The launch line-up was pretty disappointing to 16-year-old me I wasn't wise enough to appreciate the interesting ways that Super Mario Advance tweaked the original Super Mario Bros. In fact, I never played much on my GBA, aside from Advance Wars and Fire Emblem. I never actually played Zero Mission on Game Boy Advance. Even today, Zero Mission not only remains a timeless adventure, but also represents one of the greatest top-to-bottom remakes we've ever seen.
In 2004, Nintendo released Metroid: Zero Mission, an entirely new version of the original Metroid from 1986 (1987 for the NES in North America).
Not every re-release aimed to take advantage of high-definition graphics, however. It made financial sense for companies to take titles they had already invested in and bring them to a new audience with a fresh coat of paint. The idea of a remake or remaster became incredibly common with the advent of HD TVs and consoles.
