10 Remakes That Made Great Video Games PERFECT
9. Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario All-Stars consisted of a remastered version of Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3, and The Lost Levels (which was unreleased outside Japan at the time). The gameplay was the same, but these four SNES titles stood out due to the vastly improved graphics and sound.
Although video game remakes have been around since the 1980s, All-Stars was a game-changer, since it demonstrated how advanced a next-gen console was compared to its predecessor. Rather than being a basic reskin, enemies and backgrounds were drastically touched up.
Some sections included brand new-animations (most notably during the "Sorry, your princess is in another castle" sections in the original game).
Also, All-Stars allowed the player to save their progress - a key component missing in the NES counterparts. Not only did this simple addition make the titles more enjoyable, it showed that remakes didn't have to be a bare-minimum effort.
Rather than trying to make a quick buck, Nintendo put a lot of care into this property, allowing it to stand the test of time. If Nintendo bungled Super Mario All-Stars, gamers mightn't have got to enjoy the surge of reboots over the last 30 years.