Vivendi Universal Games announced the development of Spyro: A Hero's Tail for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube, scheduled to arrive at retail in Q4 2004, the new game is being developed by UK-based Eurocom Entertainment Software and scripted by Emmy Award-winning writer J. Stewart Burns. VU Games' new 3D action platformer will feature five fully-playable characters and brand-new Spyro breath attacks, power-ups and moves.
In Spyro: A Hero's Tail our favorite fire breathing dragon Spyro must save the Dragon Realms from the Evil Red Dragon who has planted light-sapping Dark Gems all over the Dragon Realms in an attempt to control the world. Spyro and his new allies must destroy all of the Dark Gems to return the lands back to normal.
Players will take the purple dragon across dark, mysterious lands in which the environments shift from evil to good in real-time affecting enemies, music, lighting, objects, sky and more. Spyro will get new abilities including the Wall Kick, Tail Swing and Ledge Grab; and new breath attacks like Flame Breath, Freeze Breath, Water Breath and Electric Breath. In addition to playing as the heroic leader Spyro, gamers will also have the opportunity to play as weapons master Hunter the Cheetah, dive-bombing penguin Sgt. Byrd, loyal sidekick Sparx the Dragonfly or the all-new weapons-equipped, climbing Blink the Mole. Spyro: A Hero's Tail will be available later this year for a suggested retail price of $49.99 with an ESRB "E for Everyone" rating.
