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- In the Dead Kings expansion for Assassin's Creed: Unity, for most of the campaign, whenever Arno is in the catacombs, he needs to periodically refill his lantern whenever it runs out or gets wet. Some of the puzzles take advantage of this to force Arno to go the long way around certain areas to avoid getting the lantern wet. At the end of the story, though, he obtains the Head of Saint-Denis, a lantern that never needs to be refilled.
Your latter example is Recycled Title if it's a reboot or sequel. If it's a remake/remaster, well, it's supposed to be the same story, so why wouldn't they give it the same name?
^ That seems specifically about equipment or abilities becoming obsolete or useless. Would it also apply to cases where you simply don't need to do anything anymore because you have gained an item or ability that obsoletes the task, i.e., Inferus' example of needing to rely on fire sources in the environment, or my similar example of needing to to go certain spots to refill your lantern?
Nothing you have is becoming obsolete; quite the opposite. Your old abiliites and equipment required you to perform an extra task, whereas the new equipment makes that task unnecessary (and in my example, actually impossible).
Speaking of which
- Oka Mi: Amaterasu can obtain the strongest of each weapon category (Solar Flare, Tundra Beads and Thunder Edge); they allow her to cast elemental brush spells without needing a source.

Do we have a trope for when a character discovers an ability/tool that makes a previous method of doing something obsolete? Not necessarily limited to video games. For example, in Tomb Raider (2013), Lara acquires a fire striker that allows her to light her torch at will, without having to rely on fire sources in the environment anymore.
Speaking of Tomb Raider (2013), do we have a trope for when a game/movie makes a remake/reboot/remaster and gives it the exact same name as the predecessor? Games like Tomb Raider (2013) and Resident Evil and films like Total Recall come to mind.
Edited by Inferus54