

But then, oh dear me no! Some shadow thing happens, or something. All his friends are off on exciting adventures, and poor Spyro must stay at home and work. The premise is thus: Spyro, despite having already been the hero of ninety-three other games, is still the lowliest dragon of the Dragon Realm, and is in the last few days of his holiday before he has to go back to Dragon School.

Of course, if we're going in for this whole honesty on the box mentality, it should probably go on to say, "(that isn't a platform game, nor indeed a particularly good RPG, or much of anything really, and it's pretty poorly made)", so that everyone wanting to buy it gets fair warning. And then all those tartrazine-addled ADD-ites will be well-warned to stay away. But still, when you've got a kajillion kids buying your game because they want to leap the purple dragon around fast-moving worlds, collecting crap, and probably at some point going through an underwater section and then a bit on some clouds, you'd think you'd call this one: Spyro: Shadow Legacy - AN RPG ADVENTURE (that isn't a platform game). Which could be a delightful surprise - don't get me wrong. Platform game then, right? Stick it in the DS, switch it on, wait for the interminably long splash screens to finish their agonizing, glacial display, and then. The box says "Spyro: Shadow Legacy", and nothing else. Spyro Reignited Trilogy is available now for PC, Playstation 4, Switch, and Xbox One.Perhaps it's a job for trade descriptions.

With a brand-new Spyro game likely on the horizon following the Reignited Trilogy's massive success, fans can hope that the series will learn from what did and didn't work with its past boss fights, and create something truly special in the series' next entry. The Spyro series has plenty of great boss fights, and also some not-so-great ones. He and his minions show up throughout the game, causing mayhem for Spyro and his friends which help to successfully build up to the final confrontation with him at the end of the game. There's a reason that Ripto kept returning in future games for the series (those of which will remain unnamed), and is now known as the most iconic villain from the series unlike Gnasty Gnorc or The Sorceress who both felt incredibly one-note, Ripto had a ton of personality.

While he may not be especially intimidating, Ripto's character oozes charm and personality not found in most of the series' other foes. Ripto is by far and large the best boss out of all of the Spyro series.
