Dude, there's going to be a fan made Mother 4 released soon: http://kotaku.com/fan-made-mother-4-delayed-still-looks-awesome-1658115909
And now Nintendo won't even attack it, they might endorse it and it could get published! Just think of the possibilities!
There was a remake of Metroid II, Another Metroid 2 Remake: http://metroid2remake.blogspot.com/
Now imagine if it got endorsed by Nintendo, and officially licensed as a Metroid game? We'd have an official Metroid II remake! Games that deserve this kind of treatment that Nintendo just overlooks could get fan remakes and Nintendo could endorse them!