I wouldn't mind a remake, in theory, but I think it would do poorly. Citing an earlier comment "Video games have come so far", I don't think it's true at all. I think, more than anything, they've fallen so far. Finding a game of any real challenge is next to impossible, and they're pouring out a lot more crap games than good ones. And the few good ones out there get horrible reviews by game critics, thus are never played.
Bring in next the complete bastardization of the Mario and Zelda series over the years, and things just get worse. There's a certain point in the life of a game where it just needs to be allowed to die with dignity, and keeping it going any longer not only tears down the series, but future installements (Street Fighter 2, and it's dozen sequels of the exact same game.) At least Capcom knows what it's doing. Make 8 or Megaman games, and then reboot the series. Mega Man, X, Battle Network, Legends, each is its own seperate continuity, and if you don't like it, wait a few years and they'll make a new one.
If anything, I'd like to see the series remade, but, redo the characters more realistically as they were at the time. Which means, no changing any names, no adding stuff from games outside of the time it was made, and it probably wouldn't hurt to fix Mega Man and Kid Icarus' speech impediments.
Interesting sidenote, from what I understand, the Link and Zelda from Captain N are the same ones from the Super Mario Bros Super Show. It has to gall Link to no end that he spent a few years trying to get Zelda to kiss him (Succeeding only when an evil Zelda clone did it), and yet Kevin is there less than a day and she's all over him.
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