Rainbow Islands Evolution

Rainbow Islands Evolution is the perfect example of how not to remake a popular franchise.

Taito has fallen victim to one of the classic blunders: they messed with a good thing. The result is an overly cutesy attempt at improving things that ends up throwing in weird things that were never really needed. Leveling up characters? Powering-up/down special weapons? Not only do these things pull away from the tight platforming aspects of the original game, but they do nothing to actually add anything beyond an overwhelming feeling of tedium.