Trivia / Spyro: Year of the Dragon

• Acting for Two:
  • Tom Kenny voices Spyro, Sgt. Byrd, and the Professor.
  • Richard Tatum voices Agent 9, Bartholomew, and the Mountain Goats.
  • Carolyn Lawrence voices Zoe, Elora, and the Seals.
  • Neil Ross voices both Moneybags and Bentley. Which makes the scene between them also a case of "beat the crap out of yourself with a giant club".
  • Pamela Hayden voices Bianca in addition to some background characters.
• Bad Export for You: A rare case where it was within the same country no less. The copy of the game featured on Play Station Network was the original "black label" version with all the glitches and music errors included. Made even more baffling since said errors were fixed for the "Greatest Hits" and "Collector’s Edition", both also on PS1, leading many fans to wonder why Sony used an inferior copy to begin with.
• Christmas Rushed: It was rushed out to meet its 2000 goal. As a result, the original version of the game is somewhat incomplete and glitchy.
• Dummied Out: Multiple unfinished or abandoned levels can be accessed via glitching, as their respective portals were simply moved out of bounds.
• Fake Australian: Sheila is voiced by English actress Edita Brychta donning an Australian accent.
• Fake Brit: Sgt. James Byrd is voiced by American voice actor Tom Kenny doing a British accent.
• Meaningful Release Date: This game was released in the year 2000, the actual Year of the Dragon.
• No Export for You:
  • Unlike the first two games, this game never got a Japanese release until the release of Spyro Reignited Trilogy there.
  • Also worth noting is that PAL regions didn't get the additions in the US Greatest Hits release, even after the game got the Platinum treatment (basically the PAL equivalent of the Greatest Hits label). It wasn't until the remake that this content finally made its way to PAL regions.
• The Other Darrin: Neil Ross replaces Milton James as Moneybags and Carolyn Lawrence replaces Melissa Disney and Mary Linda Phillips as Elora and Zoe respectively.
• Throw It In!: Spyro reclaiming his gems from Moneybags by beating him up until he's coughed up every last gem you've given to him over the course of the game was put in solely because he was so reviled by the playtesters of the game.
• What Could Have Been: Shares a Page.

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