Having just watched Canadian Guy Eh's video about Gnasty Gnorc and reading the comments, I noted that one of the comments talked about extra lore bits in the dialogue and hint signs of the Japanese version and how it's mostly gone unnoticed by western fans?
Is anyone willing to take up the mantle of translating everything from that version into English, if it hasn't already?
Hello, I spotted our favourite little purple dragon on an old Japanese PlayStation magazine and couldn't help but noticed that the photo used was that of a figure/statue. I was just wondering if anyone knew anymore about him and maybe even his whereabouts as I think it looks really cool.
I had a friend who worked at this place, though to be honest, I'd be lying if I told you the exact dates. The thing is, he told me the owner got the figure through a sale; they managed to get it cheap. The shop closed its doors back in 2018, and everything or almost everything was sold along with it, including a Crash Bandicoot statue. I imagine the figure was bought by a fan who used the gas station as a storage unit, so it stayed tucked away until this man bought it in 2021, and it's only being discovered today. My friend used to work at a place called The Arc Games; there are plenty of pictures showing a Spyro figure inside it, but the Crash one is currently in a private collection in Washington.
Don't suppose anyone knows what happened to this Spyro?
He was featured at the European Computer Trade Show (ECTS; kind of like a European E3) in 1998, along with several other statues of game characters Sony was showcasing at the time, including Crash, Sir Daniel Fortesque, and Jin Kazama. The Sir Dan statue from the event was sold on eBay ages ago and is now privately owned, not sure about the others though. The event took place in the UK.
You can see more of this Spyro and a short interview with one of the developers here: https://youtu.be/a9Bbe59pL20?si=CJvW9sLDTGhVOaAI&t=537