The Xbox Showcase had a lot of cool reveals last week, but none were cooler than the return of Spyro the Dragon. Almost eight years after his last appearance in the Reignited Trilogy, Toys for Bob revealed that we'll be getting a brand new Spyro game in Spring next year, finally giving fans of the purple dragon a new adventure to look forward to.

It was a bit of a surprise, considering Microsoft loves to collect mascot platformers and lock them in a cupboard to die, but Spyro has been let out after Toys For Bob pitched them a new Spyro game. As for why Toys for Bob picked Spyro, they were boosted by their work on the Reignited Trilogy and its impressive sales, and the ravenous fans that have been wanting Spyro back for years.

Spyro Fans Helped A Realm Beyond Become Reality

Yes, if you've ever seen people clamoring and whining for a game on a stream's live chat thinking "wow, that will never amount to anything", then consider your entire worldview flipped upside down.

While Toys for Bob knew that there was demand for Spyro thanks to Reignited's sales, it was also claimed in a recent interview with GamesRadar that the "loud and consistent" community around Spyro was one of the main things they pointed to when trying to pitch a new Spyro game to Microsoft and Xbox.

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"Every year, every gaming event we hear the fanbase show up, like, 'when is there going to be a new Spyro title?' even before we had even pitched this," says Toys for Bob studio head Paul Yan. "When we came up to Xbox and said, listen, here's our plan, we said, 'look, there's a community, it's loud and consistent, they know what they want, you're here to make this game, what else do you need, let's get this thing going."

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So, you can now never say that complaining about a new game is pointless, because Spyro fans have just proven that there's a small chance it could help get a game greenlit. So, with that in mind, boy would I really like a new Nier, Titanfall, Banjo-Kazooie, and Devil May Cry. If I got those, that would be swell. Oh, and Destiny 3, let's not forget about that.

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