Spyro will learn different breaths from The Chronicler, who is met in dreams which occur to Spyro during the course of the game. Spyro must travel to the end of a level in a linear fashion and defeat the boss at the end of each level, defeating enemies with his combat moves. Many elements of the game are the same as The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning. He must master powerful new abilities on an epic quest to find the Well of Souls and prevent Gaul, the Ape King, from resurrecting the Dark Master. The Eternal Night official site summaryĪs the Night of Eternal Darkness approaches, Spyro is haunted by recurring visions of impending evil. As Spyro, players must unlock the secrets behind a series of strange visions that he is having and find the power to defeat this terrifying new force. The legend continues in the second installment of The Legend of Spyro trilogy with the Ape King arriving at the Temple of Souls in an effort to usher in a new age of darkness. The actual story takes place weeks after the events of A New Beginning (this is supported in the game with both Sparx and Spyro stating time has passed since he lost his powers and Cynder came to stay). The Eternal Night continues the storyline established in A New Beginning, which ended with the defeat of Cynder, a black dragon in servitude for an enemy named the Dark Master. 1.2 The Eternal Night official site summary.

Players also need to be on the lookout for several Dragon Masks that extend both Health and Breath bars throughout the adventure. Gems scattered throughout the levels provide the dragons with energy: Red Gems restore health, Green restores breath power and Blue gives experience points (which provide upgrades for both dragons). Here players need to fly the dragons (left and right-handed flight controls can be adjusted at any time), using the Nintendo DS stylus to blast enemies along the way. As Spyro and Cynder both contain 4 elements each within their breath, players must also press R to switch the breath elements to defeat enemies (who possess both strengths and weaknesses for each element), as well as overcoming several obstacles.Ĭertain levels also take place in the air. As one dragon is playable on the screen, players can press the L button at any time to switch dragons.

The gameplay mainly consists of guiding Spyro and Cynder through a variety of platforming levels, defeating monsters along the way using either physical combat or the dragons' unique breath powers. The Nintendo DS adaptation of The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (the third and final game of the Legend of Spyro trilogy) takes place in the same universe as its home console cousins, except that gameplay is viewed from the side compared to the third-person experience of the other versions.

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