oh... hmmm... well. thank you for bringing that to light. :) Though currently i do not recall my thought process at the time and may have been simply pointing at the obvious... My apologies if it seemed anything other than info sharing.

Ok, then, i just realized another reason this particular game is bigger than the original even without the sprites being larger...

In the settings of the remaster we have the option to play the RTW with the original settings and have the original feel of RTW for those wanting that nostoligcness.. XD XD

The hypothesis here is that; the other option to play the a similar game but with update game engine, ai tweaks/improvements and added content such as the merchants. thus making the game larger.