The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night

by Sierra

Product Features

• New Attacks-All 4 upgradeable breath attacks have been refreshed with new elemental melee moves ¿ Comet Dash, Artic Blast, Earth Pound, Electric Spin, plus 4 new devastating fury attacks with dramatic new area effects
• Dragon Time: Spyro can now literally bend time at will! Engage Dragon Time to dodge attacks, out-maneuver enemies or solve tricky time-based environmental puzzles. Dragon Time introduces an entirely new dynamic to the action!
• New enemies and boss battles ¿ Skabb the Pirate and Gaul the Ape King
• Explore your World - Eternal Night features an added degree of exploration and puzzle solving ¿ challenging Spyro to use his new powers not just to blast through enemies, but also to uncover secrets and navigate through challenging environments.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000TU1JN8
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 3.5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 16, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,831 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo Wii

When darkness descends, a true hero must rise! As the Night of Eternal Darkness approaches, Spyro is haunted by recurring visions of an impending evil. He must master powerful new abilities on an epic quest to find the Well of Souls and prevent Gaul, the Ape King, from resurrecting the Dark Master. Join Spyro on the next chapter in his journey to find the True Dragon within, featuring the voice talents of Elijah Wood, Billy West and Gary Oldman.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Like Other Spyro Games, November 20, 2007

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dustymonkey (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (Video Game)

I am a HUGE Spyro fans, going back to the old PlayStation. The first 3 Spyro PlayStation games were the best, and when Spyro went to GameCube, it started to go downhill.

"Enter the Dragonfly" was okay, but it had major glitches. "A Hero's Tail" was better, more challenging, and enjoyable. When they started the "Legend of Spyro" series with "The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning" they lost me. The series lost the elements that made it great. I only played the game once, and since I've owned "Eternal Night" for the Wii, I've only played it twice.

What I don't like about the "Legend" series is that they are too focused on battles. In the previous games, you had to comeplete challenges and mini-games (in the first Spyro you had to free dragons, in the second you had to collect orbs and talismans, in the third you had to collect dragon eggs, in "dragonfly" you had to collect Dragonflys). These are the aspects that made the other games fun.

The GOOD POINTS of this game:
Graphics are good, and the voices are superbly done
The levels are elaborate and detail-oriented
GREAT soundtrack

I will break out this game and see if I enjoy it more as I play it, but I don't see that happening.

Overall, very disappointed with the direction of Spyro and hope they return to its roots.

22 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's just OK..., October 29, 2007

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J. Dunlap "the jerm" (Caintuckee, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (Video Game)

This is actually a combination review of my experience with the game and my 12-yr old daughter's. We rented this game and only played it for a short time, but I've seen enough to feel like I can write a review.

From my perspective, this game is 4 stars. I've been playing video games for years, and I felt this was a much better than average game. I hadn't played any Spyro games previously, so I didn't know what to expect and don't have any history to compare with. Visually, the game is great. The motion controls are pretty intuitive, and all of the Wii buttons are used. The action is fast-paced and pretty straightforward. Upgrading attacks is a nice bonus.

However, a couple picky things I didn't enjoy so much were the everlasting cut scenes between levels and some of the backgrounds. It's great to tell a story and advance the plot, but some of the cut scenes seemed to take forever. Also, some of the levels were extremely dark, and it was very difficult to see any detail to pick out enemies, paths, etc.

Overall, I liked the game, but I'm glad I rented it instead of buying.

Now for something completely different...My daughter is not a huge video game fan, but she enjoys playing the Wii. She likes to play tennis, bowling, and boxing on Wii Sports. We played Fantastic 4 for a couple hours together and had a lot of fun. However, she was barely luke warm to this game. Her response when I asked her about it was, "It's OK." She told me she had some trouble keeping the buttons straight, and she basically got bored, not frustrated, within about an hour. She shut the game off and didn't ask to play it again.

If you play video games, especially Wii games, regularly, I would recommend renting this game before purchasing. However, if you're not a big gamer, this game may not be for you.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More action then the original, January 13, 2008

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J. Deering "Jdeer76" (Roanoke, VA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (Video Game)

I've played this game for about 10+ hours so far and love it. The controls are pretty good. The camera movement works better then other games I've played. And this game is packed full of action. The only warning I would give is that if you've only played some of the original Spyro games then you'll be in for a shock. This game has almost all fighting and no puzzles or races. The early Spyro games were just the opposite. But I actually prefer the game this way then with a bunch of silly races or puzzles.

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