Top 10 Spyro Facts YOU NEVER KNEW!

[@emeraldqueen1994]

I have no words to describe how impressed I am with how Insomniac handled Spyro’s first 3 games... 👏 a well-deserved round of applause to everyone who worked on those amazing works of art!!

[@elenadehowlerwerewolfqueen8164]

I second all of that mom! * Howls in salute to Insomniac *

[@amberarzuaga6426]

And yet AAA studios today can't get their games right because nobody on their teams want or can't talk to each other about what they want or what they want to do.(cough cough Anthem) (cough cough Fallout 76) .....Cyberpunk 77....(cough).

[@serenitynow85]

I love the cartoony look of the models. Amazing design choice for the limitation of that time

[@Zenlore6499]

Sheila having hair is not a problem for me. Sheila having HORNS most certainly IS!

[@Zenlore6499]

@STITCHED-UP LBP Same here! I don’t get the fuss!

[@MrGeorgeknows]

She was a Dragon Kangaroo a Dragaroo LOL

[@theimaginator6365]

yeah she looks cuter with hair not horns.

[@typemasters2871]

The whole Sheila this can be boiled down to people caring more about “accuracy” than if it’s a good design or not “You can’t change her design, have her design be the same as the original” I know I was slightly iffy on the redesign at first because “it’s not accurate enough” But now I recognise how better and less bland the new design is

[@TravistheDragon]

It’s still really crazy that Insomniac was able to develop all of the original Spyro games in just a short amount of time.

[@flammable7961]

It really is! Image how a game would turn out today if it was given that much development time... also hey Travis

[@mariomuncher44]

Hi there, Travis

[@flammable7961]

@@mariomuncher44 oh hey it’s you again

[@mariomuncher44]

@@flammable7961 So what?

[@flammable7961]

@@mariomuncher44 So..... hello!

[@dracosodozir7607]

It's a rare thing indeed for me to find something about the Spyro series that I never knew about, being an avid, long-time fan of the series since my early childhood, but this was an incredibly pleasant surprise! At long last, the mystery of bipedal dragons and the absence of female dragons has been solved, Elora initially being a centaur was a HUGE surprise, and the absolute LUNACY of Amish dolphin riders had me wheezing. This was a terrific video, CGE! Thanks!

[@TheKiwiDragon]

OK, I'm genuinely surprised! When you said this video would have 10 things we may not have known, I wasn't sure just how many of those would actually be new to me. But I was pleasantly surprised by how much information in this video which I didn't already know. Great job CGE, I'm liking this style of video. The start of your 'evergreen approach' to your videos is actually a really promising sign!

[@SMABackup]

Another fellow New Zealand fan 🇳🇿

[@bobafett4265]

Same here, also very surprised on the Facts CGE brought in, like MoneyBags redesign to Spyro 2 recycling a cut Spyro 1 boss area for a world in the sequel. Very cool stuff. 👍

[@santiagochad3309]

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[@elijahroman170]

@Santiago Chad instablaster :)

[@santiagochad3309]

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[@pixelythegamer3260]

Maybe that scrapped underwater dragon could come back in the 4th game

[@Reigndolph]

The code name "Girl With A Stick" made me laugh for some reason

[@TheKiwiDragon]

How dare you laugh at the masterpiece "Girl With A Stick"! Don't you know it got an 5/10 from IGN? (They said it had too much stick and not enough story!) I'm only joking of course. I found the game to be far too *wooden!*

[@Ori_Kohav]

This name can easily be taken out of context

[@Reigndolph]

@@Ori_Kohav for real

[@SerialDesignationaN]

@@TheKiwiDragon look out it's the girl with a stick!

[@Tsushima-wp6me]

What they mean by "stick"?

[@danielivey562]

Elora originally being a Centaur I knew about, but the rest I didn't know until now!

[@metalhydramon7093]

Same here, but i knew about the Aquifer dragon too.

[@ganador13]

The dragons are not bipedal in the first game. They are like bears, they walk on all fours and can stand up at times if they like. There are even dragons you rescue that do stay on all fours. This is what bugged me about the reignited remake.

[@user-or1xh1vc8n]

Then you either did not play reignited, have poor reading comprehension, or just trolling: The dragons in reignited are not faithful to the original. They stand upright on two legs dedicatedly and even have cloths designed around this bipedal setup.

[@jacobm8624]

Original Spyro trilogy is the best Spyro! Thanks for talking with Oliver! This was a really interesting video!

[@pierre-mariecaulliez6285]

Honestly, I reserve the right for a slow clap if the female dragons turn out to be behind Artisan's castle door. Right under our noses and we saw nothing coming ;7

[@crisisamonginfinitedarthsa4220]

Amish Dolphin Riders? I knew the Amish were plotting something!

[@Reigndolph]

Out here training with sea creatures.

[@BlaxxShadow]

Imagine if they got their hands on Ecco the dolphin.

[@sonicroachdoggjrraven3263]

*Oh no*

[@VersatileElement]

It's awesome that you can speak with a game developer for Spyro

[@mlgballoonboy3761]

I love videos like this. Videos that deep dive into nostalgic games of our childhood but from a different perspective on how they were made and trivia during development. I'd never have guessed such lovable games could've been made so quickly but didn't FEEL rushed.

[@matthewgraham3649]

This made me think about how people didn't like the idea of multiple playable side characters in Spyro 3 but it was a huge feature in the newest crash game and people loved it. It just shows how time changes things

[@jessejive117]

No it doesn’t. It just shows how people are OK with that if it’s done well.

[@dawidpoleszczuk3477]

i love how confident you're talking about things you have no idea about

[@Taydar]

Those darn polygons. And who was complaining about the hair, all the redesigns look so much better.

[@tsumiproductions]

I really love Shelia's design too

[@OfficialAshArcher]

Agreed!

[@gaothhermesk1289]

I think that was cause the first time The new Sheila showed up raised some eyebrows, but at the end it was well recieved

[@Shinru61]

Hmm. The fact Insomniac games were able to crack out 3 games back to back each year is insane yet incredible. Seems like trying to do that nowadays is impossible without being discovered by news outlets, having article headlines with Forced developer Crunch.

[@Ori_Kohav]

It seems like a foreshadowing to their major successes, by the looks of their other games.

[@DirectorOfChaos9292]

They were all good too

[@ramsoofkyo9047]

I would say nowadays devs tend to focus too much on graphics instead of style and creative use of technology. Spyro Re-Ignited have imo less expresive characters and not so memoriable characters as original, due to this.

[@gmcubed]

@@ramsoofkyo9047 less expressive? what are you smokin

[@ramsoofkyo9047]

@@gmcubed how about you finish original and re-ignited before commenting, so you don't look like fool? Same as Lion king reboot...

[@daltonsturgeon4024]

I can just imagine ActiVision watching this and coming up with all sorts of ideas for Spyro 4. Also, that part about Spyro 4 not being planned? Crash probably went down that road too, and look where that got him today, right?

[@OhHeckNono]

While playing reignited I made my own theory (from a designer point of view) Spyro is a "kid" dragon, that would explain why he still can't stand on two legs or fly, because of the weight of his head (same reason babies can't walk or run until they're a little older).

[@RustEliel]

Finally! A video of facts I didn't know that I actually didn't know!!

[@CanadianGuyEh]

Thats what I was going for! If I hear "Did you know Spyro was green?" In these "YOU NEVER KNEW THESE FACTS" I was gonna throw up

[@Manuelx98.]

It's a shame they didn't work on a Spyro 4 for ps2, but I'm extremely grateful they decided to work on Ratchet, one of my favourite series ever

[@clownymoosebean]

Crystal Forest? Maybe in a future game, a level will take place in a forest beneath the floating islands. And I think it's high time we meet not only the Aquafier and Machinist castes, but the lady dragons as well.

[@IidosGamingDen]

This was all very interesting. I'm not sure how much of this I knew, nothing really rings a bell, though I feel I may have heard about 1 or 2 things over the years, but it's all feels largely new. I had no idea the development process for the original trilogy was so hectic and difficult, though; honestly, I thought they were able to get 1 game out per year simply because game development back then was so much easier than it is nowadays, hence why companies were able to consistently get games out every 1-2 years, instead of the 3-4+ it takes nowadays... All things considered, it's pretty amazing the original trilogy turned out as great as it did. That truly is a testament to Insomniac's skill!

[@OfficialAshArcher]

I cannot fathom how amazingly talented Oliver and Insomniac were in working around the limitations of the time to deliver something truly special for the world. Amazing geniuses. Great video, and great to see Oliver sharing so much with you!

[@lobayong9966]

Knowing that there were originally gonna be two other types of dragons is SUPER fascinating and definitely staying noted for my comic

[@shannonbateswillis5022]

Dude, you got to speak with the inspiration for Ripto?! Man, you’re awesome! Also, love your channel! I have since you built up hype for the Reignited trilogy! Thanks to you, I know that Universal was just as bad to Insomniac as they were to Naughty Dog! Quick question; who made your new intro, if you don’t mind me asking?

[@jimbridge64]

i think one of the reasons, that it did seem like no revisions were made for the spyro games, is because of it being a fantasy-inspired game series. no one can say that a design is unrefined, when the entire game is unrealistic.

[@NWDM1H]

This was a really cool video! Didn't know any of this for sure. :P The aqua thing got me intrigued! Wonder what it would've been like if it had been in the game as originally planned. 👀

[@jordinadaldiez6343]

You won't go to bed without knowing something new from your profesor CGE

[@emeraldqueen1994]

I love your profile picture! (And totally agree with your comment)

[@jordinadaldiez6343]

@@emeraldqueen1994 thanks!

[@thinksie]

Spyro is love, Spyro is life

[@bryangarza4372]

Spyro burns all enemies to ashes

[@thinksie]

@@bryangarza4372 Or knocks them out( off a cliff or mountain sometimes (: )

[@alkalinkintriopark]

If this was posted by anyone else except crystalfissure I would've scrolled right past it assuming I knew all of it already. Ty sir, always crushing

[@LukeManiaStudios]

3:54 I don't understand why you said it's up for speculation, we 100% know that it was called machinists thanks to the prototype builds found.

[@camcam_burger]

He was talking about whether they adapted the content to Gnasty's world.

[@shto4782]

Appreciate your effort! Love to hear something new about our beloved purple boy.

[@Abishokaya]

This is exactly the kind of content we would never get if people didn't ask. You do such a good job reaching out and finding the information. I'm so glad you don't assume that it's impossible to ask the original creator's questions. I've seen the art before. But it's good to have the story behind it.

[@AyameObsessed]

AMISH. DOLPHIN. RIDERS! 😂 great vid CGE!

[@DirectorOfChaos9292]

I liked how in the reignited trilogy all of the dragons had unique designs along with rest of the cast in the other two games

[@ramsoofkyo9047]

indeed. Tho bit shame they didn't put longer dialogs with those, as some of them just deliver 1 line and you cannot appreciate their design. Because on PSX they're just very limited models, so short exposure was justified. Maybe some additonal menu in guidebook to check models would be nice. Imo would be better if devs decided to tweak some features, instead of just copy-paste original. Fingers crossed for new Spyro, like Crash got.

[@Chopper7272]

I love how they do all the levels. I love exploring the different worlds they have and their cultures. The third one just seems a little basic though. Wasn’t my favorite but the first two games really good

[@renamon5658]

Spyro was my second ps1 game and video game i ever played

[@CrystalFissure]

Oliver Wade is the absolute man. Such a creative mind.

[@hammerbros64]

This stuff bout to be good

[@limm_ee]

I think the only thing I already knew on the list was number 4! Very much lived this little peek into the development of the games I still cherish to this day. Have to give major props to Insomniac for somehow pumping out three masterpieces in such a short amount of time

[@deannaw]

Such a great video! I love that you got a chance to talk to Oliver who was apart of such a legendary team.

[@horse14t]

Knowing this stuff now and how Reignited reintroduced some of the scrapped details it makes you wonder why they didn't at least make a couple of the dragons in Spyro 1 female. There were even some designs I saw that I thought would suit a female voice quite well.

[@140kittykat]

Here's another Spyro fact you didn't know... My nephew's first Spyro experience was on his other aunt's Switch. She took it home with her, but he demanded to play Spyro. While trying to placate him with the original instead of Reignited, he has taken to calling Reignited "the REAL Spyro," and makes sure I understand that I am wrong.

[@ramsoofkyo9047]

lol. Yea I imagine kids being spoiled with cute looking characters nowadays. But when he'll grow up hopefully he'll reach for PSX version and appreciate craftsmanship and great use of limited technology on expresions that suppas even re-ignited versions.

[@vineheart01]

Pre-PS2/GC/Xbox era almost every game was heavily redrawn/redesigned due to technical limitations. Lot of it is rather interesting how they dodged that annoying limit.

[@arrowghost]

Water dragons would have been cool to add, especially we got Sisu the water dragon today. Agent 9's FPS mode feels like Virtua Cop.

[@gospyro]

I had completely forgotten about the screw up that let to the 'crystal bear' and beaver!! We were usually pretty good at communicating between the different departments, but the change from 'forest' to 'crystal' definately slipped throug somehow. I built the crystal level and, now, clearly remember sitting down to play through the level while polishing up the art and asking, " WHY is there a bear running around"?

[@saged1513]

Crystal islands was honestly one of my favorite levels as a kid. So surreal and pretty. The weird beavers were always so funny to me

[@aaronwinn7048]

13:47 I grew up playing these 3 games and would spend hours playing them. Its nice to know that people still give love to one of PlayStations major mascots if you wanna call Spyro that

[@Zoki4444]

"Thank you for giving me release, Spyro!"

[@matthewpotter2881]

Loved this! Thanks for sharing! I love behind the scenes stuff like this

[@stefanloncar6868]

Never clicked so fast

[@lordhellstrande7188]

Honestly, the Crystal Islands having been forest and the creatures being thosr animals makes sense. The gnomes say that they stole.some.magic from the sorceress and were practicing with it but turned everything to crystal, if I'm remembering correctly

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

Hey, that's pretty cool! Nice to see some cool exclusive info! I noticed you blurred out the footage from Electric Playground in a few instances. Honestly, I think you'd be fine with it being unblurred, so long as you credit the source. I do it all the time with my own stuff on DYKG!

[@demonprincess9680]

That was so long ago, I didn't realize those three games came one year after another. My god, I could never work on such time pressure like that

[@agsilverradio2225]

I knew about the reason for the side characters in Spyro 3, and Spyro orrigonally being green. I also knew that they were planing on retiring Spyro after Spyro 3. The rest was new to me.

[@ItachiSerresiete]

Here from reddit! Thank you, I didnt know any!

[@shelleyfeay1190]

I love your videos! Keep it up! You are my go to for Spyro news and facts!

[@AvidSonicFan]

Make the Bears... CRYSTAL Bears! CRUNCH TIME. Even back during the PS1 days, apparently...

[@Wilfoe]

Fascinating info about one of my first video games! Thanks so much for this video!

[@AmazinglyAwkward]

Hey CGE, I’ve not been able to tune in for a while but this was SUPER interesting! Do you like a full “uncut” interview available or was just like a bit of an informal chat? Either way, love this video and your content is super good dude! Stay safe and healthy!

[@MOONCAT666]

This was interesting! Anyone else want to know why Spyro's wing design changed from game 1 to 2+3's version? Always bugged me

[@Jroobelucios]

Anatomy. They wanted to make it more accurate to bat wings however I noticed the hippos in shady oasis(?) remained the same weird divided wings.

[@MOONCAT666]

@@Jroobelucios but then if you supercharge you instantly get Spyro 1 wings back, weird. And yeah right enough the hippos too

[@windy3935]

Don't know why that bugged you, since it wasn't a bad change. And... you must know that ALL game series always see character models updated. The sequel can take place an hour later and there will still be differences, for a variety of reasons but primarily thanks to better hardware and/or better grasp of the current hardware.

[@RocketRoosterFilms]

This video is refreshing because it is based on facts and not just a pile of conjectures and wishes.

[@356z]

I would love a documentary on insomniac, where old and new designers talk about the history and technological advances. For me, specifically from spyro to spyro remastered, and ratchet and clank to R&C ps4

[@magicalmissmothieakamothmo2521]

I loved this soooo much. I wonder what would happen if you contacted someone from the Enter the Dragonfly game....

[@darthnecrosaberjacobrandal4247]

Been at work for over 8 hours and just now watching this I've been waiting to see this

[@agsilverradio2225]

4:09 Looks like concept art for the Baloonest from Spyro 1 without his scarf, either Crush from 2 or the Sourceress from 3, Bianca from Year of the Dragon, and the Zepher grubs and Professor, from Spyro 2.

[@irispaiva]

Agent 9 as a pig gives me some Crash vibes, which makes me think that could be the reason why it wasn't approved

[@Ori_Kohav]

Number 1 seems like a foreshadowing of the success that Insomniac was in for. The fact that they were able to make such great games under pressure is a very strong indication of what they're capable of, and it definitely shows in their later games, especially both their Spiderman games.

[@melarch]

Loved your artistic editing behind this video. Was entertaining and made me laugh. I also loved hearing the facts you brought to the table. All very interesting. Maybe there will be more like this with you and Oliver wade in the future on other things??👀 makes me want to play spyro again!

[@melarch]

Also thank you for using the original video games in this video! It truly shows what toys for Bob did with the reignited trilogy but also brings me back to when I played the original games.

[@Jan-bi3lk]

its crazy they used just 3 years to develop games that people played for over 10 years

[@The-Sapphire-General]

So in-universe, the female dragons were on vacation. XD There! You got your answer!

[@Klebkatt]

It was the 12th year, so they were off laying eggs. XD

[@im_bobby_mom]

I'm so happy there wasn't an under water boss in the end. The sharks in Aquaria towers scared me enough.

[@omniretrofan777]

actually, CGE, i've known about elora's original appearance for a long time now. love your videos. also: the fact she was changed from a centauress into a faun, was because they thought she'd look cuter

[@summerivy1548]

As an avid Spyro fan...I have NEVER heard of any of these! Thank you for making this video, easily one of the BEST videos on Spyro. It is a bummer they didn't plan Spyro 4 though haha, but the it's nice knowing the truth.

[@earthwormjim9739]

it's crazy what people could do with such big limitations. awesome video!

[@CanadianAPX]

That intro is SOOOOO GOOOOOOOD! Awesome work as always :)

[@DannyBenS94]

There are so many videos with "You never knew" or something like that in the title, and ends up having like maybe one or two facts I actually didn't know. This is one of the only videos I've watched with those words in the title that actually had all facts I didn't know! Lol

[@michaelvasquez6342]

To this day, the Crystal island trees remind me of sideshow Bob from the Simpsons.

[@wolf7701]

I adore the remastered elora. Really well done.

[@ninjutsukil2794]

The space-pig design/idea made its way to the Metropolis-level I think! There are enemies that are pigs in spacesuits!🤩

[@ninjutsukil2794]

So that could have been agent 9!🤣

[@aneledragondreamer173]

hello!!Some of these ( like the limitate of polygons beging the cause of the lack of female dragons) I was aware because a friend of mine could contact Oliver Wade 2 years before, but it really good to revive these facts again and you telling for more fans to know, about of favorite purple boy, specialy it lovely to see a drawing from Wade of Centaur Elora! but I did't know about Monybags beging original a Rynoc or the fact of the Machines and aquafires!!! but yes about the boss sea dragon. also , I don't know if Oliver toll you but, Oliver toll my friend that Spyro parents die in a attact form Gnasty Gnorc, the same from the start first game,when he put the dragons into statues, some of the dragons did't survive and one of them were Spyro Parents :C Gretting form Argentina, I enjoy your channel so much! thank you for bringin us great content!

[@starrylove1987]

Probably a reason for the name insomniac. I doubt these people got much sleep.

[@itsbebe3695]

Number 3, with the Crystal Islands reminds me of The Legend of Spyro.

[@SmashProX]

I'm more curious about how a water world would have worked in the first game when Spyro can't even swim on the water surface.

[@Joshua_Quinzel_Isley]

Let's get 10 facts that we didn't know about Crash Bandicoot next.

[@RogerDatSoldier]

Great video you made there today. Love the facts about Spyro ^^

[@untitledjunk03]

Number 1. In “A Hero’s Tail”, Spyro, Hunter, Moneybags, Red, and ALL of the Dragon Elders are voiced by Crash Bandicoot/Rodney Copperbottom himself, Jess Harnell.

[@Feniiku]

didn't know many of the sequel facts at all, but i had heard the rhino moneybags one recently, and I did fanart based on the aquifiers/machinists way back when I got my presskit in 2009 lol, thanks for sharing cge!

[@LuminescentSky2]

The Mechanists as Gnasty's World is not really a thing of speculation as evidently, in prototypes, the Gnasty's World was named Mechanists - so it was changed later during development.

[@CrayonsNThings]

This makes me want to scream with joy and cry with sorrow. lmao I am in love with all of this new info about him!! WOW!!!

[@kingitosinosa]

Thank you, CGE! Hope to see 10 facts about Crash. That is amazing!

[@gnicegnorc]

I like Sheila with hair. Although I never did play the version where she didn't have any.

[@graduator14]

Thank you for the info!

[@PSXDRIVERPLAYERBSTH]

Finally a "facts ye never knew" video where the facts mostly are that (I actually knew #2). Also, damn those people stretching the PS1 games from 4:3 to 16:9. That annoys me so much, especially as that behind the scenes footage is left as-should-be.

[@Jroobelucios]

ye means the... "Facts the never knew"............................ wat

[@jazzew]

Cool, I really didn't know any of this!! Love the drawings! :D I can relate to having to design things so quickly because of a nearing deadline... Yikes! Thanks to Oliver too, giving all that info! I just love Spyro so much! ;_; It's too bad they wouldn't do a couple more games connected to the first three. They really were of my favourite games! :(

[@dibberz-v1z]

i really wish we could see some of the unused/unfinshed stuff for spyro in it's original glory (if there is any)

[@Ratchetti]

Oliver Wade wrote the story for Ratchet and Clank 2: Going Commando :)

[@ECDT1089-EtheLamborghini]

Thanks for sharing this. Honestly, I only knew about half of these!