Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii

Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, However, in 2018, Activision published the Spyro Reignited Trilogy on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, a whole decade since the previous Spyro game was released. In 2011, the Spyro series spawned a large spin-off series, the Skylanders series, which contributed to the Spyro series' abandonment. Since 2008, when Activision acquired the rights to the franchise, the Spyro series has entered a long hiatus. In the 2000s, the Spyro series has switched between various publishers and developers. įor the first three games, Spyro became a mascot for the PlayStation alongside Crash Bandicoot, both of whom appeared in several games together. In an interview, Ted Price said that Insomniac stopped developing Spyro games after Spyro: Year of the Dragon because Spyro could not hold anything in his hands, therefore limiting his actions. The whole series has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, as of October 2007. It is the sister franchise of the Crash Bandicoot series. The games were originally developed by Insomniac Games for the PlayStation, starting with the release of Spyro the Dragon in 1998, and published by Digital Eclipse. The Spyro franchise is a series of platforming games starring a purple dragon named Spyro. You can help the Spyro Wiki by expanding it.