Spyro: A Hero's Tail

The fifth major console version of the little purple dragon has arrived. Spyro returns this time developed by the company behind such games as Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds, Sphinx the Mummy?? and Crash Bash. They bring with them a fresh feel to the series that had been nearly completely ruined by the efforts of the last company in Enter the Dragonfly.

Once again the Dragon Realms are in danger, this time from a fellow dragon. Red, the evil dragon, a fallen dragon elder has placed many dark gems all over the realms in order to gain control over them. Their powers are seeping into the world and corrupting it. It's up to Spyro and friends to save the world again!

Spyro: A Hero's Tail is released on all three major consoles, the PS2, GameCube and Xbox. Featuring five playable characters including one brand new character, Blink the mole.

There doesn't appear to be much of a story inside the manual or on the official website, so I'll skip that bit.

The Controls

All five of the characters need controlling. There's little you could do without it. Here's a rundown of all the controls for all the characters on all of the consoles.

Spyro the Dragon
Function	PS2	GameCube	Xbox
Jump	X	A	A
Double Jump	X + X	A + A	A + A
Glide	X + X HOLD	A + A HOLD	A + A HOLD
Horn Dive	X + X + O	A + A + X	A + A + B
Charge	O	X	B
Breath Attack	Square	Y	X
Secondary Breath	R1	R	R
Breath Selection	D-Pad	D-Pad	D-Pad
Wing Shield	Triangle	B	Y
Dive Underwater	O, hold to swim	X, hold to swim	B, hold to swim
Paddle Underwater	Hold X	Hold A	Hold A

Gem Values : Yellow = 100, Purple = 25, Green = 5, Red = 1