Headscratchers / Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!

• The Professor wants Spyro to collect orbs because they're supposed to help generate the portal that will send Spyro to Dragon Shores. Yet, there are a couple of instances in the game where the Professor rewards you with an orb for completing a certain task. But, if you're supposed to be collecting orbs for the Professor, why is he still dumping some of them off on Spyro?
  • Maybe the orbs are safer with Spyro ? Unlike the professor, he can defend himself if someone tries to steal his orbs.
  • There is an instance where he gives Spyro an orb, saying that Elora "thinks [he's] going to lose it." Seems Hunter isn't the only one that has trouble keeping track of his belongings; the Professor does lose his pencil at one point, too.
• So, in Ripto's Rage/Gateway To Glimmer, you end up in a place called Breezy Harbour where you help the nice bird men defend their realm against attacking... bloblike things. They're very grateful. A few levels later, however, you end up in a place named Zephyr... whose people were earlier the ones attacking Breeze Harbour, and now you're killing the allies of Breeze Harbour...
• Ripto's Rage seemed to be fond of this - the later Robotica Farms/Metropolis levels feature the same concept, with the farm animals of Robotica Farms vs. the robot inhabitants of Metropolis.
  • These seem to be some sort of peace-keeping process, as you help the natural inhabitants to protect their lands from the intruders.
  • Fridge Brilliance: The dragons likely are allies of both of them and thus when one invades the other, they side against the hostile party. This actually exists in Real Life and isn't that far fetched an idea.
  • A look into the beta version of Spyro 2 shows that every world was meant to be linked with another. (The beta names vs the names in the retail version are about a quarter of the way down the page.)
• The Power-Ups found throughout Avalar enhance Spyro’s abilities. Seems kinda odd that a country with no dragons would have devices designed to enhance the abilities of dragons. Invincibility and high jump do make sense, as they could assist anyone, and since superflight seems to enhance wings specifically, it could make sense for birds and such, but superflame enhances fire breath, which seems so dragon specific, one has to wonder why they have such devices.
  • Perhaps Avalar once had a Dragon presence, and those are remnants of that time?
  • Are they to enhance the abilities of dragons specifically? Other creatures can use them, as you can see with those weird marsupial thieves in Mystic Marsh use the spring powerups. As for the superflame, some creatures can be seen shooting things out of their mouths, so those could potentially power up the things they spit. The only powerup that is specifically made just for dragons is that double powerup in Metropolis, but it's outright stated that it was only recently created, and by this point, Spyro has certainly made a name for himself.