I remember once when I was a kid, I was playing Crash of the Titans on the Wii and my dad told me Crash Bandicoot was “in a lot of games a long time ago”
after that I distinctly remember thinking “Huh. They must have forgotten to put him in Super Smash Bros then”
after that I distinctly remember thinking “Huh. They must have forgotten to put him in Super Smash Bros then”
Not to mention that Crash On the Run reuses plenty of assets itself in areas that make sense (e.g. bosses, when you consider the multiverse premise), seeing as it's a mobile game with lower specs than console stuff.