A remix is like 'lets take the slick visuals of X, but with a Zoo theme, the power-up system of Y and the smooth movement of Z to create something new-ish but r

A remix is like 'lets take the slick visuals of X, but with a Zoo theme, the power-up system of Y and the smooth movement of Z to create something new-ish but recognisable!'. This is a large company realising that their smaller competition doesn't want to sell - and reacting by cloning the game and trying to push it to market before the smaller company can get it out there. It's just Zynga all over again.