The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (GBA)

The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night is a video game released for the Game Boy Advance. It is the sequel to The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, the second game in The Legend of Spyro series and the 12th game in the entire Spyro series.

Even though the game was released on the PS2, Wii, DS and smart phones, the GBA version is different in almost everyway, which is what this page will cover.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Tight controls.
 * 2) Unlike the console version, this version is a great mix of platforming and beat em up.
 * 3) Heavily improves a lot from its prequel.
 * 4) Much longer than the console version.
 * 5) Awesome graphics, specially for a GBA game.
 * 6) Variety of enemies, some of which don't appear in the console version.
 * 7) Fury mode is different, in here you become invulnerable and have unlimited health for a while, making it more challenging but fair.
 * 8) 2 difficulties in the game, Easy and Normal, defeating the game at either unlocks Hard mode, defeating the game at hard mode unlocks Dark Spyro.
 * 9) Beautiful soundtrack.
 * 10) Many abilities and moves to be unlocked in the game, but unlike most games, you have to search for them yourself, giving it more replayability.
 * 11) The magic returns again, and they're the same as A New Beginning, but they're more useful and their effects are different and better.
 * 12) Unlike its prequel, it's not simple to upgrade your magic, it's the same way as its console version this time.
 * 13) More bosses than its console version, and you can replay any boss you've defeated anytime.
 * 14) The story is different than its console version, while at some parts it's weaker, but most of the time its better, such as the ending.

Trivia

 * 1) This is the last game to be released for the GBA in Europe, it could also count as the last game made for the system overall (Samurai Deeper Kyo was released in 2002, but was finally released in 2008 in North America).
 * 2) Ignitus and The Chronicle are the only dragons to appear in this version (other than Spyro and Cynder), Cyril, Volteer and Terrador aren't in the game for some reason.
 * 3) Like the console version, Hunter appears at the end of the game, however in this version, he isn't barely noticeable like in the console version, making it much obvious that he's related to the 3rd game.

Reception
While the console versions received mixed reviews, the GBA version received positive reviews, with many calling it a much superior version than all the other versions combined, and others calling it the best game in the series since the PS1 games.