28th January 2004, 3:54 AM
Meh.
The only way I would ever favor an original over a more polished remake is if there were some deficiency in the newer game. Like REmake's crappy controls, that is bad enough to override the prettier graphics for me. It's a prettier game but an inferior game because it doesn't play as well, and I think that's the angle you're trying. I agree that some remakes need to be done better (though in all fairness to Resi, it's the controller design that's at fault, not the game designers).
But All-Stars? No. Those games are absolutely identical gameplay-wise. I noticed no alterations whatsoever, good or bad (except how in Mario 3, you didn't get the 28 P-Wings after winning). The only differences between All-Stars are the graphics and the sound, which are quite superior to that of the originals. That, and the ability to save, which only made it better. Thus, the remakes are superior games. It's a purely personal bias to add that the SNES was a better controller than the NES was. It was nostalgia coupled with the excitement of seeing the prettier sights and hearing the prettier sounds... it was like seeing an old girlfriend with a face lift and a boob job.
But anyway, the original point WAS whether SNES were adequate eight years after the machine was replaced. I still say, no.
The only way I would ever favor an original over a more polished remake is if there were some deficiency in the newer game. Like REmake's crappy controls, that is bad enough to override the prettier graphics for me. It's a prettier game but an inferior game because it doesn't play as well, and I think that's the angle you're trying. I agree that some remakes need to be done better (though in all fairness to Resi, it's the controller design that's at fault, not the game designers).
But All-Stars? No. Those games are absolutely identical gameplay-wise. I noticed no alterations whatsoever, good or bad (except how in Mario 3, you didn't get the 28 P-Wings after winning). The only differences between All-Stars are the graphics and the sound, which are quite superior to that of the originals. That, and the ability to save, which only made it better. Thus, the remakes are superior games. It's a purely personal bias to add that the SNES was a better controller than the NES was. It was nostalgia coupled with the excitement of seeing the prettier sights and hearing the prettier sounds... it was like seeing an old girlfriend with a face lift and a boob job.
But anyway, the original point WAS whether SNES were adequate eight years after the machine was replaced. I still say, no.
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