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VGAddict90
04/16/2024
07:13 PM
#1
I've been playing Pokemon Black, and it's different from the previous Pokemon games I've played.

This made me think, what are some other entries in a series where the people who worked on it tried something new instead of just making another standard entry?
s0nicfan
04/16/2024
07:14 PM
#2
This is going to be a pretty big list if you're counting long running franchises since pretty much all of them have had some kind of spin-off game. And then you have all the mascot franchises which inevitably all try something like a kart racer or a party game.
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VGAddict90
04/16/2024
07:15 PM
#3
s0nicfan posted...
This is going to be a pretty big list if you're counting long running franchises since pretty much all of them have had some kind of spin-off game. And then you have all the mascot franchises which inevitably all try something like a kart racer or a party game.

I'm talking about mainline entries, not spin-offs.
Relient_K
04/16/2024
07:16 PM
#4
Sun and Moon were more different than black and white IMO
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Shotgunnova
04/16/2024
07:17 PM
#6
Thief: Deadly Shadows
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VGAddict90
04/16/2024
07:18 PM
#7
Relient_K posted...
Sun and Moon were more different than black and white IMO

What do Sun and Moon do differently? I've never played them.
KFHEWUI
04/16/2024
07:18 PM
#8
Syndicate and Syndicate

One is a RTS and the other is a FPS.
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pnut027
04/16/2024
07:19 PM
#9
Zelda 2.
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Kurt_Russel
04/16/2024
07:19 PM
#10
Halloween 3
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Vicious_Dios
04/16/2024
07:19 PM
#11
Dynasty Warriors 2 and 6. <_<

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Joelypoely
04/16/2024
07:22 PM
#12
A strange example: Forza Horizon 1. It turned out to be a black sheep compared to the other entries, more of an arcade, Need for Speed style.
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KFHEWUI
04/16/2024
07:42 PM
#13
Duke Nukem 3D
Busby 3D
Alone in the Dark: Illumination
Police Quest: SWAT and SWAT 3
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
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SMAP-
04/16/2024
07:43 PM
#14
Crash Twinsanity
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kage_53
04/16/2024
07:45 PM
#15
Every Resident Evil game after Code Veronica
sabin017
04/16/2024
07:49 PM
#16
DmC
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K181
04/16/2024
07:50 PM
#17
My favorite is when two or more games in the same series have the same title.

/s
Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.
Winterking
04/16/2024
07:51 PM
#18
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
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RetuenOfDevsman
04/16/2024
07:53 PM
#20
Mega Man X
Mega Man Zero
Mega Man ZX
Mega Man Legends
Mega Man Battle Network
Mega Man Star Force
Mega Man & Bass
Mega Man 7
Rockman & Forte: Challenger from the Future
Mega Man Battle & Chase
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
Mega Man V
Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Mega Man Soccer
Mega Man: The Power Battle
Mega Man DOS
Wily & Light Rockboard
Super Adventure Rockman
Rockman Strategy
Mega Man Xtreme
Mega Man X3
Mega Man X4
Mega Man X6
Mega Man X7
Mega Man X Command Mission
Mega Man Zero 4
Mega Man ZX Advent
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne
Mega Man Battle Network 3
Mega Man Battle Network 4
Mega Man Battle Network 5
Mega Man Battle Network 6
Rockman Exe WS
Mega Man Network Transmission
Mega Man Battlechip Challenge
Rockman Exe 4.5 Real Operation
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Malcrasternus
04/16/2024
07:53 PM
#21
Halo 3: ODST
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Winterking
04/16/2024
07:57 PM
#22
Legaia 2
TheGreatEscape
04/16/2024
07:58 PM
#23
RetuenOfDevsman posted...
Mega Man X
Mega Man Zero
Mega Man ZX
Mega Man Legends
Mega Man Battle Network
Mega Man Star Force
Mega Man & Bass
Mega Man 7
Rockman & Forte: Challenger from the Future
Mega Man Battle & Chase
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
Mega Man V
Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Mega Man Soccer
Mega Man: The Power Battle
Mega Man DOS
Wily & Light Rockboard
Super Adventure Rockman
Rockman Strategy
Mega Man Xtreme
Mega Man X4
Mega Man X7
Mega Man X Command Mission
Mega Man Zero 4
Mega Man ZX Advent
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne
Mega Man Battle Network 3
Mega Man Battle Network 4
Mega Man Battle Network 5
Mega Man Battle Network 6
Rockman Exe WS
Mega Man Network Transmission
Mega Man Battlechip Challenge
Rockman Exe 4.5 Real Operation

lmao came here to post something like this
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K181
04/16/2024
08:00 PM
#24
Oh, and Im forever a fan of Zelda 2. That was the game of my childhood.
Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less.
Cemith
04/16/2024
08:03 PM
#25
Every Paper Mario after TTYD
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VGAddict90
04/16/2024
08:08 PM
#26
Just FYI, this is for ALL media. I just listed a video game as an example.
Winterking
04/16/2024
08:09 PM
#27
VGAddict90 posted...
Just FYI, this is for ALL media. I just listed a video game as an example.
Oh hell, in that case, Altered Carbon season 2
RetuenOfDevsman
04/16/2024
08:10 PM
#28
Every Alien movie
Fast and the Furious 2-6
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Joelypoely
04/16/2024
08:11 PM
#29
VGAddict90 posted...
Just FYI, this is for ALL media. I just listed a video game as an example.


Oh that reminds me, the movie Cube Zero.
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vycebrand2
04/16/2024
08:46 PM
#30
Ogre Battle.
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archizzy
04/16/2024
08:49 PM
#31
Assassins Creed drastically changed the core gameplay with Origins compared to previous titles.
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archizzy
04/16/2024
08:51 PM
#32
Also the Red Dead Redemption games are WAY different than what Red Dead Revolver was. Ill just stop at 2 examples but there are so many.
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mehmeh1
04/16/2024
09:01 PM
#33
Final Fantasy 2

VGAddict90 posted...
What do Sun and Moon do differently? I've never played them.
ditched gyms and replaced them with "island trials", and they were mostly story-driven
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Hambo
04/16/2024
09:10 PM
#34
Pokemon Legends Arceus. GF considers it a mainline game, so you could call it a "different" entry. Honestly I still consider it a spinoff though. Cuz of how different it is.
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DrizztLink
04/16/2024
09:11 PM
#36
Baldur's Gate 3, technically.
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CRON
04/16/2024
09:14 PM
#37
Doom 3
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Letsago
04/16/2024
09:20 PM
#38
VGAddict90 posted...
What do Sun and Moon do differently? I've never played them.
The biggest thing is they don't have gyms. Instead you do these island challenges where you fight Totem Pokemon after doing some puzzles/challenges. After you beat all the Totems on an island you fight the Island Kahuna.

Also they were the first games to subvert the evil team plot. It's old news now, but Team Skull was the first evil team that was just a group of troublemakers while the real villain was part of another organization
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Glob
04/16/2024
09:23 PM
#39
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
Dino Crisis 2
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
Resident Evil 4
andri_g
04/18/2024
05:43 AM
#40
Super Mario Bros 2
Every Final Fantasy game after FF IX
Every Splinter Cell game after Chaos Theory
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Ilishe
04/18/2024
05:44 AM
#41
Breath of Fire DQ

Fucking hell.
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MLBloomy
04/18/2024
06:29 AM
#42
Does it count if it's the second entry in a series, with a return to the original's set up in the third entry? That could disqualify Zelda 2, US Super Mario 2 and Castlevania 2. They were different, but there wasn't a lot of history to deviate from at the time.

Castlevania 2 did introduce some elements of the Metroid style that lead to Symphony of the Night, which would also fit and essentially established a new standard for the series.

Is Metroid Prime's transition to 3D enough of a difference, or was it still enough of the standard Metroid gameplay?

A lot of gameplay mechanic changes in Gears of War: Judgment that were not welcomed by the community.
Relient_K
04/18/2024
07:59 AM
#43
VGAddict90 posted...
What do Sun and Moon do differently? I've never played them.

They don't have gyms, they have weird island challenges, many which involve "mini games" if they can even be called that. Big fights mostly revolve around fighting "totem pokemon" which are basically oversized pokemon that call for backup.
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DarkChozoGhost
04/18/2024
08:08 AM
#44
All media? Super easy example.

Halloween 3
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R_Jackal
04/18/2024
08:14 AM
#45
Vicious_Dios posted...
Dynasty Warriors 2 and 6. <_<
Hell, 1, 2, 6, and 9.
RetuenOfDevsman
04/18/2024
08:46 AM
#46
TheGreatEscape posted...
lmao came here to post something like this
lol

It's actually legit though.

For a while, Capcom evidently considered Mega Man to be their Mario and so you had a lot of experimental titles and spinoffs. I could go through and justify all of those.
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IceCreamOnStero
04/18/2024
08:50 AM
#47
If Pokemon Black counts I'd say a huge amount of franchises apply for this.

I'm honestly struggling to think of any that haven't.
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