Nowadays, with the virtual console thingy is easier to enjoy games that were released long time ago, for younger generations consoles. That didn't happen in the Gamecube era.

Personally, I think is a great to offer the younger audiences, or those who, like me, have been absent for a whole generation, the opportunity to enjoy some classics with an extra offering.

I personally don't mind the re-releases, either (duh!).  And for me, this is going to be video games 101 for my daughter.  She can beat some games (mostly racers and some platformers and stuff) but there has yet to be a Mario game that she could get into.  Sunshine, Galaxy, NSMBWii, etc. were all released after she was born.  She likes Yoshi's Island (GBA) and Super Mario World (VC/GBA) and Mario 64 (DS) but those games are already pretty complicated since they were evolutions of the original formula.  This weekend, we're going to break out this disc and have a blast!!  The Nes version of Mario had graphics that were too dated for her.  16-Bit still has graphical appeal.

So, a big THANK YOU from me to Nintendo for releasing the Snes version of these timeless classics. Class is now in session.

I for one really enjoy re-releases or emakes for that matter, as a matter of fact I'm upset at square enix on not releasing the super Nintendo games that didn't make it to America for example Secret of mana 2, Treasure Hunter G, Bahamut Lagoon, etc, even other companies should do this more often, I mean why can't we get a XBLA or VC version of Dragon Force, Albert Odyssey, Astal and a whole lot more, kudos to Nintendo to always give new gamers a chance to enjoy past games, others should follow. If you don't like it Its simple dont buy it and move on.

Squeenix only rereleases Final Fantasy games, and Chrono Trigger.  Nintendo rereleases, revamps, remakes everything especially if it has "Mario" or "Zelda" in the title.  How many times have they remade and rereleased the NES and SNES Kirby games?  Like thirty times each?  And you people keep buying them!

No wonder we had to wait two generations for an original console Kirby game!

I've been saying this for years!

Have you not heard of Dragon Quest?

Plus numbe of franchises does NOT equate to number of rereleases.

I don't mind re-releases at all, some titles deserve to be known by the newer gamers. But of course, Ninty took some steps too far like Express and the NES re-releases to the GBA.

Oh, and their platform launches deserve better than Zelda titles we already can play on previous consoles.

What's a Dragon Quest?  Oh right, that franchise I started playing way back on the NES when it was called Dragon Warrior in the Us.

Nintendo's more numerous franchises mean more fodder for remaking, rereleasing, revamping.  And Nintendo does it all in spades. 

Yeah, I missed Dragon Quest--so chalk that up with Final Fantasy and the couple times Chrono Trigger has been released.  That's still way less than Super Mario Bros appearing on no fewer than four Nintendo systems.  The NES and SNES Kirby games being remade and released a couple times each. 

Link to the Past, Link's Awakening--Hell, every pre-GameCube Zelda game has appeared on three or four consoles.  The 3DS marks the fourth time in three generations that Ocarina of Time will be released.  Or is it the fifth?  Let's see here:  N64, N64-DD (Japan), GameCube (OoT set), GameCube again (Zelda Collection), Wii, 3DS.  Fuck, sixth.  How many Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest games have been released six fucking times?  And if they have, they certainly haven't been released that much in the span of three generations!  Nintendo is averaging 2 Ocarina of Time releases per generation these days!  Seriously, who the fuck hasn't played that game to death by now??

Zelda 1:  NES, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Wii.

And come now, Nintendo just released an SNES game for the Wii--and it's a retail package!  You'd think for Mario's 25th Anniversary they'd do a little more than just port an SNES game like it's a new title.  They could've, at the very least, put the SNES and N64 Mario games in there.  Maybe the first two Mario Land titles.  But to simply port Super Mario All-Stars?  That's pretty lame. 

The Game Boy Advance and DS were both used as platforms to simply port generation-old titles for full price--mostly to people who already had the damn things.

"Yeah, I missed Dragon Quest--so chalk that up with Final Fantasy and the couple times Chrono Trigger has been released.  That's still way less than Super Mario Bros appearing on no fewer than four Nintendo systems."

Wrong. Final Fantasy I appeared on the NES, PS1, GBA, Wonderswan Color, PSP, and Wii VC at the very least. So that one game is greater than SMB1. So don't tell me that all of S-E's re-releases are less than just SMB1.

I played it to death.....but then a little fairy flew over to the game, sprinkeled some fairy dust on it, and brought Ocarina of Time back to life!

I pretty much agree with your entire post but for the life of me, I can't stop being hyped for the re-releases and I can't stop buying them!!  And All-Stars is a bare bones package, but it's not too expensive (compared to downloading from the VC) so I don't mind too much.  Then again, we have Sonic/Genesis/Capcom/Konami collections that offer tons and tons more content.  Hell, even the Metroid Prime Trilogy offered more than a few MB of memory on a disc.  They probably could have fit every single Mario game released from Donkey Kong to Sunshine on that disc with room to spare.

But I'm getting the ones I want (except Yoshi's Island) for a price that's not too hard to swallow.  And I've seen downloadable games like Plants vs. Zombies (Xbox 360 Disc version) retailing for $19 at Gamestop.  I guess you have to pick your battles.  This one wasn't enough to ruffle my feathers.