Far away - on the opposite side of the world - was a kingdom long since forgotten by dragonkind. So forgotten, in fact, that even the legends about these "Forgotten Worlds" have now been forgotten.
A mean and spiteful Sorceress, who had frankly become quite fed up with being forgotten, ruled this kingdom. As she sat on her forgotten throne, the Sorceress hatched a fiendishly evil plan - a plan to restore the fading magic to her forgotten realm, a plan to conquer the dragons once and for all. All she needed was a little help from her army of horn-nosed 'rhynocs,' the cooperation of her mysterious disciple Bianca and, of course, those 150 magical dragon eggs which she stole from right under the dragons' snouts.In this game you play mainly as Spyro, but there are certain levels and parts of levels where you can only play as a different character. The playable characters in this game are: Spyro, Sparx, Hunter, Sheila the Kangaroo, Sgt. James Byrd, Bently the Yeti and Agent 9.
The Story
Here's the official word on the story from the SpyroTheDragon.com website:
Every twelve years, the Dragon Kingdom celebrated its most important event: the "Year of the Dragon" Festival. Fairies delivered a new batch of 150 dragon eggs and dragons came from all around to dance and feast until everyone dropped from exhaustion. However, unbeknownst to the celebrating dragons, a sinister plot was about to unfold...
The Controls
| Spyro the Dragon | |
| X | Jump. Press again when in the air to glide |
| Square | Charge |
| Circle | Flame/Spit out rock |
| Triangle | Look around/Aim rock/Drop out of glide/Headbash when just jumped |
| R1/L1 | Bring the camera behind Spyro fast |
| R2/L2 | Turn the camera |
| R1+R2+L1+L2 | Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it) |
| Sheila the Kangaroo | |
| X | Jump. Press again when in the air to go higher. Press again the moment you land to double jump |
| Square | Kick |
| Circle | Kick |
| Triangle | Look around/Headbash when just jumped |
| R1/L1 | Bring the camera behind Sheila fast |
| R2/L2 | Turn the camera |
| R1+R2+L1+L2 | Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it) |
| Sgt. Byrd | |
| X | Fly, hold to go higher |
| Square | Drop bomb/projectile |
| Circle | Fire guns |
| Triangle | Look around/Aim |
| R1/L1 | Bring the camera behind Sgt. Byrd fast |
| R2/L2 | Turn the camera |
| R1+R2+L1+L2 | Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it) |
| Bentley the Yeti | |
| X | Jump |
| Square | Thump |
| Circle | Spin club |
| Triangle | Look around |
| R1/L1 | Bring the camera behind Bentley fast |
| R2/L2 | Turn the camera |
| R1+R2+L1+L2 | Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it) |
Gems are strangely identical to the last game. Strangely because Avalar and The Forgotten Worlds are most likely further away from each other then the Dragon Realms is from the Forgotten Worlds. Strange how they have the Avalar set of gems rather than the Dragon Realms set, maybe the Sorceress had the GemCutters in from Avalar though.
| Gem Colour | Gem Value |
| Red | 1 |
| Green | 2 |
| Purple | 5 |
| Yellow | 10 |
| Pink | 25 |
The same containers for the gems as in Avalar. However here you get gems from killing the Rhynocs whereas in Avalar they released a Spirit Particle. Also this game sees the return of a locked chest, slightly different in appearence from the first game, but you will still need to find a key to open them.
Anyway, on with the walkthrough, and on to Sunrise Spring!