Spin-offs you love

Mario Kart
Dr Mario
Yoshi
Yoshi's Cookie
Wario Ware
Tetris Attack
Kirby Star Stacker
Kirby's Dream Course
Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Pokémon Pinball
 
Final Fantasy Tactics, if that counts.
Super Mario RPG.
Hyrule Warriors.
 
I really wish there were more games that had spinoffs where they just took the base game and its characters, and put them in an over the top bottle episode setting.
There are probably more examples, but Infamous Festival of Blood, Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare, and Far Cry Blood Dragon are the ones that popped into my head.
(Also that zombie and feudal japan Yakuza games belong there)

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Also personally speaking, I don’t think I would have gotten into techno and electronic music if I didn’t play Sonic Riders as a kid.
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Star fox adventures - a pleasant adventure by Rare and probably inspired by the likes of neverending story with its giant rock character. Nice music and happy feels… it diverges so far from the usual starfox gameplay, so I’m counting it as a spinoff.

Nier is a spinoff of the drakengard games. The game sets a bleak yet beautiful tone quite unlike anything else.

Sonic R - many a happy (and competitive) memory of this great racing spin off. What a soundtrack eh?

Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks. Nice 2 player beat em up.

Maximo games - fun spin offs of ghouls and ghosts aka ghosts and goblins.

Crisis Core - we get to go on Zack’s adventure and discover his story. Great soundtrack and a moving story.

I’m sure there are others I can’t think of them all right now.
 
Is Vagrant Story a spin off because it was set on Ivalice the world of FF Tactics and FF XII?
 
Star fox adventures - a pleasant adventure by Rare and probably inspired by the likes of neverending story with its giant rock character. Nice music and happy feels… it diverges so far from the usual starfox gameplay, so I’m counting it as a spinoff.

Nier is a spinoff of the drakengard games. The game sets a bleak yet beautiful tone quite unlike anything else.

Sonic R - many a happy (and competitive) memory of this great racing spin off. What a soundtrack eh?

Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks. Nice 2 player beat em up.

Maximo games - fun spin offs of ghouls and ghosts aka ghosts and goblins.

Crisis Core - we get to go on Zack’s adventure and discover his story. Great soundtrack and a moving story.

I’m sure there are others I can’t think of them all right now.
Star Fox Adventures, Nier and Crisis Core! I never actually finished Nier or Star Fox Adventures. It's maybe time I revisited.
Also I spent many hours mastering Sonic R back in the day. It is now a comfort game for me, love it!
 
I really wish there were more games that had spinoffs where they just took the base game and its characters, and put them in an over the top bottle episode setting.
There are probably more examples, but Infamous Festival of Blood, Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare, and Far Cry Blood Dragon are the ones that popped into my head.
(Also that zombie and feudal japan Yakuza games belong there)

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Also personally speaking, I don’t think I would have gotten into techno and electronic music if I didn’t play Sonic Riders as a kid.
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Big shame how FC3 BD requires a Uplay account on PC and that Sega killed Riders with the third one.

Riders isn't easy to handle at first but was a solid game.

Star fox adventures - a pleasant adventure by Rare and probably inspired by the likes of neverending story with its giant rock character. Nice music and happy feels… it diverges so far from the usual starfox gameplay, so I’m counting it as a spinoff.

Sonic R - many a happy (and competitive) memory of this great racing spin off. What a soundtrack eh?
I should give Adventure a chance soon, I've done most of the Starfox franchise aside from Command, Adventure and Zero.
 
Star Fox Adventures is Rare’s last great work. Certainly deserves a try. Enjoy!

Soul Reaver. One of the greatest video game spin offs ever made. Recently remastered for anyone who didn’t play it yet!

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Tatsunoko vs Capcom. With characters like Karas or my personal favourite, Polimar. Brilliant fun fighter. Colourful, great music, great stages and great gameplay - fast responsive fighting system.

Megaman Legends. Kicking that can in the little mall… the music… if you know, you know. Good times. Great visuals that have aged well and lovely music. Such a charming game. Clearly, a lot of effort and love went into it. Legends is a wonderful little adventure.

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Mechcommander - a fun real time strategy game based on the mechwarrior series. Just randomly remembered this. Good fun.
 
Parodius
Bomberman: Panic Bomber, Bomberman Fantasy Race
Star Parodier
FoxKids.com Micro Maniacs Racing
Air Zonk
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Sonic Battle
Pop'n TwinBee: Rainbow Bell Adventures
Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash
Mega Man: The Power Battle, Mega Man 2: The The Power Fighters
 
I think Persona fits that description well, doesn't it? even though I've never played a shin megami tensei game yet (I intend to do so when I've gained more experience with old rpgs).
Honestly SMT 3-5 are barely even like the original games minus the battle system, alignments, fusion, and demon negotiation.
This includes Strange Journey, which I'd argue is closer to Etrian Odyssey at times
 
The Mario series alone has a lot of spin-offs I love, Mario and Luigi, Mario Super Sluggers and Dr. Mario to name a few.
Pokemon has the Rumble series and Pokepark Wii.
Sonic and the Secret Rings and Black Knight were some of my favorites when I was younger. Also while Sonic Boom wasn't a great spin-off overall, Fire and Ice was actually pretty good!
Hyrule Warriors is just awesome, not only does it have my favorite original Ganondorf design, but I got to see more of Midna and play as her too!
 
There's a good handful for me.

Twisted Metal Small Brawl is a spinoff of the Twisted Metal series, aimed at a younger audience and with rc cars instead of full sized vehicles. It's a pretty solid entry, and is more a spinoff thematically than mechanically, though it is overall a bit easier, slower, and floatier than other games in the series, especially compared to the most recent games at the time. (It came out around the same time as Twisted Metal Black.)

Pokemon Ranger, particularly the second game, Shadows of Almia. I love the general sense of humor, and the gameplay loop (pun intended) is just something I find to be pretty fun. Just a very charming series.

Megaman Battle Network probably has not only the honor of being my overall favorite spinoff series, but probably having the biggest difference in terms of enjoyment between the spinoff and the original for me. If I hadn't gotten Battle Network 5 for Christmas one year, and seen the NT Warrior anime series around the same time, I'm not sure I'd have even given it the chance. But, after having put many hours into playing 5, I went back to play the others later, and I absolutely love the series.

Summon Night: Twin Age is the only game in the series I've played, and I was admittedly very disappointed to find out that it was a spinoff. It's a game that I enjoyed enough to want more, and as far as I understand it's pretty self-contained.
 
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