Spyro: Year of the Dragon

This is the third game in the spyro series, the last game in the original spyro trilogy by Insomniac, the Final spyro developed by Insomniac, Insomniacs 4th game developed, the last spyro on the Playstation 1, the last Exclusive to playstation spyro, and the only spyro not released in Japan.

Gameplay
Gameplay is just like before, but has new tweaks. Its still in third person as well.

Plot
Taking place not long after Spyro 2, the dragons are resting up for the Upcoming year of the dragon party, until thieves come and steal all eggs. Spyro, Hunter and Zoe go after them. Later on they discover the sorceress is going to kill the dragons, and bianca turns on her to help Spyro and Hunter save them all.

After the Sorceress is defeated, the baby dragons return to the dragon worlds, and some dragons come back to the forgotten worlds to clean it up and add magic to it once again. The story is continued in Spyro 4 Enter the Dragonfly, developed by Check 6.

Reception
The game is currently the highest rated spyro game yet, followed by Skylanders.

Gamespot: 8/10

IGN: 9/10

PSM: 9/10

Trivia
- This is the first game, where you can play as other characters. This feature returned in Spyro a heros tail developed by Vivendi, however it also was featured in the handheld spinoff titles as well.

- This is the final game in the series developed by Insomniac Games as Insomniac wanted to move onto a new series, and universal handed the development over to other devs. The next spyro would be the ill fated Spyro Enter The Dragonfly, which is the direct sequel to Spyro 3 Year of the dragon. The Game received Mostly negative Reviews.

- This is the final game released exclusive for the playstation brand, as the next spyro titles would be released on multiple systems, excluding the handheld spin offs for the Nintendo Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS.

- This is the only spyro game not released in Japan due to low sales of the previous titles in that country.

- This is hailed by most of the spyro fanbase as the best spyro game of all time.

- This is the only game in the series where you can SkateBoard.

- This is the final game in the main series where portals appear, excluding handheld spinoffs.

- This is the final game in the series where Elora the fawn makes an appearance.

- Several things where recycled from past spyros. Mostly enemy sounds. However few music tracks from Spyro 1 and 2 where remixed for Spyro 3.