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The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning explores the true origins of Spyro as you embark on a dangerous, combat-driven quest that will bring you face to face with the Dark Master's ultimate creation, Cynder…

65 10 October 2006 ESRB E10+

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning is an adventure developed by Krome Studios, released 10 October 2006 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The main story takes about 6 hrs to finish.

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What The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning is

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning is an adventure game developed by Krome Studios and released in 2006. It was published by Sierra Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning explores the true origins of Spyro as you embark on a dangerous, combat-driven quest that will bring you face to face with the Dark Master's ultimate creation, Cynder. Experience the true power of the purple dragon as you unleash devastating fury attacks, upgradeable breaths and ground to aerial melee combos in a frenzied battle with hordes of menacing enemies and bone-chilling bosses. It's an epic and cinematic gameplay experience.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Spyro the Dragon series

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning is the 24th of 53 entries we hold in the Spyro the Dragon series. The next entry was The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning in 2006. Its critic score of 65 is 3 points below the series average of 68. The highest-rated entry is Spyro Reignited Trilogy at 84.

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How it was received

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored about average for its year.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 6 hrs.

What it launched against

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning launched on 10 October 2006, within three weeks of Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Neverwinter Nights 2 and Need for Speed: Carbon. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Neverwinter Nights 2, Need for Speed: Carbon.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning — frequently asked questions

When did The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning come out?
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning was released on 10 October 2006 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
How long does it take to beat The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning?
The main story of The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning takes around 6 hrs, or 7 hrs for 100% completion.

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