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Spyro: Season of Ice Game Boy Advance
  • Publisher: VU Games
  • Release Date: Oct 29, 2001
Metascore
74 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
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  1. TotalGames.net
    96
    THIS IS THE BEST ADVENTURE ON THE GAME BOY ADVANCE!
  2. GameSpy
    84
    It's a tad easy, but it's also so fun and addictive that any platform game fan will enjoy it.
  3. IGN
    80
    A good game with a lengthy quest and a decent challenge.
  4. GameZone
    80
    The only real sticking point with Spyro is a seeming ultra-sensitivity to the controls.
  5. Pocket Games
    80
    Although things can get tedious, it's a solid mix of adventuring and action. [Winter 2001, p.55]
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  6. Hot Games
    80
    If you’re not a Spyro fan, this is still a passable and thoroughly engrossing game that exhausts you with all the item searching – but hey, that’s what a good platform game does.
  7. GamePro
    80
    The game’s only real flaw is that Spyro kind of handles like a broken bicycle, and steering him/her/it through the pseudo-3D landscape can get frustrating after the nine-hundredth time you’ve inadvertently come too close to a puddle of lethal water.
  8. GameSpot
    75
    Once you're used to floating diagonally and hopping ledges toward loftier areas, the game becomes quite fun.
  9. Electric Playground
    75
    Together, the sum of these interesting parts holds up quite well.
  10. Game Over Online
    75
    Spyro has definitely not lost its audio-visual lustre since its first inception, but it has some ways to go to dislodge Mario on the handheld platform.
  11. Nintendophiles
    75
    In the end any substantial complaints I have regarding Spryo: Season of Ice are centered on the fact that current platformers have turned into giant scavenger hunts. Those may be fun but I’ve had my fill already.
  12. Nintendo Power
    70
    Eye-popping visuals and slick game play. [Dec 2001, p.172]
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  13. Game Informer
    60
    The new territory of the Game Boy Advance isn't too hospitable to our fiery friend. [Jan 2002, p.98]
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  14. All Game Guide
    50
    It may border on blasphemy to say so, but Spyro: Season of Ice might have been better off as a side-scrolling platformer, ala Sonic or Klonoa.
  15. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    45
    It's not bad, but it could have been much more. [Dec 2001, p.264]
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  16. GamerWeb Nintendo
    40
    It runs poorly, presents itself poorly, and simply is true and utter trash. The only area of remote interest is the 3D level, but that alone isn't worth the price of the game.
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  1. TheQuietGamer
    7
    Spyro's Game Boy Advance adventure isn't without it's flaws, it's graphics are ok, as is the sound, controls are good, the story is good, and the gameplay is solid, it suffers from some flying issues which mess up the plat forming, all in all even with it's flaws it's a good game.… Full Review »
  2. TomG.
    9
    Once you get past the isometric perspective in which the game is played in, Spyro:Season of Ice is an absolute blast to play. In some respects, even better to play than its' PS brethren. One of the things I loved most about it is how its' just as involving as the console games and, even, lasts as long. Hopefully, we'll see more of these in the future. I hope so.… Full Review »
  3. MichelleP.
    8
    Well, it's pretty fun for one thing. After a while it gets extremely boring. But yes, it is certainly fun when you play it for the first time.