The Mysteries of Spyro the Dragon

[@jiggylookback]

What Playstation game should I cover next?

[@vaati9364]

Ape escape!

[@Cliffordlonghead]

hiii

[@TheStormyChef]

A Kirby game

[@jeroenboth167]

Crash Bandicoot

[@Dash-The-Wonderful]

Sly Cooper would be fun to see you cover!

[@grindcorepr92]

Yesss! Good choice of video. There were so many platformers back then but Spyro really was something else. It has a fantasy book charm to it that other platformers didnt

[@jiggylookback]

Yeah for sure!! So much charm in this one!

[@themustachioedfish5988]

If memory serves, the beta version of the game explains flight levels as being a place where Spyro's wings grow. The explanation was dropped, but you can still see Spyro's wings get larger, so I think that's still the idea. In the final build, the dragon just describes it as a place where Spyro can learn how to fly, so maybe all young dragons go to places like that?

[@Terios2001]

I remember one of the guide books stating that Spyro’s, (being very young), wings are too small for him to truly fly yet, hence the gliding. Admittedly still doesn’t explain how he can fly in the speedways.

[@jiggylookback]

Yeah some sort of magical hi-jinx going on. Cool detail about his wings!

[@summersetbanjo7440]

I never heard about that origin story in the japanese spyro version before. I wonder if that's where the legend of spyro devs drew inspiration from when retelling spyro's origins.

[@jiggylookback]

I don’t know maybe! It’s very interesting for sure and I love the art in the manual.

[@mattb6522]

Good video! The Spyro and Crash games were some of my favorites on the PS1. I hope we get to see mysteries surrounding Ripto's Rage and Year of the Dragon eventually! All these years later and I don't think I ever noticed the adult Spyro at the end of the manual! That is a neat little detail!

[@natejoe9924]

The funny part about that my friend told me in the first Spyro the dragon game if you 100% the whole game you get to turn into a grown up dragon another schoolyard lie well I 100% the game and that never even happened lol well I was a naive kid and I did believe him lol

[@jiggylookback]

It is isn’t it?

[@PixelTheRetro]

The Dragonfly bit is actually adressed in the Japanese version of Spyro 1 (the only thing that's interesting in this port lol) where if you connect a PocketStation (basically Sony's VMU from Dreamcast) it would unlock Dragonfly eggs in the levels that you can collect from that it would unlock a iirc Tamagotchi type game on PocketStation where you can take care of your Dragonfly

[@jiggylookback]

THAT IS AMAZING!!! Thanks for sharing that!

[@crashtefano]

I am a PS1 kid myself and watching this game for the first time made me want a PlayStation. I consider this console my actual introduction to videogames

[@jiggylookback]

@@crashtefano great console to start!

[@Terraflare94]

I've seen a lot of grown up spyro fan arr. Both in art form and vrc models. I've seen him keep his usual look, some added a pair of goggles and a toolbelt. The one I like the most is where he looks like a mix of him and nestor from reignited.

[@the.bloodless.one1312]

OHHHHH SPYRO LET’S GOOOOOO!!! The OG trilogy is prolly my second fave 3D platformers after the Banjo games. And dem GOD TIER Stewart Copeland soundtracks 😤 too good for lyfe!!!

[@jiggylookback]

They really are very good!

[@crabbuckets7506]

Man I love this game. Such good memories.

[@jiggylookback]

For sure! It’s a classic

[@allanlugo7842]

I remember reading something about the treasure being like a catalyst for dragon powers so they can fly, and dragons apparently mean sources of magic according to Sheila in year of the dragon which says that when dragons left also the magic which ended in closed portals

[@karmachameleon7148]

Love Spyro! Idk if Nintendo only had some Spyro games or not, but I only played a few, as a Nintendo gamer mainly, and adored them!! Ahh, good memories.

[@jiggylookback]

Very good games. GameCube and consoles after got some Spyro games but none before that.

[@Louisktorz]

I love this era of spyro videos where people question too much the logic of the worldbuilding. It was clearly put together with the gameplay in mind above all consistency, but it's still fun to point it out. For the flight levels, they're not necessarily hidden. I've always understood them as places dragons use as a flight practise ground.

[@jiggylookback]

The very first one is hidden behind the wall with the secret fountain switches. I think that is what I meant. But yeah the lore is fun to explore in this stuff! It was fun! Thanks for watching!

[@poke_detta]

now i must suggest also spyro 2 riptos rage and spyro year of the dragon

[@jiggylookback]

At some point for sure!!!

[@TheAngryGamer8393]

So glad you covered these games!

[@TheDiamondSea]

The biggest mystery for me is why all the animals turn into butterflies when defeated. And why dragonflies eat butterflies. Just bizarre. Lol

[@jiggylookback]

@@TheDiamondSea I thought about that one after I edited the video. It’s definitely a good question.

[@Koei126]

I got some Spyro sticker badges back in the day when I was 9 and it had the names of all the characters on their respective stickers. The grown up Spyro was labelled "Papa Spyro". I always thought that meant his dad but thinking on it maybe it's just he's grown up and has kids lol. Core memory unlocked btw thanks

[@jiggylookback]

Haha that’s awesome. Papa Spyro it is!

[@austinlee4156]

This absolutely needs a part 2

[@angelcat2865]

Thank you so much for such a wonderful video 💖😊 Spyro the Dragon is my favorite game of all time, and seeing this video makes me smile 😄 As for the one Fairy that gives you permanent super for Haunted Towers, I always figured she was the Fairy Princess 💗😄

[@PolarsLPs]

Spyro's my boy, we's tite. Love seeing my favorite game explored, explained, and theorized about

[@Gymbrojoe]

Us N64 boys knew the good Playstation games, the bandicoot, spyro, Jak and dexter! Good vid jiggy! ❤

[@jiggylookback]

For sure we did!!

[@BohemianRaichu]

The first trilogy of games were really charming and fun.

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

I used to say when I was little that Spyro’s world took place on a planet called Dragon Planet that had some kind of electric Line that connected it to earth. 😄

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

I didn’t have the manual cuz my version of Spyro 1 was a downloaded PS3 version, so I made up my own lore 😄

[@jiggylookback]

@@DoofenSpyroDragon16 I like it tho! Dragon Planet sounds great

[@cameronanderson3304]

Just completely 100% the reignited trilogy yesterday, even all the achievements. Remember the games when I was in middle school.

[@jiggylookback]

True classics.

[@Sevent77]

6:40 My guess would gravity is lower in those realms as we can witness by how slowly things like boats descend for example, Spyro is probably still to small to fly under normal gravity.

[@jiggylookback]

That’s a good point!

[@Crow_Rising]

Regarding the matter of Spyro's origin tribe, I'm inclined to think he's either from Peace Keepers or Beast Makers. There's dragons that seem to personally know him from across all the Dragon worlds, so he probably got around a lot even before his adventure. However, these are the two tribes that I can most easily imagine having inherent bravery within them, and the ones I feel most strongly resemble Spyro himself, especially in the Reignited version. He's not entirely out of place in Artisans and he does seem to spend a lot of time in Stone Hill specifically even in future games implying he might live here, but that doesn't outright dismiss the possibility of him being from another world to begin with. Magic Crafters and Dream Weavers are easy to rule out as Spyro definitely does not fit in with them aesthetically and he's not particularly magical by dragon standards. Spyro's personality kinda implies a Peace Keepers origin as he's definitely more of a hero and warrior than he is an artist, but that could be coincidental. Still, it's enough for me to hold the headcanon that Spyro was originally a Peace Keepers dragon who decided to live amongst the Artisans for a care free lifestyle.

[@jiggylookback]

@@Crow_Rising beast makers is the only world that has a dragon with exactly the same color scheme as Spyro as well. Purple with the yellow.

[@BassEXE]

I love the Spyro games. Reignited trilogy was a lot of fun and did the original games justice. A couple other games I wouldn't mind seeing you cover would be Ape Escape and Croc. I think these games would make for some very interesting content.

[@jiggylookback]

Both on the list!!

[@MatthewKing-Alexander]

This video was another amazing one and awesome surprise too. I understand and respect people who like Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon but I will always love the original Spyro the Dragon because it is still unique after 26 & a Half Years old and still be my #1 Favourite Spyro the Dragon Game of the Spyro Series and my #3 Favourite Greatest Game Character of All Time too.

[@jiggylookback]

It’s been a while since I’ve played them all. But I seem to recall loving Ripto’s Rage out of the bunch!

[@MatthewKing-Alexander]

@ Ripto's Rage is also awesome too

[@spyrothetimelord]

Super interesting and I actually learned about some backstory from the jp version. I guess if Spyro was a truly new game in this era we would have flashbacks and such to that past. Surprised the mystery door/castle behind us when we start the game didn't make it in this video. I think I have some Mandela effect memory where you could do something to open it

[@jiggylookback]

That’s a good one to point out. I honestly just didn’t even think of it.

[@marcstutsman4861]

I just assumed the flight levels all had heavier updrafts, either wind or thermal.

[@Graywyck]

Adult Spyro(?) kinda looks like Elvis Presley to me because of his sideburns Even his hair color changed

[@jiggylookback]

He ain’t nothing but a hound dog

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

Chargin’ all the time 😆

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

Frankly he kinda looks like a Beast Maker as an adult. Interesting 🤔

[@jiggylookback]

@@DoofenSpyroDragon16 sort of!! I believe there is a beast maker dragon that actually is purple as well, very similar coloring to Spyro.

[@Sl1kz]

Good video, such a different take on things. Well done

[@jiggylookback]

Thank you so much! Really appreciate that

[@kpuff8282]

I had a friend with a playstation and I always remember we would either play Crash or Spyro. I only got to play it when I was at their house but I had fun with those games

[@jiggylookback]

True classics!

[@millscoolin]

excellent video! love these so much :)

[@jiggylookback]

Thanks Mills! Glad you do!

[@natejoe9924]

I only played the first one back in the day and I pre-ordered the collection finally got to play all of them and I 100% every single one and got all of the achievements

[@Dash-The-Wonderful]

I actually found the Reignited Trilogy at a game stop up in Piqua a few months back!

[@jiggylookback]

It’s a good remake!

[@Dash-The-Wonderful]

@@jiggylookback It really is! I do hope one day that the Sly Collection gets an Unreal Engine Makeover; (as well as an Xbox port); sometime!

[@DannyBenS94]

Spyro is wonderful! One of my many childhood games on PS1. My theory on where Spyro is from is planet Burbank, where the Insomniac Museum is lol.

[@jiggylookback]

Love it! Haha

[@rogerklotzisme]

Good video! But I did want to add that the creators debunked the adult spyro thing. That picture in the back is not spyro. Check out the original spyro site and some interviews. He was just labeled dragon dad and the creators more or less said it was just a render they never made use of.

[@jiggylookback]

@@rogerklotzisme interesting I didn’t see that.

[@RedDragonForce2]

It’s interesting, because I owned a Spyro Toy that looked like he was an adult, and the result was… interesting. He had big wings, but his horns were nubs. I can assume that this toy was meant for children likely age 5, but it was weird seeing an Adult Spyro without prominent horns. Thoughts?

[@jiggylookback]

Very interesting, he needs horns! Wouldn’t feel right without em.

[@matthewsimmons9277]

Honestly I believe the legends games come before the classic. Because well naming next purple dragon after the previous purple dragon that was a legendary hero just makes sense. Evidence floating lands, and the need for portals in the classic games. Sky lands is exponentially farther forward in the timeline.

[@jiggylookback]

@@matthewsimmons9277 I’ve honestly never played the legends games. I’ll certainly check them out at some point!

[@therandombats2579]

Here's a mystery regardless the dragons..... Why did Gnasty Gnork only retrap a handful of dragons after Spyro freed them (or wait until after Spyro took the rest of his treasure at the end of the game)?

[@jiggylookback]

Maybe he was working on it and we only saw a few get trapped. The question is why didn’t he aim for Spyro first :P

[@RavenWoodsDE]

Too bad we never get to replay the game as grown spyro.. I mean.. how wild would that be? Stomp, stomp everywhere :D

[@jiggylookback]

Would be epic

[@ScribbledPixelz]

I just beat crash purple so really fitting timing

[@jiggylookback]

Epic!

[@glassramen]

00:20 Don't worry, while we didn't have a lot of great games that playstation had, we can rest easy that they were cursed to have bubsy 3d on their system. 🙏 For real though while I had a 64 and not a playstation, I still had family/friends who did and I played an absolute ton of great games on the system. While I overall prefer the 64, the playstation holds a lot of fond memories for me, and the top of those were spyro 2. Absolutely my favorite game in the series, and I'm hoping to see you cover it too!

[@jiggylookback]

@@glassramen I remember Spyro 2 being my favorite as well though it’s been a long time since I’ve played that one. I’m looking forward to it!

[@FarmerSlideJoeBob]

Spyro was and is a good game still today and I speak here for the OG PS1 Version :D

[@jiggylookback]

Yeah it plays so solid!! Great game!

[@natejoe9924]

Artisans is my favorite level even though it's the first level still my favorite it always was even when I was a kid

[@jiggylookback]

I love the vibes of it as well!

[@natejoe9924]

@jiggylookback exactly bro me too

[@earthguardian2]

Front mission, parasite eve 😮

[@Davygod]

I checked the website and this grownup dragon of Spyro is named 'PapaDragon' in computer message.

[@jiggylookback]

@@Davygod that’s amazing haha

[@Davygod]

@@jiggylookback I found it by clicking 'Advice'.

[@rabbitcorp.103]

U should do crash next

[@slizzysluzzer]

How do portals work? Who designed them? Who maintains them? Spyro 3 states that portals function through exposure to dragons... but that only solves one part of the problem. In Avalar, portals seem to be a function of orbs, though this is never stated clearly. Are orbs related to dragons, somehow? The first three Spyro games raise a lot of interesting lore questions that, sadly, never get answered because of the franchise's abandonment.

[@jiggylookback]

Yeah so many questions

[@Wandergirl108]

"I know the dragonflies are really addressed in later games…" **shows cover of Enter the Dragonfly** Hoo boy…yeah, um…check your expectations there, sir. While there was probably a theoretical version of that game that addressed dragonflies in a meaningful way, that is not the game we got. The game we got has no value whatsoever. Just…Just don't expect anything from that game. At all. Regarding flight levels, in Magic Crafters, the flight level is specifically introduced by a dragon who says it's a place "where you can learn to fly", and then he starts on a tangent of "I remember, when I was a young dragon, earning my wings…" before Spyro interrupts him. What that says to me is that flight levels are specifically designated training courses for young dragons, perhaps with a special power attached to boost their young wings so they can practice. Grown dragons probably fly with magic, if I had to guess, but maybe younglings don't have enough magic yet, so they can only practice in these specially-designed areas.

[@jiggylookback]

@@Wandergirl108 I played Enter the Dragonfly a long long time ago so I remember nothing, but I do remember it being pretty stale in comparison to other Spyro games

[@Wandergirl108]

@@jiggylookback "Stale" doesn't begin to describe it. It's buggy, ugly, clearly unfinished, and somehow just not fun. Apparently it went through development hell before being rushed for a Christmas sale allowing a dev time of a few months - like other travesties of gaming, such as E.T. for the Atari 2600 - and BOY, does it ever show. So yeah, if you're ever gonna revisit it…Well, don't, I would advise that you don't, but if you do, be prepared for the saddest, most pathetic moment in Spyro history. It is the drastic exception that proves the rule that Spyro games are good. XD

[@samuraibeastwarrior2886]

this game was Adtro Bot before Astro Bot

[@rayphoenix7296]

I tortured myself by 120% completing the Japanese version of this game. It was pain. The camera angles are broken as hell and Spyro's physics work different. The Japanese voice acting was pretty good though. I only played that version because I thought it could help me learn Japanese. I wonder if any of those planets are the ones we will see in the Ratchet and Clank games.

[@jiggylookback]

I love the look of the manual in the Japanese version, So weird how much is different in that version.

[@rayphoenix7296]

@@jiggylookback It is exactly the same. They just changed how the camera angles work so the camera gives a bird's eye view of the level and does not have Spyro justified in the center. The camera often gets stuck on the sides of walls. Some bosses like Toasty don't even appear in the frame and I had to rely on my memory of him from the American version for that boss fight. Spyro can charge but it does not make him go faster. Charging is merely a method of attack and not a way to get around faster. Spyro also cannot jump while he is charging. There are these obnoxious signs sprawled throughout the levels that can be read by flaming them. They just explain obvious things that you could have figured out yourself. It is as if the people that made the Japanese localization thought Japanese people were stupid or something. Spyro speaks a lot more in this version. He often makes, "Yah!" sounds when he charges and jumps kind of like Mario in Super Mario 64.

[@jiggylookback]

@ yeah so bizarre…why change the core gameplay… yikes

[@rayphoenix7296]

@@jiggylookback The alleged reason why the made these changes was because they thought Japanese people would get motion sickness from the way the camera worked in the US version. Because of this, Spyro failed in Japan. Thankfully, in the Japanese version of Spyro 2, you can change the camera settings in the options and make the camera work the way it does in the US version.

[@The_Sofa_King]

Please cover sly cooper if you want a new ps series to look into.

[@jiggylookback]

Heck yeah that’d be dope!

[@PWPictures67]

I was the opposite, I was a big PlayStation Fan, and I think I still am. I have a few Nintendo consoles but I've owned every PlayStation console, except for PS5. it's too expensive and there's not many games on it. 5:30: I thought you were going to say, "But that's just a theory" for a second.

[@jiggylookback]

Lol

[@TheStormyChef]

The Remake fix the reuse dragon designs , making all of them different

[@natejoe9924]

I did I had a PlayStation and a Nintendo 64 I had a lot of systems in my house

[@jiggylookback]

You’re lucky!!

[@natejoe9924]

I never owned Spyro the dragon Yes I told you I beat it and I 100% it but that's because my cousin let me use it I didn't need to buy it we live next door to each other we used to trade games all of the time when I was a kid

[@drewshaheen]

lol they never should have made Enter the Dragonfly

[@jiggylookback]

I barely remember it. Shows how great it was.

[@Chompsie3002]

Can you do "The Mysteries of JiggyLookBack"?

[@jiggylookback]

Too much for the internet to handle.

[@Chompsie3002]

@jiggylookback :(

[@deadinphantomile]

i didnt know anyone cared about spyro the dragon lore

[@jiggylookback]

I mean it’s what I do.

[@ivratsdargy955]

Secret eggs at 3:48 and 7:44

[@jiggylookback]

Nope they just showed up in gameplay. The secret eggs are much more secret. And there are 3. They don’t spin so that’s how you can tell.

[@MetalMightGames]

@@jiggylookback what? There's no other eggs in the video! I watched on slow motion! The only other eggs are the 2 that Spyro and Sparx hatch out of. Update: I found one of them. I don't think I'll ever find all 3. Please make it easier.

[@jiggylookback]

@@MetalMightGames previously I have made it easier and people get it too fast. My last video was equally as hard and people found them.

[@jiggylookback]

@ I did reveal one in my community posts to help.

[@gon3302]

You should solve the mystery on why you’re so cute

[@jiggylookback]

unsolvable 🤣

[@timh6647]

00:33 03:50 07:45

[@jiggylookback]

@@timh6647 ooooo nope. The first one is the only one correct, The ones at 3:50 and 7:45 are both just the gameplay hud coming up. The secret ones don’t spin. Sorry it’s so hard :P

[@timh6647]

@jiggylookback oh damn! Haha

[@Cliffordlonghead]

hiii

[@jiggylookback]

Hi!

[@justinratcliffe947]

Btw here's a list of some more PS1 games you should cover 1. Galerians 2. Parasite Eve 1&2 3. Dino Crisis 1&2 4. Vandal Hearts 1&2 5. Xenogears 6. Silent Hill 7. Vampire Hunter D 8. Heart of Darkness 9. Clock Tower 1&2 10. Resident Evil 1-3 11. Resident Evil: Survivor 12. Tomb Raider 1-3 as well as Last Revelation and Chronicles 13. Nightmare Creatures 1&2 14. Broken Sword 1&2 15. Fear Effect 1&2

[@jiggylookback]

Yes resident evil definitely

[@justinratcliffe947]

​@@jiggylookbackbtw are you familiar with the Gamingmuse channel? Her channel explores various secrets, mysteries and symbolism of the Resident Evil and Silent Hill games

[@justinratcliffe947]

I'm not gonna lie. I never played any of the Spyro the Dragon games. Not one and it's such a popular series

[@jiggylookback]

Totally worth a play