That’s an interesting idea, and more kid-friendly than how it was in TLOS. To those who don’t know, in TLOS, on the night of Spyro’s birth, an army of apes raided the temple in which all the dragon eggs were. Spyro’s egg was saved by Ignitus, and was put in a lake that led it to Sparx’s family, which led to Spyro and Sparx growing up as brothers. Cynder’s egg was taken by the apes to the dark master, aka Malefor, which led to her being corrupted by darkness. As for the rest of the eggs, they were all smashed. All the dragons of Spyro’s age, except for Cynder, were killed before they were even born.

1. There weren't baby dragons for a number of reasons. Spyro could've been the only survivor of his clutch. He could have been the first to hatch, hence why Spyro 1 has eggs to collect. The other baby dragons could've been less brave than Spyro and hid as some as the spell turned the adults to crystal and Gnorcs invaded. 3. The nature of portals is not fully understood. Do they only allow teleportation or travel across dimensions? Even if confined to the same dimension, it could be there's more than one dragon society which is the one Ripto has experienced. Another theory is Ripto had been defeated by dragons prior to Spyro being born and retreated/got banished far enough away to not hear about Spyro's exploits. It's honestly not really a plothole. It's more just incomplete information. Everything works, there's just not a detailed time line explained that would've killed the pace of the story.

There's also the way Elora reacts just before Hunter puts in the coordinates. It's almost like she knew where those coordinates were. Could she have known who Ripto was? On a side note, it was neat to see Jersey Devil getting a cameo in the video.

Love the energy you have for these classic franchises! Keep up the great content!

Pretty good concept, however the only nitpick that I do have is that this doesn't account for the Dragon eggs that you find in Spyro 1 (unless it's given context in Spyro 3 which I missed).

Great ideas CGE! This definitely feels like a classic Spyro game plotline that not only includes Cynder, but also explains why the elder dragons said Spyro was special without having him be some sort of rare purple prophecy dragon destined to save all dragon-kind, and without it being overly epic, dark, serious and cinematic like LOS, a tone which in my opinion, doesn’t suit Spyro. I can see this being the story of Spyro 4 now. Great video, thanks again for increasing my hype for Spyro 4.

Let’s hope Spyro 4 will begin with the cliffhanger they included in the ending of Spyro 3

Here's another potential idea: Taking the basis of CGE's theory of Ripto coming from a realm with dragons that isn't the Dragon Realms, what if the reason Ripto hated dragons so much was because he was in direct competition with one over the control of whatever realm he was from. As in, he was one of two dominant powers vying for control...and he was losing. Seeing as how he was so quick to decide to pack up and move in to Avalar, I'd say he was losing quite badly, as well. But who would Ripto's opponent be in that other world? Well, he had to have been a dragon for Ripto to hate an entire species so much. And there is a dragon villain in a different rendition of Spyro already, which would make this particular plot the perfect chance to bring back the Dark Master himself: Malefor. Based more off the Legend version than the Skylanders version, obviously.

All of these interesting tidbits within the Spyro lore, I really hope that we get an interesting story in Spyro 4. Post PS1 Spyro games, those developers try to make the Spyro games really great, but failed to do so due to the fact Universal Studios at that time made them rush to release those games which is why those Spyro games post PS1 did I sell really well especially Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly. Spyro 4 hopefully will be a true sequel to Year of the Dragon. Maybe references from the different versions of Spyro from the Legends series or the Skylanders series. Spyro is all fired up for what’s coming for him.

I mean, if you look at Flame and Ember from A Hero's Tail, they probably either weren't heroic enough or too scared to do anything about Gnasty Gnorc at the time, fearing the same fate as the Adult Dragons. Maybe Spyro was the only Child Dragon who actually had enough courage to do anything?

Huge yes for the video of what you have mapped for Spyro 4 that you've mentioned at the end please! would love to see it!

You skipped the part where The Sorceress says her intentions to become immortal.

This is a very good idea considering the absence of other young dragons around Spyro’s age. I love the idea of bringing fan favorite characters like Cynder into the Classic Gen and give them new roles to fill the gap. It’s because of this that reminds me of an artist by the name BatLover800 who drew art of Classic Spyro encountering WhirlWind needing help for her Unicorn friends. Skylanders have a lot of Dragons and overall lot of characters that could (and given a redesign to fit in) be reintroduced into the Classic Spyro era. Some Dragons like WhirlWind and Drobot could even be at Spyro’s age too.

This would be such a sick story direction! I could COMPLETELY get behind this in a new game.

I have to say you bring up some very good points for the original Spyro trilogy Canadian Guy. As I've wondered myself like how there aren't any other dragon kids besides Spyro in the original trilogy running around or just what other worlds are out there besides the Dragon worlds that have dragons like the world that Ripto had came from. But keep up the awesome work!

I always theorized that all the other hatchlings from Spyro's year are gone, because the sorceress (or whoever the sorcereress learned her spells from) used all the baby dragons from that year to develop the immortality spell. How else would the sorceress know that it needed so many baby dragon wings? Someone would have had to do the spell once to know it worked, right?

> Sorceress goes on a glee trip about violence to the dragon babes Bianca; Wait, won’t that kill them…?

i mean, 90's games are the perfect example that plot is useless to make good games which can stay forever in people's memory

I agree that more then likely Spyro 4's story is going to largely base on where he came from and why he was the only one from his litter during the year of the Dragon, but I'm not sure if it's gonna be this detailed lol. Also Ripto got Gulp from Gnasty's world which is how Ripto probably found out and learned about the dragons. If not, Ripto being magic as well could have EASILY came from the forgotten realms and was there when the Sorceress sent them away but once the magic left with the dragons, he lost his magic so he traveled to Avalar where he was JUST close enough to the Dragon Worlds where he got his magic back without being TOO close because he hates dragons.

Awesome story line for the 4th game bro! Im pretty sure if the actual spyro 4 ever comes out, it wont be anywhere close to that.

So Spyro is now an anomaly? For real, this is something I've talked about before. Spyro has a lot of tidbits of story and lore scattered around that honestly has potential, lots of potential. For Spyro 4, it seems that plot has to be also as important as gameplay, considering what you've gathered. And I really love this concept, and by the looks, it finally could add multiplayer.

I love this video! so interesting and gets me excited for what they could do for spyro 4! Also sorry I missed the premier. I did NOT wanna get out of bed this morning XD

Also another thing to bring up, in Spyro 1, Gnasty Gnorc was implied not to be defeated thanks to that completion ending, meanwhile Spyro 2 opens up with Spyro mentioning he defeated the big green menace, so even if you were to open up Spyro 4 with a tag team, team up of Ripto and Gnasty Gnorc, you would still have to explain how both of them survived, I had an idea on how Gnasty got defeated, his staff broke and when decided to crystallize Spyro to hopefully finally defeating this problem of his, his magic auto destructs and the Gnorc is now Crystal, which throughout the og trilogy is his current status and the only way to free him is by strong magic like a Dragon's touch, or just Ripto brute forcing it with his magic. Either way this sounds like a great idea for how Spyro 4 can turn out, great job CGE man. 👍

Hey thanks for well magic crafted video man, now I'm even more impatient for a Spyro 4!

I don't see how Ripto and Spyro never hearing of each other being a plot hole. There's no reason why there can't be dragons that are not from the Dragon Realm to exist. Just because a place is known as the Dragon Realms is called the Dragon Realms, doesn't mean it's the only realm with dragons. And I mean dragons that never came from the Forgotten Realm too. As for why Spyro is the only young dragon, there could've been an incident where either something happened that resulted with the fairies bringing only Spyro's egg and none more or there were other eggs and something happened that resulted with their destruction or getting lost/stolen. There could even be younger dragons, but they were simply not present at the time Gnasty Gnorc attacked.

Looking on your mustache and listening to some intriguing takes. Only one phrase shows up in my head - “LET HIM COOK”

Toys for Bob hire this man right now. That idea for a Spyro 4 was so good. The only thing I'd like to add is how you mentioned Okami in your talk with Paul Yan. Instead of just using the crystalised dragon mechanic from the first game, you could use the logic that since the crystal is sapping the dragons' energy, that its causing the world and environment to wither and decay. Freeing a dragon in an area will bring that part of the world back to life and open up new paths and ways to progress the game or find secret collectibles. And make some of these dragons a bit harder to find or you have to complete a challenge to free some similar to how orbs worked in the second. Absolutely loved the ideas though and look forward to whatever a potential new game will offer regardless.

You’ve got my attention. Hope your doing well Cge

Ahh, yes. The deep dive into Spyro lore and it is always so much fun to have thoughts I have always had, come to light.

WOW! That sample idea... I LOVE that, this was a phenomenal video CGE!! 🙏🙌

I'll say, I LOVE this idea you came up with, hands down. But... I'll be brutally honest, unless you made it in cooperation with Activision, I highly doubt it's going to happen, sadly. T_T But... hey, a man can dream, and can hope to be wrong as well.

Awesome video and CGE you made an awesome and amazing story just from an idea/Rough draft my dude I loved where you took the story.

Great video man! I'm definitely interested in hearing more!

I called it! Also this was explained in the original ps1 manual, for the first game, Spyro is young but technically full grown, which is why his dragon brothers make fun of his stature, even the reason that nasty gnork didn’t turn Spyro into a statue because he didn’t think he could do anything to stop him. It’s genuinely explained in the first games official booklet, he’s young but not a baby, he again is TECHNICALLY FULL GROWN, he’s just small. But yea to those who don’t know I literally predicted what Canadian guy Ayys video was going to be about, and if I’m being honest if you just read the PS1 booklet it’s literally explained that he’s a full grown dragon with a small stature, which is why you don’t want to underestimate him.

Remember how the professor helped Spyro get home in Spyro 2, but how he also failed to get to the Dragon Worlds in Spyro 3, even though Hunter and Zoe got there?

Love your idea and presentation at the end for a possible fix and continuation

Where is Spyro 4 ? 😢 maybe annonced at gamescom ?

I'd love that story idea! Love how you pulled some things from The Legend series. I'd love that!

My take on it is that Spyro's clutch was completely wiped out when the Sorceress banished the dragons. Shelia can remember a time when there were still dragons so it couldn't have been that long ago.

I’m liking this idea, but it feels like there’s MUCH MORE than we even know in this plot hole.

Cinder in Spyro 4 will be hype 😍

Woke up just in time for the purple boy! I'm one happy camper!

I think the story should also explain why Ripto came back to life considering he drowned in lava last time.

What does Ripto's home Dimension look like, another mysterious plot gap I think.

CGE I'm ready for it. Ready to see the plot hole.

Awesome vid, great ideas. Spyro has always been looked at as an anomaly, so it'd be great to create some backstory for it. Only thing I'd add is one comment I saw in the thread: tie in the eggs we found from the thief in Spyro 1. and WHEN IS SPYRO 4 coming! MAN this is taking longer than expected haha

Spyro 4 video? Yes please!!!

I wish that we get six homeworlds. Five are essential and unlock the first ending, and the sixth unlocks the secret ending

i can def see this as a good start, but how would ripto survive being thrown in lava lol? i think a brand new villian who has ties to the previous antagonists could spice things up; maybe even having a dragon that betrayed Spyro's clan and works under said new villian

I'd LOVE to see that other spyro 4 video of yours!!!

They need to play this video in the spyro 4 development meeting if they haven't started making it already fr

Definitely wanna hear your idea on spyro 4

lovely video, your spyro content is the best

i always figured that the forgotten realms was another cintinent which is why they didn't know much: it'd also be cool if we got to see more types of dragons that would have changed to adapt to their different environments

Maybe Ripto came from wherever the female dragons live, and is also where all the eggs come from. I heard a theory one time that the Sorceress separated the male and female dragons when she banished them in hope that they wouldn't be able to make more dragons, but since the males still get eggs...who knows? It's also possible this is a children's game where story doesn't go to in depth so kids don't have to think too hard about the plot and can just enjoy gameplay. But I should would like answers too! 🤔

I would love to see a video on your Spyro 4 idea. It sounds really close to what my personal idea for it would be.

Please make that Spyro 4 Video With the plot events and collectibles CGE

Man, I would LOVE if Cinder came back in Spyro 4, I really hope they make it sooner rather than later.

Would love a Spyro 4 so much. Sadly I don't think it will ever happen. They shelved the purple dragon to work on the orange marsupial. Only time we will probably see him is in guest appearances.

So glad you included tht door in the home world tht didn't open. Tht always bothered me 😩

0:30 Dude, who does your animated intro, it's fantastic!

I actually do think Spyro is the only survivor of previous Year of the dragon, which is why every elder dragon knows him from his young age when he hatched. And he never ventured outside of the Artisan Realm before the events of 1st game (elders were probably overprotective for their only hatchling). It is revealed in YotD that the Sorceress needs 300 hatchling wings to complete the ritual that would grant her immortality. So maybe 12 years before the events of the game, she already tried once to steal the dragon eggs, but failed to get them all: Spyro's egg.

TAKE MY MONEY AND GIVE ME THIS AS A GAME... I love the concept a lot. I still just wish we'd get at least a 'yes, there will be a fourth game' at this point.

I love that idea! Very well thought out! ❤

To be fair, it’s unclear if the portals lead to actual different worlds, or just different parts of a single world.

"Rated E for everyone"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Tbh it would be great to see that video idea you spoke about, as it sounds fascinating.

colour me curious, id love to hear your take on how Spyro 4 and beyond could look! i liked your story at the end of the video so hearing more lore would be awesome!

That's a good foundation and adding onto it based on another Spyro 4 video I saw is that Gnasty and Ripto have developed different ways of crystalizing that require different flames to unlock sets of dragons (blue flame, red flame, green flame, purple flame, etc.). The flames will also give Spyro abilities within the game.

That idea for Spyro 4 is great. It’d be nice if they did that

It delves outside the original trilogy, but the later Spyro games at least address the dragonflies. Apparently all young dragons partner to a butterfly. Spyro acknowledges the same for him and Sparks. And as far Spyro being the only one in his Year of the Dragon, later games added a couple more, so it could be said that he was just born in a year with almost no eggs. As far as Ripto goes, it's entirely likely he hates dragons because he was banished and if that was before Spyro's birth they wouldn't know each other.

Your description of Ape Escape CGE explains a lot about my personal experience with Ape Escape on PS1 dude, especially when I was a teenager where I took Ape Escape on PS1 as seriously as the Persona series. 😳I'm not joking. It definitely explains a lot about me that's for sure😅😆.

Spyro is probably the first offspring to hatch, you can't get into the castle in Spyro 1, maybe that's where the eggs were kept

I think you're really onto something, Canadian Guy Eh. I like this video.

Hope as much time we've been waiting for Spyro 4 that it'll be amazing.

Love this video and your idea! My thought for the levels is that they could each categorised under different worlds or regions or even different time periods, similar to Crash 4. Not too far off from the original trilogy, but I'd like some unique aspects that show that some areas are very different from the Dragon Realms. I'm CERTAIN that one of those sections should be related to Crash Bandicoot. There's dragons in Crash 3's Orient Express levels, in Crash Bash, in The Wrath of Cortex and in the Tranquility Falls levels in It's About Time. It would be amazing if one world had these specific Crash levels in them for the dragons to crossover and to link the franchises even more.

Not connected to this but I just remembered one theory. Shortly theory is based on that TLoS is prequel to Reignited (original) and it has some pretty solid evidence. But Spyro 4 could include Cynder (and Malefor as new villain)

I’m down for seeing the video, your pitch has me hooked for a new game

I like your proposed idea, but you could also explain Ripto as being stuck in the loading screen for years (he may even spent years world-hopping) and only came to Avalar due to the portal opening while he was stuck.

I’d absolutely love to see the lore video!

Of course I want to hear your ideas for a Spyro 4 story CG! Considering I literally went out of my way to try and find the other video you made for your own ideas for Spyro 4 considering it is in none of your Spyro playlist

Liking the general premise there. I’d sure enjoy seeing what you envision in terms of level design for example. Personally, I’d love to see the more challenging platforming of Spyro 1 blended with the deeper worlds lore of 2 & 3, all scaled up (level size wise) to be impressive but sensibly proportioned. Also, the ability to continue a supercharge through water would lead to some fantastic options.

The intro is backkkkk

This will be good.

When I was like 8-9, after playing all three Spyro games back in the 2000s, I remember asking my sisters: "Where are all the girl dragons?". They told me that, "All the mummy dragons raise the girls and the daddy dragons raise the boys." Even back then I found something a bit odd with that statement, it wasn't until I was 12 where I realised the VERY UNSETTLING problem with this explanation. Both just storywise and implication wise; I remember even thinking; "Spyro is in for a very rough and promiscuous adulthood."

Honestly, I'm open to any and all possibilities for Spyro 4's storyline. Whether it's on point with what you suggested, CGE, or something completely different, I'm here for it. Of course, we need confirmation of Spyro 4 first before we can really speculate. But until that happens, which I'm still 100% confident that it will sometime in the future, I say we just let our imaginations run wild. I'd love to see that Spyro 4 video too, CGE! Just listening to your theories and opinions is a lot of fun for me! Keep it up!

Your idea for Spyro 4 sounds awesome! I just assumed Ripto was from a different world (from the Dragon Realms) where Dragons lived.

I really love your story plot for Spyro 4, it’s so genius that it might work,🤩 maybe🤔,it doesn’t explain how Ripto was able to survive a pool of lava though, but other than that, we can even include Ember and Flame into it as brother and sister too and Ember can fall in love with Spyro like she did in a Hero’s Tail.

Let me repeat this again. 2024 is the Lunar year of the Dragon. The last number of that year is 4. *AM I TRULY THE ONLY ONE THAT THINKS ITS NOT A COINCIDENCE?!*

What a great video! Really loved it. Your final idea is pretty awesome. Still, I hope there will be a new villain in Spyro 4, and that there won't be Ripto again in a new game. That Spyro 3 portion of the epilogue was just a gag, and people keeps forgetting it. Ripto DIED. Buuut it seems very likely that Ripto will return in Spyro 4, I guess :/

I could see Red being one of the dragons freed by Spyro. Red would say things that could seem like he is thanking Spyro but in a that hints at him being evil. He would get Gnasty to join him in the epilogue setting Red up as the next villain. With the game after that being about stopping Red but his second in command The Sorcerer acting mysteriously. The Sorcerer uses a staff with a red orb on that glows when he uses his magic, whenever he and Red are in the same cutscene the orb always glows. After Red is turned into Mecha Red there will be five orbs acting as weakpoints. The Sorcerer would escape as a sequel hook for the third game in the trilogy. Serving as the main villain. The Sorcerer would reveal his name as Malefor.

You’re Spyro 4 idea would make a classic

Aswell as Gnasty Gnorc and Ripto what other bosses could we have in Spyro 4?

We know from Hero's Tail in the original timeline there were a few nestmates of spyro's. They may just have been not the heroic types and cuddled in a corner together.

Let's hope that Spyro 4 has some levels where you get to play as some of the Adult Dragons too, like Gavin, Argus or Lindar

You know, my biggest hope for Spyro 4 is not only Spyro be given the ability to fly freely through the reams whenever he wanted and breath more then just a single elemental breath like in TLOS, I would to see more mythical creatures make their way into the Spyro franchise setting the stage for a new trilogy of games for years to come; some of those said creatures having an ancient millennia long friendship with the Dragons; Centaurs, Griffins, Hippogriffs, Phoenixes, Unicorns, Gnomes, Elves and Merfolk. There are so many countless possibilities to to make a good decent plot for Spyro 4, like creating a new mega baddie for Spyro to face or a reintroduction to one of two certain evil Dragons with a new backstory and plot to send the Dragon Realms into chaos, Spyro getting a new girlfriend which will give Elora a run for her money; a beautiful Centaur Princess as well as a roster of playable characters both old and new with new combat, upgrading and magical power mechanics.

This is a brilliant concept, I'd might want to encorporate some a hero's tail & some other concepts myself and maybe an explanation for why crush is basically a dragon but apparently not, perhaps a trilogy that at some point takes us to riptos world

With the creative liberties of the Reignited trilogy, the problem was even exacerbated somewhat: Avalar was always a realm far removed from the dragon realms for me. Ripto's behaviour and the behaviour of Elora, Hunter and co. suggest that although dragons are known there, at least in Avalar they are more like mythical figures and not at all a common occurrence. This is counteracted by Reignited, however, in that images of dragons can be seen in some places. However, Avalar was special and unique precisely because it was not a dragon kingdom. Spyro's appearance is more or less like first contact with aliens. Likewise, magic in Avalar is not tied to dragons, but to orbs and talismans, or it may be inherent in the world itself. You have made some important and interesting points, chapeau!

I love this idea, please tell us more

Excellent and well thought-out idea with the potential 4th game!