History Main / SequelFirst

* The ''VideoGame/EZ2DJ'' series did not receive any international releases until ''[=EZ2ON=] REBOOT : R'' in 2021, 21 years after the original ''[=EZ2DJ=]'' and 13 years after the first ''[=EZ2ON=]'' game. In fact, by the time of ''REBOOT : R'', the arcade ''[=EZ2DJ=]''/''[=EZ2AC=]' line was already retired.

* The ''VideoGame/EZ2DJ'' series did not receive any international releases until ''[=EZ2ON=] REBOOT : R'' in 2021, 21 years after the original ''[=EZ2DJ=]'' and 13 years after the first ''[=EZ2ON=]'' game. In fact, by the time of ''REBOOT : R'', the arcade ''[=EZ2DJ=]''/''AC'' line was already retired.

* The ''VideoGame/EZ2DJ'' series did not receive any international releases until ''[=EZ2ON=] REBOOT : R'' in 2021, 21 years after the original ''[=EZ2DJ=]'' and 13 years after the first ''[=EZ2ON=]'' game. In fact, by the time of ''REBOOT : R'', the arcade ''[=EZ2DJ=]''/''AC'' line was already retired.

* The original ''VideoGame/Splatoon'' wasn't released in South Korea because the UsefulNotes/WiiU wasn't, but the Switch and ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' were.

* ''VideoGame/Advance Wars'', released for the GBA in 2001, is part of the long-running ''Wars'' series that had until then been Japan-only. Ironically, the Japanese version of the game (''Game Boy Wars Advance'') was not released in Japan until 2004, when it was included in a two-in-one cartridge with its sequel. This was echoed when both titles were remade for the Nintendo Switch seventeen years later.

* The first ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' didn't see a [=PS3=] port until 2012, the year the third game came out. On the UsefulNotes/WiiU on the other hand, only the third game was released.

* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' was published in full in North America well before an English release began of its lesser-known predecessor, ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears''. However, Creator/TokyoPop seemed to want to market it explicitly as a prequel, being called ''GTO: The Early Years'' (with ''Shonan Junai Gumi'' as a subtitle); when Vertical picked up on publishing the last volumes of SJG after [=TokyoPop=] filed for bankruptcy, they dropped the Shonan Junai Gumi subtitle entirely.

* In Japan, ''[[Anime/FLCLProgressiveAndAlternative FLCL Alternative]]'' will be released on September 7, 2018, while ''[[Anime/FLCLProgressiveAndAlternative FLCL Progressive]]'' will be released three weeks later, on September 28.

* The Game Boy Advance rhythm game ''Rhythm Tengoku'' was never released outside of Japan due to releasing late in the system's life: it came out in 2006, two years after the release of the Nintendo DS. However, the Nintendo DS sequel, ''Rhythm Tengoku Gold'', was released in North America as ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'', and in Europe as ''Rhythm Paradise''. Some minigames from the original ''Rhythm Tengoku'' were late[[NostalgiaLevel remade]] for ''Rhythm Heaven Fever'' and ''Rhythm Heaven Megamix'', marking their first appearances outside of Japan.

* ''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 ''Earth Bound'' (two words), 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''.

* The first ''VideoGame/PokemonStadium'' game released internationally was actually the second released in Japan. The first was skipped over entirely because it actually did not have the full roster of Pokémon at the time.

* ''Advance Wars'', released for the Game Boy Advance in 2001, is actually part of the long-running ''VideoGame/NintendoWars'' series that dates back to 1988 with the release of ''Famicom Wars''. Ironically enough, the Japanese version of ''Advance Wars'', ''Game Boy Wars Advance'', was not released in Japan until 2004, when it was included in a two-in-one cartridge with its sequel: something that was echoed when both titles were remade for the Nintendo Switch seventeen years later.

* The Game Boy Advance rhythm game ''Rhythm Tengoku'' was never released outside of Japan due to releasing late in the system's life: it came out in 2006, two years after the release of the Nintendo DS. However, the Nintendo DS sequel, ''Rhythm Tengoku Gold'', was released in North America as ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'', and in Europe as ''Rhythm Paradise''. Some minigames from the original ''Rhythm Tengoku'' were [[NostalgiaLevel remade]] for ''Rhythm Heaven Fever'' and ''Rhythm Heaven Megamix'', marking their first appearances outside of Japan.

* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' was published in full in North America well before an English release began of its lesser-known predecessor, ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi''. However, Creator/TokyoPop seemed to want to market it explicitly as a prequel, being called ''GTO: The Early Years'' (with ''Shonan Junai Gumi'' as a subtitle); when Vertical picked up on publishing the last volumes of SJG after [=TokyoPop=] filed for bankruptcy, they dropped the Shonan Junai Gumi subtitle entirely.

* In France, the second ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' film, ''Anime/TamagotchiHappiestStoryInTheUniverse'', was dubbed and released into theaters first instead of the first film.

* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', although that's for a very good reason (specifically, straightening up all the licencing rights for the games which aren't OriginalGeneration would be a nightmare).

* ''Tombs & Treasure'', an NES adventure game, was a port of a UsefulNotes/PC88 game called ''VideoGame/TaiyouNoShindenAstekaII''. As the name indicates, this was a sequel to a game called ''Asteka'' (a command line-driven [[InteractiveFiction text adventure]] with some graphics), which was never translated into English.

* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}} and the Pirate's Curse'' was the first game in the series to see an official release in Japan, skipping both the original UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor game and ''Risky's Revenge''. Being an InternationalCoProduction probably helped. Europeans didn't get the Game Boy Color game either. (A likely reason for this is that [=WayForward=] was a smaller company at the time and couldn't afford to translate the game into other languages, ''Shantae'' being rather dialogue-heavy for a platformer.)

* A complicated example. ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' was {{cancelled}}, though had clear plans for how the rest of the show would have gone. The franchise would follow up with various sequels (mainly ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheMandalorian'') to what was planned for ''The Clone Wars'', only for the show to be {{uncanceled}} after the conclusion of ''Rebels''. To reflect the addition of new content, ''The Clone Wars'' revival contains aspects from its various sequels as a "prequel" to them, such as a cameo appearance from ''Rebels'' character Caleb Dume/Kanan Jarrus.

* In an unusual move where this was done to avoid a spoiler, the ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' movie ''Ready, Race, Rescue'' was released in Japan before the first movie, ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrolMightyPups'', due to the latter film featuring Robo-Pup, who hadn't been introduced yet in the Japanese dub.

* Technically, ''Film/TheDaVinciCode'' was a sequel to ''Film/AngelsAndDemons'', even going so far (in the novels) as Robert Langdon to refer to the heroine of A&D as last seeing her a year prior. When the films came out in the reverse order, the incontinuity is referred to the dialogue when the Vatican personnel are trying to get Landon to help them ("Hey, you guys called me!")

* ''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.

* ''Series/StargateSG1'' and ''Film/TheArkOfTruth'' on DVD are still MIA in Russia, even after all 10 seasons and the movie finished airing. However, ''Continuum'' was recently released. Apparently, the DVD retailers decided to skip from the original ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' movie straight to ''Continuum''...

* ''[[Anime/KingOfPrism KING OF PRISM Shiny Seven Stars]]'', a sequel to both ''KING OF PRISM'' films and ''Anime/PrettyRhythmRainbowLive'' is the first official release of anything related to the ''VideoGame/PrettySeries'' in North America and most territories outside of Asia. [[note]][[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-02-09/crunchyroll-adds-idol-time-pripara-anime-to-catalog/.169323 Prior to]] ''Idol Time VideoGame/PriPara'' [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-31/crunchyroll-adds-kiratto-pri-chan-anime-to-catalog/.168011 and]] ''Anime/KirattoPriChan'' being licensed by Website/{{Crunchyroll}} [[LateExportForYou in the 2020s]], only Spain and Italy got anything else from the Pretty Series, both getting releases of ''Anime/PrettyRhythmAuroraDream'' and nothing further, though the latter country's dub was [[UnfinishedDub incomplete]], stopping at episode 35.[[/note]] Because of this, people who haven't watched ''Rainbow Live'' or any of the ''King Of Prism'' films will be faced with problems, as the series has multiple instances of [[LateArrivalSpoiler Late Arrival Spoilers]] that require watching either the films or ''Rainbow Live'' to understand.

** The first ''Puyo'' game to be released internationally was the [[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo1992 1992 arcade game, skipping the original MSX and Famicom Disk System version.

** The first ''Puyo'' game to be released internationally was the 1992 arcade game, skipping the original MSX and Famicom Disk System version.

* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' and its parent series, ''Madou Monogatari'':

* ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' was based on Thomas Harris's second Hannibal Lector novel. The success of the film led to Harris writing a third novel, which was adapted into the second film, ''Film/{{Hannibal}}'', and then the third film, ''Film/RedDragon'' was a {{Prequel}} based on the original book. (Confusing things further, the fourth film, ''Film/HannibalRising'', is ''also'' a {{Prequel}}, but is based on the fourth book.)

* The Game Boy Advance rhythm game ''Rhythm Tengoku'' was never released outside of Japan due to releasing late in the system's life: it came out in 2006, two years after the release of the Nintendo DS. However, the Nintendo DS sequel, ''Rhythm Tengoku Gold'', was released in North America as ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'', and in Europe as ''Rhythm Paradise''.

* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' was published in full in North America well before an English release began of its lesser-known predecessor, ''Shonan Junai Gumi''. However, Creator/TokyoPop seemed to want to market it explicitly as a prequel, being called ''GTO: The Early Years'' (with ''Shonan Junai Gumi'' as a subtitle); when Vertical picked up on publishing the last volumes of SJG after [=TokyoPop=] filed for bankruptcy, they dropped the Shonan Junai Gumi subtitle entirely.

* The Game Boy Advance rhythm game ''Rhythm Tengoku'' was never released outside of Japan due to releasing late in the system's life: it came out in 2006, two years after the release of the Nintendo DS, and the same year the DS Lite model (which removed GBA support) released. However, its Nintendo DS sequel, ''Rhythm Tengoku Gold'', was released in North America as ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'', and in Europe as ''Rhythm Paradise''.

* The ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' series finally saw the light of day in the US when [[Creator/{{Nippon Ichi}} NIS America]] localized [[VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove the fifth game]] ''five years'' after it was originally released in Japan (and seven years after the Japanese release of a UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 remake of the first game that was intended to become Western gamers' introduction to the series but was never exported).