On September 8, 2008, The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning became available on the Xbox 360's Xbox Originals service for 1200 Microsoft Points. The war is not over, the story continues in The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night. They are both able to barely escape and Malefor is still alive. She is returned to her true form, a young black dragon just like Spyro. He pursues her, eventually using all of his power to purge her of Malefor's influence. Spyro finds Cynder draining Ignitus' power to open the realm of Malefor. Ignitus comes to his rescue, only to be captured himself. Spyro is attacked by Cynder as he frees Terrador. Spyro learns as he begins to find the other elder dragons that Cynder is merely a pawn, being controlled by Malefor. Ignitus tells him about the war and Spyro sets off to free the other three Dragon Guardians. Traveling to the Temple, Spyro drives the army away. Cynder, a full grown black dragon, has forces occupying the Dragon Temple. Soon Spyro meets up with Ignitus, and though he is happy Spyro survived, he is worried they have already lost the war. Wanting to search for his true home, Spyro begins his journey. Spyro grows up thinking he is a dragonfly until one day, Sparx and himself are attacked and he learns he can breathe fire. The egg is discovered by a dragonfly family and when Spyro hatches he is adopted by them. Ignitus is able to escape with the egg, letting it float downriver as he distracts the enemy's forces.

The dragons are at war with Malefor, who knows of the prophecy and attacks the temple to destroy the purple egg.

Ignitus, one of the four Dragon Guardians, watches over one such egg. The dragon would change the fate of history when born. It is the Year of the Dragon and prophecy tells of a rare purple dragon egg that will be born every ten generations. The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning is a reboot of the Spyro series, changing the tonality and gameplay to a more epic tale and combat-driven experience different than the light hardened platformers the came before.

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