History Main / SequelFirst

* What North America got as simply ''VideoGame/{{Culdcept}}'' in 2003 was the [=PS2=] port/expansion to ''Culdcept Second'' in Japan. The original ''Culdcept'' for the Sega Saturn came out in Japan in 1997.

* ''Pocky & Rocky'' was an internationally released sequel to ''VideoGame/KikiKaiKai'', which was not officially released outside Japan (there was a bootleg arcade version titled ''Knight Boy'') until a later CompilationRerelease.

* JustForFun/ZerothLaw: Some scholars think that Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/HenryVIPart2'' and ''Theatre/HenryVIPart3'' were written and produced before the play now known as ''Theater/HenryVIPart1''.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Bomberman}} Bomberman GB]]'' was released in the US as the DolledUpInstallment ''Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!'' The US ''Bomberman GB'' is the Japanese ''Bomberman GB 2''.

* ''VideoGame/BeatmaniaIIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE'' is been the first American arcade release of ''beatmania IIDX'' out of what was then 28 Asia-exclusive arcade installments of the series [[note]]The second game in the series, ''beatmania IIDX substream'', is excluded from the numbering scheme due to being a MissionPackSequel[[/note]]. Justified in that each installment builds off its predecessors in terms of features and song list, so there's very little reason to start with an older release.

* ''VideoGame/AtelierIris'' was the first of the ''Franchise/Atelier'' series to be released outside of Japan. Its predecessors still haven't been.

* ''VideoGame/BeatmaniaIIDX 27 HEROIC VERSE'' is been the first American arcade release of ''beatmania IIDX'' out of what was then 28 Asia-exclusive arcade installments of the series due to being a MissionPackSequel[[note]]The second game in the series, ''beatmania IIDX substream'', is excluded from the numbering scheme[[/note]]. Justified in that each installment builds off its predecessors in terms of features and song list, so there's very little reason to start with an older release.

* ''VideoGame/BeatmaniaIIDX 14 GOLD'' would've been the first American arcade release of ''beatmania IIDX'' out of what was then 15 Japan-exclusive arcade installments of the series. It didn't get past the location test stage.
** Though its predecessor series ''beatmania'' was given 3 limited arcade releases in the US under the new title "HipHopmania".

* ''VideoGame/TreasurePlanetBattleAtProcyon'', the video game sequel to ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'', was released on the 31st of October, 2002, nearly a month before the film it is a sequel to was released (27th of November, 2002).

* The film adaptations of ''{{Film/The Lord Of The Rings}}'' and ''{{Film/The Hobbit}}''. Not quite your typical example, as they're (evidently) not trying to pass off the events of the latter as happening after those in the former, but some people do seem to think that the ''{{Literature/The Lord Of The Rings}}'' books came out earlier.

* Creator/NeilGaiman has referred to ''{{Literature/Stardust}}'' as Book 2 of a trilogy that hasn't happened yet. In a new afterword to that novel, he claimed that Book 1 is partially written (and has been since a few years before ''Stardust'' came out), and that he has a plot developed for Book 3.

* The Italian release of ''ComicBook/DavPilkeyDogMan'' began before they even ended the release of the ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' books. As a result, George and Harold's introduction in the first ''Dog Man'' book spoils the ending of ''Captain Underpants'' to Italian readers.

* While the original ''Manga/DragonBall'' anime had dubs from Harmony Gold in '89[[note]]Which lasted only five episodes broadcast only in test markets, as well as a movie that combined the first and third films[[/note]] and Creator/FUNimation in '95[[note]]This one only covering the first thirteen episodes and the first movie.[[/note]], neither were able to gain any sort of traction. However the incredibly popular dub of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meant that, thanks to PopCultureOsmosis, this trope was played straight. The success of DBZ's dub would result in the first English dub of the pre-Z anime in its entirety to release in '01-03.

*** It also wouldn't be until 2004 that the West got any video game that covered the story of the original anime, after eighteen games focusing on Z and GT.

* While the original ''Manga/DragonBall'' anime had dubs from Harmony Gold in '89[[note]]Which lasted only five episodes broadcast only in test markets, as well as a movie that combined the first and third films[[/note]] and Creator/FUNimation in '95[[note]]This one only covering the first thirteen episodes, with a dub of the first movie that was never released due to low ratings of the main show[[/note]], neither were able to gain any sort of traction. However the incredibly popular dub of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meant that, thanks to PopCultureOsmosis, this trope was played straight. The success of DBZ's dub would result in the first English dub of the pre-Z anime in its entirety to release in '01-03.

* ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'' was the first ''Noddy'' series released in most of the world, as prior adaptations (saved for the 70's version airing in Australia) were United Kingdom-exclusive. In Brazil, ''Make Way For Noddy'' was the first series released, with the earlier shows being released only after ''Make Way'' became popular.

* In the United States, ''Anime/GlitterForce'' (''Smile! Pretty Cure''), the ninth entry in the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' series, was the first series of the franchise to be aired and dubbed in the United States. Before this, the characters of ''[[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!]]'' [[https://ogiuemaniax.com/2010/05/09/well-they-do-say-that-presentation-matters/ made a brief cameo]] on an episode of ''[[Series/IronChef Iron Chef America]]''.

* In the United States, ''Anime/GlitterForce'' (''Smile! Pretty Cure''), the ninth entry in the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' series, was the first series of the franchise to be aired and dubbed in the United States. Before this, the characters of ''[[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!]]'' [[https://ogiuemaniax.com/2010/05/09/well-they-do-say-that-presentation-matters/ made a brief cameo]] on an episode of ''Series/IronChefAmerica''.

* PAL countries got ''We ♥ Katamari'' but not the original ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''.

* The very first game in the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series barely averted this. Whereas the original [=MSX2=] version of ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' was only released in Japan and Europe, American players still managed to get the game in the form of its now-infamous [[AdaptationFirst NES port]]. ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'' on the other hand was only released in Japan at a time when most companies were dropping their support for the [=MSX2=] (in fact, it was Konami's last original game for the platform). As a result it didn't even get an overseas release until [[EmbeddedPrecursor its inclusion]] in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Metal Gear Solid 3:]] [[UpdatedRerelease Subsistence]]''. Players who wanted to know what happened between the events of the original and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' in the meantime had to seek out the fan-translated ROM image if they didn't want to settle with reading the in-game plot summary included with ''Metal Gear Solid''. To make matters more confusing, there was a [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]] ''Metal Gear'' sequel for the NES titled ''VideoGame/SnakesRevenge'', aimed specifically at Western players and released prior to Kojima's official ''Metal Gear 2''. People who didn't know any better would often mistake ''Snake's Revenge'' as a port/localization of the real ''Metal Gear 2'' (it didn't help that ''Snake's Revenge'' was also known as ''Metal Gear II'' in certain sources).

* The first Mickey Mouse game in the ''[[VideoGame/TheBugsBunnyCrazyCastle Crazy Castle]]'' series was released in the US as ''Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands!'' This is the fifth game in the ''Mickey Mouse'' series. The previous games were released in the US as ''The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle'' 1-2, ''Kid Klown in Night Mayor World'', and ''The Real Ghostbusters''. In Europe, ''Mickey Mouse II'' was released as ''Mickey Mouse'', then jumps to the fifth entry with ''Mickey Mouse V'', released as ''Mickey Mouse V: Zauberstäbe!''

* The first Mickey Mouse game in the ''[[VideoGame/TheBugsBunnyCrazyCastle Crazy Castle]]'' series was released in the US as ''Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands!'' This is the fifth game in the ''Mickey Mouse'' series. The previous games were released in the US as ''The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle'' 1-2, ''Kid Klown in Night Mayor World'', and ''The Real Ghostbusters''. In Europe, ''Mickey Mouse II'' was released as ''Mickey Mouse''.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Bomberman}} Bomberman GB]]'' was released in the US as the DolledUpInstallment ''Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!'' ''Bomberman GB 2'' was released in the US as ''Bomberman GB''.

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* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' (''MOTHER 2''), the second in the ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}'' series, and the first [[NoExportForYou (and originally, only)]] one to be released in the US. The original ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER|1}}'' was originally slated for a North American release under the title ''Earthbound'', but was scrapped after being completed due to the company shifting focus to the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}}. When the prototype surfaced years later and made playable by the fan community, the game was called ''[=EarthBound Zero=]'' to avoid confusion. And finally, when ''MOTHER 1'' was officially released for the Virtual Console 20 years later, it was entitled ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings''.

* ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken]]'' ("Blazing Blade") was the first ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' game officially released outside Japan, leading to the confusing retitling of the game to simply ''Fire Emblem'' (no subtitle). This is noteworthy considering the original game for the Famicom, ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Ken]]'' ("Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light"), was released in 1990, 13 years before the series' international debut in 2003. ''Rekka no Ken'' is actually the second GBA game in the series and the seventh installment overall. As if the confusion wasn't piled high enough, ''Blazing Blade'' is actually a '''prequel''' to the previous GBA game, ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Fuuin no Tsurugi]]'' ("Binding Blade"), which was never released internationally (despite the appearance of that game's protagonist, Roy, in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee''). This caused Western fans to interpret its ending (originally meant as a ForegoneConclusion) as a SequelHook that was never followed up on. And for their part, Nintendo seems utterly disinterested in clearing up this mess, [[FanTranslation leaving the fans to sort it out amongst themselves.]]

* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' has an... Interesting release story in Germany. The first arc was released by Egmont Manga at the beginning of the 21th century but they haven't translated the other arcs. In 2013, Panini Manga released the "Black & White Arc". Three years later, they rereleased the first arc and started translating the other arcs.
** The "Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire" arc was released in Germany in 2017 before its prequel was released there.

* In the United States, ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'', the ninth entry in the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' series, was the first series of the franchise to be aired and dubbed in the United States. Before this, the characters of ''[[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo!]]'' [[https://ogiuemaniax.com/2010/05/09/well-they-do-say-that-presentation-matters/ made a brief cameo]] on an episode of ''Series/IronChefAmerica''.