PlayStation 4 Events tab reveals details on Crash Team Rumble Season 3! It begins on December 7th and ends on March 4, 2024. The Artisans and Summer Forest worlds will make an appearance. No word yet on what character roles Spyro the Dragon and Elora will be placed in.
Spyro and Elora are announced to be joining Crash Team Rumble Season 3! Spyro was teased in a roadmap in Season 2 that brought in Ripto.
1. What inspired you to bring Ripto, one of Spyro's iconic villains, into Crash Team Rumble?
Crash Team Rumble offers us a unique opportunity for us to bring
together an eclectic collection of heroes and villains together around
team sport. We knew we wanted to pull from the Spyro universe and Ripto
is a fresh magical addition to our cast of mutants and mad scientists.
2. Were other villains from the classic Spyro series considered for the game, like Gnasty Gnorc and the Sorceress?
Yes, of course. The wonderful thing about the Spyro and Crash universes
is that they are so rich - there's no shortage of great characters to
choose from. The downside to that is it makes it so difficult to choose
because there's always someone great that isn't getting the attention
they deserve!
3. What were the inspirations for Ripto’s moveset in Crash Team Rumble? Did you look at past classic Spyro games for reference?
Great question, and yes! Here's what our Senior Hero Designer, Jesse,
had to say: "The key inspiration came from how Ripto fought in the final
boss battle in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage. We knew right away that we wanted
his Fireball attack, but we also wanted to make sure he had a unique
mobility option and something that would help him control space in Gem
fights. In the Spyro 2 boss fight, Hunter drops orbs that augment Spyro
and Ripto in ways that felt elemental. That felt like something we could
latch onto for his two other moves, which ended up being a water based
rising attack, and a lightning based anti-air, explosive attack."
4. I noticed Ripto makes a reference to Spyro 2: Season of Flame in the recent Rumble digital comic with mentions of "fireflies" and the "Rhynocs". Are certain Spyro games canon now, or is it just a shoutout for the fans?
I love your attention to detail! You know, I really don't want to be the
litigator for what's canon and what's not. From my perspective, Crash
Team Rumble is a fun spinoff focused on team sport and with these
comics, where we can have some fun showing new layers to different
personalities and pairings, we will!
5. Can we expect Ripto's archenemy, a certain purple dragon, to make an appearance in Rumble soon?
Spyro is certainly a dragon. Purple, in fact!
Recently I reached out to the lead designer of The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning and The Eternal Night, Cameron Davis, and contract writer, Patrick Hegarty, and asked them a few fan questions about The Legend of Spyro games developed by Krome Studios. You can read them in the document below.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UZusjS4VG14o8pUjD54RSGdB6ESFWETSvDeI07LCqGk
No dragons allowed: sorcerer extraordinaire, Ripto, is here! He's available in Crash Team Rumble for a limited time for players to snag him early before he goes away for a while. He will return later on November 21st as a fully released character for users to unlock him while playing.
Toys For Bob released their next installment of the Crash Team Rumble digital comic, that features Ripto and how he got roped into the brawl.
Today, Micosoft has bought Activision Blizzard, therefore owning their game franchises, including Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, and Skylanders.
https://newsroom.activisionblizzard.com/p/our-next-adventure
Microsoft CEO, Phil Spencer, stated that the game franchises acquired from Activision will remain multiplatform.
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/10/13/xbox-activision-blizzard/
Montage Vintage Gamer found an old protoype of a scrapped Crash vs Spyro Racing game for the original Xbox!
Crash Team Rumble Season 2 has gone live today, with new features and new characters to be added soon down the line. The new hero, Ripto, will be the new Booster-type character to be added to the roster.
25 years have passed since the release of the first Spyro the Dragon game. The Spyro franchise is now 25 years old.
In celebration of Spyro's 25th, Toys For Bob released an art piece of Spyro drawn by Dev Madan.
