Board 8 > What are some critically acclaimed games that never spawned sequels/spinoffs

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despite ALSO selling well (or at least not bombing)?

..are there any

Didn't Uniracers actually sell pretty well? I thought that's what I heard, anyway.

I think Ristar qualifies too.

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Uniracers is an illegal game that's not allowed to exist because Pixar owns a patent on all digitally-rendered disembodied unicycles.

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Uniracers was my first thought too

But there's not a whole lot

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Xenoblade!

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Skies of Arcadia sold decently and a sequel was actually in the works for a while.

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

Also, Heavy Rain.

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Black Turtle did a pretty good job.

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At least not yet.

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Oh man, just thought of the best example.

There isn't a single standalone game in the history of mankind that needs a sequel more than Plants vs. Zombies.

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Eternal Darkness

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From: TheCodeisBosco | #009
Oh man, just thought of the best example.

There isn't a single standalone game in the history of mankind that needs a sequel more than Plants vs. Zombies.
This is true.

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