This new version does enough right that it vindicates its own right to be a remake of an earlier horror film; sticking close enough to the original plot, characters and even dialogue to pay the proper homage (in a lot of ways it's more
update than remake!)
Not exact matches
Way back in 2013, the 2001 PlayStation game Dragon Warrior 7 got an extensive Nintendo 3DS
remake in Japan that upgraded the entire game from 2D to 3D, added a ton of new content, and
updated the battle system to feature visible enemy encounters rather
than random encounters.
It is more a variation on existing themes
than a
remake of the previous films and
updates the story to a 1990s setting.
Whereas Shadow Of The Colossus is a clearly a labour of love, benefiting from a generous budget, Secret Of Mana is a cheap and tawdry looking
remake that rather
than updating the game to the standards of modern titles barely manages to get it up to the level of the PlayStation 1.
But rather
than merely
update the old formula with new effects, along the lines of last year's Ghostbusters
remake, the film instead becomes a cute romance, as Babyjohn accidentally turns a pretty vampire girl almost human.
What struck me when I started playing it was that this
remake was seemingly far closer to a straight port with
updated graphics
than I anticipated.
Rather
than just being the same game with
updated graphics, the enhanced edition is a full
remake, turning the game into a dual joystick shooter.
I was not a huge fan of the original, so I was not as invested in it, but I loved the
update they did to this and the fact they made it more of a sequel
than a
remake.
Rather
than remaking the cars from scratch every five to seven years, the 356 was
updated continually until it was felt its basic design had reached its full potential.
Picking up the designing cues of last year's
remake of the popular midsize sedan, the 2018 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid shares the new front end,
updated interior and comes in at a base price $ 500 lower
than the previous model.
We didn't expect Dodge / Fiat would be on our short list, but it drove much better
than a Toyota LE, the 2011
update almost
remakes the car (we drove a 2010 rental, and wouldn't have bought that), and we could get a Crew GC equipped exactly as we wanted for $ 3 - 9K less
than less well - equipped competitors during the May minivan sale.
Koopa Paratroopas reappear in Super Mario World and its
remake, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, also having the
updated design of the Koopa Troopas, as they now bipedal rather
than quadrupedal.
Other
than the new
update coming they also announced brand new Big Team Battle maps that have landed into Halo 5 some including a
remake of Sandtrap, Valhalla and some new creations.
Located within a Q&A section buried in the November, 2016
update of the System Shock
remake Kickstarter page states that Nightdive hopes to simultaneously launch the game on all promised platforms (PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4) no later
than the second quarter of 2018 (so an April - June of 2018 timeframe).
There's a chance Samsung will try to
update the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge to Android P. Adding the third year of life to the Galaxy S line would be an important move in a world where only Apple supports more
than the last two yearly
remakes.