Regional Differences

This is a sub-page of Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!.

Like its predecessor, Spyro 2 received some changes for Europe and Japan, though to a slightly lesser degree than the original. In Japan, despite the changes made, the later games in the series did not receive localized releases for the most part.

European Version#

Unlike the original game, the European version followed only three days after the North American version, and received less changes, and some of them are relatively inconsequential.

Audiovisual Differences#

• In Europe, the game was titled "Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer" (Glimmer being the first level you explore). As a result, a different title screen graphic is used: the "Spyro" part being of a lighter shade of purple while the subtitle "Gateway to Glimmer" is written in small light green text underneath. This change doesn't apply to the game's remaster, which, like the other two games, is based on its original North American release.

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• In place of the "PRESS START" text is an option that allows the player to change the game's language to either English, French, German, Spanish or Italian.
• The title screen intro cutscene cannot be skipped.
• The level "Breeze Harbor" was renamed "Breeze Harbour" to fit the spelling of the word in British English.
• All the music is in mono instead of stereo.
• In the final boss fight against Ripto, the music lacks the opera-styled vocals from the North American version. The vocals are also present in the Japanese version.

Japanese Version#

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Similar to the first Spyro game, the game underwent massive changes when it was localized in Japan.

Audiovisual Differences#

• Like in the Japanese version of the first game, Spyro makes cute high-pitched grunts every time he jumps, charges, or loses a life.
• The short level cutscenes shown at the beginning and end of every level now have full voice acting, with several characters like Spyro or even Moneybags narrating some of them.
• Some characters and levels have different names.
• The eye textures of some characters were made darker (for example, Hunter, Elora, Handel/Greta, the Fauns and the Water Wizards now have turquoise or dark purple eyes).
• The "Guidebook" label on the Guidebook was replaced with small, unreadable pixelated characters.
• The explosion effects were either replaced with an image saying "Boom," or were simply dulled out in order to reduce the risk of epilepsy.

Gameplay Differences#

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• Much like in the Japanese version of the first game, Spyro appears to be far slower. His charging speed is similar to that of his walking speed in the international releases.
• Like the original, the camera was modified:
  • The camera is zoomed out considerably, keeping a fixed perspective as opposed to following Spyro directly. However, in the Speedway levels, the camera is identical to the other versions.
  • An toggle was added in the options menu to restore the camera from the North American and European versions.
  • The center camera controls were changed: instead of pressing L1/2 and R1/2 in the North American and European versions, pressing either L1 or R1 centers the camera, which was retained in Spyro: Year of the Dragon.
• You now have to repeatedly press the Square button in order to swim underwater, as opposed to just holding the button down in every other version.
• Sparx's ability to detect gems by holding all of the shoulder buttons was removed.
• The map is enabled by default when you start the game.
• The "Double Jump" glitch was fixed in this version.
• In Summer Forest, all buttons (except the one for the orb challenge) used to open/close doors were removed, meaning that they're always open. This change was probably made to prevent a glitch that allowed the player to get out of bounds, which would've granted early access to the Crush boss fight.
• Most of the windmills in Robotica Farms are now stopped, presumably to make the level easier.

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• The dragonfly eggs from the original game's Japanese version return, again requiring the PocketStation. Like before, Sparx always appears as green by default, and the shade of green dulls each time Spyro is hit. Finding the dragonfly eggs throughout the game's levels and successfully hatching one using the PocketStation will allow you to have different colors of dragonflies, with some of them even allowing Spyro to take more damage from enemies.

Signposts#

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Multicolored signposts are scattered throughout the game, providing text-based "hints". However, unlike the ones in the previous game, they are now only found in the homeworlds. In addition, interacting with these signs is now done by pressing the Triangle button as opposed to flaming them in the previous game.

Summer Forest Homeworld#

Autumn Plains Homeworld#

Winter Tundra Homeworld#