But we can hope.

Of course things can go back to the classics just like RadSpyro said. Mario is a perfect example of it. You just need the right person to do it.

But it just doesn't feel right.

I mean you don't get the feel of the orginial...it's like a first bike..nothing can replace it or a first pet

In Truth nothing can ever go back to the old ways or feel like it, like you once did.

It never has the right feel to it.

Mario games do a pretty good job of it, though

It never has the right feel to it.

I agree AHT was fun, but c'mon, PINK TREES? Also, it made too many self references, which made it seem kind of cheap.

The pink trees did make it feel less like the originals, but it's the purple sky that bothers me.  It was supposed to turn blue after beating the world's boss, but a glitch keeps it purple unless you do first person view.

JazzJackrabbit wrote:

Not merging, just including indirect references, like purple-shelled turtles, spiky-haired rodents, extremely poorly-made polygonal landscapes without texture (guess what game that is), etc.  Not to mention references to glitches and limitations of the 90s.

I wouldn't want Spyro in an actual crossover unless it is Super Smash Bros.

I don't know, that would almost make Spyro a satire, and thus a comedy. A Hero's Tail attempted something like that, and look what happened.

And yes, I am a n00b. 

Hero's Tail was a great game, though Sparx's dialogue had a lot of unintended innuendo, and there were several annoying characters and cheesy moments.  I chuckled at the Mario and Zelda references.

Not merging, just including indirect references, like purple-shelled turtles, spiky-haired rodents, extremely poorly-made polygonal landscapes without texture (guess what game that is), etc.  Not to mention references to glitches and limitations of the 90s.

I wouldn't want Spyro in an actual crossover unless it is Super Smash Bros.

I don't know, that would almost make Spyro a satire, and thus a comedy. A Hero's Tail attempted something like that, and look what happened.

What I would like to see is a return to old form, ie; an open world collectathon. I do, however, like the combat system introduced in DotD. But it needs a lot of tweeking (namely, making it less of a GoW clone). For one thing, stick to fire breath. Ice breath, I could understand as a powerup or one-time ability. But lightning and earth/water/bubbles? That's unnecessarily complicating things. Isn't it possible to introduce a new gameplay element that isn't just a new thing to spew out of your mouth?

As for the storyline, I just want to see a departure from the cliche storyline of TLoS. I mean seriously, it is transparent that they were trying to turn a story about a little purple dragon into something like LotR. The end result is something that, when viewed by a non-Spyro fan, is hilarious (and I don't mean

And yes, I am a n00b. 

Not merging, just including indirect references, like purple-shelled turtles, spiky-haired rodents, extremely poorly-made polygonal landscapes without texture (guess what game that is), etc.  Not to mention references to glitches and limitations of the 90s.

That would be ... wonderful. Kind of like that Tiki guy from Year of the
Dragon. Or maybe a skateboard level.