anyone else kinda miss the normal skeletons with the clothes and weapons?
Quite a lot, personally. I think they should appear at the starting levels, then be overtaken by the crystalized and warped ones in later levels. That way it visualizes the changes in difficulty and lets the player know that they're moving into new territory since the current game doesn't have a change in the islands much yet.
Edit: I know there are bigger and existing differences in the enemies, just that I think moving on from normal to crystalized skeletons would be more dramatic and interesting to see.