Voice cast for The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon is mighty impressive

It’s not often that a non-high-profile videogame, especially a non-licensed title, will feature an A-list voice cast. But while The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon seems to have become lost in the shuffle of all the other triple-A releases this season (your Fables, your LittleBigPlanets, your Fallouts, etc.) — if you look at Metacritic for the PS3, 360, and Wii versions, there’s only one review 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’s Gary Oldman who 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 from Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage!) is voiced by Simon Eld–um, Blair Underwood. Finally, The Jok–wait, no, Luke Skywalk–er, Mark Hamill voices Malefor the Dark Master, while Wayne “choke a bitch” Brady provides the voice for Sparx, Spyro’s sassy dragonfly companion.

If that group of venerated voice actors doesn’t get you excited for The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, then perhaps you’d be interested in a trailer that was posted a couple of weeks ago, or Hamza’s preview from April. If not, well, then, I don’t know what to tell you. Either way, I’m pumped 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’s official Web site.