It might not work. In my opinion, The model used for Spyro looks like an AHT Spyro hit several times with a hammer. And who are they to take away poor Sparx? Without him he's hardly Spyro anymore, not that I'm stating to be a huge fan of Sparx. This might not actually be Spyro, that's... er.. I dunno.
When a game is rebooted, all supporting characters usually get the axe. We were lucky enough to get Sparx in LoS.
But to say that Spyro isn't Spyro without Sparx is just like saying Spyro isn't Spyro without Cynder: It isn't the case, since supporting characters don't make a video game, especially when the main character is still around.