Opinion - Games that should get remakes

[Tim]

Final Fantasy 6 deserves better than the DS. It should be new gen and PC. I wanna see a masterpiece relived; not ported and given fresh paint.

[TheDarkOne]

Final Fantasy 6 deserves better than the DS. It should be new gen and PC. I wanna see a masterpiece relived; not ported and given fresh paint.

Well, what I was hoping to see them do with FF6 was like what they did with FF4. That was also not a port, that was a true remaking of a classic. FF6 has always been one of my favorite Final Fantasy games, and that is the main reason I want to see it get the remake it deserves, the same way FF4 did.
@King Aquamentus : It seems to me that Super Mario Bros has been remade more than once. There was the SMAS verson, plus the GBC and the GBA versions. True, those versions didn't really change much beyond the graphics, but the game is perfect as it is, IMHO. It pretty much re-defined the platformer genre. If it isn't broke, don't fix it.

[King Aquamentus]

Well, what I was hoping to see them do with FF6 was like what they did with FF4. That was also not a port, that was a true remaking of a classic. FF6 has always been one of my favorite Final Fantasy games, and that is the main reason I want to see it get the remake it deserves, the same way FF4 did.
@King Aquamentus :There was the SMAS verson, plus the GBC and the GBA versions.

I think you're confusing a remake for an updated port. Not enough was altered of any version of that game to constitute a remake. Deluxe's map screen is really probably one of those closest.

[King Aquamentus]

Well, what I was hoping to see them do with FF6 was like what they did with FF4. That was also not a port, that was a true remaking of a classic. FF6 has always been one of my favorite Final Fantasy games, and that is the main reason I want to see it get the remake it deserves, the same way FF4 did.
@King Aquamentus :There was the SMAS verson, plus the GBC and the GBA versions.

I think you're confusing a remake for a graphically updated port. Not enough was altered of any version of that game to constitute a remake.

Of course, the elephant in the room is the original Zelda. Probably why so many ZCers want to remake it in different ways. Heck there's an active thread on the possibilities *right now*.

Other considerations:

Gradius - specifically the 1985 arcade version of this title. Considering all the mechanical additions that the series has had added, it would be neat to see an edition of the original game where, say, you could change your weapons loadout before you start, or maybe add new bosses (instead of ending stage 3 with some orbs and a big core, why not a giant statue head?) Also, since a few versions of the game also added an extra "bone/graveyard" stage, might as well include that.

Gradius II - speaking of which, this title seems like the most likely candidate to be not so much "remade", but given a 2.5D reinterpretation, ala Gradius V. Salamander/Life Force would work just as well, but this seems most likely.

Yet another Konami title here but definitely worth considering:

Metal Gear - Most likely that we're talking the MSX original here, and not the NES game. Either way, imagine it reinterpreted in the vein of the Solid series. Instead of seeing a swinging bridge over a black void on the roof, why not see the floor down below, and maybe the sun behind Snake, silhouetting him as he walks across the roof?

[Goriya]

I think you're confusing a remake for a graphically updated port. Not enough was altered of any version of that game to constitute a remake.

I honestly disagree here. With the addition of the augments and the major change in Namingway's point in the DS version, I did think that there was a pretty neat set of changes. Sure, it wasn't that many, but I feel it's definitely more than just a graphical port.

[King Aquamentus]

I honestly disagree here. With the addition of the augments and the major change in Namingway's point in the DS version, I did think that there was a pretty neat set of changes. Sure, it wasn't that many, but I feel it's definitely more than just a graphical port.

I'm pretty sure Super Mario Bros didn't have a DS remake.



another game to throw down here: Ultima VII. Perhaps it can be reimagined as a 3D title?