Sparx's absence possibilities

In my eyes, theres only x3 reasons that Sparx was missing from the trailer:

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•Toys For Bob deliberatly hid him, in order to reveal him later. (This could also explain the absence of gems from the word too - as these may have also been hidden.

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•Spyro and Sparx are seperated in the early part of the game as part of the narrative, and then reunited later, therefore acting as a health upgrade to Spyro.

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•Based on Sparx never being beside Spyro in the speedway levels for the OT and Reignited, and TFB wanting a heavy emphasis on flying, there are some technical challenges to having Sparks beside Spyro during flying gameplay, and they have consequentially decided to find a plot device to remove Sparx from the game.

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As much as I REALLY don't like it, I do lean towards the third option being the most viable. Which would really suck.

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Of course, there is always the fourth option, which is that TFB simply removed Sparx because they felt he no longer served their vision for the game in general, or wanted the player to feel less safe, but I really don't think they would remove him unless there was truely a technical barrier to having him there.

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My question for you: What are your thoughts? Do you think Sparx will be in the game? And why?

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And secondly, do you think TFB switched 'off' game elements such as the gems for the gameplay clip in the reveal trailer, in the same way that they turned off the HUD?