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Spyro: Season of Ice

Spyro: Season of Ice is the first Spyro game to appear on the GBA. The first Spyro game to be made by a developer other then Spyro's creators Insomniac Games, Digital Eclipse have done a decent enough job on this game to make it playable and replayable.

Season of Ice takes you, as Spyro, to the Fairy Realms in order to save them from an evil menace. Set shortly after Year of the Dragon, Season of Ice continues with a slightly linked story but really it's not the greatest story you'll have ever encountered.

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North America Oct 30th 2001 European Union Nov 16th 2001
Spyro Advance
Japan Dec 26th 2002

The Story

Here's the official word on the story from the SpyroTheDragon.com website:

After the defeat of the Sorceress, many of her old Rhynoc minions were left out of work or had to take less-than-ideal day jobs. None more so than Grendor, the Rhynoc librarian at the Grand Central Dragon Realms library. A small, meek figure, Grendor never made the cut into the Rhynoc army and desperately longed for a career change.

One day, Bianca spent a few hours in the library researching ideal vacation spots for a trip she was planning for Spyro, Hunter and herself. With all the travel books, Bianca mistakenly left the Sorceress' Spell book behind. Finding the book, Grendor was inspired by an ingenious plan. Flipping through the pages, he found himself a transformation spell to change his meager frame into a towering mass of muscle and brainpower! Wasting no more time, he read the spell aloud; too hasty even to notice the book was turned upside down. Grendor wound up with bulk and brainpower all right, but in the form of two heads, and a migraine in both of his thick skulls.

And here's my description of the opening part to the game...

The camera zooms in to see Spyro, Hunter and Bianca relaxing on a beach somewhere, probably Dragon Shores, when Hunter suddenly sees something in the sky. He thinks it's a flying sheep saucer but Spyro recognises it as a balloon. Bianca catches it and reads the note attached to it. The note is from Zoe and reads: 'Dear Spyro, I'm using every last drop of my magic to send you this message. Someone has cast a powerful spell over the Fairy World and, freezing fairies in Ice Crystals. And we can't get out! Now, the Rhynocs are back and collecting fairies one by one. I wish I knew what they were up to. Please come back before it's too late.' Spyro decides to go help the fairies and Bianca says she'll go off and check her spell book for something to help.

Hunter mentions that she hasn't been carrying the Spell Book for a few days which is news to Bianca but she finds out that she no longer has it on her. She realises that she must have left it in the library when she got the travel book for their vacation. As she sets off to find her book, Hunter, Spyro and Sparx head off to help the fairies.

The Controls

Spyro the Dragon
A Jump. Press again when in the air to glide. Press again whilst in glide to hover and end the glide.
B Flame
R Charge
Start Bring up the start menu
Select Open the Atlas

Gems are once again the currency of the world, and once again you'll be needing to collect it all to get 100% completion.

Gem Colour Gem Value
Red 1
Green 2
Purple 5
Yellow 10

Gems are once again in the same places as usual. In flammable baskets, chargeable vases, locked chests, inside Rhynocs and just lying around on the ground.

Sparx

And as usual Sparx is Spyro's health meter.

Sparx Colour Hits Left
Yellow 4
Blue 3
Green 2
None 1

To regain Sparx's health just flame a small animal such as a sheep that will give out a butterfly. Each butterfly will regain one health point.

Progress Saving

Strangely enough, for a world filled entirely with fairies, there are no progress saving fairies in the whole game. None. So every time you die, you'll be taken all the way back to the start of the level and have to redo everything except collecting gems and freeing fairies.

Well, that's enough of that then. On to the walkthrough, getting started with Autumn Fairy Home.


Comments
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#225 Whitedragon 15:21:39 23/10/2009
ONE OF THE BEST GAMES, SPYRO WAS BETTER WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER! My first Spyro game!!!!!!
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#224 cynder 9999 10:18:19 14/10/2009
i completed this game 1000 times because its so EASY!!!!!
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#223 zeek248 14:25:52 06/08/2009
why do they even make these gameboy games anymore?!?!! they are sooooo old!!!!
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#222 darkspyro199 13:56:48 28/07/2009
ooooo so close
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#221 DragonLover1 03:58:48 27/07/2009
I need 4 more faires
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#220 Thericadragon 04:50:18 26/07/2009
Not in my favs but still fun.
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#219 Valefor 15:25:03 22/07/2009
Hmmm... I really wonder what the next Spyro Game will be like?
I am obsessed with the Legond Trilogy and I keep thinking they'll make a 4rth one where he's a complete adult or you play as the dark side and be Malefor but I don't know about that...
I haven't really played any of the gameboy / DS games except for Fusion. Is the next game going to be for the DS or Gamecube? Or is it going to be an awesome PS3 game? AGAGAGA
The suspence is killing me! smilie
The only Spyro Project in developement I know of is the Spyro Movie in 3D this December 25th...
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#218 darkspyro199 19:52:10 20/07/2009
thanks winged warrier at last some simple advise on the game unlucky about game blanking out
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#217 winged warrior 00:30:46 15/07/2009
NNNOOOOOO my game died (literally it's blank i can't even play the game now)
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#216 winged warrior 00:28:11 15/07/2009
someone needs advice on the game? i have it but me stuck on honey marsh to (here's the advice everytime you get weak you should get out of there and into the main place there are lot's of sheep and things to restore you'r health)
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#215 darkspyro199 19:15:03 13/07/2009
anyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#214 darkspyro199 14:42:57 06/07/2009
does anyone have any advice ?!!!
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#213 darkspyro199 19:14:39 07/06/2009
anyone any advise on this game ???
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#212 DemonSpyro115 05:13:07 31/05/2009
my second smilie game it rocked all the worlds all the tricks the boss battles and the expedition
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#211 C1nder 04:45:22 31/05/2009
The Good News: My big sister has this game, and she lent it to me!
The Bad News: There is only one game on it and I can't delete it, so I have to play on that one.
The Worst News: that was my sister's game and she had already finished it! smilie
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