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The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon - DS Version

For the fourth time and fourth year in a row, Spyro makes an appearance on the Nintendo DS. For the first time developed by Tantalus Interactive. The game features 2D side-scrolling combat and platforming sections and a few 3D on-rails flight levels. Like the console versions you can switch between Spyro and Cynder at any point but it is a one player game only, there is no co-op.

Controls

These are the controls for the 2D part of the game.

Button Action
Up Look up
Down Look down
Left/Right Move
Left/Right + Left/Right (same as your direction) Charge
Left/Right + Left/Right (opposite to your direction) Backwards Dodge
A Melee Attack
A + Left/Right (opposite to your direction) Backflip Tailstrike
A + Up Kick
A + Down Tailstrike
A + Left/Right (same as your direction) Punch
B Jump
B + B Double Jump
Down + B Drop through thin platform
B + Left/Right towards wall Wall Jump
B + Down + A Horn Dive
B + Down + X Smash Attack
X Elemental Melee Attack
X + Left/Right (backwards to your direction) Elemental Backflip Tailstrike
X + Up Elemental Kick
X + Down Elemental Tailstrike
X + Left/Right (same as your direction) Elemental Punch
Y Breath Attack
L Switch Character
R Switch Element
Select Upgrade Screen
Start Pause Game

Unlike its bigger console siblings you cannot fly during the platforming sections, instead you only get to fly in on-rails 3D sections specifically designated for it.

Button Action
Dpad Move
L Switch Character
Touch Screen Breath Attack

Gems

Red Gems heal you, Green Gems will replenish your breath and Blue Gems will fill an experience bar on the Upgrade Screen which is used to better your elemental moves up to level 3.

You can find gems inside enemies or in their respective colour gem clusters (purple clusters contain random assortment of gems).

Saving

The game will automatically save at the beginning of a level and when you go between sections of a level. You cannot save at any other point and dying will revert you back to the last time the game saved losing all progress.

Comments
#19 dancinkayley 09:53:23 05/01/2009
I remember calling my friend. She'd gotten DOTD around the same time I'd gotten DOTD. She told me that she'd finished DOTD in about 4 hours and 50 minutes. I asked her if that was because she had played 2 player with her sister because I'd played for about 5 hours and I was less than halfway through the game! She said no, I've got the DS version! I thought she would have gotten it for her PS3 instead. Then she began telling me about how she couldn't fly and it was 2d and stuff like that. I was so glad I got mine for my Wii smilie
 
#18 Cynderfyre 12:42:11 02/01/2009
I started it last night. I finished it last night. In about 4 and a half hours, including dying (lots) particularly on the destroyer heart and Malefor.
 
#17 cynder dragon 03:41:55 02/01/2009
I got DOTD now!!!! I can't find the exit to burned lands and my friend thinks destroyer heart is hard. she just got a ds though.
 
#16 Black Minx 19:15:20 26/12/2008
how do you opin doors?
 
#15 thedarkmaster09 16:21:49 21/12/2008
i do have the consol version but thanx for the advice
 
#14 American Spyro 23:55:00 17/12/2008
no get the consol version. i heard it's wayy better.
 
#13 thedarkmaster09 11:53:45 14/12/2008
shall i get the ds dotd for xmas?
 
#12 wanderist 01:11:56 14/12/2008
Okay! Thanks spyroxxx4! The console version is better anyway.
 
#11 random person 22:49:27 09/12/2008
fury in eternal nite was ok i men they could of given u a lil bit more power or more effect
 
#10 spyroxxx4 22:53:45 06/12/2008
i really dont reccomend buying this on my first try i beat the game in 196 minutes
 
#9 wanderist 20:07:10 30/11/2008
Is this version of DOTD any good?
 
#8 Anonymous 14:04:20 22/11/2008
Well the furys in the eternal night really sucked
 
#7 Cynder_Rox 22:13:11 15/11/2008
Furys sucked anyway...
 
#6 Anonymous 06:13:33 11/11/2008
I so don't thingk the ds smilie is beter I think the PS2 is beter I reken smilie and smilie is a lot beter on PS2
 
#5 cynder21 22:31:46 02/11/2008
what no fury??? were is the fun?
 
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