Caddicarus <3
I don't think there was one thing in this video that I didn't already know, but a cool video nonetheless. Plus listening to Caddy's voice made it that much better.

Edit: I wonder if they read this forum to gather facts? The concept art they used was recently posted here, and so was the code that you found in Spyro 3's files, Hwd.

I know, Caddy is the bestest <3

And yeah, I thought that maybe they came here or to tcrf.net to get the facts, so I got all excited at the bit about the developer message, but I know I'm not the first to discover it

Yeah, Gear Grinder was actually the name of that type of enemy, not the level. I never thought of those guys being the inspiration for Ratchet's character design. More likely just a coincidence, I think.

by the way, Hurricos, not Gear Grinders.

Edit: I wonder if they read this forum to gather facts? The concept art they used was recently posted here, and so was the code that you found in Spyro 3's files, Hwd.

Spyro facts galore presented by Caddicarus and DYKG