KeyBladerXIII
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Activision: "Ok guys, we'll do Spyro next. BUT...all NPCS are replaced with Skylander characters."
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ATVI: "Crash surpassed our wildest expectations" and "looking at other classic IP"
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Curt Baboon
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DriftedPlanet
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!!!!This was stated by CEO Eric Hirshberg. These quotes probably are not exact. I did my best to transcribe what he said during the Activision earnings call today but some paraphrasing had to happen for me to keep up.
So it's looking like Crash will probably be moving forward with new and "remastered" content and it seems pretty likely we'll see Classic Spyro as well.
The dream. Ps1 Spyro games were top tier. Enter the dragonfly made it that much more apparent by contrast. I loved the blends of humor and style that Insomniac applied to every world. Hopefully they use the original voices (if they can't get the VAs to redo everything), I don't know whether the voice of SpongeBob would be willing to come back for this (he voiced the characters in one world of Spyro 2).
If it's any consolation, Spyro 1 plays like a demo compared to Spyro 2 (Rypto's Rage). RR is longer, better written, greater in variety of worlds, more meat to the game in every way. From what I've heard, Year of the Dragon cranks the improvements up well beyond RR.
One of the concept artists behind Twinsanity sent an open letter to VV about the possibility of a Twinsanity remake:
https://www.crashmania.net/en/blog/twinsanity-remaster/
If I'm gonna be completely honest, as a big Crash fan that I am, I don't want this really. I don't want the franchise to live on by simply more remakes. If we just continued to thread old ground, the series is never going to evolve. This franchise has potential and shouldn't be squandered like how it was years back. I'd rather have some of Twinsanity's elements recycled into a new game if anything really.
But I WILL SAY that I do think CTR actually does benefit the most from a modern remake. With online multiplayer/leaderboards, not to mention new tracks and characters it can easily give Activision a bang for their buck. They just have to nail the controls because that's what made CTR so grand in the first place, you felt as if you were driving an actual kart.
There's also those rumors of Sony Japan Studio (SIEJ) making a new Crash game that came from a couple of GAF insiders. If it's legitimate, I wonder when we'll see it?
https://www.crashmania.net/en/blog/twinsanity-remaster/
If I'm gonna be completely honest, as a big Crash fan that I am, I don't want this really. I don't want the franchise to live on by simply more remakes. If we just continued to thread old ground, the series is never going to evolve. This franchise has potential and shouldn't be squandered like how it was years back. I'd rather have some of Twinsanity's elements recycled into a new game if anything really.
But I WILL SAY that I do think CTR actually does benefit the most from a modern remake. With online multiplayer/leaderboards, not to mention new tracks and characters it can easily give Activision a bang for their buck. They just have to nail the controls because that's what made CTR so grand in the first place, you felt as if you were driving an actual kart.
There's also those rumors of Sony Japan Studio (SIEJ) making a new Crash game that came from a couple of GAF insiders. If it's legitimate, I wonder when we'll see it?
Yeah, Year of the Dragon is awesome!
I'd love to see a brand-new CTR, Crash Bash, and Crash 4. Not a remake or anything just like, straight up new game. CTR could be remade I guess, but as much as I LOOOOOVE spyro (prefer him to crash tbh) I'd love to see crash get some more attention before we move on to remaking a whole new game from the ground up. We already have all these hella crash assets, id love for them to get some more mileage
Napalm_Frank
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If they wanted to go for Twinsanity approach I feel like a completely new game in the style of it would be better than a remake.
Twinsanity is one of those games that had a lot of heart and is regarded a bit more fondly now than when it released. However it does have some baggage. Mostly it's a very limited audience who really love it compared to the originals so marketing it as a remaster/remake could be limiting compared to N.Sane trilogy. With a lot of people the line between WoC/TS/MoM ect is really blurred and just consider it the era where Crash lost it's way.
Mostly what Twinsanity is really about is that it's a game foxused on Cortex and jokes/gags up the wazoo and the weird soundtrack. The original games were subtle when it came to humour, Twinsanity is in your face with it. You can do a new game with that mindset and retain what made Twinsanity enjoyable.
Also while the gameplay in TS was fine I feel like it wouldn't be wise to remake it as is.
Twinsanity is one of those games that had a lot of heart and is regarded a bit more fondly now than when it released. However it does have some baggage. Mostly it's a very limited audience who really love it compared to the originals so marketing it as a remaster/remake could be limiting compared to N.Sane trilogy. With a lot of people the line between WoC/TS/MoM ect is really blurred and just consider it the era where Crash lost it's way.
Mostly what Twinsanity is really about is that it's a game foxused on Cortex and jokes/gags up the wazoo and the weird soundtrack. The original games were subtle when it came to humour, Twinsanity is in your face with it. You can do a new game with that mindset and retain what made Twinsanity enjoyable.
Also while the gameplay in TS was fine I feel like it wouldn't be wise to remake it as is.
That ball is actually in Sony's court rather than Acti's.
Sweet Bellic
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Still haven't picked up the Nsane trilogy (one of these days I'll give in), but it'd be hard for me to hold out for a Spyro remaster. Only played the first two games, but they were such majestic, gorgeous games at the time. And they still hold up too. Just please target 60 fps, Activision, kthxsbye.
George Oscar Bluth II
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He wasn't just those characters on the machine world, he voiced Spyro himself!
KeyBladerXIII
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I wouldn't mind, there was a pretty fun Pitfall game on PS2. It was Uncharted before Uncharted was Uncharted.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Glad to hear it did well, but only because it means well for another series I loved. Let's Go Spyro! *clap clap clap clap clap*
Remake spyro, with the superior design!
Will I find Toys for Bob on your résumé?
I think it's weird and a little disingenuous to compare their level design. Crash is a tighter, challenge-based platformer. Spyro is more exploration focused and relaxed. More of a collectathon, like Banjo Kazooie.
My thoughts exactly.
Twinsanity was released during a time where everyone (besides the fans I suppose) assumed Crash was walking on eggshells after the last few games did very little to evolve the series so critics entirely ignored it. It was only just a few years later where vocal minorities appreciated the game and got in touch with the developers and formed a close bond.
I think the game itself hasn't aged that well, what with the humor and such. And I think remaking would just be too risky.
Remake spyro, with the superior design!
This design is absolutely disgusting and should be removed off the face of the earth as well as banned from any parallel universe.
Original Spyro is best Spyro.
Remake Twinsanity full-on, as opposed to a remaster. Re-imagine it a bit. Sounds like that's kinda what Keith Webb was thinking from his open letter?
Yeah, they both do it now
freefornow
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Surely the ink is dry on a Spyro trilogy remaster! All those Skylander players who never experienced the originals would be potential buyers. Acti can surely see this.
Essentially. I think Twinsanity in particular works better as a reimagined game ala Ratchet PS4.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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Give us a new Crash Team Racing.
Bedameister
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Exactly what I'm thinking.
This too.
Yoshi
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To me this text sounds like new Crash and additionally a Spyro trilogy. I hope that VV gets to make the new Crash (I also hope for an Xbone or Switch release), they made the best Crash game and it seems they also did great work on this remake. Maybe Toys for Bob could do the Spyro trilogy instead (they worked on Spyro before, making Skylanders in the end). I don't really like Spyro, as I think the level design is abysmal, but as a platformer fan I would still buy such a collection.
momshotdad
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My guess: CTR digital only for $20 w/online play and Spyro Collection coming late next year.
Necron
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It's time
Yes... YES!
Still remember playing this on Christmas and using a Dualshock controller for the first time.
momshotdad
Member
Yes. And some people are confused thinking it's better than Mario Kart.
DriftingSpirit
Member
Well, it kinda is :V
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Legit exciting. I need to pick this up soon.
Sidewinder
Member
Just finished CTR on Vita today, closing in on 100% completion and that game really aged gracefully.
Love it, it's as if I just woke up on Christmas Eve 1999 with my new transparent blue Dualshock and CTR copy in my hands :')
Bring it on Acti!
Love it, it's as if I just woke up on Christmas Eve 1999 with my new transparent blue Dualshock and CTR copy in my hands :')
Bring it on Acti!
Spieler Eins
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It's like modern Mario Kart a decade early.
Can confirm it blows every Mario Kart out the water mechanically after being way LTTP.
Rellik
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Activision can't give you that alone because CTR is a Sony game.
It's much better than any Mario Kart.
Spieler Eins
Member
A shame the Legacy of Kain rights rot at Square Enix.
PeakPointMatrix
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If modern Mario Kart had actual item balance and depth I would agree.
You must be so embarrased, you wrote "better" instead of "worse".
... I forgot blur was Activision. I might be willing to sacrifice Spyro for this. And I really loved Spyro as a kid.
Shin
Banned
Remake spyro, with the superior design!
If you want to give kids nightmare then sure, I rather they stay far away as possible from that, it's not lovable nor likable IMO.
Spyro might be tricky for the current generation due to his scales, it would need to be children-friendly/cute, nothing like the image you linked.