His model and fire effects are from Spyro: A Hero's Tail, which released a couple months after Twinsanity.

Gin, previously stolen by the Evil Twins. Spyro makes a small cameo in a Twinsanity cutscene, where he is seen defending his gems from N. However, they realized they had been tricked by their archenemies after this fight, and teamed up to put an end to Cortex and Ripto's plan. Crash and Spyro start a fight when they first meet each other, due to Ripto's minions having been altered to resemble Spyro and Crash in their respective worlds.

Spyro appears in Ripto's Rampage which is part of a pair of games that crossover the Crash and Spyro series (the other being Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy). Trance.ĭifficulty: Advanced Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage/ Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy In contrast to his traditional depiction as a hero, Spyro in this game races for Team Trance, and uses Uka Uka as his mask, implying that he was brainwashed by N. He is unlocked after beating Velo for the first time. Spyro appears as an unlockable character in the Game Boy Advance and N-Gage versions of Crash Nitro Kart. Also, in Crash Bash, a demo of Spyro: Year of the Dragon is playable by holding L1 and R1 and pressing square then Start at the Universal Interactive Studios screen. A demo for the second game in the Spyro series can be accessed in Crash Team Racing using the same method. This had an impact on each other's games.Ĭrash Bandicoot: Warped/ Crash Team Racing/ Crash BashĪ demo for the first game in the Spyro series can be played in Crash Bandicoot: Warped by inputting a special code (similarly, a demo for Warped is accessible in the first Spyro game via the same method): up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, square(this code is noticeably similar to the Konami Code).

When the games first started being created, their developers ( Naughty Dog and Insomniac) worked in close proximity to each other and employees often went to parties together and became close friends. The Spyro the Dragon series is considered the sister series to Crash Bandicoot and this relationship goes back many years. 3.1 Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage.

1.3 Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage/ Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy.1.1 Crash Bandicoot: Warped/ Crash Team Racing/ Crash Bash.1 History with the Crash Bandicoot series.

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