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Rewriting of the Remake article  This rewriting of an article is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it's being worked on. I hope to have it completed. The idea of this is this post on the forum. I have to: The articles begins here:
 * find a general name for the page
 * add the platform and the release date of the [name of the page]s and original games.
 * explain how this is a [name of the page]
 * remove the "nowiki"s at the end of the article.
 * organize everything into subsections.
 * know if Tetris DS is a remake?
 * know if I can talk about BS Panel De Pon - Event '98, a remake of a "game not originally in the Mario series" ?
 * talk about Mario is Missing!, Mario's Time Machine, Donkey Kong (game), Dr. Mario (game), Nintendo PlayChoice-10, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Dr. Wario, Fly Swatter, Wario's Sheriff, Bird & Beans, Golf, Donkey Kong Classics, Donkey Kong Jr. (game), Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Math Lesson, Donkey Kong 3 (see 1983 and 1984), Mario Bros. Special, Wrecking Crew, Nintendo Vs. System, Super Mario World (arcade), Yoshi no Cookie: Kuruppon Oven de Cookie, Tetris & Dr. Mario, Dr. Mario & Puzzle League, Donkey Kong (Game Boy), Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium, Mario Golf (Game Boy Color), Mario Artist: Paint Studio, Classic NES Series, Dr. Mario Online Rx, Yakuman DS (the wi-fi "re-release"), Yoshi (game)

A [name of the page] is a term that design any newer version of a previously released video game. There are five main categories of [name of the page]s.

Remakes
A remake is a game released usually long after the original game, on a new system, with updated graphics to fit with the new engine capacities, and additions brought to plot and gameplay (all these conditions may not be met in every case). They generally have a new name.

Kaette Kita Mario Bros.
Kaette Kita Mario Bros. (Famicom Disk System, 1988) is a remake of Mario Bros. (Arcade, 1983).

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (GBC, 1999) is a remake of Super Mario Bros. (Famicom, 1985) and Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (FDS, 1986).

Super Mario 64 DS
Super Mario 64 DS (DS, 2004) is a remake of Super Mario 64 (N64, 1996).

Diddy Kong Racing DS
Diddy Kong Racing DS (DS, 2007) is a remake of Diddy Kong Racing (N64, 1997).

Ports
A port is a game released on a different platform than the original game, with some minor changes such as new controls or new graphics to fit the new system. Compilations are considered as ports since they're globally compilations of ports. Usually, they are very close to the original game and share the same name. A game released on the NES after its original release on Famicom is not a port, since the two consoles are considered identical.

Mario Bros.
Mario Bros. (Arcade, 1983) has been ported to: A port of the game is included in Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom, 1988) as a 2-player minigame, as well as in the four Super Mario Advance games (GBA, 2001 to 2003), and in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (GBA, 2003).
 * the Atari 2600, the Atari 5200 and the NES in 1983;
 * the Apple II, the Commodore 64, the FM-7 and the NEC PC88 in 1984;
 * the Amstrad CPC and the Atari 7200 in 1987, the Atari 8-bit in 1988;
 * the e-Reader in 2002, as Mario Bros.-e;
 * the Game Boy Advance in 2004, as Classic NES Series: Mario Bros.

Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario All-Stars (Super Famicom, 1993) is a compilation of ports of Super Mario Bros. (Famicom, 1985), Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (FDS, 1986), Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES, 1988), and Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom, 1988).

Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World (SNES, 1994) is a compilation of ports of Super Mario All-Stars (Super Famicom, 1993) and Super Mario World (Super Famicom, 1990).

Wario Land II
Wario Land II (GBC, 1998) is a port of Wario Land II (GB, 1998).

Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong
Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong (GBC, 2000) is a Japanese port of Donkey Kong Land III (GB, 1997), which was never released in Japan.

Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)
Donkey Kong Country (GBC, 2000) is a port of Donkey Kong Country (SNES, 1994).

Super Mario Advance
Super Mario Advance (GBA, 2001), is a compilation of ports of Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES, 1988) and Mario Bros. (Arcade, 1983).

Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (GBA, 2001), is a compilation of ports of Super Mario World (Super Famicom, 1990 and Mario Bros. (Arcade, 1983).

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (GBA, 2002), is a compilation of ports of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Super Famicom, 1995) and Mario Bros. (Arcade, 1983).

Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)
Donkey Kong Country (GBA, 2003) is a port of Donkey Kong Country (SNES, 1994).

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (GBA, 2003) is a compilation of ports of Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom, 1988) and Mario Bros. (Arcade, 1983).

Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA, 2004) is a port of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES, 1995).

Donkey Kong Country 3
Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA, 2005) is a port of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES, 1996).

Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (Wii, 2010) is a port of Super Mario All-Stars (Super Famicom, 1993).

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (3DS, 2013) is an upcoming port of Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii, 2010).

Virtual Console
Every Mario game (not counting the WiiWare games) released on the Virtual Console is a port of an original game. The complete list of titles can be found here. Nintendo tried to keep the ports close to the original games, but sometimes they somehow edited the game. The complete list of changes can be found here.

Enhanced ports
An enhanced port is a game released on a new platform than the original game, bringing more changes than a port, but less than a remake. It is released in the same period than the original game, unlike a remake.

Vs. Super Mario Bros.
Vs. Super Mario Bros. is an enhanced port of Super Mario Bros..

Super Mario Bros. Special
Super Mario Bros. Special is an enhanced port of Super Mario Bros..

New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis
New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis, the enhanced port of Mario Power Tennis.

New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, the enhanced port of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat.

Re-releases
A re-release is a game released on the same platform than the original game, with only superficial or inconsequential changes. The name may be different than the original game.

Mario's FUNdamentals
Mario's FUNdamentals is a re-release of Mario's Game Gallery. The only difference is the name.

Retools
A retool, also called a sprite-swapped game, is a game made after applying a graphical overhaul on a previously released game, with or without minor gameplay differences as well. It's generally released on the same platform than the original game.

All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.
All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. is a retool of Super Mario Bros..

Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 2 is a retool of Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic.

Tetris Attack
Tetris Attack is a retool of Panel de Pon.