10 Video Game Remakes That Erase Their Iconic Originals

8. Metroid: Zero Mission

Like I mentioned in the introduction, the original Metroid is one of those old games that's a real b*tch to play. Truly more of a concept-test and step towards what would eventually become the immaculate Super Metroid, the NES original is straight-up confusing and nigh-on impossible to navigate without a guide.

The identikit corridors and meandering connective tissue that makes up any given zone just isn't fun to memorise unless you come equipped with a paper and pen, leaving plenty of room for improvement going forward. Thankfully, 2004 would see Nintendo revisit yet another of their classics with Zero Mission - a full Game Boy Advance remake that essentially takes all the lessons perfected in 1994's Super Metroid and applies them to the level set and story (what little there is) of the first game.

Playing far faster and with a better sense of where to go at all times, Nintendo went all out including a new area, playable Samus outside her suit, more weapons, items and even an unlockable emulation of the 1986 original upon completion. If all that doesn't show just how far a given developer has come, nothing will.