Ah. My point was that this title is going to sell, regardless. In fact, I'd say Nintendo is going to make more money off this no-frills release at $30 than they would have if they had redesigned the individual titles and sold the collection at $50. So why bother to redesign everything? If nothing else, they can sell the All-Stars version today, then redesign them tomorrow - and sell them twice (doesn't that sound very Nintendo-like?).
17 years ago, though, that wasn't the case. People went crazy over All-Stars - I really wonder how many systems that promotion sold - remember, they didn't just sell the game in stores - but they also gave it away with new system purchases! Nintendo made money, hand over fist with this promotion back in the day - and I wouldn't be surprised if someone had access to the numbers and the time to deal with it could go back and see if this wasn't about the same time period the SNES really got a boost over the Genesis. Remember, the Genesis was actually outselling the SNES for awhile. The remaking of the games wasn't just to sell games - it was to move systems and give the SNES the kick it needed.