exodus Same as the Windjammers remake: the rights were acquired by a French publisher because there is a very regional and disproportionate cult around the old Toki arcade machine in France, where it sold bonkers and could be found in any random countryside café you’d visit during the late ‘80s. I heard the remake also made most of its sales in France. Another example is the absurd number of Wonderboy III remakes, pastiches and pseudo-sequels from French indies, although one could have expected Brazil to also be a hotbed for this.
I had also discarded Toki as not fitting this topic because you play as a monkey, but your mileage may vary.