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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The game's short length and rushed nature means that many characters that were shown in the initial cutscene didn't actually have much to do, particularly Bianca who had pretty much no role in the game outside of bantering with Spyro and Hunter a bit, Moneybags who only appeared to ask for money once in the whole game, and Gulp and Crush who were zapped by Ripto halfway through the game before they could even have a boss fight.
** In addition, Bartholomew from "Year Of The Dragon" made a cameo in one of the stages, but didn't even name-drop his own brother who was a playable character in that game.
** In addition, Bartholomew from "Year Of The Dragon" made a cameo in one of the stages, but didn't even name-drop his own brother who was a playable character in that game.
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* SugarWiki/NightmareFuel: The thieving related level is rather unsettling because of the treasure chests that suddenly sprout legs. Some players stopped playing after this level to avoid getting the heebie-jeebies.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: For all its flaws, this game's soundtrack is ''astounding''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=091WZHPsHSw Exhibit A.]]
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: For all its flaws, this game's soundtrack is ''astounding''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=091WZHPsHSw Exhibit A.]]]] This is also the final game to have the involvement of Stewart Copeland as composer.
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* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: This game is essentially the same concept as "Year of the Dragon", only with dragonflies in place of dragon eggs.
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* ItsShortSoItSucks: Even those that can forgive the other flaws of the game criticise its length. Due to its rushed development, the game featured only a single hub of eight worlds (eleven counting the three speedways now hidden inside worlds) and one boss.
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* ItsShortSoItSucks: Even those that can forgive the other flaws of the game criticise criticize its length. Due to its rushed development, the game featured only a single hub of eight worlds (eleven counting the three speedways now hidden inside worlds) and one boss.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: ''Enter the Dragonfly'' is generally nowhere near as liked as the original trilogy due to its [[ObviousBeta rampant bugs]], [[ItsShortSoItSucks short length]] and [[UncannyValley poor animation]].
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* MemeticMutation: WHHAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOWAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOWWAAAAAAOOOOOOOH![[labelnote:Explanation]]One the game's most notorious examples of poor animation is in the intro, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St14jtFRjjQ where the camera suddenly zooms in on Hunter's wildly flapping face as he screams in an overdramatic manner.]][[/labelnote]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: So many of the ideas that Universal shot down for not being "Spyro enough" would immediately turn up on [[VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail the next installation.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: So many of the ideas that Universal [=CheckSix=]'s rejected proposals, which Ricci Rukavina shot down for not being "Spyro enough" enough", would immediately turn up appear on [[VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail the next installation.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: So many of the ideas that Universal shot down for not being "Spyro enough" would immediately turn up on [[VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail the next installation.]]
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Most fans prefer to forget this game ever happened. Some even jokingly pretend they never made more Spyro games after the original trilogy. Even fans of later entries in the series like to pretend that the GBA games happened between of ''Year of the Dragon'' and ''A Hero's Tail'' in this game's place.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Most fans prefer to forget this game ever happened. Some even jokingly pretend they never made more Spyro ''Spyro'' games after the original trilogy. Even fans of later entries in the series like to pretend that the GBA games happened between of ''Year of the Dragon'' and ''A Hero's Tail'' in this game's place.
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* GoodBadBugs: In an already buggy game, the classic "Swimming in Air" glitch that ''Ripto's Rage!'' and ''Year of the Dragon'' is available too. This time, it can be used to skip most of the game by glitching through into the boss arena where Ripto is waiting.
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* GoodBadBugs: In an already buggy game, the classic "Swimming in Air" glitch that ''Ripto's Rage!'' and ''Year of the Dragon'' had is available too. This time, it can be used to skip most of the game by glitching through into the boss arena where Ripto is waiting.
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* GoodBadBugs: In an already buggy game, the classic "Swimming in Air" glitch that ''Ripto's Rage!'' and ''Year of the Dragon'' is available too. This time, it can be used to skip most of the game by glitching through into the boss arena where Ripto is waiting.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Most fans prefer to forget this game ever happened. Some even jokingly pretend they never made more Spyro games after the original trilogy. Even fans of later entries in the series like to pretend that the GBA games happened in place of ''Year of the Dragon'' and ''A Hero's Tail''.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Most fans prefer to forget this game ever happened. Some even jokingly pretend they never made more Spyro games after the original trilogy. Even fans of later entries in the series like to pretend that the GBA games happened in place between of ''Year of the Dragon'' and ''A Hero's Tail''.Tail'' in this game's place.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Most fans prefer to forget this game ever happened. Some even jokingly pretend they never made more Spyro games after the original trilogy.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Most fans prefer to forget this game ever happened. Some even jokingly pretend they never made more Spyro games after the original trilogy. Even fans of later entries in the series like to pretend that the GBA games happened in place of ''Year of the Dragon'' and ''A Hero's Tail''.
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** It's difficult to take Ripto seriously during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbrWFZBSlPg the final battle]] when he demonstrates MediumAwareness out of nowhere, and keeps yelling "HOCUS POCUS!" in the wheeziest voice possible while his face constantly spazzes out due to the game's terribly animated facial animations. It also doesn't help that the music starts off sounding decently epic enough before [[https://youtu.be/FyPxn63HmA8?t=65 spiraling into an inaudible mess of out-of-sync instruments]] that would make ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed's'' [[StylisticSuck E-Rank music]] blush.
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** It's difficult to take Ripto seriously during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbrWFZBSlPg the final battle]] when he demonstrates MediumAwareness out of nowhere, and keeps yelling "HOCUS POCUS!" in the wheeziest voice possible while his face constantly spazzes out due to the game's terribly animated facial animations. It also doesn't help that the music starts off sounding decently epic enough before [[https://youtu.be/FyPxn63HmA8?t=65 spiraling into an inaudible mess of out-of-sync instruments]] that would make ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed's'' [[StylisticSuck E-Rank music]] blush.cringe.
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** It's difficult to take Ripto seriously during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbrWFZBSlPg the final battle]] when he demonstrates MediumAwareness out of nowhere, and keeps yelling "HOCUS POCUS!" in the wheeziest voice possible while his face constantly spazzes out due to the game's terribly animated facial animations.
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** It's difficult to take Ripto seriously during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbrWFZBSlPg the final battle]] when he demonstrates MediumAwareness out of nowhere, and keeps yelling "HOCUS POCUS!" in the wheeziest voice possible while his face constantly spazzes out due to the game's terribly animated facial animations. It also doesn't help that the music starts off sounding decently epic enough before [[https://youtu.be/FyPxn63HmA8?t=65 spiraling into an inaudible mess of out-of-sync instruments]] that would make ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed's'' [[StylisticSuck E-Rank music]] blush.
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* {{Misblamed}}: Some had assumed that Creator/InsomniacGames made this game, and hated on them for it, when in reality, they had nothing to do with it. In fact, they themselves hated the game.
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* {{Misblamed}}: {{Misblamed}}:
** Some had assumed that Creator/InsomniacGames made this game, and hated on them for it, when in reality, they had nothing to do with it. In fact, they themselves hated thegame.game.
** Prior to the release of the fan documentary, many had assumed Check Six was at fault for why the game was released in such a sorry state, and why it was so lacking in new ideas. While they certainly take some of the blame for the final product (and conflicts with Equinox over the design direction didn't help either), ExecutiveMeddling was the major culprit, as Check Six actually ''wanted'' to do something completely different, but Universal shot it down for "not being Spyro enough." The lack of originality in the overall product was more of Universal's doing in particular.
** Some had assumed that Creator/InsomniacGames made this game, and hated on them for it, when in reality, they had nothing to do with it. In fact, they themselves hated the
** Prior to the release of the fan documentary, many had assumed Check Six was at fault for why the game was released in such a sorry state, and why it was so lacking in new ideas. While they certainly take some of the blame for the final product (and conflicts with Equinox over the design direction didn't help either), ExecutiveMeddling was the major culprit, as Check Six actually ''wanted'' to do something completely different, but Universal shot it down for "not being Spyro enough." The lack of originality in the overall product was more of Universal's doing in particular.
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** Indeed, if concept art and discussions with developers are true, it could really have been a brilliant game.
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* AnnoyingVideoGameHelper: Sparx spends way too much time mouthing every single thing out and saying exposition.
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* AnnoyingVideoGameHelper: Sparx spends way too much time mouthing every single thing out and saying exposition. This even extends to extremely minor things like the different breakable gem containers, which you never had any exposition or hand-holding for in the original trilogy. This can be mitigated some by disabling Sparx Hints in the options, but it doesn't completely shoo him off.
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** Indeed, if concept art and discussions with developers are true, it could really have been a brilliant game.
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* FridgeHorror: As many fans have brought up, one cutscene shows Ripto angrily blasting Crush and Gulp with his scepter, knocking them over. Afterwards, ''they are never seen again'', never fought as bosses or encountered in the story, not even in the cutscenes. Did Ripto...straight up '''murder''' his two henchmen in cold blood?
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* UncannyValley: Several prominent examples among the NPC animations, especially the looped talking animations.
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* UncannyValley: Several prominent examples among the NPC animations, especially the looped talking animations.animation loops.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Among all the dragonflies scattered around the world, a special amount of focus is given to Sparx, who also gets warped away, leaving Spyro without his best friend and protector. You'd think this would lead to a section involving Spyro having to look for his lost friend, but this potentially interesting idea is thrown out when Sparx ends up being found in the next scene, making the first scene of him being warped away completely pointless.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Among all the dragonflies scattered around the world, a special amount of focus is given to Sparx, who Sparx also gets getting warped away, leaving Spyro without his best friend and protector. You'd think this would lead to a section involving Spyro having to look for his lost friend, but this potentially interesting idea is thrown out when Sparx ends up being found in the next scene, making the first scene of him being warped away completely pointless.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Among all the dragonflies scattered around the world, a special amount of focus is given to Sparx, who also gets warped away, leaving Spyro without his best friend and protector. You'd think this would lead to a section involving Spyro having to look for his lost friend, but this potentially interesting idea is thrown out when Sparx ends up being found in the next scene, making the first scene of him being warped away completely pointless.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Among all the dragonflies scattered around the world, a special amount of focus is given to Sparx, who also gets warped away, leaving Spyro without his best friend and protector. You'd think this would lead to a section involving Spyro having to look for his lost friend, but this potentially interesting idea is thrown out when Sparx ends up being found in the next scene, making the first scene of him being warped away completely pointless.pointless.
* UncannyValley: Several prominent examples among the NPC animations, especially the looped talking animations.
* UncannyValley: Several prominent examples among the NPC animations, especially the looped talking animations.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Among all the dragonflies scattered around the world, a special amount of focus is given to Sparx, who also gets warped away, leaving Spyro without his best friend and protector. You'd think this would lead to a section involving Spyro having to look for his lost friend/protector, but this potentially interesting idea is thrown out when Sparx ends up being found in the next scene, making the first scene of him being warped away completely pointless.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Among all the dragonflies scattered around the world, a special amount of focus is given to Sparx, who also gets warped away, leaving Spyro without his best friend and protector. You'd think this would lead to a section involving Spyro having to look for his lost friend/protector, friend, but this potentially interesting idea is thrown out when Sparx ends up being found in the next scene, making the first scene of him being warped away completely pointless.
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** It's difficult to take Ripto seriously during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbrWFZBSlPg the final battle with him]] when he demonstrates MediumAwareness out of nowhere, and keeps yelling "HOCUS POCUS!" in the wheeziest voice possible while his face constantly spazzes out due to the game's terribly animated facial animations.
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** It's difficult to take Ripto seriously during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbrWFZBSlPg the final battle with him]] battle]] when he demonstrates MediumAwareness out of nowhere, and keeps yelling "HOCUS POCUS!" in the wheeziest voice possible while his face constantly spazzes out due to the game's terribly animated facial animations.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: Many people who didn't outright hate the game have this feeling towards it. The [=GameCube=] version puts it in this realm more firmly due to fixing most of the bugs.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: Many people who didn't outright hate the game have this feeling towards it. The [=GameCube=] version puts it in this realm more firmly due to fixing most of the bugs.bugs.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Among all the dragonflies scattered around the world, a special amount of focus is given to Sparx, who also gets warped away, leaving Spyro without his best friend and protector. You'd think this would lead to a section involving Spyro having to look for his lost friend/protector, but this potentially interesting idea is thrown out when Sparx ends up being found in the next scene, making the first scene of him being warped away completely pointless.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Among all the dragonflies scattered around the world, a special amount of focus is given to Sparx, who also gets warped away, leaving Spyro without his best friend and protector. You'd think this would lead to a section involving Spyro having to look for his lost friend/protector, but this potentially interesting idea is thrown out when Sparx ends up being found in the next scene, making the first scene of him being warped away completely pointless.
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* {{Narm}}: In spades thanks to the ridiculous facial animations, but special mention has to go to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St14jtFRjjQ the bit at the beginning where Hunter sees a Sorceress balloon and hilariously overreacts]] as the camera zooms in on his wildly-flapping face dramatically --
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* {{Narm}}: {{Narm}}:
** In spades thanks to the ridiculous facial animations, but special mention has to go to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St14jtFRjjQ the bit at the beginning where Hunter sees a Sorceress balloon and hilariously overreacts]] as the camera zooms in on his wildly-flapping face dramatically --
** In spades thanks to the ridiculous facial animations, but special mention has to go to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St14jtFRjjQ the bit at the beginning where Hunter sees a Sorceress balloon and hilariously overreacts]] as the camera zooms in on his wildly-flapping face dramatically --
** It's difficult to take Ripto seriously during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbrWFZBSlPg the final battle with him]] when he demonstrates MediumAwareness out of nowhere, and keeps yelling "HOCUS POCUS!" in the wheeziest voice possible while his face constantly spazzes out due to the game's terribly animated facial animations.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: Many people who didn't outright hate the game have this feeling towards it. The [=GameCube=] version puts it in this realm more firmly due to fixing most of the bugs.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The amount of content removed due to the ChristmasRush suggested this could have been a brilliant game, with Gnasty Gnorc returning to team-up with Ripto.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The amount of content removed due to the ChristmasRush suggested this could have been a brilliant game, with Gnasty Gnorc returning to team-up with Ripto.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: Many people who didn't outright hate the game have this feeling towards it. The [=GameCube=] version puts it in this realm more firmly due to fixing most of the bugs.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The amount of content removed due to the ChristmasRush suggested this could have been a brilliant game, with Gnasty Gnorc returning to team-up with Ripto.bugs.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The amount of content removed due to the ChristmasRush suggested this could have been a brilliant game, with Gnasty Gnorc returning to team-up with Ripto.
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* OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight: The very first ''Spyro'' game not made by Creator/InsomniacGames, and it very much shows in nearly every aspect of the game. Many later games would fare better, but the series was never quite the same after Insomniac left it.
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* OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight: The very first (non-spinoff) ''Spyro'' game not made by Creator/InsomniacGames, and it very much shows in nearly every aspect of the game. Many later games would fare better, but the series was never quite the same after Insomniac left it.
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* PolishedPort: While it wasn't enough to save the game's reputation, the UsefulNotes/NintendoGamecube version did fix most of the bugs found in the original UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 release.
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* PolishedPort: While it wasn't enough to save the game's reputation, the UsefulNotes/NintendoGamecube UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube version did fix most of the bugs found in the original UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 release.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: Many people who didn't outright hate the game have this feeling towards it. The Gamecube [=GameCube=] version puts it in this realm more firmly due to fixing most of the bugs.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: Many people who didn't outright hate the game have this feeling towards it. The Gamecube version puts it in this realm more firmly due to fixing most of the bugs.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: Many people who didn't outright hate the game have this feeling towards it. The Gamecube version puts it in this realm more firmly due to fixing most of the bugs.bugs.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The amount of content removed due to the ChristmasRush suggested this could have been a brilliant game, with Gnasty Gnorc returning to team-up with Ripto.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The amount of content removed due to the ChristmasRush suggested this could have been a brilliant game, with Gnasty Gnorc returning to team-up with Ripto.
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* {{Narm}}: In spades thanks to the ridiculous facial animations, but special mention has to go to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St14jtFRjjQ the bit at the beginning where Hunter sees Ripto and hilariously overreacts]] as the camera zooms in on his wildly-flapping face dramatically --
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