History Headscratchers / TheLegendOfSpyro

** Also worth noting that, from what we see, the fans see him as something of a victim of prophecy. He sees that Purple Dragons are faetd to end one world and build a new one, and he simply goes along with that belief. That he does so eagerly and persistently and pushes other purple dragons into it against their will, is irrelevant to them.

** Story retcon by the change in game developers. While it is clear that Hunter found the three heroes trapped in crystal in the epilogue of ''The Eternal Night'', Estranges Libellules changed that story detail to the Grublins finding Spyro, Cynder and Sparx first before Hunter did, with the Grublins accidentally leading Hunter to them.

*** Although in the planned Krome Studios adaption for ''Dawn of the Dragon'', Spyro and Cynder would've remained young dragons when discovered by Hunter (as evident by the post-credits scene of ''The Eternal Night''). The updated teenage look for Spyro and Cynder was the result of [[http://threespeech.com/blog/2008/06/top-trumps-spyro/ the change in art style with Estranges Libellules, the story producers wanting the two dragons to maintain the free flight feature and to take advantage of the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles at the time]].

* Why is Warfang suddenly near the Dragon Temple when it wasn't marked nor seen anywhere near it in the previous two installments?
** Story retcon. The developer of ''Dawn of the Dragon'' changed the layout of the land to add in Warfang and other levels of the game.

** Story retcon. The developer of DOTD changed the layout of the land to add in Warfang and other levels of the game.

* How did Spyro and Cynder [[PlotRelevantAgeUp AGE]] when they were trapped in the amber time crystal?
** Perhaps it is similar to time displacement. They're not in synch with the current timeline, but as soon as the crystal is broken, they've still aged the appropriate amount,just remained unaffected by the collapse of the Well of Souls.

*** Although in the planned Krome Studios adaption for ''Dawn of the Dragon'', Spyro and Cynder would've remained young dragons when discovered by Hunter (as evident by the post-credits scene of ''The Eternal Night''). The updated teenage look for Spyro and Cynder was the result of [[http://threespeech.com/blog/2008/06/top-trumps-spyro/ the change in art style, the producers wanting the two dragons to maintain the free flight feature, and to take advantage of the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles at the time]].

* Why is Chief Prowlus in ''Dawn of the Dragon'' able to tie up Spyro and Cynder with the... er.. vaguely explained evil magic chain that ''was forged by Malefor?'' Ignitus and the moles say they don't recognize the design, so Malefor probably didn't pick it up from someone else. AlternateCharacterInterpretation, anyone?
** He used a crystal that attracted the magic chain. Considering there's a heavy use of magic in their world, it's not unlikely a chain simular to it exists but is less powerful or the like. Along with that, the Hermit, who everyone apparently knows of, has a great deal of knowledge of Malefor, so it's possible he knew how from him.

* ''Dawn of the Dragon'' in general is chalked-full of FridgeLogic.
** 90% of which comes from the implementation of free-flying.
** Aaand some of which comes from the opening. How did Spyro and Cynder [[PlotRelevantAgeUp AGE]] when they [[FridgeLogic were trapped in an AMBER TIME CRYSTAL]][[BuffySpeak -THING!]]
*** I always figured it as being something similar to time displacement. They're not in synch with the current timeline, but as soon as the crystal is broken, they've still aged the appropriate amount,just remained unaffected by the collapse of the Well of Souls
* Also, does anyone else think that Cynder was naturally of the Fear element? On top of her coloration, the "icon" for Fear is a silhouette in the shape of Cynder's head.
** Since it seems to be that "element = color," I assumed she was naturally Shadow-type, especially given how it also forms her "flame-style" move. The game treats Poison as her default, but maybe that was the fault of the darkness.

* How did Malefor become a DracoInLeatherPants in to certain fans?

** Also worth noting that, from what we see, he seems to be something of a victim of prophecy. He sees that Purple Dragons are faetd to end one world and build a new one, and he simply goes along with that belief.

* Shortly arriving in Warfang, Spyro and Cynder become separated from Hunter by debris during the attack on the city. Hunter states that Spyro and Cynder won't be able to get through and instructs the two dragons to go and find Ignitus somewhere in the city. But given the gameplay mechanics of free flight in the previous levels, and from Spyro and Cynder's large wingspan, why didn't they just over the debris to reach Hunter?

* Shortly arriving in Warfang, Spyro and Cynder become separated from Hunter by debris during the attack on the city. Hunter states that Spyro and Cynder won't be able to get through and instruct the two dragons to go and find Ignitus somewhere in the city. But given the gameplay mechanics of free flight in the previous levels, Spyro and Cynder SHOULD be able to fly able to fly over the debris to reach Hunter with no problem.

** Having a way to restrain or contain some of Malefor's lesser magical creations would be a prudent survival tactic for anyone not capable of a dragon's raw might. Prowler (or the Hermit) magics a crystal to restrain the chain, and subsequently also the young dragons attached to the chain.

** I point thee to Sephiroth. All it takes is "sexiness" for someone to consider an evil bastard redeemable.

** Being voiced by Mark Hamill?