Do we have any other examples in games of a spin-off so vastly exceeding the cultural footprint of the originating series?

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The Sims is a spinoff of Sim City, but is so much more popular most people probably think Sim City is the spinoff

Mario Kart

>>716333762 (OP)
Multiplayer In cod

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There used to be a time in the distant past when Warcraft was known as an RTS franchise

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Puyo Puyo is a spinoff of some RPG.

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Pokemon Go was borderline at one point

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Nier Automata

Mario is a DK spinoff

>>716333762 (OP)
Puyo Puyo was a spinoff of Madou Monogatari.

>>716334312
>Nier overshadows Drakengard
>Automata overshadows Nier
Amazing.

american pizza and Italian pizza
>not video games
don't care this is a bait thread

>>716334149
God I miss Warcraft 2

>>716334312
The Nier franchise itself is a spinoff of Drakengard

So Automata has outclassed Nier which has outclassed Drakengard

>>716333762 (OP)
Donkey Kong and its spin-off, Mario

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Unreal Tournament

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Many Smash bros characters are best known for being in the game rather than the games they come from, does that count?

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Persona is boring

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The King of Fighters, that was supossed to be a crossover of Fatal Fury Art of fihting and other SNK series in its begginings

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Fortnite: Save the World getting mogged so hard that it has to be referred to with its subtitle so that it isn't confused with what is now known as just "Fortnite" is probably the most extreme example I can think of.

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Accurate image, persona might be the popular one but SMT is the actual cool one, did Don ever go to space and saved the universe? I don't think so.

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In a way or for a time, the Rabbids from Rayman

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Fate vs. Tsukihime or whatever the original vampire game was called

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Apex legends (set in the same universe as TitanFall)

Digimon is a boy version of tamagotchi.

>>716336164
>for a time
I'd argue that it's still going on. There was that brief resurgence with Origins and Legends, but Rayman was quickly shoved into the shadows again after that for Mario+Rabbids instead.

HOMM and MM

>>716336261
I was thinking of that too but its a completely separate game

Wario Land took over the Mario Land series
WarioWare has gotten consistently more games than Wario Land.

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GTA Online

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Not a spinoff but kinda happened with pre-Awakening Fire Emblem and post-Awakening Fire Emblem

>>716336719
A completely different game set in the same universe is what the term "spin off" means

>>716336974
its too different from Titanfall and not even in the same series so it doesnt count

Hungry knight and Hollow Knight.

>>716336849
Three Houses is pretty much a spinoff and it's by far the biggest game in the franchise.