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A game which takes place in or refers to another video game, but isn't really a sequel. It can be a simple side story, a [[Perspective Flip]], or a chance to [[A Day in
Not to be confused with ''[[
Also of note is that having Gaiden in its title doesn't
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* There's a couple in the ''[[
** As do the ''[[
▲* There's a couple in the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series. ''[[Tails Adventure (Video Game)|Tails Adventure]]'' springs to mind. In the Japanese manual its said to take place before Tails' fateful meeting with [[Heterosexual Life Partners|his iconic partner in crime fighting]]. In the Western version it's treated as a [[Busman's Holiday]] but in both, its still Tails's [[A Day in The Limelight|day in the limelight.]]
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei:
▲** As do the ''[[Sonic Storybook Series (Video Game)|Sonic Storybook Series]]'' and ''[[Sonic Battle (Video Game)|Sonic Battle]]''.
** It's not quite clear how ''[[Shin Megami Tensei
▲* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei If (Video Game)|Shin Megami Tensei If]]'' started off originally as a gaiden game of sorts in the [[Shin Megami Tensei (Franchise)|Shin Megami Tensei]] universe, taking place just before ''[[Shin Megami Tensei I (Video Game)|Shin Megami Tensei I]]''. It later became canon when the protaganist appeared in ''[[Persona (Video Game)|Persona]]'' and ''[[Persona 2 (Video Game)|Persona 2]]'', and started the [[Intercontinuity Crossover]] that occurs throughout the Megaten franchise.
** There are more spinoff games then there are main series games. Hell, there are more games in the ''[[Persona (
▲** It's not quite clear how ''[[Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey (Video Game)|Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey]]'' fits in - which is really odd since it's one of the four main series games. The other three are all clearly connected (2 is 1's sequel, 3 is all the stuff happening that 1 & 2 are part of, and 4 is...um...)
▲** There are more spinoff games then there are main series games. Hell, there are more games in the ''[[Persona (Video Game)|Persona]]'' [[Cash Cow Franchise|series than in the main series.]]
* The first three ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' games were eventually re-released as the "Tomb Raider Gold" series, and each game got its own Gaiden Game. TR1 had Unfinished Business, TR2 had Golden Mask and TR3 had Lost Artifact.
** The downloadable game ''Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light'' seems to also be this, not taking place in the continuities of the original Core Design series or the Crystal Dynamics-developed games.
* Each ''[[Donkey Kong Country (
* ''[[Sailor Moon
** Much the same is true of ''[[
** As well as ''[[Zoids]] Legacy'', which is like a [[Mega Crossover]] [[Fanfic]] of all the series continuums in video game form.
* ''[[Final Fantasy X
** Even before ''X-2'', the developers weren't sure if ''[[
* The recent spinoff games to the ''VII'' universe could be considered
* Also in the PSP library, we've got ''[[Jak and Daxter|Daxter]]'' (taking place before the main events of ''[[Jak II Renegade]]''), ''[[God of War (
** ''Portable Ops'' is unique in that while you don't have to play it to understand the story of ''Metal Gear'', its makes it easer to understand the story as the ending reveals how The Patriots where created, and fills in how the Philosophers became the Patriots. {{spoiler|They didn't.}}
* ''[[
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** In general, Nintendo seems to like to make almost every other Zelda game a Gaiden Game. ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* The original ''[[
* ''[[Galaxy Angel (
* The aptly named ''[[Fire Emblem Akaneia
* It could be argued that ''[[
* ''[[Castlevania]]'': When Koji Igarashi took over as producer of the ''Castlevania'' games (starting with 2002's ''Harmony of Dissonance''), he declared that the Nintendo 64 games ( ''Castlevania64'' and ''Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness''), and ''Circle of the Moon'' for the Game Boy Advance were side-stories to the main ''Castlevania'' storyline. The [[Game Boy]] game ''Castlevania: Legends'' on the other hand, is no longer part of the canon.
** In Japan, ''Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness'' was titled ''Akumajō Dracula Mokushiroku Gaiden: Legend of Cornell'', making it a
** ''Dawn Of Sorrow''. Despite continuing the story directly from ''Aria of Sorrow'', it has next to nothing to do with either that title or the series' overall [[Myth Arc]]. (Unless the Julius Mode ending, where {{spoiler|Soma succumbs to the dark side and becomes the new Lord of Darkness}} proves to be canon.) It doesn't even take place in the titular castle.
** The ''Boku Dracula-kun'' games for the Famicom and [[Game Boy]] (the latter brought over to the U.S. as ''Kid Dracula'') were never intended to be canon, though the [[Big Bad]], Galamoth, would later appear in the regular series.
* ''[[Phantasy Star]] Gaiden'' was originally intended to fill in some side events to the series to act as the lead-in to an earlier concept for ''Phantasy Star 4''. As that game ended up using a different storyline in the final version, and there hasn't been a single game released in that continuity since, said Gaiden is now [[Left Hanging|meaningless to the overall continuity.]]
* Many gaidens are found in the ''Mega Man''
* The first two ''[[Shining Force]] Gaiden'' games (Game Gear) were eventually bundled under the name ''Shining Force CD'' (Sega CD). And just to be confusing, ''Shining Force Gaiden III: Final Conflict'' is unrelated to the previous two Gaidens (aside from being on Game Gear) and is instead a bridge taking place between the first two 'proper' ''Shining Force'' games.
* The GBA title ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'' is frequently considered a
** The same can be said about ''[[Birth By Sleep]]'', ''coded'', and ''358/2 Days''. One can understand the first two/three installments just fine without the latter three games, but they all connect the dots between "main games", are just as canon and relevant as the main games, and future games require passing background knowledge of them in order to fully enjoy the story. ''[[Birth By Sleep]]'', for example, is actually acknowledged as "Kingdom Hearts 0" as part of the main storyline.
* The GBA remake of ''[[
* ''[[Portal (
** Blue Shift, Opposing Force and Decay could probably also be considered Gaiden Games. Especially Opposing Force, which while set in the same time-frame as the original, introduced new aliens (Race X) and characters (Cpl. Adrian Shepard, Security guard Otis Laurey) that have not been considered "canonical" by Valve.
* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' has three Gaiden games with each of them a part of the three major continuties ("Classic", [[Super Robot Wars Alpha|Alpha]], and [[Super Robot Wars Original Generation|Original Generation]]). The first Gaiden game ''[[Super Robot Wars Gaiden|Super Robot Wars Gaiden: Lord of Elementals]]'' told of the origins of the Masou Kishin characters, a group of [[Original Generation|Banpresto-created originals not seen anywhere else]]. ''Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden'' focused on [[Time Travel]] and wasn't necessary for players to enjoy the previous Alpha game (most likely because Banpresto wanted an excuse to show off obscure mecha series, since it was full of them). ''Super Robot Wars Original Generation Gaiden'' fits this trope because it was shorter than the average SRW, including several extras such as a battle viewer and a card game. It's also downplayed, though, since all three are essentially ''sequels'' that happen to have the word "gaiden" in their name. ''[[Super Robot Wars Alpha]]'' depends on the player having some foreknowledge of the events set in ''[[Super Robot Wars EX]]'' or ''[[Super Robot Wars Gaiden]]'' for background on the Masou Kishin characters, otherwise one can get too confused at the references they make to Alpha's back story. ''Alpha Gaiden'' is heavily referenced in the proper sequel ''Alpha 2'', where the [[Getter Robo|Dinosaur Empire]] is defeated for the third time, and the finale ''Alpha 3'' assumes the player knows of Sanger Zonvolt's role at the Earth Cradle, despite the fact it was supposed to be highly secretive. Hell, the fact the [[Zeta Gundam|Titans]] are more or less liberally screwed and [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Char Anzable's]] disillusionment with humanity DEPENDS on the events of Alpha Gaiden. In short, Banpresto's definition of "gaiden" means a game that provides story details bridging the gap and answering the [[Epileptic Trees]] present in the other games in continuity. In fact, there's very little an "Original Generation 3" couldn't reference the events of ''Original Generation Gaiden'', considering both the effects on existing characters and all the [[Early
** A better example is ''[[Endless Frontier|Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier]]''. While a spin-off, the back-story establishes the events in Original Generation continuity ultimately influenced the entirety of Endless Frontier. Its upcoming sequel ''Endless Frontier EXCEED'' even manages to rope in characters ''from'' the main Original Generation games.
** Amusingly, a remake of the original ''Super Robot Wars Gaiden'' has been announced, only it now carries the "OG Saga" subtitle instead. Thus, the name "Gaiden" has become reserved for half-sequels while "OG Saga" is given to the actual
* ''[[
** ''Radical Dreamers'' was a Japan-only text adventure
* The ''Worlds of Ultima'' series were
** The two console games from the mid 90s, ''Ultima: Runes of Virtue'' and ''Ultima: ROV 2'', would certainly count as well. Both games are set in the usual Ultima game world, and feature characters and towns familiar from the parent series. But both games are more like action games than RPGs, and neither one is part of the official Ultima chronology. They are, like ''Underworld'', a separate mini-series of their own.
* There are two Japan-only games in the ''Suikoden'' series called, quite simply, ''Suikogaiden volumes 1 and 2''. These games are basically side-stories featuring a previously-unknown character from Harmonia named Nash Latkje (who would later appear as a Star of Destiny in ''[[Suikoden III]]''). The two games take place around the time of Suikoden 2, the first starting before and during [[Suikoden II|SII]], and the second taking place shortly after the end of [[Suikoden II|SII]]. In both games, Nash interacts with various characters from ''[[Suikoden II]]'', giving more perspective on many of the less known-about characters.
** Also ''[[Suikoden Tactics|Suikoden Tactics/Rhapsodia]]'', set just after ''[[Suikoden IV]]''.
* ''[[Melty Blood]]'', the rather popular 2D Fighter
* ''Trilby: [[The Art of Theft]]'' is Yahtzee's Gaiden Game for the [[Chzo Mythos]] series, featuring as it does one of the main characters years before the series proper starts, and an [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]] to stealth platforming.
* While not directly linked to another game, ''Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis'' could be considered a
* After the original ''[[Guilty Gear]],'' X and X2 are sidestories like the drama cds. The main plot is now in ''[[Guilty Gear]] 2: Overture''. (Don't worry, [[Word of God]] still says it's canon...mostly...especially with the release of Accent Core plus...which seems to tell the story on how they got to Overture.)
* ''Phoenix Wright: [[Ace Attorney]]'''s bonus case, only present on the DS version (The original Japan-only GBA version ends at the fourth case), features a case where only 5 characters (Phoenix, Edgeworth, Gumshoe, the Judge and the Bellboy) from the rest of the series appear, the rest being completely new. This is due to the case taking place between the first and second games, and the writers couldn't mess with the continuity already set by the sequels which had already been released in Japan. The plot and characters feel perfectly like a sidestory.
** The fifth case has been worked into the Canon with Apollo Justice featuring Ema as the game's Gumshoe.
** ''Gyakuten Kenji'' (or ''Miles Edgeworth: Ace Attorney Investigations''), a
* ''[[Resident Evil]] Gaiden'' was the actual name of the game. Its ending has since been decanonized without doubt.
** The light gun [[Spin-Off|Spin Offs]] could also count, though they have slightly more credible ties to the Canon. Some even seem to be retcon vehicles.
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* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' had an action-RPG, ''An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire'', and an action-adventure, ''The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard'' (another Elder Scrolls Adventures, ''The Eye of Argonia'', was planned but never made, though the Eye itself is mentioned in the main games). (Those who don't know this often erroneously assume that it's a reference to ''[[The Eye of Argon]]''.) There's also the ''Elder Scrolls Travels'' side-series, consisting of ''Dawnstar,'' ''Stormhold,'' and the totally not canon ''Shadowkey,'' for the ill-fated N-Gage system.
* ''[[Gradius]] Gaiden'', the only ''Gradius'' title that allows the player to rearrange the power meter, and the second non-''[[Parodius]]'' game to have multiple selectable ships (the MSX title ''Nemesis 3'' being the first). And for that matter, the MSX version of ''Salamander'', and MSX exclusives ''Nemesis 2'' and ''3''. The MSX ''Salamander'' plays more like a ''Gradius'' title, and has several new features such as a powerup that temporarily stops the screen scrolling. ''Nemesis 2'' is an original title with the ability to fly into about-to-be-destroyed boss ships and obtain new powerups such as an upward-firing laser, at the cost of having a longer power meter. ''Nemesis 3'' is a retelling of the more mainstram ''Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou'' with ''Nemesis 2''-style gameplay. Also, the ''Salamander'' series is a gaiden series to ''Gradius''.
* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' and ''[[Warhammer
** [[Dawn of War]] was originally supposed to be this, creating an all-new [[Space Marine]] chapter, the Blood Ravens, to avoid stepping on continuity's toes. The fans liked them so much Games Wrokshop [[Ascended Fanon|went ahead and canonized them, the games, and the events therein.]]
* [[Soul Calibur]] 2's Weapon Master Mode appears to be a gaiden storyline: Weapon Master Mode takes place...somewhere other than Europe and Asia. Also, none of the Soul Calibur characters appear in Weapon Master Mode; the characters in Weapon Master Mode use the Soul Calibur fighters as "avatars", i.e. you're not actually fighting Mitsurugi, you're fighting some guy named Edgar. {{spoiler|Although there is a Lizardman named Calcos, aka Aeon Calcos who was transformed into Lizardman in the first Soul Calibur.}} [[Mind Screw|Boy is this complicated.]]
** Weapon Master Mode is definitively a gaiden, likely not related to the main plot (thought there are a few hints of it being a tale from the distant past, like {{spoiler|Tristy's final words, which seems to hint that either him or the player is Edge Master; and the existence of Arcturus, Algol's son from 4}}. Oh, and {{spoiler|the Calcos lizardman was just a [[Continuity Nod]], not meant to be the one in the main games}}.
** In ''Soul Calibur 3'', it was a Euro-Asian conflict, by chance, happened to be in the areas where the characters looking for Soul Edge. {{spoiler|The king you worked for had it all along, and is batshit insane.}}
** Chronicles of the Sword is an [[Alternate Universe]], set on a ficticious continent with ficticious countries, and starring the Soul cast as mere cameos with no storyline relevance. It's not part of the main canon.
* ''[[
** And the ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004
* Because [[Everything's Better
* The ''DJ MAX'' series has primarily been a ''[[Beatmania]]''-like game, but the newly-released arcade game ''DJ MAX Technika'' is a much different game, with touchscreen-based gameplay combining elements of ''[[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan]]''/''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'' and ''[[Lumines]]''. Due to its similarities to the former and its harsh [[Life Meter]], it's a very [[Nintendo Hard]] game; you can easily fail a song in the first 10 seconds.
* ''Higurashi Daybreak'', a doujin game for ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
** There's also Jan, in which the characters can (depending on the mode) go crazy and kill each other just like usual, and they're dueling with... [[Cooking Duel|mah-jong?]]
** Similarly, ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* [[Mortal Kombat]]'s action games: ''MK Mythologies: Sub-Zero'', ''MK: Special Forces'' (starring Jax), and the more recent ''MK: Shaolin Monks'' with Liu Kang and Kung Lao.
** Also the Konquest Mode from ''MK: Deception'', which starts 50 years before the main game's story and ends in the beginning of Deception, and shows the story of one of the characters' exploits while {{spoiler|unknowingly serving the [[Big Bad]]'s personal agenda}}.
* ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]! Big Willy Unleashed'' is a
* The ''[[
* Jet Set Radio Future is this to [[Jet Set Radio]]. It doesn't continue off of or add to the continuity of the original game. If anything, it's set in an alternate timeline.
* The Enhanced Edition of ''[[The Witcher]]'' has two additional stories named 'Side Effects' and 'The Price of Neutrality', which are completely unrelated to the main game, but feature locations and characters known from there.
* ''[[Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden]]'': A spinoff RPG from the original sports game Barkley: Shut up and Jam! There's also that ''[[
* ''[[R-Type]] Leo'' has gameplay significant from a "real" ''R-Type'' game. Instead of a Force Pod, you had two smaller pods that provided additional firepower and had a homing charge attack, and the plot takes place before any other games in the series. The obscure ''Armed Police Unit Gallop'' is also a Gaiden Game.
* ''[[Clannad (
* ''[[Halo]] Wars'' is a real-time-strategy spin-off/prequel to the main series. [[Halo]] has another gaiden game of sorts in its expansion pack ''Halo 3: ODST''. Despite that 3 in the title, it actually takes place during/just after Halo 2, and involves some new characters.
* ''[[Devil May Cry]] 2'' is a two-disc set. The second disk, which you may think will extend the story, doesn't. It fits this trope by giving you a gaiden game in form of Lucia, letting you play as her for the parts of the story where she wasn't interacting with Dante. It makes little enough sense what she's doing that it could easily be considered a wholly different game played in the DMC format.
* The first ''[[Street Fighter]] EX'' originally had the working title ''Street Fighter Gaiden'' and the plot of the ''EX'' series (what little it has) is considered a side-story to ''Street Fighter II''.
* Despite being a small series (In terms of the number of entries, at least), ''[[Punch
* ''Metal Gear: Ghost Babel'' and the two ''Metal Gear Acid'' games are officially recognize as "Gaiden" games in the ''[[Metal Gear]]'' series ([http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20050917/mgs23.htm see here]), even though they don't really fit in the series' canon in any way.
* ''Christmas [[Ni GHTS]]'' is this for the [[Ni GHTS]] series. However, it was added onto the [[Updated Rerelease]] [[No Export for You|only in Japan]].
* The numbering of the four * .5 games (''Immaterial and Missing Power'', ''Shoot the Bullet'', ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' and ''Double Spoiler'') would imply that they're all gaiden games to the main [[Touhou Project]] series (Touhou 12.3, ''Hisoutensoku'', is an [[Expansion Pack]] to SWR), especially since none of them use the same gameplay system (IaMP and SWR are both 2D [[Fighting Game
** IaMP boss character Suika Ibuki appears in ''Subterranean Animism'', and the game actually elaborates on some of IaMP's plot (that is, where the oni all went). Iku Nagae and Tenshi Hinanai from SWR are both in ''The Grimoire of Marisa''. The newest
* ''[[Pokémon]]'' has had a bunch of side games. An incomplete list: the [[First
* [[Warriors Orochi]] is a gaiden crossover between [[Samurai Warriors]] and [[Dynasty Warriors]]
* ''[[Yggdra Unison]]'' is a gaiden game to ''[[Yggdra Union]]''; it allows the player to command any army, make any alliances he or she wants, and aim for world domination in a [[Wide Open Sandbox]] style of play. The game is considerably more lighthearted than its canon counterpart, and concentrates on character development and interaction over story.
* ''[[Breath of Fire]] IV'' has had a minor constellation of
* The ''[[
** ''Mass Effect: Galaxies'' (for the iPod Touch/iPhone) focuses on Jacob Taylor and Miranda Lawson between the events of the first and second game. Completing ''Galaxies'' unlocks more dialogue in ''[[
** The iOS game ''Mass Effect: Infiltrator'' runs concurrently with the events of ''[[
** ''Mass Effect: Datapad'' is another iOS game integrated with the third installment, and includes a galactic Codex, the ability to receive personal messages from squadmates and various characters in the universe, and a strategy minigame that allows you to increase your Galactic Readiness in the main game.
* ''[[Metal Slug]]'' had a canon gaiden game on the Game Boy Advance, detailing a new training facility that was overrun by Morden's forces. Best of all, two of the trainees, playable characters Walter and Tyra, single-handedly take it all back.
* The ''[[Front Mission]]'' spinoff ''Gun Hazard'', which is a sidescrolling platformer-shooter compared to the isometric/3d turn-based strategy of the main games.
* ''[[Little Busters
* Most of ''[[Medal of Honor]]: Frontline'', except for the D-Day prologue, is set in between the third and fourth missions of the original game. ''Allied Assault'' also has a few [[Continuity Nod|continuity nods]] to that.
* ''[[Time Crisis]]: Project Titan'', ''Crisis Zone'', and ''Razing Storm''.
** To clarify, Project Titan was a PSX-only sequel starring Richard Miller. It most definitely took place after 1 (note Wild Dog's mechanical arm); how long is uncertain. It doesn't affect anything that happens afterward, so it's no surprise you don't hear about it. Crisis Zone and Razing Storm are unrelated games which use the [[TC 2]]-and-later engine.
* ''[[Darius]]'' has its own gaiden game in the form of ''Syvalion''. You even have a Silver Hawk fly along side you in one stage and the metal dragon cameos in ''Darius Burst''.
* [[Fun Orb]]'s "Armies of Gielinor" is a [[Turn
* Every ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' game from GTA III to San Andreas was a Gaiden Game; they all took place in the same universe and had some recurring characters, but took place in three different decades (the Stories games took place a few years before Vice City and III) and locations. Other than a few characters who appear in multiple games, the storylines are completely unrelated and don't affect one another. [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] totally remakes the universe with a brand new Liberty City, though Vice City and San Andreas are confirmed to exist. How they've been redone is unknown, but will probably be seen in future sequels.
* ''[[Call of Duty]] 4: [[Modern Warfare]]'' for the [[Nintendo DS]], in relation to the versions released on [[Xbox 360]], PC, and [[
* ''[[
** Not only that, but Drakengard's joke ending becomes ''[[Serious Business]]'' for Nier. {{spoiler|Caim, Angelus, and their quarry brought magic into the real world... and magical diseases like [[Depopulation Bomb|White Chlorination Syndrome]] [[Apocalypse How|against which a world without magic had no defense]]...}}
* ''[[
* [[Epic Battle Fantasy]] does this in a similar way to the Touhou examples above- and inverts it. How does it invert it? 1,2, and 3 are basically RPG games. EBF 3.3 is a bullet hell game.
* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' is an odd case of a
* Back in the 1990's many PC and Amiga titles were made into a [[Christmas Special]] Gaiden Game, usually released in some gaming magazine's cover disk as a present for fans. The games that got this treatment include at least ''[[Lemmings]]'' and ''[[
* ''[[
* ''Aleste Gaiden'', in contrast to other ''[[Aleste]]'' games, has the hero running and jumping in [[Powered Armor]] and a relatively limited weapon selection. The ending reveals that it takes place in [[Another Dimension]] from the original ''Aleste'', with the same protagonist and villain.
* The ''[[Gundam]]'' anime franchise has quite a few Gaiden Games, most of which are spinoffs of [[Mobile Suit Gundam|the original series]] and depict events that take place at the same time as White Base's adventures but in different parts of the world. The best-known of these include ''Rise from the Ashes'' (set in Australia), ''Blue Destiny'' (set in North America), and more recently ''Gundam 0081'' (which takes place between the original series and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory]]''). Some other games shift between this and a full-on [[Licensed Game]] - ''Zeonic Front'' and ''[[Gundam vs. Series|Federation vs. Zeon]]'' on [[
* ''Shift Freedom'', which has the same mechanic as the main ''[[Shift]]'' series, but does not appear to be part of that story.
* The ''[[Ogre Battle]]'' series has two. ''Ogre Battle: Legend Of The Zenobia Prince'', a [[No Export for You|Japanese-only]] game for the [[Neo Geo Pocket]] and ''[[Tactics Ogre:
* The second [[Expansion Pack]] for ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon]]'' is this for both the original game and its first expansion pack, starting within the last hour or so of the original game and ending before the first expansion does.
* ''[[Colony Wars]]: Red Sun'' feels like this in comparison to its two predescesors. The main character is a neutral bounty hunter with no ties to either of the main factions, it takes place concurently with ''Vengeance'' rather than after it and the League/Navy conflict is mostly in the background, with most of the missions instead involving feuds between newly-introduced factions and the protagonist investigating an outside threat.
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