Spyro the Dragon's Contest History

Who is Spyro?
Spyro the Dragon is kind of a runt for a Dragon. But it's his size that allows him to save the dragon world in the first game starring him, on the PS1. Basically, Gnasy Gnorc gets pissed off one day and decides to turn the Dragon population to stone. But the spell just WHOOSHES over Spyro's head. In the game, you traipse the world, both looking for Gnorc and trying to free as many dragons as you can - what's more, he's trying to take the world's gems, as well. So you need to get them. As Spyro, you can charge and shoot fire, and little else. But, you ultimately manage it and Gnorc goes down.

Then, in Spyro 2, you learn to Skull Bash, Climb, and Swim, while an even nastier villain in Ripto is trying to destroy the world of Glimmer. There is lots more depth in the sequel, including finding orbs, secret areas, at least one minigame in every level...yeah.

Spyro 3 is arguably the best in the series. An evil sorceress is trying to take over the world, using magical powers. You can play as 6 different characters in this game - Hunter the cheetah (also in the second game), A secret agent monkey, a military penguin, an insane kangaroo, and a large rhino, all of which have their own considerable strengths. Also, you can now play as Sparx the Dragonfly, who in the first two games was essentially Spyro's health meter. Oh, and you can skateboard as well. It's actually handled awesomely. I racked up hours getting ridiculously high scores.

Throughout all this, Spyro maintains a punk-skater style voice pitch and is very badass for a runt dragon. He's also cute. ^.^

"You're toast, Gnorc." - Spyro

(Writeup courtesy of XIII is cool)

Spyro's Contest History
Win-Loss Record: 0-2

Summer 2002 Contest - North Division - 8 Seed
 * Northern Round 1 --- Lost to (9) Morrigan Aensland, 18186 [31.71%] - 39173 [68.29%]
 * Extrapolated Strength --- 37th Place [15.77%]

Spyro's lone contest appearance came in an 8-9 2002 match in which he was actually the favorite. Hardly anyone outside the fighting game fanbase knew who Morrigan even was, while Spyro was a bit of a household name.

When the match began and Spyro was getting his ass kicked, two Board 8 fad staples were born. Spyro was the original "Just wait until the kiddies wake up!" candidate, while Morrigan was the original TJF character. The end result of all this was Spyro getting doubled in a match that many felt he should have won, and he has been punished for it by not having seen the field since even though the potential for him winning a match is there.

Summer 2007 Contest - Division 6 - Fourth Group
 * Division 6 Round 1 --- 4th place, 13031 [10.13%] - Leon Kennedy, 51641 [40.13%] - Vivi Ornitier, 39729 [30.87%] - Ridley, 24297 [18.88%]

Spyro is another one of those characters who was making his first contest appearance since 2002, and he showed why we haven't seen him since then. He barely managed to get 10% of the vote, and nearly got doubled by Ridley. Playstation platformer characters just need to stay away from these contests forever. They're not popular.