Spyro DS Officially Announced

In a press release about new Happy Meal toys hitting McDonalds, Vivendi Universal revealed the full title on Spyro's next adventure.

Vivendi Universal Games today announced that it is partnering with McDonald's to offer electronic handheld video games based on the popular Crash and Spyro video games franchises' in Happy Meals and Mighty Kids Meals worldwide.

Beginning May 13 and running through June 9, 2005, in North America, McDonald's Happy Meals and Mighty Kids Meals will include one of eight different handheld video games featuring Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon. For the first time ever in McDonald's Happy Meals and Mighty Kids Meals, kids will experience the adventures with their favorite video game characters, Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon, with these high-action interactive handheld games. The McDonald's handheld games are based on VU Games' popular Crash and Spyro video game franchises including Crash Twinsanity and Spyro: A Hero's Tail both available for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. However, Vivendi also mentioned two Nintendo DS titles in the very same press release.

In the fall of 2005, VU Games will release Crash Tag Team Racing, a unique new addition to the Crash franchise that will allow players to combine cars and combat each other on the racetrack. Crash Tag Team Racing will be available for the PlayStation 2, the Xbox video game, Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo DS. Also, this fall the popular Spyro video game franchise will expand to include Spyro Shadow Legacy on the Nintendo DS where for the first time ever the franchise will incorporate popular role playing game elements and introduce magic into the adventure.

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  Well, I want to see how it turns out, Mario in an RPG was good ages ago in LOTSS. Who knows, this could be as good as the PS1 original Spyros, which were the best in the series and one of the best franchises ever, till it went multi-format and the next-gen leap. Can't wait to see the 1st screen of the DS Spyro.

  skarma, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Don't be afraid! I read in some kind of press release a couple of months ago that it would be kind of Advance Wars-sy. Sounds interesting. And: Happy Meals *O*

  Thomas, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  In USA :(

  skarma, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  RPG?!Ahhhh

  Stocka, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  The RPG-elements mentioned could hypothetically actually mean that they'll put in more quests or an enhanced storyline instead of pure action... Not necessarily a bad thing.

  Dennis, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Suppose. Stories in adventure games make the much more epic. I liked the spyro games on gba so i'm interested.

  Stocka, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  I like the Spyro GBA games, but PS1 Spyros were some of the best platformers i'd ever played. Stupid other company left/went mad.

  skarma, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Insomniac went left/went mad? I thought they just started making the Ratchet and Clank games instead?

  Jay, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Your right, Sony bought Insomniac, and now these shitty developers make Spyro games, I loved Insomniac, but I'm not buying a PS2 for there games. I just want a port of all 3 Spyros on the DS. That would rock. The 3rd was the best, heck, I would buy the 3rd one, skateboarding *drools*

  skarma, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Hmmm... Interesting. I was disappointed in Hero's Tail, it froze, like, 10 minutes into the game.

  Nintendude, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  wopti freakin do.

  ds_gmr, 30-11--0001 at 00:00