro to make his way to them and never leave their bases. A shame we never really get a cutscene where Spyro confronts Gnorc or the Sorceress before the battle.

[@burnout713]

Hmm, I can see that. Ripto is easily better than Gnasty Gnorc. But I felt as though the sorceress was really built up through her cutscenes throughout the game, had a legitimately disturbing end goal, and seemed like she was actively trying to stop Spyro's progress throughout the game. She was also built up with her snide little notes she left for Spyro at the character portals. Best of all, you saw how her actions of driving the Dragons away had actually affected the world as it was drained of magic. It's true you see Ripto and he actively confronts Spyro a few times, but what does he ever actually accomplish other than kick Moneybags around? Hard to get mad about that!

[@KingofStrawberries]

To be fair to the Bianca thing with her following the Sorceress' plan, she does mention that she thought the dragons were just being brought over to bring magic back to the Forgotten Worlds, and totally rebels once she learns the Sorceress intends to kill them for a spell to make herself immortal, not keep the Forgotten Worlds active.

[@SweaterPuppys]

Are you gonna cover the GBA Spyro games? That line of games are extremely good and equally underrated

[@miwestraveler3986]

He thinks they suck.

[@eugenefindit]

5:22 The sun needs to be *reignited* ... 😁

[@SmartAlec1]

In the original version the worst music choice was the peaceful music for the final boss.

[@scaperist]

I'm so darn glad I have a slightly later version. Even though that one is re-using the soundtrack of Spike's Arena, but it just fits so much better.

[@SmartAlec1]

@@scaperist Yeah, after beating the game years after I couldn't get past the frog boss as a kid... I was a little taken aback by it. Also my god that boss was tedious.

[@pkmntrainerluigi]

You grew up with Spryo as the main charater. I grew up with Spyro as one of many figures that I put on a portal to have him come to life and ruin an Invader Zim knockoff's plans.

[@leeeroyjenkins555]

Please, cover the Dillon trilogy

[@luckyowl1681]

Spyro the Dragon (the first game) is the only one of the original trilogy I've played... So needless to say I'm hyped for next week. I still consider myself a huge Spyro fan. I've dabbled in the other games.

[@PlanetAwesomenessProductions]

Legend of Spyro next!

[@mayday-tz4dv]

Nah lets leave that dark era in the past where it belongs.

[@Spika94]

Dark era? It certainly is not the same type of Spyro game, but for what it was, it was actually pretty good.

[@majorpeepo]

Leave that edgy game to die

[@Spika94]

No u EDIT: I like how you say that despite your name.

[@majorpeepo]

Spikà that's just a name means nothing lol I'd like the legend games If they weren't all boring and edgy

[@andrewsmith211]

I'm really glad they kept Tom Kenny on for the third game. I really don't like Spyro's original voice.

[@TheCentral.Scrutinizer]

Hi antman.. I mean dude

[@100billionsubscriberswithn4]

He's not even an ant!

[@Ori_Kohav]

What some people might hate about this game, but I absolutely love, is the anti-piracy measures implemented in it, to make sure the sales of it don't get hurt as badly as the 2nd game due to piracy. And it was implemented beautifully.

[@theodrik1043]

I think that Spyro 3 is the best (I loved it in my childhood and, with Crash Bandicoot 3 : Warped, it's tied to my love of plateformers, even if I played Gateway To Glimmer and Cortex Strikes Back afterwards. They were good, but not the same to me). I just don't understand why Hunter (a cheetah) could fall in love with Bianca (a rabbit). Now, all you have to do in this Spyro hype is to deal with The Legend Of Spyro in your videos. It sucks, we know, but for us who have stopped Spyro with the awful "Enter The Dragonfly" we want to know why it sucks. Please ;)

[@Marmondos420]

I loved crash bandicoot 3 myself as a kid but when the release of the nsane trilogy came out, I realized just how much I loved the first 2 games rather than my all time favorite. 3 had the same cycle of levels in each hub area. Not to say that 1 and 2 werent the same but 1 did the best where everything felt so organic as far as platforming and the mechanics went. Hopefully the reignited trilogy doesnt do the same to me in a different way because 3 was the most amazing one.

[@laterferaligatr2947]

Hunter is a cheetah

[@theodrik1043]

Corey Stokely Yes, but It's unfair. A lot of people criticized Sonic 2006 for the romance between Elise and Sonic, but not in Spyro... Well... Probably because The Spyro Trilogy are without question, better games than Sonic 06. Or because Sonic fans are quite difficult to satisfy (and so never satisfied : except for Sonic Mania, lately). Maybe both. :)

[@peat381low8]

The skateboarding challah get was the most memorable to me. The color for the time was distinct

[@AR500PlateSpallInYourChin]

I disagree. Honestly I think this game is a masterpiece

[@jaretco6423]

I agree.

[@JonathanGruver]

I never played it myself, but this seems like a bridge between Spyro and Ratchet not only from a gameplay standpoint but also the "what the heck am I looking at" sort of charm.

[@BillehBawb]

do pokepark 2

[@symphony-of-the-mint2008]

Billeh you are the only person I've heard acknowledge that game thank you

[@BillehBawb]

@@symphony-of-the-mint2008 im very glad he did pokepark 2

[@WimzorTheGreat]

The boxing match with Bentley is very easy. Just use your side jab attack and as soon as the attack lands, strafe around the yeti and jab him again. You can keep hitting him without him hitting a single punch.

[@flockstep]

pls do PokePark 2 its a good

[@yokris0]

wtf is pokepark?

[@mattyskekel14]

@@yokris0 Now you have L I G M A

[@omg_its_widow5624]

Poke what now?

[@gemmafitzgerald7616]

The snowboarding yeti level is the bane of my existence but I did find if you go in there, don't start the race and just make your way to a blue star you can stand in. Stand in it or walk through it so it makes the noise 70 or more times (tad tedious I know). Do that then go back to Hunter and start the race, infinite boost just don't die or you'll have to do it again. This doesn't work in reignited though only the old one.

[@DontYouDareGoHollow]

"Skating challenge is the worst" Black water city? Is that you?

[@Hyper_Drud]

phantom X I had figured out an exploit where if you lap the course on foot, you can stand in one of the boost stars and you’ll get boost for however long you stood in it once you start the race again.

[@ShenDoodles]

I liked the Sunrise Spring theme in the final boss. It gave it a real sense of finality, like this was truly it.

[@milliman4]

You are totally obligated to give a review of the 2nd Spyro trilogy now. I hope you are aware of that, and I hope you are aware that the 8 of us that enjoyed the 2nd trilogy, really anticipate your review of The legend of Spyro: A New Beginning; The Legend Of Spyro: The Eternal Night; and, The Legend Of Spyro: Dawn Of The Dragon!"!!!!1!

[@cookiesontoast9981]

I played A New Beginning as a kid but never the sequels, it was fun but compared to the original Spyro trilogy it's nothing... Nothing at all.

[@linliu9946]

Character growth *shows a plant growing* 2:37

[@theendofit]

Will they update tara Croft to look like the new Laura?

[@fruitlion8]

Good point. And what about her voice too? :)

[@theendofit]

@@giselebelle thank you so much how would anyone understand me with out your help. Befor you said that no one had any idea who I was talking about.

[@Camelotsmoon]

For some reason I recall agent 9s levelbeing so damn difficult for me back then, I'm not entirely sure why lol. Ok yeah, that skating challenge at the end was aids, it was so damn hard lol.