History Main / VideoGameRemake

** ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' would get a remake in 2023 for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch called ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe'' which uniquely, would feature remakes of ''Bomb Rally'', ''Quick Draw'', and ''Smash Ride'', two of the minigames from ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' and a minigame from ''VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad'', as well as a brand new exclusive Copy Ability: [[PoweredArmor Mecha]].

** ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' would get a remake in 2023 for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch called ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe'' which uniquely, would feature remakes of ''Bomb Rally'', ''Quick Draw'', and ''Smash Ride'', two of the minigames from ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' and a minigame from ''VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad'', as well as a brand new exclusive Copy Ability: Mecha.

* ''VideoGame/CelDamage'' was remade for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and PS Vita in 2014 with HD graphics and all of the same enhancements as the UpdatedReRelease "Cel Damage Overdrive".

* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' got an enhanced remake on the Wii in 2008 which featured motion controls for every elemental power and (sadly) removed the game's credits sequence because it contained the logo for Clover Studios, the game's original creators. In 2012 a remake was released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 which featured 1080p full HD graphics and the Wii's motion controls. The game would get a newer remake in 2017 for Xbox One, UsefulNotes/Playstation4, and PC followed by Nintendo Switch in 2018.

* ''VideoGame/CelDamage'' was remade for the Playstation 3, Playstation 4, and PS Vita in 2014 with HD graphics and all of the same enhancements as the UpdatedReRelease "Cel Damage Overdrive".

* ''VideoGame/MyFriendPedro'' was originally a flash game from 2014 published by Adult Swim Games. The 2019 game takes the concepts from the original game and fleshes out every aspect of it.

** In 2021, ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' got an enhanced remake for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/Playstation4, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne called ''Sonic Colors Ultimate'', which updated the game's graphics to HD, as well as including a new soundtrack and an assist feature in place of the original's lives system.

* ''VideoGame/ChexQuest'' got an HD remake that was released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in 2016 and would later be ported to consoles.

* [[VideoGame/TheOregonTrail Oregon Trail 5th Edition]] is a very lightly edited version of *Oregon Trail II*. Fishing and gathering plants were turned from random events into options, and several animated cutscenes were added.

** ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' would get a remake in 2023 for UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch called ''Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe'' which uniquely, would feature remakes of ''Bomb Rally'' and ''Quick Draw'', two of the minigames from ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure''.

** ''Double Dragon Advance'' for Game Boy Advance was a remake of the original arcade game but with new stages, moves, and enemies lifted from or inspired by later installments (particularly ''Double Dragon II'' and ''Super Double Dragon'').
** There was also an Xbox Live Arcade version of the first game, but it was just a straight emulation of the arcade game with the option to add redrawn HD graphics.
** The [=iPhone=] version of ''Double Dragon'', made by Brizo (the developers of the South America-exclusive Zeebo version), features all new graphics and moves, four stages based on the original arcade game (with Abobo, Burnov, Chin, and Willy as bosses, all returning villains from previous games), and two new stages with new female bosses. (Lavis and Deena).

** The first is called ''River City Ransom EX'' for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, which updated the music, graphics, and added quite a lot of gameplay elements.

* ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime Re-Shelled'' for UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade and UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork. Basically the arcade hit, now in 3D (but still sidescrolling) and a new soundtrack that polarized the nostalgics. Notably, ''Turtles in Time''[='s=] SNES port received an added stage and several new and/or replaced bosses - ''Re-Shelled'' is based on the original arcade game, and as such is missing these features. This has been the primary complaint many [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDdxpeATKAQ critics have raised about the remake,]] most notably WebVideo/TheIrateGamer, who doesn't even seem aware the original arcade game exists.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Doukyusei}}'', the TropeCodifier for many stables of the {{Dating Sim}} genre was originally released in 1992. It would receieve a remake in 1999 when it was re-released for Windows, going from pixelated to drawn graphics, and having some parts of the script slightly rewritten to be more "era-appropriate". A remake based on this remake, ''Dōkyūsei: Bangin' Summer'', was eventually put together in 2022, featuring redrawn HD graphics, a new Easy Mode for players unaccostumed to the original's NintendoHard difficulity, and, after having been previously only released in Japanese, English and Simplified Chinese translations.

* ''VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary'' is a remake of the original ''VideoGame/TombRaider'', featuring gameplay elements of the later games.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Doukyusei}}'', the TropeCodifier for many stables of the {{Dating Sim}} genre, would first be remade in 1999 when it was re-leased for Windows, going from pixelated to drawn graphics, and having some parts of the script slightly rewritten to be more "era-appropriate". A remake based on this remake, ''Dōkyūsei: Bangin' Summer'', was eventually put together in 2022, featuring redrawn HD graphics, a new Easy Mode for players unaccostumed to the original's NintendoHard difficulity, and, after having been previously only released in Japanese, English and Simplified Chinese translations.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Doukyusei}}'', the TropeCodifier for many stables of the {{Dating Sim}} genre, would be remade as ''Dōkyūsei: Bangin' Summer'' in 2022, featuring redrawn HD graphics and a new Easy Mode for players unaccostumed to the original's NintendoHard difficulity.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' got a ShotForShotRemake on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2021 called ''Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl'' which update the existing games to a new graphic style and use the same cel-shaded 3D models as 2020's remakes of ''Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team''. Notably for the first time in the main series Creator/GameFreak would not be the developers of the game ILCA developed it instead.

** In 2018 ''VideoGame/PokemonYellow'' would get a remake on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in the form of ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee'', which would add all new features from the newer generations of games including local multiplayer and compatibility with ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'', as well as a completely new battle system that showed physical combat and forgoing traditional wild Pokémon battles in favor of a [=GO=] style capture system. The games released on the Switch in November 16, 2018.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' got remakes on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2021 called ''Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl'' which update the existing games to a new graphic style and use the same cel-shaded 3D models as 2020's remakes of ''Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team''. Notably for the first time in the main series Creator/GameFreak would not be the developers of the game ILCA developed it instead.

* The ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' series got a series of remakes called the ''Definitive Edition'' beginning in 2018, with ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresI'' releasing in 2018, ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII'' releasing in 2019, and ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresIII'' releasing in 2020. All three had their respective expansion packs for the original game included in the base game, featured several balance changes, featured improved graphics and Steam/Xbox Online support, and ''II'' and ''III'' in particular got new civilizations added: ''II'' received the Bulgarians, Cumans, Lithuanians, Tatars, [[DecompositeCharacter Bengalis, Dravidians, and Gurjaras]] while ''III'' received the Swedish and Inca. Later [[DownloadableContent DLCs]] for ''II'' would introduce the Burgundians, Sicilians, Bohemians and Poles, and ''III'' would later include the Americans, Ethiopians and Hausa.

* The ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' series got a series of remakes called the ''Definitive Edition'' beginning in 2018, with ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresI'' releasing in 2018, ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresII'' releasing in 2019, and ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpiresIII'' releasing in 2020. All three had their respective expansion packs for the original game included in the base game, featured several balance changes, featured improved graphics and Steam/Xbox Online support, and ''II'' and ''III'' in particular got new civilizations added: ''II'' received the Bulgarians, Cumans, Lithuanians, and Tatars, while ''III'' received the Swedish and Inca. Later [[DownloadableContent DLCs]] for ''II'' would introduce the Burgundians, Sicilians, Bohemians and Poles, and ''III'' would later include the Americans, Ethiopians and Hausa.

* 2002's ''VideoGame/MafiaTheCityOfLostHeaven'' got a HD remake in 2020, titled ''Mafia: Definitive Edition''.

* ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap'' was remade in 2017 with HD graphics and orchestral music... with the ability to instantly switch to the old graphics, music and even the PasswordSave.

** The Super Famicom installment ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa'' got a UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 remake entitled ''Romaching SaGa: Minstral Song'', which did see a release outside Japan.

* ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' for the Wii is a "remake" in the truest sense of both the word and the trope. That is to say, it's a "remake" of an older video game (specifically the NES version) in the same way as a movie or TV series being a remake of an older movie or TV series. It featured just about all the classic characters from the NES ''Punch-Out!!'' game, plus a new character: Disco Kid (who is rumored to be a remake of a character in the arcade version of ''Punch-Out!!'', Kid Quick), a two-player versus mode, and a new Title Defense mode where you fight harder variations of the same fighters (which means Glass Joe can finally knock you out if you're not careful). Also, Donkey Kong is the guest fighter (interestingly, Princess Peach was originally supposed to fill the role).