Well, technically it’s the latter, although in this instance, they’ve both arrived at around the same time. Mere days after receiving a scaly purple delivery from the enigmatic Falcon McBob, Activision has followed through on its cryptic marketing and officially announced the Spyro Reignited Trilogy. The HD remake is being developed by the talented team over at Toys For Bob and will include updated versions of all three original PlayStation titles: Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage!, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon. The collection will retail for US$39.99 with pre-orders going live as of this writing. Launch day is September 21, which has the disc hitting shelves only a week or so after the series’ North American 20th anniversary. Interestingly, and unlike Activision’s own Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy’s timed PS4 exclusivity (which is ending this July, by the way), the Reignited Trilogy will be releasing on both the PS4 and the Xbox One family of consoles simultaneously this Fall. Honestly, the nostalgic retro gaming nerd inside me cringes a little at the thought of beloved PlayStation mascots traipsing over to the competition’s hardware all willy-nilly. But it’s a different era now, and depriving any gamer of these reimagined classics seem like an infinitely worse proposition than any form of goofy platform betrayal. While a version of the aforementioned N. Sane Trilogy is slated to hit Nintendo’s handheld hybrid this July, it should be noted that a Switch port of the Reignited Trilogy has yet to be announced.
But one thing that shouldn't be reignited is the flames of hatred. On that note, I must apologise for my use of the word kaffir in last night's post. However, I will not apologise for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's Trump-like attitudes. If Ramaphosa wants to stoop to that level, it's on him. But he'll get his come Judgement Day.
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