It’s not often that a non-high-profile videogame, especially a non-licensed title, will feature an A-list voice cast. But whileThe Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragonseems to have become lost in the shuffle of all the other triple-A releases this season (yourFables, yourLittleBigPlanets, yourFallouts, etc.) — if you look at Metacritic for thePS3,360, andWiiversions, there’s onlyonereview up at the moment — the game employs a collection of top-tier voice talent. You can check out the wide range of said voice talent in the trailer above.
Voicing the title character, you have Frodo Bagg–uh,Elijah Wood. As for his magically linked co-op partner, Cynder, Kat Harv–I mean,Christina Ricci–does her voice-over. Then there’s Commissioner Gord–that is, Sirius Bla–dammit, it’sGary Oldmanwho does the voice for Ignitus, a “sort of father figure” for Spyro. Hunter of Avalar (a cheetah who isn’t yet confirmed to be the same one fromSpyro 2: Ripto’s Rage!) is voiced by Simon Eld–um,Blair Underwood. Finally, The Jok–wait, no, Luke Skywalk–er,Mark Hamillvoices Malefor the Dark Master, whileWayne“choke a bitch”Bradyprovides the voice for Sparx, Spyro’s sassy dragonfly companion.
If that group of venerated voice actors doesn’t get you excited forThe Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, then perhaps you’d be interested in atrailerthat was posted a couple of weeks ago, orHamza’s previewfrom April. If not, well, then, I don’t know what to tell you. Either way,I’mpumped to play the game, and I’ll be doing that soon for a Destructoid review — so keep an eye out for that. For more information, head over to the game’sofficial Web site.
