Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Review - Square Eyed Jak 10K SPECIAL 

Hearing Jak roast the shit out of the 'Skylanders killed Spyro' crowd made me really happy. I honesty never understood why it got as much hate as it did. Congrats on 10k.

Honestly im happy someone is defending this seires

I'm glad you didn't shit on this game like most people do I love this series especially the new one nice review man

Spyro does look a bit like a pug with wings and scales, but I don't see that as inherently negative. In fact, I thinks it's kind of cute.

No, this is officially a spinoff! It said somewhere on a website that one time!

I agree I've been a fan skyalnders games and im a 18 year nerd and agree with about 97%of the things you said

I was quite saddened that so many people hated this game before it came out and didn't even give it a chance. I admit that I was a bit shocked when the game was announced at the new direction, but I still eagerly pre ordered and went into it with an open mind- and I loved every minute of it. It's not perfect by a long shot, but there are so many references to the original series and it was so fun to play. If people play the game and don't like it, that's absolutely fine- it's not for everyone and I respect that. But it's the people that hate the game without even playing it that I don't understand.

Here's a fun fact. Kaos is voiced by the same voice actor that voiced Billy from Grim Advenrtures of Billy and Mandy, and also Zim himself some Invader Zim.

When I was younger I loved this series. I would spend hours playing the levels over and over again. The two-player mode was also fun cause it ment that I could play with my friends. I remember always getting excited when I got a new character. I will always look back on the early games with fond memories. It's nice to see someone give it some praise.

all of the skylanders haters should watch this to see what skylanders is about

I really agree! I loved the Skylanders series and is one of my favorite series in gaming. It really doesn't deserve the hate it gets.

“Hey, did I just see a dragon, riding a dragon?” Lol

i was born i 2001 and skylanders introduced me to spyro... i still remember the first time i saw the commercial as a 10 year old kid. and the day i bought the game with my own money and played it for the first time.. so damn good!

In the Wii version there isn’t a floating platform in the kaos level

Funny enough, one of the best and most fun experiences I had in game shopping was Skylanders. I'm by no means EVER going to try and have them all, but when I finally broke down and checked this series out, I ended up getting the first two games, on both XBox and 3DS, all of the dragon figures, which got me one of each element, a giant, and the 5 level packs. Yeah it cost a little bit, but not NEARLY what I expected, as I got all of it used, and I ended up getting 4 REALLY good games, as the 3DS games are ENTIRELY different from the console games, and feel even more like a classic Spyro game, even down to actually jumping and gliding. I've since dabbled in the other games when I find them cheap, and oddly find the 3DS games to still be the best, as they save your skylander to the game instead of having to carry all of them around (First 2 games only store 2 at a time and a powerup, all of them after store EVERYTHING)

I agree with your review. The Skylanders games aren't bad, especially not the first one, but... people always criticize it for being bad, and being someone who experimented with the various skylanders, it actually forced me to learn how to adapt to different play styles, which is something I use even to this day. And whenever I see people complaining about Skylanders, I defend it, being someone who enjoyed... _most of the Skylanders games..._

Phenomenal video. 7/10.

YEAH SKYLANDERS Im almost fucking 20 Years old and I still love this series Lol. Has a nice classic feel to it. I consider these Spyro Games.

No, this is officially a spinoff, it said somewhere on a website that one time

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I have a theory that skylanders happens after dawn of the dragon. when spyro and cynder sacrifice themselves to rebuild the world, it becomes skylands. And spyro and cynder are reborn as different dragons with no recollection of past events in the spyro games.

One time when kaos was talking then his dialog stopped but his speech animation was still going. So we made the joke that his mic was muted

This was a good review! I honestly am with you in this opinion, I can't seem to find reason of people hating Skylanders so much since they kept Spyro relevant throughout the years and now hopefully they do the same for Crash Bandicoot. In Skylanders tv-series in Netflix they've got Spyro's attitude spot on too, he is almost like the douche we knew from the first trilogy. Later games he has also became more relevant too, having more character than, for example, Mario has.

I don't care what anyone says. They fucking need to remaster the three first Spyro games.

SSA was originally developed for the Wii so every other version is a port made by Expex. There are many differences between the two such as the Wii version having faster enemies that hit harder and the Expex versions having an infinite money glitch.

Thank you! It's nice to see another Spyro fan enjoy this game for what it is and not be like everyone else hating the game just because of Spyro design. I like Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, it is a fun game and the whole "toys comes to life" idea was pretty innovated. Also it's thanks to Skylanders that Spyro is still relevant. It just grinds my gears that a majority of Spyro fans hate the game just on Spyro design alone saying "it killed Spyro". I swear some people just need to grow up. Also there is only one Spyro game that I just hate and it's Enter the Dragonfly and some fans say it better than Sylanders at least Skylanders is fun and not a complete buggy and glitchy mess, unlike Enter the Dragonfly, which is just also a rehash of Year of the Dragon I know this is going to sound stupid but this review has just earned you another subscriber.

47 Haedox's disliked this

Some people’s reasoning for hating skylanders is kind of terrible

Still got a ton of them in my closet

Wow... someone did a remix of your theme? Which was originally just some random royalty free music? Damn... that's some dedication right there.

Love your positive and honest reviews, Jak!!! You always critique the actual important elements and not the petty shit! Good job❤️

14:28 The WII version fixes that by making you go through long hallways. just saying.

I’m glad someone made an actual review about this game discussing it’s good sides and bad sides instead of saying it’s just terrible like Haedox did

Wow, I don't think I've ever disagreed with someone so much, at least about a video game. I agree Skylanders is a fine game, but to say it's anything like Spyro is completely mind boggling to me. Yes, the environments do look like something from Spyro 1, in fact I was excited for Skylanders when I first saw it, because it DID look like Spyro, at least at first. When I saw the actual gameplay, that's when my hopes died. You aren't gliding, collecting gems, exploring semi open levels, fulfilling objectives, or anything like that. It definitely doesn't help Spyro is one of 30 characters. Say what you want about Legend of Spyro, but at least Spyro was the focus. I am at least grateful Spyro is the main character of the TV show. I'm not saying change is bad, but if something's too different, why base it off an existing franchise? I would've much preferred if Spyro wasn't included in Skylanders.

The problem with this game isn't the game itself, but the fact that they slapped the name spyro on it.

I think Activision rerelease the series as a single collection game but remove the toys to life model because it’s extremely predatory and just have you unlock characters by playing the game and being able to use them in other games and save files when you unlock them.

When I started playing skylanders I didn’t know Spyro Games Existed and when I learned that they were so bad other than the first one compared to skylanders that I thought it was a Spinoff of skylanders

FUCKING EXACTLY! People who hate the game solely because how bad spyro looks is the equivalent of a crash fanboy hating on titans/mutants because of how the chracters looks.

Skylanders was a fun series and I played it back when I was younger. It doesn't deserve so much hate.

My first experience with Skylanders was when I saw my cousin playing it during Christmas time the year Skylanders Spyro's Adventure came out then I saw three characters Gill Grunt, Trigger Happy and of course Spyro I was shocked at first but when I got to have a go at it I really enjoyed it a year later my mum bought me the game and the starter pack plus I had also bought some Skylanders as well using the money I got and eventually I beat it and bought the remaining characters I didn't have As for Spyro's design I thought they where trying to fix him back to when he was popular by changing him from a more older looking dragon to a young dragon The game had a lot of stuff I enjoyed, the characters, levels, gameplay and the music which was composed by one of my favourite music composers Hans Zimmer who also composed the music to my favourite Disney movie The Lion King Spyro the Dragon always had great luck in the music department and the Skylanders series was no exception I did a year later play Skylanders Giants and still enjoy it to this day for all reasons I mentioned before and the new characters introduced where cool too But then I started to realise the series was costing me a lot of money and had to stop when Skylanders Swap Force came out which was a shame for me as I had enjoyed the games but I was getting into new franchises such as Assassins Creed, Bayonetta, Silent Hill and Resident Evil to name a few. (Oh and when I meant new I meant new to me) I do think there should be a point where they should try and remake the original trilogy and even maybe a new game at some point but for now I think he should stay with Skylanders until Activision thinks of something else to do with him plus I am grateful they did a better crossover between Spyro and Crash than fusion did Finally I'm grateful Crash is coming back as I still think he is a well recognised character and lots of people do remember him

jak congrats on ten thousand here to 100 thousand more . Another great video you are becoming one of my fav youtubers

This is pretty much the first in a long time that I've watched a video of someone reviewing about Skylanders and the review ending in a nice and tame note. 😊👍🏼

I enjoy replaying the levels to fully upgrade my Skylanders and finding secret treasure

theres a selfie feature in the latest one x) *awaits rage*

Skylanders is so nostalgic to me

This was fucking great! Consistently funny and well argued!

I just really dislike the concept of Spyro being one of many. He's not a soldier, he doesnt go to an academy. I feel like his great fun personality has been reduced to the one of a pokemon or something. He's not just a monster who follows commands...

The final level is better on the Wii version because it’s a completely different level

congrats on 10k I gotta admit you got the alguthrim stuff right nice work!!

Finally a spyro fan plays the game and sees that its not that bad

Great 10K subs special congratulations man. I admire you, you deserve a statue in Sydney.

Congrats on the 10k subs dude!

I still play Skylanders

I'm a gen z Spyro fan and Skylanders was my introduction to the series as well as one of the first games I ever played. This video was extremely vindicating, I'm glad Skylanders has seen more of a cult following in recent years but I never expected to see an actual genuine Spyro fan go into it with an open mind and see it for the pretty decent game it is. This video made my day :)

5:42 Damn he predicted a mechanic from possibly the worst game in the Series

You know what... This video has changed my perspective and opinion on slylanders and spyro completely now that this video has shown me that I shouldn't just hate skylander for changing spyro but love how similar they make it to the original spyro games. tbh skylander has been a childhood game for me back then but after realising that when they made skylander they taken their right from the creators but only because they couldn't make any more game. Well done square eyed jack you have truly helped me see the brighter side and got rid of my grudge for this game. Also if you read through all of that... You are an amazing and my favourite person. 😁😄🤗

Hell yeah Skylanders for life

Seeing something other than the Wii version (it's a bit different, the final boss is harder and there are none of the level loading death platforms lol) is a bit odd to me, but eh, what does it matter lol. I've been holding off till you got through it to watch these and I agree with like, all of this video. Watching you tear into the blind haters of the series was fun lol. Keep up the good work.

This is my favourite review that you've done so far, glad to see you defend it fairly but also shit on the game where it's rightfully deserved. I both hate & love Skylanders, I've spent a fuck ton of money on it over the years but it's also simple fun, kept Spyro around in games & hey, I only got the new one because I wanted to play as Crash. Great review mate, keep up the good shit!

This is what I keep saying about the whole "Spyro was ruined because of Skylanders! I hate skylanders!" situation. I don't hate the game, nor the people who played this game. I hate how Activision, the #2 most HATED company, decided to use Spyro for cash grab. I never played skylanders in my life, but I know that you don't even HAVE to play as Spyro, or even Cynder. In my opinion, I don't think Spyro needed to be in Skylanders. TLoS got so much love that they were going to make a MOVIE. And guess what Activision did? They pulled out the scrap card. I would have LOVED to see a movie, after the cliffhanger at the end of DotD, but no. Activision instead proceeded to use Spyro for MONEY. Why? Because. It's Activision. Of course they're going to do that. Oh and here's an extra: After releasing the Reignited Trilogy, Toys for bob were going to work with Activision again and supposedly going to make a fourth classic Spyro game. But guess what Activision did? You guessed it: The return of the Scrap Card. They ended up stopping their partnership with TFB, and sent more Employees to fix Call of Duty: Warzone's anticheat or something related to that. And now here we are. At the time of posting this comment, it is currently July 25, 2021. The anticheat is STILL broken, and now Activision is under a lawsuit, which I would rather not explain the details. Whew that was a lot of typing. Anyways, Sorry for this whole essay, I just wanted to state my opinion. Again, no hate intended to you or Skylanders and its community. Thank you for taking the time to read this. G'day.

The hats give you buffs like faster speed or defence or power, they aren't just cosmetic like you thought

I come back to this video now and then kinda brings fond memories

This video is super cool man I love you defending this game with real criticisms, this game means a lot to me, your cool.

Skylanders rules

0:52 yeah my favorite game

Thanks dude! Finally someone that likes the game of my childhood! :)

I always thought Skylanders was a fun and interesting series, however I still don't like the Spyro design here and the later entries get a lot more cheap with the whole "go out and buy a Skylander" thing.

This was my first spyro game

Now if only we could have a Skylander figure of Hunter and then it'd start to feel much more like a Spyro game.

A plus side : Kaos is apparently voiced by invader zim himself (& pretty much a bunch of other memorable characters): Richard S. Horvitz :P

Nice review, dude. I never understood how people say Skylanders is bad because they use Spyro, a dormant franchise, to sell the game yet are perfectly fine with Nintendo using Samus. Ness, and Captain Falcon to sell Super Smash Bros. At least Skylanders lets you play as a whole cast of new characters rather than existing ones from other franchises, alive and dead. I like Super Smash Bros. and am not comparing the quality of the games, but rather the quality of the logic.

I enjoyed Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure but I still wouldn't put it anywhere close to how good Spyro the Dragon is. It's still a good game, I feel though

I will rewatch this series so many goddamn times since it’s the best series about Skylanders to come out recently

This guy deserve way more subscribers

I'm Glad somebody said it, I have never played this Game (Ultimately because of the price of all the Figures and Stuff) But i have never seen anything that didn't make me think that this all looked like Spyro.

One of my favorite parts is how EVERY ORIGINAL SKYLANDER HAS A DIVERSE PERSONALITY, BACKSTORY, AND MOTIVATIONS ALL 32 We have a dragon who's wings are too weak to naturally fly so he made a robotic battlesuit to do it for him We have a part unicorn part dragon character constantly faced with almost racism, but saving both factions later because she doesn't stoop that low We have an orphan who was so spiteful at being left alone she became a ninja We have a marine who's mermaid girlfriend was kidnapped by pirates so he became a hero to kill the guy who did it We have a knight who's actively trying to track down a murder a witch who turned him into a living flame The list goes on

Until the Netflix show they never ruined Spyro. The skylanders has cool unique looks other than that they had no personalities. Spyro didn’t really have personality. But somehow a lot of them are memorable. His new face did take a little getting use to but you do. I don’t understand why people need to hate it just because it takes a new take on Spyro.

Haha I was just sat watching your videos on my TV and got super excited when this popped up :') I really liked this review, I haven't played Skylanders myself but it is refreshing to see an unbiased opinion on it because of it *ahem* ruining Spyro. I actually had a feeling this would be your 10k subs video since I could tell from the teaser that it was a 360 game. Anyway yes, again, congrats on 10,000! Here's hoping it won't be too long before we're watching a video celebrating 50,000 :D

Thank you, Square Eyed Jak, for defending Skylanders series and tell the haters, especially Classic Spyro fans, who their hatred is too non-sense and biased. I used to play Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure and Giants on Wii with my brother, until we parted away from each other. Skylanders were supposed to be a spin-off series, but since Spyro's Adventure became success, Activision and Toys for Bob decided to make Skylanders part of the main Spyro series. Toys for Bob designed Spyro's Adventure for Wii, because Activision planned Skylanders to be Nintendo exclusive series. But the plans were changed and Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure became multiplatform release. Toys for Bob were unable to port the game to XBOX 360, PS3 and PC by themselves, so porting was outsourced to XPEC Entertainment, but they screwed up the ports. Fun fact: Toys for Bob actually became the target for hating during the development of Spyro's Adventure, so they added a skeleton that looks like Spyro to the floor at Cadaverous Crypt, just as a joke how they think Skylanders killed Spyro. Considering the fact you have reviewed Legend of Spyro handheld games, I hope you will 3DS games someday. I mostly played Skylanders on 3DS, especially the 3DS version of Swap Force.

As a Spyro fan who loves the original franchise and Reignited, I’m glad someone actually talked about Skylanders as a game series instead of being biased and ranting all day about Spyro’s drastic redesign. I will admit however that Spyro’s design indeed could have looked more appealing but it doesn’t automatically make a game bad. I’ve played every Skylanders game with the Spyro figure and I can confirm that it’s harmless. Far from great, but harmless.

I agree with everything you said, except for the final boss battle, I love the music and I find the Hydra to be a really challenging and intimidating foe (which compensates for Kaos tbh).

I loved Skylanders as a kid

congratulations on 10,000!!!

I don't hate Skylanders, but I can see why people thought this series killed Spyro. The design looked drastically different from Spyro, which turned a lot of people off. And the game wasn't really about Spyro, it was about a collection of toys/characters who were all voiceless, and everyone react to you the same exact way, with maybe a few flavor text saying Spyro's name if you're using him, but that's it. For a while, fans were worried that was it for Spyro, just being some voiceless toy that you could replace with any other character. And in future Skylander games, they don't even feature Spyro anymore. So it was easy to see why people thought the series killed Spyro, that is until Reignited Trilogy.

This person speaks the truth

The whole point of Kaos' design is that canonically the player is of a similar power level to him, as both are portal masters. He's designed to be a direct rival to the player, so his appearance (which is meant to remind the player of like a school bully or smth) reflects that, looking anywhere from 5-10 years old to match the target audience

I'm glad you defended the first game of Skylanders. I don't get why people have to bash it on the head just because Spyro looks like a pug with wings, it's the style of the game that makes it. Throwing so much shade to the game is just saying 'Oh Mario sucks because he don't much emotions.' or 'Oh Link's a piece of crap cause has no emotions and doesn't fucking talk.' It seems like both games and movies these can't be enjoyed because of fucking critics bashing them. I love the Skylanders games and got most of the games and figures with once exception. The only game I didn't like of Skylanders was Superchargers because it has vehicles in it and I am crap at vehicle games and stages. Heck, without Skylanders Imaginators, we wouldn't have Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy by bringing in Cortex and Crash as guest senseis. I get games and movies so I can enjoy them without critics and once played and watch, only then with some games I haven't played and had a go, I would decide if it's not right. Still, love your review and defense on Skylanders Spyro's Adventure.

"Did I just see a dragon riding a dragon?" Hmm yes this floor is made of floor

From someone who actually played 5 of the games, they're pretty fun. The only problem I have, is the pricing. $75 for the full game with 2-3 characters seems very cheap, but just wait for the next game to come out. Usually the pricing drops massively to $20. Or, just get the recent portal and a Spyro 1 character. Doing this allows you to play all the games for 5-8 bucks for the disks. Trap Team and Superchargers are my favorite out of the series, with Super Chargers allowing the user to buy 2 more vehicles to access almost everything in the game, the best story in the whole series, the vehicles actually being fun to use, and even slight character development for Kaos going against the darkness to rule Skylands himself, instead of destroying it. Trap Team for the villians being fun to use, like Wolfgang and PepperJack, the ability to nickname SnapShot, Progressive, and the short, yet fun levels. These games aren't without their flaws however. The characters seem expensive on their first day, but like the starter packs, just wait till you find them at Five n Below, where you can get a 3 pack for $5, or Gamestop where I saw a series 2 character for 99 cents. Super Chargers feel short for a game, which is extremely sad since it's my favorite out of the series. If you scratch your game's disk, you're basically fucked over. Some of the characters break pretty easily, and light core Jet-Vac doesn't even work anymore unless I bend him back a little. Spyro's redesign. Skylanders Academy. The fact that this scene doesn't contain a lap dance and the buissness aspect that you need to buy figures to access every single character in the game. But for the type of game Skylander is, it works. In conclusion: I loved the Skylander series when I was younger, and I kinda do today. They're aren't worth $75 though, so if you want to play, just wait until the next game to get a starter pack for $20.

I rank this series my third favorite game series of all time.

And years later from the first Skylanders game’s release in October 12, 2011 the OG games are getting remade for PS4 and Xbox One on September 21, 2018. (Edit: The remakes were pushed back to November 13, 2018)

Chaos actually sounds like Billy from Billy and Mandy

I played spyro as a kid and loved it, as much as I would like to try to play the skylanders, I cant forgive it for using spyro as a cash grab, they should of used spyro as an inspiration or at least did the exact same thing they did with crash bandicoot making spyro a dlc type, even in later installments they pretty much just dropped spyro all together

as always u deserve more

i'm on a spyro game marathon+review binge right now, and while i do really like your reviews, i still don't understand why you think tlos and skylanders fit in the same continuity as the classic games. it's really cool that you gave your honest opinion on this game though! i greatly appreciate your honesty :D

Honestly during my 3rd grade year i disliked skylanders because of its toys to life stuff and what they did to spyro. i have an excuse i was a bratty 7 year old. I eventually got skylanders when the 2nd game came out and i loved it. Looking back at all this and your review Jak i really need to give the series more credit. i played all of them. Spyros adventure was very fun, and i started to care LESS about spyros design during the 2nd game. Since the graphics looked better and he looked way more detailed. Im guessing thats why i hated his design in the first. The graphics looked kinda bad so it made some stuff look ODD. Even looking at him now in imsginators he looks more dragon-like. I have a totally different view about this now thanks to your review. And no. This series didnt finish off spyro. He was kept on life support thanks to the series :P its obvious what started ruining the series. Also sorry for the extremely long comment lol.

Congrats on reaching the big 10,000 Jak! You deserve way more.

I love how Jack roasts hard-core spyro fans who hate skylanders

I see your point; the Skylander games aren't bad games on their own, but here's my jib with them; we went from Spyro games to games with Spyro; he's just one of the many other skylanders, and plays just about the same! It's like when they take Mario and Sonic and all related characters and make one of those Olympic Games... games; they all become pretty much the same character; gone is Sonic's super-speed, gone is Bowser and Blaze shooting fire... You get my point; sure, they're different, but in ways so minuscule it doesn't make a huge difference. Don't get me wrong, I think Skylanders has a right to exist, but if we could get a SPYRO game instead of a GAME WITH spyro, it would be pretty tits. PS: Please review War of the Monsters; that game needs more love.

I agree to most of his points on this game and the series and also he is way more positive about the series than the people who never played the games and I like it