This update of the Insomniac-developed Spyro games was successful enough to spark speculation of a new adventure starring the spunky little dragon, and this was recently bolstered by Activision updating its social media banner to include Spyro earlier this year. Spyro’s magical flame would soon dim though, and the franchise entered a lengthy period of dormancy that was only briefly broken by the release of Spyro Reignited Trilogy in 2018. Along the way, Spyro would gain numerous sequels, headline a more serious reboot series in the Legend of Spyro trilogy, and spawn the Skylanders spin-off franchise. The snarky purple reptile quickly became one of PlayStation’s defining mascots, though Spyro would eventually cross over onto other platforms as the years went on. Before earning higher praise for its work on the Ratchet and Clank series and Marvel’s Spider-Man, developer Insomniac put itself on the map with the first Spyro the Dragon game for the original PlayStation in 1998. We tested this in all three games, and it works in every single one, even in Year of the Dragon before players properly unlock the ability in one of Sparx's levels.After years on the gaming sidelines, the star of Spyro the Dragon could be coming back as a guest character in Crash Team Rumble. Instead of pressing all the shoulder buttons at once like they did in the original version of Year of the Dragon, Spyro: Reignited Trilogy players just need to click in the left stick to make Sparx point to missing gems. However, players don't use the shoulder buttons to activate it this time around. In Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, this feature has been made retroactively available in Spyro the Dragon and Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, allowing players to 100% each game with a lot less headache. Luckily, there is a trick players can use to make finding gems in Spyro: Reignited Trilogy much easier, and it can be done in all three remade games.īack in the day, the original PS1 release of Spyro: Year of the Dragon introduced the gem-finding mechanic, where players could pull in the triggers and bumpers to make Sparx, Spyro's dragonfly companion, point to missing gems. Oftentimes red and green gems will blend in with the ground, which makes finding missing gems even more difficult.

One of the most frustrating things in Spyro: Reignited Trilogy is when players are missing just one gem or two in a level, and no matter how long they search for them, can never seem to find them.

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