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** Another oddball in the Mario series is ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine''. Following up on the near-universally loved ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', it introduced a water pack named FLUDD for Mario to spray enemies with. Also, many common enemies in the series were either replaced or redesigned with a unique look for the game. The game was both loved for its great level design, good scenery, and incorporation of old mechanics and new ideas and hated for FLUDD being too gimmicky, being rather difficult, having bad voice acting, as well as [[ReplacementScrappy replacing]] the Koopalings with Bowser Jr.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' is also another odd one out from the main Mario platformer series. Instead of taking place in the Mushroom Kingdom or some other similar locale, the game takes place in some real world lookalike locations, such as Egypt and China. On top of this, all the enemies are quite new, except the famous Goomba and the Koopa Troopa (although he was called Nokobon, and had his shell ''explode'' when stomped on), the Fire Flower makes Mario throw Superballs (which bounce off surfaces at 90 degree angles) instead of fireballs, the invincibility theme taking a nod to the Can-Can, and two levels experiencing an UnexpectedShmupLevel. This is also the first time Princess Daisy makes an appearance and she wasn't seen again until Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64. Despite the changes, the game still plays as a typical Mario game and it has been well liked by most fans.
** ''PaperMarioStickerStar'' is a strange one compared to the rest of the ''PaperMario'' series. Bowser's role is reduced to the point of having no dialogue, the game prominently features Kamek rather than his usual DistaffCounterpart Kammy, the gameplay is radically different, and many series staples such as Whackas, partners, and the Merlin family are nowhere to be found.
* ''FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles'' is considered to be the oddball in the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series. Since it plays more like an action/hack and slash [=RPG=] instead of the usual turn based one, many fans either hated it or loved it.
** Within the main series, there's ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' which uses a number of completely different systems (stats and spells leveling with use, for starters) than the rest of the series. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' also qualifies, by being an {{MMORPG}}. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' also replaces the entire magic system with drawing and Junctioning. Not surprisingly, all three of these games tend to be heavily {{Contested Sequel}}s as a result.

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** Another oddball in the Mario series is ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine''. Following up on the near-universally loved ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', it introduced a water pack named FLUDD for Mario to spray enemies with. Also, many common enemies in the series were either replaced or redesigned with a unique look for the game. The game was both loved for its great level design, good scenery, and incorporation of old mechanics and new ideas and hated for FLUDD being too gimmicky, being rather difficult, having bad voice acting, as well as {{replac|ementScrappy}}ing the Koopalings with Bowser Jr.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' is also another odd one out from the main Mario platformer series. Instead of taking place in the Mushroom Kingdom or some other similar locale, the game takes place in some real world lookalike locations, such as Egypt and China. On top of this, all the enemies are quite new, except the famous Goomba and the Koopa Troopa (although he was called Nokobon, and had his shell ''explode'' when stomped on), the Fire Flower makes Mario throw Superballs (which bounce off surfaces at 90 degree angles) instead of fireballs, the invincibility theme taking a nod to the Can-Can, and two levels experiencing an UnexpectedShmupLevel. This is also the first time Princess Daisy makes an appearance and she wasn't seen again until ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' for the Nintendo 64. Despite the changes, the game still plays as a typical Mario game and it has been well liked by most fans.
** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'' is a strange one compared to the rest of the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' series. Bowser's role is reduced to the point of having no dialogue, the game prominently features Kamek rather than his usual DistaffCounterpart Kammy, the gameplay is radically different, and many series staples such as Whackas, partners, and the Merlin family are nowhere to be found.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles'' is considered to be the oddball in the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series. Since it plays more like an action/hack and slash [=RPG=] instead of the usual turn based one, many fans either hated it or loved it.
** Within the main series, there's ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' which uses a number of completely different systems (stats and spells leveling with use, for starters) than the rest of the series. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' also qualifies, by being an {{M|assivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame}}MORPG. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' also replaces the entire magic system with drawing and Junctioning. Not surprisingly, all three of these games tend to be heavily {{Contested Sequel}}s as a result.

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*** ''FinalFantasyTactics'' also falls under this to some degree. Mainly focused as a strategy game where you raise up to 16 members in the party, have tons of customizations for abilities, reading the layout of the terrain to plan your attacks, etc. Quite different from your standard ''Final Fantasy''. It got popular enough to spawn two more spin offs of the same style and an enhanced remake.
** Not to even mention games like ''Final Fantasy Legend'' and its sequels (actually ''SaGa'' games [[DolledUpInstallment in disguise]]) and ''FinalFantasyMysticQuest'', a far simpler and much easier exploration-focused game.
*** Regarding the SaGa games in their own right, the third one is by far the oddest one out. It's the only game in the series to utilize a conventional leveling system, and it does away with many of the unusual game mechanics that made the first two games unique (such as breakable weapons and the ability to carry more of them at the cost of being able to carry less other equipment). It also features a number of rather... weird things that never appeared in any of the other games - even by the standards of Saga's typical medieval/techno settings - the least of which was a [[spoiler: sentient]] time-traveling battleship.
**** The DS remake of ''SaGa3'' is no longer an oddball; it was changed to use mechanics much more like the first two games.
*** Note that ''SaGa3'' was developed by the same team as ''FinalFantasyMysticQuest''.
* ''ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'' is unique among the series. The game is a side-scrolling [[PlatformGame Platformer]] as opposed to the overhead view used by other 2D games and replaces the items of the previous game with a magic system. The sword-fighting is very different from any other game in the series. It also is the only Zelda to have a limited number of lives. In addition, its title does not include "The Legend of Zelda", which every other game does.
** To a lesser extent, ''TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', due to its GroundhogDayLoop mechanics and its emphasis on side-quests. It was also much DarkerAndEdgier and more surreal than a good 90% of all other Zelda games to date.
** ''TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords'' and ''TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures'', multiplayer games with both competitive elements and multiplayer puzzle solving. In the latter game, single player campaign is possible while controlling four Links.
** If VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames were on a Nintendo console, they would also be considered this. As it is, they are only an embarrasing footnote to the series.
* Depending on who you ask in the ''HarvestMoon'' fandom, it's either ''Save The Homeland'' (with its lack of marriage and emphasis on horse breeding) or ''A Wonderful Life'' (with its ramped-up difficulty, episodic format, and overall emphasis on your child's ultimate fate).
** And then there's ''RuneFactory'' and ''Innocent Life'', the former a fantasy game with monsters and an ongoing plot and the latter taking place in the future with the player character a cyborg. The former was significantly more successful, and has been spun off into its own sub-series.
* ''{{Metroid}}'' has ''MetroidPrime: Hunters'', which eschewed the exploratory single-player nature of the series for a multiplayer-driven fast-paced FirstPersonShooter (with a tacked-on single-player mode). ''MetroidPrime Pinball'', on the other hand, is usually just ignored outright, since, as a SpinOff, it's ''expected'' to be quite different.
** The fandom still apparently hasn't ''decided'' what ''MetroidOtherM'' IS. One way to look at it is as the long-awaited third-person/2.5D ''SuperMetroid'' successor, which is more or less what Yoshio Sakamoto intended. And yet its emphasis on intense melee combat, cutscenes and exposition make it a different beast compared to the more shooting-focused, non-verbally plotted sidescrollers. It's also considerably more linear than the rest of the series, arguably going against the [[{{Metroidvania}} main attribute]] the Metroid series is known for.
* ''UltimaII: Revenge of the Enchantress'' is the black sheep of that franchise, being, for reasons poorly explained in the manual, set on several time-shifted versions of Earth instead of in Sosaria/Britannia.

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*** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' also falls under this to some degree. Mainly focused as a strategy game where you raise up to 16 members in the party, have tons of customizations for abilities, reading the layout of the terrain to plan your attacks, etc. Quite different from your standard ''Final Fantasy''. It got popular enough to spawn two more spin offs of the same style and an enhanced remake.
** Not to even mention games like ''Final Fantasy Legend'' and its sequels (actually ''VideoGame/{{SaGa}}'' games [[DolledUpInstallment in disguise]]) and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest'', a far simpler and much easier exploration-focused game.
*** Regarding the ''[=SaGa=]'' games in their own right, the third one is by far the oddest one out. It's the only game in the series to utilize a conventional leveling system, and it does away with many of the unusual game mechanics that made the first two games unique (such as breakable weapons and the ability to carry more of them at the cost of being able to carry less other equipment). It also features a number of rather... weird things that never appeared in any of the other games - even by the standards of Saga's typical medieval/techno settings - the least of which was a [[spoiler: sentient]] time-traveling battleship.
**** The DS remake of ''VideoGame/{{SaGa 3}}'' is no longer an oddball; it was changed to use mechanics much more like the first two games.
*** Note that ''{{VideoGame/SaGa 3}}'' was developed by the same team as ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyMysticQuest''.
* ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'' is unique among the series. The game is a side-scrolling {{Platform|Game}}er as opposed to the overhead view used by other 2D games and replaces the items of the previous game with a magic system. The sword-fighting is very different from any other game in the series. It also is the only Zelda to have a limited number of lives. In addition, its title does not include "The Legend of Zelda", which every other game does.
** To a lesser extent, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', due to its GroundhogDayLoop mechanics and its emphasis on side-quests. It was also much DarkerAndEdgier and more surreal than a good 90% of all other Zelda games to date.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures'', multiplayer games with both competitive elements and multiplayer puzzle solving. In the latter game, single player campaign is possible while controlling four Links.
** If VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames were on a Nintendo console, they would also be considered this. As it is, they are only an embarrassing footnote to the series.
* Depending on who you ask in the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' fandom, it's either ''Save The Homeland'' (with its lack of marriage and emphasis on horse breeding) or ''A Wonderful Life'' (with its ramped-up difficulty, episodic format, and overall emphasis on your child's ultimate fate).
** And then there's '' VideoGame/RuneFactory'' and ''Innocent Life'', the former a fantasy game with monsters and an ongoing plot and the latter taking place in the future with the player character a cyborg. The former was significantly more successful, and has been spun off into its own sub-series.
* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' has '' VideoGame/MetroidPrime: Hunters'', which eschewed the exploratory single-player nature of the series for a multiplayer-driven fast-paced FirstPersonShooter (with a tacked-on single-player mode). ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime Pinball'', on the other hand, is usually just ignored outright, since, as a SpinOff, it's ''expected'' to be quite different.
** The fandom still apparently hasn't ''decided'' what ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' IS. One way to look at it is as the long-awaited third-person/2.5D ''Super Metroid'' successor, which is more or less what Yoshio Sakamoto intended. And yet its emphasis on intense melee combat, cutscenes and exposition make it a different beast compared to the more shooting-focused, non-verbally plotted sidescrollers. It's also considerably more linear than the rest of the series, arguably going against the [[{{Metroidvania}} main attribute]] the Metroid series is known for.
* ''VideoGame/UltimaII: Revenge of the Enchantress'' is the black sheep of that franchise, being, for reasons poorly explained in the manual, set on several time-shifted versions of Earth instead of in Sosaria/Britannia.

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** ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne is a minor example in the main series thematically, ditching all of the {{Cyberpunk}} aspects of the first two games (your character being half-demon, there's no need for a COMP to translate or summon demons) to make it a straight post-apocalyptic fantasy game instead. It also ditched the 1st person dungeon crawling aspect, which would return in [[ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Strange Journey.]]
*** Speaking of [[ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Strange Journey]], the game's soundtrack is a bit of an oddball in the franchise, being purely symphonic and operatic in a franchise dominated by rock, techno, jazz and J-pop soundtracks.
** The first game in the VideoGame/{{Persona}} series could be seen as this, due to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness keeping a lot of gameplay aspects from the main ShinMegamiTensei series (like 1st person dungeon crawling, demons as enemies instead of the series' signature Shadows, and having to negotiate with demons to get materials for fusing personae) that were excised with the second game.
** There's also VideoGame/Persona4Arena, a FightingGame [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin based on the 4th game]] (with some extra characters from VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}.)
* ''CommandAndConquer: Sole Survivor''. It feels more like a mod than an actual game, but it was an actual stand alone product.

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** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' is a minor example in the main series thematically, ditching all of the {{Cyberpunk}} aspects of the first two games (your character being half-demon, there's no need for a COMP to translate or summon demons) to make it a straight post-apocalyptic fantasy game instead. It also ditched the 1st person dungeon crawling aspect, which would return in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Strange Journey.]]''
*** Speaking of ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Strange Journey]]'', the game's soundtrack is a bit of an oddball in the franchise, being purely symphonic and operatic in a franchise dominated by rock, techno, jazz and J-pop soundtracks.
** The first game in the ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'' series could be seen as this, due to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness keeping a lot of gameplay aspects from the main ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series (like 1st person dungeon crawling, demons as enemies instead of the series' signature Shadows, and having to negotiate with demons to get materials for fusing personae) that were excised with the second game.
** There's also ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', a FightingGame [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin based on the 4th game]] (with some extra characters from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}''.)
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer: Sole Survivor''. It feels more like a mod than an actual game, but it was an actual stand alone product.

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* ''AeroFighters'' (Known as ''Sonic Wings'' in Japan) is a series of wacky arcade ShootEmUps... except for ''Aero Fighters Assault'', which is a half-realistic 3D flight simulation.
* When it comes to [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the Sonic series]], it is famous for the fact that the main lead is ''"[[BraggingThemeTune the fastest thing alive]]"''. So the games where he ''[[GoKartingWithBowser gets in a kart]]'' (''Sonic Drift'' and its sequel, ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' and its sequel) -- not to mention the game where he's slowed down and forced to go through mazes (''VideoGame/SonicLabyrinth'') -- make perfect sense...
** Sonic is ''full'' of these things. There's ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'', which gave Sonic a sword. There's ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', a DarkerAndEdgier SpinOff where gunplay is a major element, and ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', which had a team mechanic and a LighterAndSofter plot compared to ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' and [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 its sequel]]. This is in addition to games like ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast'', ''VideoGame/Sonic Shuffle'', ''VideoGame/SonicSpinball'', ''Sonic Pinball Party''... let's just say the Sonic series has dabbled in different formulas a lot.

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* ''VideoGame/AeroFighters'' (Known as ''Sonic Wings'' in Japan) is a series of wacky arcade ShootEmUps... except for ''Aero Fighters Assault'', which is a half-realistic 3D flight simulation.
* When it comes to [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the Sonic series]], it is famous for the fact that the main lead is ''"[[BraggingThemeTune the fastest thing alive]]"''. So the games where he ''[[GoKartingWithBowser gets in a kart]]'' (''VideoGame/SonicDrift'' and its sequel, ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' and its sequel) -- not to mention the game where he's slowed down and forced to go through mazes (''VideoGame/SonicLabyrinth'') -- make perfect sense...
** Sonic is ''full'' of these things. There's ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'', which gave Sonic a sword. There's ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', a DarkerAndEdgier SpinOff where gunplay is a major element, and ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', which had a team mechanic and a LighterAndSofter plot compared to ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' and [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 its sequel]]. This is in addition to games like ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast'', ''VideoGame/SonicShuffle'', ''VideoGame/SonicSpinball'', ''Sonic Pinball Party''... let's just say the Sonic series has dabbled in different formulas a lot.

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** In the regular series, ''SilentHill4'' sticks out. It features a much heavier emphasis on melee weapons as opposed to guns, first-person segments, almost no boss battles, and unkillable ghost enemies that attacked you through the levels. It wasn't well received.
*** It was originally developed as an unconnected game before the developers decided to work it into the ''SilentHill'' mythos, hence the variation from the norm. Not well received is an overstatement, there was certainly some fan backlash but it reviewed pretty well.
** ''SilentHillShatteredMemories'' is different from the other games in the series in that you have pretty much no offense. There's only one type of monster that you can't defeat and can only throw off of yourself and ward off with inexplicable flares. The characters are all different. Michael Kauffman, who you may know from the other games to be an evil psychiatrist and Dahlia, who is a creepy old woman, are a normal shrink and a slutty young girl respectively.
* The original ''ThunderForce'' is a retroactive example ([[SequelDisplacement to the few people who have heard of it and even fewer people who have played it]]), being entirely an overhead shooter, while ''Thunder Force II'' alternates between this format and side-scrolling, and the rest of the series is entirely side-scrolling.
** ''Thunder Spirits'' is the only game in the series to appear on [[SuperNintendoEntertaimentSystem a Nintendo system]]. However, it's not an original game; it's a port of ''Thunder Force AC'' (the only arcade release), which in turn is a port of ''Thunder Force III'' on the SegaGenesis[=/=]MegaDrive.

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** In the regular series, ''VideoGame/SilentHill4'' sticks out. It features a much heavier emphasis on melee weapons as opposed to guns, first-person segments, almost no boss battles, and unkillable ghost enemies that attacked you through the levels. It wasn't well received.
*** It was originally developed as an unconnected game before the developers decided to work it into the ''Franchise/SilentHill'' mythos, hence the variation from the norm. Not well received is an overstatement, there was certainly some fan backlash but it reviewed pretty well.
** ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' is different from the other games in the series in that you have pretty much no offense. There's only one type of monster that you can't defeat and can only throw off of yourself and ward off with inexplicable flares. The characters are all different. Michael Kauffman, who you may know from the other games to be an evil psychiatrist and Dahlia, who is a creepy old woman, are a normal shrink and a slutty young girl respectively.
* The original ''VideoGame/ThunderForce'' is a retroactive example ([[SequelDisplacement to the few people who have heard of it and even fewer people who have played it]]), being entirely an overhead shooter, while ''Thunder Force II'' alternates between this format and side-scrolling, and the rest of the series is entirely side-scrolling.
** ''Thunder Spirits'' is the only game in the series to appear on [[SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem a Nintendo system]]. However, it's not an original game; it's a port of ''Thunder Force AC'' (the only arcade release), which in turn is a port of ''Thunder Force III'' on the SegaGenesis[=/=]MegaDrive.

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* ''FrontMission Evolved'' is a third person mech shooter with some poorly executed concepts such as on foot segments which breaks sequence and storytelling that leaves VERY much to be desired.
* ''{{DoDonPachi}} II: Bee Storm'' was licensed and developed by completely different company, so the end result was significantly different from the other games in the ''{{DonPachi}}'' series.
* Another FightingGame example is ''ViewtifulJoe: Red Hot Rumble'', a fighter in the vein of SuperSmashBros instead of a BeatEmUp platformer.
* DoubleDragon had two fighting games based off of adaptations. The first is Double Dragon V, based off of the animated series, and the second is a NeoGeo fighter based on the live-action movie.
* ''StreetFighter'' also had a game (fortunately, it's already a FightingGame series) based on its live-action movie, with MortalKombat-style live-action sprites. There's also ''VideoGame/StreetFighter2010'', a sci-fi action game, and ''Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo''.
* ''GuiltyGear'' is no stranger to introducing strange and experimental gameplay aspects (''Isuka'', ''Dust Strikers'',) or undergoing a minor GenreShift from FightingGame to BeatEmUp (''Isuka'' again, ''Judgement''.) The biggest offender, though, is ''Guilty Gear 2: Overture'', a RealTimeStrategy game.

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* ''VideoGame/FrontMission Evolved'' is a third person mech shooter with some poorly executed concepts such as on foot segments which breaks sequence and storytelling that leaves VERY much to be desired.
* ''[=DoDonPachi II: Bee Storm=]'' was licensed and developed by completely different company, so the end result was significantly different from the other games in the ''VideoGame/{{DonPachi}}'' series.
* Another FightingGame example is ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe: Red Hot Rumble'', a fighter in the vein of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' instead of a BeatEmUp platformer.
* ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' had two fighting games based off of adaptations. The first is ''Double Dragon V'', based off of the animated series, and the second is a NeoGeo fighter based on the live-action movie.
* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' also had [[VideoGame/StreetFighterTheMovie a game]] (fortunately, it's already a FightingGame series) based on its live-action movie, with Franchise/MortalKombat-style live-action sprites. There's also ''VideoGame/StreetFighter2010'', a sci-fi action game, and ''Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo''.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is no stranger to introducing strange and experimental gameplay aspects (''Isuka'', ''Dust Strikers'',) or undergoing a minor GenreShift from FightingGame to BeatEmUp (''Isuka'' again, ''Judgement''.) The biggest offender, though, is ''Guilty Gear 2: Overture'', a RealTimeStrategy game.

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* When it comes to [[SonicTheHedgehog the Sonic series]] it's famous for the fact that the main lead is ''"[[BraggingThemeTune the fastest thing alive]]"''. So the games where he ''[[GoKartingWithBowser gets in a kart]]'' (''Sonic Drift'' and its sequel, and the ''[[SegaSuperstars Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' games), not to mention the game where he's slowed down and forced to go through mazes (''SonicLabyrinth''), make perfect sense...
** Sonic is ''full'' of these things. There's ''Sonic and the Black Knight'', which gave Sonic a sword. There's ''ShadowTheHedgehog'', a DarkerAndEdgier spinoff where gunplay is a major element, and ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', which had a team mechanic and a LighterAndSofter plot compared to ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' and [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 its sequel]]. This is in addition to games like ''Sonic3DBlast'', ,''Sonic Shuffle'', ''SonicSpinball'', ''Sonic Pinball Party''... let's just say the Sonic series has dabbled in different formulas a lot.
** Out of the 2D Sonic games released in the early 1990s, the least known is ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic CD]]'', perhaps because it was originally released for the relatively unpopular Sega CD system. While the game added its share of staples to the franchise (namely Metal Sonic and Amy Rose), it also diverges quite a bit from its Genesis counterparts, both in terms of aesthetics (perhaps being more surreal and colorful than [[VideoGame/SonicColors almost]] any other Sonic game to date) and gameplay (in the time-traveling gimmick, slightly altered mechanics, more open and nebulous level design, optional sub-goals within levels, and the implementation of the rarely-seen Super Peel-Out).

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* When it comes to [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the Sonic series]], it is famous for the fact that the main lead is ''"[[BraggingThemeTune the fastest thing alive]]"''. So the games where he ''[[GoKartingWithBowser gets in a kart]]'' (''Sonic Drift'' and its sequel, ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' and its sequel) -- not to mention the game where he's slowed down and forced to go through mazes (''VideoGame/SonicLabyrinth'') -- make perfect sense...
** Sonic is ''full'' of these things. There's ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]'', which gave Sonic a sword. There's ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', a DarkerAndEdgier SpinOff where gunplay is a major element, and ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', which had a team mechanic and a LighterAndSofter plot compared to ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' and [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 its sequel]]. This is in addition to games like ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast'', ''VideoGame/Sonic Shuffle'', ''VideoGame/SonicSpinball'', ''Sonic Pinball Party''... let's just say the Sonic series has dabbled in different formulas a lot.
** Out of the 2D Sonic games released in the early 1990s, the least known is ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'', perhaps because it was originally released for the relatively unpopular Sega CD system. While the game added its share of staples to the franchise (namely Metal Sonic and Amy Rose), it also diverges quite a bit from its Genesis counterparts, both in terms of aesthetics (perhaps being more surreal and colorful than -- [[VideoGame/SonicColors almost]] -- any other Sonic game to date) and gameplay (in the time-traveling gimmick, slightly altered mechanics, more open and nebulous level design, optional sub-goals within levels, and the implementation of the rarely-seen Super Peel-Out).

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** ''Thunder Spirits'' is the only game in the series to appear on [[SuperNintendo a Nintendo system]]. However, it's not an original game; it's a port of ''Thunder Force AC'' (the only arcade release), which in turn is a port of ''Thunder Force III'' on the SegaGenesis / MegaDrive.
* ''TetrisTheGrandMaster ACE'' pretty much takes the "The Grand Master" out of ''Tetris: The Grand Master'' courtesy of ExecutiveMeddling, being more in line with traditional ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''. To its credit, it does retain a variant of TGM's signature rotation system.
* The arcade game ''DJMAX Technika'', unlike other ''DJMAX'' games that [[strike:[[FollowTheLeader copy]]]] follow the ''{{Beatmania}}'' formula, plays more like a [[XMeetsY cross]] between ''EliteBeatAgents'' and ''{{Lumines}}''. It's very popular in areas where arcades have it, in some cases even being [[MorePopularSpinoff more popular than DJMAX Portable]].
* ''TheCluefinders: Puzzle of the Pyramid'' is LighterAndSofter than the rest of the series, is the only game to engage in BreakingTheFourthWall, is the only game to give [[BrotherChuck Socrates]] any prominence, puts the characters in [[LimitedWardrobe different clothes than any other game sans Math]], is the only game ''not'' to have TheReveal or utilize LetsSplitUpGang, and parodies everything from GodsHandsAreTied to the EvilLaugh. Even the art style is different!

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** ''Thunder Spirits'' is the only game in the series to appear on [[SuperNintendoEntertaimentSystem a Nintendo system]]. However, it's not an original game; it's a port of ''Thunder Force AC'' (the only arcade release), which in turn is a port of ''Thunder Force III'' on the SegaGenesis[=/=]MegaDrive.
* ''VideoGame/TetrisTheGrandMaster ACE'' pretty much takes "The Grand Master" out of ''Tetris: The Grand Master'' courtesy of ExecutiveMeddling, being more in line with traditional ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}''. To its credit, it does retain a variant of TGM's signature rotation system.
* The arcade game ''DJMAX Technika'', unlike other ''DJMAX'' games that follow the ''{{Beatmania}}'' formula, plays more like a [[XMeetsY cross]] between ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' and ''VideoGame/{{Lumines}}''. It's very popular in areas where arcades have it, in some cases even being [[MorePopularSpinoff more popular than DJMAX Portable]].
* ''VideoGame/TheCluefinders: Puzzle of the Pyramid'' is LighterAndSofter than the rest of the series, is the only game to engage in BreakingTheFourthWall, is the only game to give [[BrotherChuck Socrates]] any prominence, puts the characters in [[LimitedWardrobe different clothes than any other game sans Math]], is the only game ''not'' to have TheReveal or utilize LetsSplitUpGang, and parodies everything from GodsHandsAreTied to the EvilLaugh. Even the art style is different!

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** ''ZorkNemesis'' was a serious, DarkerAndEdgier, Myst-style puzzler. And pretty damn creepy. That was followed by ''ZorkGrandInquisitor'', which went back to the comedy of the earlier games but stuck with the Myst-style gameplay.
* ''Backyard Skateboarding'', unlike the rest of the ''BackyardSports'' series, is an adventure game with tons of {{Fetch Quest}}s. It also has bosses, which the main games lack.
* ''{{Halo}} Wars'', a RealTimeStrategy game amongst a family of first person shooters. Also made by a different developer. It's oddball nature is ironic, because ''Halo'' was ''originally'' conceived of as an RTS.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Parodius}} Paro]] Wars'', a Turn-Based Strategy Game amongst a family of completely silly shmups. Yes, it is a fairly serious and difficult military strategy game not unlike the Nintendo Wars series, with all the goofy Parodius characters such as Moai heads, penguins, octopi and dogs in business suits! [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/parodius/parodius4.htm What were they thinking]]?

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** ''VideoGame/ZorkNemesis'' was a serious, DarkerAndEdgier, Myst-style puzzler. And pretty damn creepy. That was followed by ''VideoGame/ZorkGrandInquisitor'', which went back to the comedy of the earlier games but stuck with the Myst-style gameplay.
* ''Backyard Skateboarding'', unlike the rest of the ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' series, is an adventure game with tons of {{Fetch Quest}}s. It also has bosses, which the main games lack.
* ''{{Halo}} Wars'', a RealTimeStrategy game amongst a family of {{first person shooter}}s. Also made by a different developer. It's oddball nature is ironic, because ''Halo'' was ''originally'' conceived of as an RTS.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Paro|dius}} Wars'', a Turn-Based Strategy Game amongst a family of completely silly shmups. Yes, it is a fairly serious and difficult military strategy game not unlike the Nintendo Wars series, with all the goofy Parodius characters such as Moai heads, penguins, octopi and dogs in business suits! [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/parodius/parodius4.htm What were they thinking]]?

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** While generally much better received than ''Gaiden'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', the [[FireEmblemJugdral Jugdral games]] both had a number of unique features. The first, ''Genealogy of the Holy War'', had ridiculously large and sprawling levels in which multiple castles had to be captured and there were at least as many bosses in each level as there were castles, the arena was a function in your castle in which there were a given set of enemies for each level (instead of being infinite and random), each character had their own supply of money and items couldn't be traded; also, you [[{{Shipping}} paired up]] your units in the first half of the game and played as their children in the second half. Many of these units also had "[[HeroicLineage Holy Blood]]". While Holy Blood was naturally still present in ''Thracia 776'' (as it was set in the same world and had some of the same characters), everything else introduced in the previous game was scrapped and never came back. However, a bunch of other new features were added. The Build stat, determining the size of a unit, was introduced, and both Build and Movement had growth rates and could potentially increase when leveling up. Large enough units could rescue smaller allied units and could capture enemy units after defeating them, and a captured enemy could be "traded" with (read: stripped of its items) before being released (at which point they'd die)...or ''not'' released, as many recruitable enemies had to be captured and kept in order to get them to join. It also was the first game to have gaiden chapters that could be unlocked by fulfilling certain requirements, and most of these chapters were full of [[FogOfWar darkness]], as was one regular chapter. Also, mounted units had to dismount to go indoors and could only use swords when dismounted (unless their regular weapons were bows or magic, in which case they'd still be able to use those), and all units except the main character had a fatigue meter that went up every time they engaged in combat or used a staff, which could only be reset by sitting out a chapter or having a certain item in their inventory, and if their fatigue exceeded their max HP, they'd be forced to sit out a chapter. Rescuing allies, fog of war, and gaiden chapters all became staples of the series. Capturing enemies, dismounting units, growth rates for Build and Move, and fatigue meters didn't, and none of these were ever seen again.

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** While generally much better received than ''Gaiden'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Jugdral games]] both had a number of unique features. The first, ''Genealogy of the Holy War'', had ridiculously large and sprawling levels in which multiple castles had to be captured and there were at least as many bosses in each level as there were castles, the arena was a function in your castle in which there were a given set of enemies for each level (instead of being infinite and random), each character had their own supply of money and items couldn't be traded; also, you [[{{Shipping}} paired up]] your units in the first half of the game and played as their children in the second half. Many of these units also had "[[HeroicLineage Holy Blood]]". While Holy Blood was naturally still present in ''Thracia 776'' (as it was set in the same world and had some of the same characters), everything else introduced in the previous game was scrapped and never came back. However, a bunch of other new features were added. The Build stat, determining the size of a unit, was introduced, and both Build and Movement had growth rates and could potentially increase when leveling up. Large enough units could rescue smaller allied units and could capture enemy units after defeating them, and a captured enemy could be "traded" with (read: stripped of its items) before being released (at which point they'd die)...or ''not'' released, as many recruitable enemies had to be captured and kept in order to get them to join. It also was the first game to have gaiden chapters that could be unlocked by fulfilling certain requirements, and most of these chapters were full of [[FogOfWar darkness]], as was one regular chapter. Also, mounted units had to dismount to go indoors and could only use swords when dismounted (unless their regular weapons were bows or magic, in which case they'd still be able to use those), and all units except the main character had a fatigue meter that went up every time they engaged in combat or used a staff, which could only be reset by sitting out a chapter or having a certain item in their inventory, and if their fatigue exceeded their max HP, they'd be forced to sit out a chapter. Rescuing allies, fog of war, and gaiden chapters all became staples of the series. Capturing enemies, dismounting units, growth rates for Build and Move, and fatigue meters didn't, and none of these were ever seen again.

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