Superior versions of games for the same system

[Wraith Storm]

I was browsing my Gameboy games and realized that I have A copy of Zelda: Links Awakening and A copy of Zelda: Links Awakening DX.

Other than "collection purposes" is there any point in keeping the original Gameboy version? The DX version is better in every way correct? It can play on A standard GB just like the original and if you play it on a Gameboy Color then you net all of the DX additions.

Also instead of starting an identical thread in Modern Gaming I have the same situation with Persona 3 and Persona 3 FES. Is there any reason in keeping Persona 3 for more than "collection purposes"?

Also for the sake of curiosity... Are there any other games for classic (or modern) consoles that would also fit the bill. Zelda: Links Awakening DX and Persona 3 FES are the only two games that I can think of that could potentially render the original version pointless.

[Oldskool]

I can think of a couple, and I am sure there are MANY more examples. Final Fight and Final Fight Guy for the SNES. Same game, except Guy has all three characters in the arcade version, while the first Final Fight only has Haggar and Cody. No reason to own the first if you have the second.

Then there is the Street Fighter II fiasco. SFII, SFII Turbo, Super SFII, etc etc.

I personally like all the different version in their own unique ways, even though they are relatively the same game. I prefer SFII Turbo over the rest however.

[Edmond Dantes]

Should somebody mention Tetris vs Tengen Tetris?

[profholt82]

Resident Evil or Resident Evil Director's Cut
Metal Gear Solid 2 or MGS Substance
MGS 3 or MGS Subsistence
Super Mario Bros. or SMB/Duck Hunt or SMB/Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet
Batman Arkham Asylum or Special Edition
Street Fighter IV or Special Edition

I guess that's all I can think of at the moment.

[Nebagram]

Fable vs Lost Chapters?

[Orion Pimpdaddy]

The best thing about a re-release is that it makes the old version very cheap and easy to find. So, that's an argument for buying the older version.

I can't think of any games right now, but there has to be hundreds.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I can think of a couple, and I am sure there are MANY more examples. Final Fight and Final Fight Guy for the SNES. Same game, except Guy has all three characters in the arcade version, while the first Final Fight only has Haggar and Cody. No reason to own the first if you have the second.

... Um, Final Fight Guy only has Guy and Haggar. It's the same game as the original Final Fight SNES port except for that.

[Emperor Megas]

Divinity II: Ego Draconis < Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga (XBOX360)
Ninja Gaiden < Ninja Gaiden Black (XBOX)
OutRun2006 < OutRun2006: Coast 2 Coast (XBOX)
Resident Evil 5 < Resident Evil 5 Gold
Silent Hill 2 < Silent Hill 2 Greatest Hits Version (PS2) The GH release has the 'Restless Dreams' Scenario that the XBOX version had.

[BetaWolf47]

Here's an interesting example: Battletoads for Game Boy vs. Battletoads in Ragnarok's World for Game Boy. The original got the treatment that many GB versions of NES games got: slower gameplay, bigger sprites, and reduced level complexity. Ragnarok's World came out later, when developers were more experienced with GB hardware. It was a true GB conversion of the NES game.

[E Nice]

Battle Arena Toshinden 2 < Battle Arena Toshinden 2 Plus (PS1) I think some things were tweaked, plus you could save the unlockable bosses.
Virtua Fighter 4 < Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (PS2) The Greatest Hits version added characters and stuff.

[Dr. Dib]

Was Resident Evil Director's Cut any better than the original release of Resident Evil on the Playstation? I never really played either and have no idea if adding Dualshock control made the game better.

I do know that Nintendo rereleased some launch N64 games in Japan with added Rumble Pack support. Whether this made the game superior to the original versions are questionable. The only games I know off the top of my head that got this treatment were Super Mario 64 and Wave Race 64.

[lookfun78]

There is a reason to keep both because games that are directors cuts are the directors version of the game while the original or first release of the game is what they wanted you to see. So by keeping both you can see what they wanted you to play and what the director wanted you to play. Example sonic dx which is what the director wanted you to see of the original game.

[Aussie2B]

I do know that Nintendo rereleased some launch N64 games in Japan with added Rumble Pack support. Whether this made the game superior to the original versions are questionable. The only games I know off the top of my head that got this treatment were Super Mario 64 and Wave Race 64.

I'm pretty certain that those are the only two.

[Rickstilwell1]

I was browsing my Gameboy games and realized that I have A copy of Zelda: Links Awakening and A copy of Zelda: Links Awakening DX.

Other than "collection purposes" is there any point in keeping the original Gameboy version? The DX version is better in every way correct? It can play on A standard GB just like the original and if you play it on a Gameboy Color then you net all of the DX additions.

Also instead of starting an identical thread in Modern Gaming I have the same situation with Persona 3 and Persona 3 FES. Is there any reason in keeping Persona 3 for more than "collection purposes"?

Also for the sake of curiosity... Are there any other games for classic (or modern) consoles that would also fit the bill. Zelda: Links Awakening DX and Persona 3 FES are the only two games that I can think of that could potentially render the original version pointless.

To me it's still worth keeping the original Link's Awakening just because of the select button trick that allows you to appear on the opposite side of the next screen when you enter. They took that out of the GBC version. Going through all those weird scrambled places and finding certain heart pieces and secret shells early was cool.

[LaughingMAN.S9]

Was Resident Evil Director's Cut any better than the original release of Resident Evil on the Playstation? I never really played either and have no idea if adding Dualshock control made the game better.

I do know that Nintendo rereleased some launch N64 games in Japan with added Rumble Pack support. Whether this made the game superior to the original versions are questionable. The only games I know off the top of my head that got this treatment were Super Mario 64 and Wave Race 64.

the directors cut if i remember correctly had a new musical score if i remember correctly, and i also think (but not sure) that it included all the extra modes and costumes from the saturn version as well as the added dual shock controls

i know that they intended to include the original cut opening video from the japanese release but ended up forgetting to or something

[Emperor Megas]

Was Resident Evil Director's Cut any better than the original release of Resident Evil on the Playstation? I never really played either and have no idea if adding Dualshock control made the game better.

I believe that the original version didn't have the Quick Turn feature. I could be wrong though.

[Guyra]

Silent Hill 2 < Silent Hill 2 Greatest Hits Version (PS2) The GH release has the 'Restless Dreams' Scenario that the XBOX version had.

Wow! I didn't know that. o.o

[Rickstilwell1]

Oh yeah, Marvel Ultimate Alliance Special Edition for Xbox 360 has extra characters like Hulk and Venom not in the original versions. And what's funny is that the Xbox 360 version already has more characters than the PS2 version, such as Colossus. So it's like this special edition has extra on top of extra.

[kedawa]

You could lump a lot of sports games into the category of redundant versions.
I don't think there's any point in owning the older Castlevania game for N64.
There were also those DualShock edition Resident Evil games for PS1.
Virtua Fighter Remix makes Virtua Fighter redundant. I know it has very different looking character graphics because of the texture mapping, but VF was just such a mess.

[theclaw]

Wow! I didn't know that. o.o

Yeah for the US PS2, that info was given just a new back of the box mention. Same title and front cover art as its original release. No "Restless Dreams" added to the name like we got on Xbox.