Spyro the Dragon

Spyro the Dragon is the main protagonist and titular character of the twice rebooted Spyro the Dragon series. He has also appeared in a few Crash Bandicoot games.

Background
As told in an interview with Sparx by the DNN (Dragon News Network), some details of Spyro's past are known. Sparx used to crawl around Spyro's egg when he was a larvae. There was peace in the dragon realms at this time.

However, unknown to the dragons, three thieves were running off with two eggs. One was a dragon egg while the other was a dragonfly egg. Suddenly, the dragons discovered the thieves who ran off and they dropped the eggs. The red dragon egg became hot, as if something on fire from the inside. Spyro hatched from the red egg and Sparx hatched from the yellow egg.

Appearances in Crash Games
A demo for the first game in the Spyro series can be played in Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped by inputting a special code. A demo for the second game in the Spyro series can be accessed in Crash Team Racing using the same method. Also in late versions of Crash Bandicoot, A demo of Spyro: Year of the Dragon is playable by holding R1+R2 untill the opening sequence shows then press start.

Spyro has made a few in-game appearances in the Crash series as well. He was an unlockable character in the Gameboy Advance version of Crash Nitro Kart where he was unlocked after beating Velo for the first time. He also starred in the set of crossover games Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage and Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy, where he battles with Crash and his enemies. Most recently, he made a small cameo in a Crash Twinsanity cutscene, defending his gems from N. Tropy, N. Brio, and N. Gin. Cortex: "but he might want his gems back."

Trivia

 * Crash Bandicoot is the Naughty Dog counterpart of Insomniac Games' Spyro the Dragon.
 * Like Crash himself, Spyro also had a different character design in Japan.