Super Smash Bros.

I’d rather keep Legend of Spyro away from Classic Spyro, especially since, even if there were any chance Spyro would be selected, it would definitely be his classic form on account of being the only branch of the franchise currently alive.

And Sakurai would likely want it to be Classic Spyro as he tends to base some third party characters after their classic appearances over more modern ones (Mega Man, Pac-Man, both Belmonts, and Banjo are the main examples here).

I made this as a Composite Character for all versions of Spyro

As a counterpoint, he can also use more modern versions of the characters since he updates the Zelda characters for pretty much every game and he uses the Pokemon Trainer's Fire Red/Leaf Green design instead of his Red/Blue design.

I do think that a Composite Character is the best way to represent Spyro as unlike most major gaming icons, there is no definitive “canon” Spyro.

The Spyro fandom has an extremely large Broken Base, effectively being 3 separate fandoms in one.

Edited by GeneralGigan817 on Apr 1st 2020 at 4:24:50 AM

I'm fairly certain that most Spyro fans consider the original Spyro to be the "main" one.

Reignited Trilogy wasn't released in Japan tho. A shame, as it could have worked; perhaps the old "demo alongside a Crash game" approach?

Crash is doing fine and may be getting a game this year, but, all in all, Spyro is more intensive; it just HAS to have larger levels.

And, in any case, their classic approaches are the ones that seem to be here to stay. I can see perhaps Cynder making it into the reignited canon, but Legend as-is, is likely gone.

Crash used to be the best selling western game in Japan until Spiderman PS 4 so hey he has that going for him

Spyro’s reignited design will be used, but will use moves from all three continuities.

New Horizons spirit event!

I love how Orville and Wilbur are both Falcos, although it does highlight that we only have him as a stand alone bird character and no, Samus doesn't count.

Edited by Ookamikun on Apr 1st 2020 at 4:49:54 PM

Dedede

I thought the chameleon guy fits better as Greninja.

Huh... yeah I suppose he should have been there too.

Edited by Ookamikun on Apr 1st 2020 at 5:02:16 PM

Crash has a similar Broken Base, although I think the CTR remake has helped to mend that by acknowledging pretty much all of the games. I do agree it's weird they didn't release the Spyro Trilogy in Japan... It would have been a good chance to win the crowd.

The reason why Spyro didn't catch on in Japan was pretty much because they had to change the camera system as Japanese gamers were apparently slower to catch on to camera controls.

Conversely, that I think played a part in why Crash appealed to them because Crash didn't require camera controls at all.

I heard that it was released, just not localized. Though that’s hardly any better.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Apr 1st 2020 at 6:15:22 AM

I'm not very familiar with OG Spyro, but it's hard to imagine it having a worse camera than Mario 64.

Try to imagine a camera that was zoomed far away from Mario and would just randomly turn around him whenever it felt like.

That was Spyro 1's Camera in Japan (not in the US).

Edited by DingoWalley1 on Apr 1st 2020 at 6:26:42 AM

In other words, this is now a Spyro thread.

no this is now a spiderman thread

Make me some Spider-Man spirits if it is, multicolored silhouettes man.

Edited by GeneralGigan817 on Apr 1st 2020 at 6:36:29 AM

If any non-video game originating character got into Smash, Spider-Man wouldn't be a bad place to start. Although licensing might be hellish.

Status is hardly a consistent indicator of potential Smash fighters, but Crash does strike me as a more significant character than Spyro, even putting aside their respective results in Japan. The Bandicoot's role as the Sony Playstation mascot (even though his games were always third party) made him, however briefly as visible as Sonic and Mario in his time.

Magazine covers like this◊ illustrate just how big Crash quickly became as both a character and a franchise. Between that and the aggressive marketing of his games towards Nintendo, it could be argued that Crash arguably took the role of the cooler, more rebellious Mario rival away from Sonic for the latter half of the 90s.

Spyro was and still is popular, but he was not the face of a console generation in the same way Crash was.

Edited by BorneAgain on Apr 1st 2020 at 6:50:39 AM

It gets into collaborations with Capcom often, so I don't see much of a problem with Marvel playing fair here.

Even if Marvel plays nice their licenses are a clusterfuck. I think Spidey's video game rights are tied to Sony.