Well considering they know that the people are going to buy it anyway because all of the sheeple will purchase anything that's not even 10 years old with slight graphical improvements if they liked it in the first place. Why pay someone to make new art when they can have some intern go into MS paint and do it for free? It's not like rereleasing these games is a labor of love for anybody.
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