I'm okay with remaking old games with new twists. I mean, god, how many Tetris clones have there been? But back in my teens I used to play Tetris 2 with one of my friends every time I went over to his house; it was a lot of fun for us because it was so colorful and had bombs. Then along came Tetris Blast, adding unique characters with their own special abilities to add a whole new (albeit rehashed) depth to the Tetris franchise. Granted, then games regressed back to being simple clones of the originals, which is why they're all so forgettable. Famicom Wars was pretty dull in the old days, but each remake got better and better. Same with Fire Emblem. And now we have games paying tribute to those franchises, like Wargroove. I like watching YouTube reviews of various games and then just letting my mind wander about what aspects from the current game I'm viewing could be enhanced with aspects from another game I've seen or played, both of which are obviously doable because they've been done before, but not done together. I don't think, "This is a great combination!" Rather, I just think, "If I took this element and replaced that element or just added it to the game, that might make for some interesting gameplay; I wonder if it's been done yet." Somebody looked at igo/weiqi video games and thought, "What if we made an igo game and added some sort of trophy collection?" And thus the Hikaru No Go games were born; I think they're the only igo games that even go above and beyond just being simple igo games. Unfortunately, they're also some of the weakest AI; so while it was a fun idea, it was ultimately flawed in execution -- but still lots of fun. Rare took the pinball game Pin-Bot and added increasing levels of difficulty to it, turning a fun but repetitive pinball table into something exciting and challenging. So yeah, a remake for the sake of a remake is pointless, but a "remake" with new gameplay elements added to it is totally acceptable as long as it doesn't detract from the core enjoyable elements of the original game.