Computer and video game remakes Computer and video game remakes Animal Crossing, known as Animal Forest or Dōbutsu no Mori (どうぶつの森) in Japan, is a video game franchise developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development. After release in Japan, the game was improved upon and released in the United States on 15 September 2002, later being made a Player's Choice game. The game utilizes the GameCube's internal clock to create a persistent world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Animal Crossing"
BS Zelda (Japanese: BSゼルダの伝説) was an expanded version of The Legend of Zelda that was released for the Satellaview attachment of the Super Famicom in Japan. ...more on Wikipedia about "BS Zelda"
Akumajō Dracula is the name of the 1993 Castlevania game released in Japan on the Sharp X68000 home computer system. It was a remake of the original Akumajō Dracula game. Due to the X68000 not being released outside of Japan, this game was never released outside of Japan as well. ...more on Wikipedia about "Castlevania Chronicles"
Doom 3 is a sci-fi horror first-person shooter computer game developed by id Software and published by Activision. Set in 2145 in the Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) research center on Mars, it is a reimagining of the original Doom, with completely new graphics and game engine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Doom 3"
Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu no Hanayome ( Japanese: 天空の花嫁, lit. Bride of Heaven) is the fifth installment in the Dragon Quest video game series. It was first released as a Super Famicom game in Japan on 1992, and has been remade as a PS2 game in 2004. It remains one of the two installments in the series to not have been released in North America (the other game being its sequel, Dragon Quest VI). Enix did not release the game outside of Japan due to programming issues discovered after the game's Japan release. While the game was never officially translated, two fan translations exist for the Super Famicom version. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dragon Quest V"
In the video game subculture, an enhanced remake (also called updated classics) is an updated version of a video or computer game that was originally developed for a less advanced system. They are also known as "Super Mario All-Stars format", because an early occurrence of the idea was Super Mario All-Stars. Remakes with resolution upgrades are called high-resolution remakes. Remakes for high-definition video game consoles, such as PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and on par with HDTV are called high-definition remakes (or HD remakes) . The practice of updating old games began in the 16-bit era but was popularized during the Sixth Generation Era. ...more on Wikipedia about "Enhanced remake"
Final Fantasy III (ファイナルファンタジーIII Fainaru Fantajī ) is a role-playing game developed and published by Square Co., Ltd. for Nintendo Family Computer (Famicom, known internationally as the Nintendo Entertainment System) in 1990. It was the first Final Fantasy to liberally feature the job-change system, and was one of the largest RPGs created for Nintendo's console. As of 2005, it is the only installment in the series to have never seen official English localization, although Nintendo of America and Square have announced that in 2006 they plan to release an upcoming enhanced remake for the Nintendo DS handheld system in Japan. There has been no word on a release date for North America or Europe. There had been an earlier plan to re-release the game for Bandai's WonderSwan Color handheld (as had been done with several other installments in the series), but the premature death of that system prevented that plan from being realized. ...more on Wikipedia about "Final Fantasy III" Evergreen shortopedia!!!
Final Fantasy Origins is an computer role-playing game for the PlayStation from Square Co., Ltd.. It is the re-release of remastered versions (or enhanced remakes) of the Nintendo Family Computer ("Famicom") / Nintendo Entertainment System ("NES") classics Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II on the PlayStation platform. Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy II were originally developed for the Famicom and later remade for Bandai WonderSwan Color. The graphics have been enhanced to the quality of the SNES games ( Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI). ...more on Wikipedia about "Final Fantasy Origins"
Lunar Legend is an RPG for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance developed by Japan Art Media and published internationally by Ubisoft, who also provided the translation. It is in the Lunar series of games and is a re-telling of the events of Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete with minor story and content changes. All the characters from the original game re-appear, yet the dialog and situations they find themselves in are often different. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lunar Legend"
Magic School Lunar! is a Computer role-playing game developed by Game Arts and manga publisher Kadokawa Shoten for the Sega Saturn in Japan in 1997. It is an enhanced remake of Lunar: Walking School with updated graphics, newly added anime cutscenes, and a more complex story. ...more on Wikipedia about "Magic School Lunar!"
Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (or Irregular Hunter X in Japan) is a remake of Capcom's 1993 franchise debut of Mega Man X. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mega Man Maverick Hunter X"
Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen are two titles in the Pokémon video game series, released for the Game Boy Advance in 2004. They are enhanced remakes of the original Pokémon video games released in North America and Europe, Pokémon Red and Blue (Red and Green in Japan). ...more on Wikipedia about "Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen"
In 2002, the original Resident Evil was remade for the Nintendo GameCube as part of an exclusivity agreement between Capcom and Nintendo that spanned three new games (which also included Resident Evil 0 and Resident Evil 4, in addition to ports of the previous sequels.) This version was simply titled Resident Evil, but it's often known under the informal titles of Resident Evil: Remake or Resident Evil: Rebirth (abbreviated REmake and REbirth respectively) to disambiguate it from the original title. In Japan, the remake's title is spelled in lowercase letters (as biohazard) in its logo along with the other GameCube installments, in contrast to the previous games' logos, which spelled the title in uppercase letters (as BIOHAZARD). This version was also released in the Pure Evil 2-Pack along with Resident Evil 0. ...more on Wikipedia about "Resident Evil (video game)"
Rockman Complete Works is a collection of the enhanced remakes of the first six video games in the Mega Man Classic series from Capcom. Inititally planned as a single disc collection for the Playstation and Sega Saturn, numerous attempts were made to have the collection released in North America, however the games were ultimately individually released only on the PlayStation in Japan only. Mega Man Anniversary Collection had retained ports of the PlayStation versions of Mega Man 1-6 from Complete Works, in addition to an English Navi Mode and remixed music, but it didn't have all the extras. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rockman Complete Works"
Romancing SaGa is the 4th in a line of Square Enix SaGa games. The original Super Famicom version and the WonderSwan Color port were marketed exclusively in Japan. However, Square Enix announced a PlayStation 2 remake titled Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song for both Japanese and North American localization. The North American version was released on October 11, 2005 and was simply titled Romancing SaGa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Romancing SaGa"
Super Mario All-Stars, known in Japan as Super Mario Collection (スーパーマリオコレクション), is a video game that was developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. It contains enhanced remakes of Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese: Super Mario USA), Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (Japanese: Super Mario 2). There was also an alternate version bundled with the Super Nintendo in December 1994 that included Super Mario World. ...more on Wikipedia about "Super Mario All-Stars"
The Super Mario remake series was created by Nintendo as a program to modernize their games for the Game Boy system. The series consists of updates to all the Mario Bros. console games in the Super Mario Bros. series which spanned both the Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom. ...more on Wikipedia about "Super Mario remake series"
Sword of Mana (released in Japan as 新約 聖剣伝説/Shin'yaku Seiken Densetsu - translated as New Testament Holy Sword Legend) is an enhanced remake of the original Game Boy Seiken Densetsu ( Final Fantasy Adventure), released on the Game Boy Advance in 2003. While originally it was thought that it would feature multiplayer options, the only connectivity feature implemented was the ability to trade information in order to enhance the power of characters. As the game's box information does not reflect this, a number of potential buyers were left confused. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sword of Mana"
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