Hunter

Hunter is a fast, powerful cheetah from the Spyro the Dragon series. He is a friend of Spyro's who helps him on many adventures. He is often equipped with a bow and arrow. He has featured in some of the Crash Bandicoot series games in cameos and as a playable character beginning with Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage.

History with the Crash Bandicoot series[]

Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage[]

Hunter's first appearance in the Crash Bandicoot series is as a cameo in Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage. While he has a slightly more prominent role in Purple's sister game in the Spyro series, Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy, appearing in a few cutscenes, he appears within Purple as an NPC in the hub world Fire Mountains, where he warns Crash about Flame Thrower Lab Assistants up ahead. He can also appear by obtaining his trading card in Orange and trading it over to Purple via link cable; obtaining this card makes Hunter playable in the multiplayer minigames in Party Mode.

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled[]

Hunter also featured in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled as one of the three playable characters added during the Spyro N. Friends Grand Prix, alongside Spyro himself and Gnasty Gnorc. Hunter can be purchased in the Pit Stop for 1500 Wumpa Coins. His default driving style is Balanced. Hunter, like the other two characters introduced during the Spyro N. Friends Grand Prix, uses Sparx as his Invincibility Mask.

Other appearances[]

While Hunter himself did not appear in Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!, a Hunter-themed skin for Crash was added in Season 3: Battle of the Dragons.

Hunter does not appear in-person in Crash Team Rumble, but is referenced in the Gatherer skin for Ripper Roo, which is themed after him. He also has a small cameo, appearing on the The Gang's All Here banner alongside several other Spyro characters.

Characteristics[]

Physical description[]

Hunter is a tall, lanky anthropomorphic cheetah. He has sandy-colored fur with an off-white belly and muzzle, as well as brown cheetah spots on his back, arms, legs and tail. He has a large, triangular dark brown nose, heavy-lidded medium blue eyes with thick dark brown eyebrows, three thin tufts of fur on top of his head and white claws. He usually has a quiver filled with arrows around his torso, and is often seen either carrying his longbow or with it affixed to the back of his quiver. He also has a thick, dark grey armband around his left forearm, as well as a thin one on his right upper arm.

Personality[]

Hunter is an easygoing, friendly, and somewhat naïve character. He's very physically active, having hobbies such as archery, skateboarding and scuba diving. He's a loyal friend to Spyro, often helping him out on his adventures. As his name implies, he's a talented archer, and he enjoys exploring new places. He isn't highly intelligent, and can be quite gullible and forgetful at times. He can also be quite cowardly, shown in many of his animations in Nitro-Fueled. Hunter is in a relationship with another character from the Spyro series named Bianca, whom he mentions in the CTR TV segment for the Spyro N. Friends Grand Prix. In Nitro-Fueled, he speaks with a "surfer dude" voice, with accompanying stereotypical phrases such as "dude" and "cowabunga".