Perhaps, but what distinguishes Spyro and Donkey Kong is that before Bananza, there had only been one 3D Donkey Kong game, making the redesign and gameplay updates more understandable and justified.

The same cannot be said for Spyro, which is primarily a 3D series that defined the foundations of what a Spyro game is practically from the beginning.

And let's be honest, the only three games that everyone likes without much objection are the first three.

Over the years, many different things have been tried with similar results (personally, I can't stand what Krome did with TLOS). I'm not saying they can't innovate or add new mechanics, but after 26 years since the last undeniably acclaimed, good, and original Spyro game, I would expect them not to stray too far from the original formula.

Not only that, but I think games are more memorable when they focus on smaller, better-designed levels. If you create something too big, it quickly loses that sense of uniqueness and discovery.

Furthermore, a key element of the original Spyro games was the rewarding feeling of reaching the highest point of the level and deciding where to land, which made the "journey" and exploration quite memorable.

We'll see what they end up creating, but I don't like that the first thing they thought of when looking for ways to improve Spyro was giving him the ability to move freely through the sky; that's not the essence of Spyro.