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** Even before ''X-2'', the developers weren't sure if ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' would be considered part of the main franchise due to how much is deviated from ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''; it was less than a year before release that Square officially called it ''IX''.
* The recent spinoff games to the ''VII'' universe could be considered [[Gaiden Game|Gaiden Games]], including the [[PlayStation 2]] sequel ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]'', and two prequels, ''[[Before Crisis]]'' for mobile phones and ''[[Crisis Core]]'' on the PSP. Fans are divided how much material has been stapled on as a cash grab and how much was simply cut for time.
* 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 (series)|God of War]]: Chains of Olympus'' (a prequel to the original game), ''[[Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories]]'' and ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories]]'' (prequels to ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'' and ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City]]'', respectively), ''[[Ratchet and Clank Size Matters]]'' and ''[[Secret Agent Clank]]'', and ''[[Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops]]'' (taking place between ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' and ''[[Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker]]'').
** ''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]]'':
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** And the ''[[Unreal Tournament 2004|Unreal Championship]]'' games for consoles are a spinoff from ''[[Unreal Tournament]]'', creating a [[Gaiden Game]] of a [[Gaiden Game]].
* Because [[Everything's Better with Penguins]], [[Turn-Based Strategy]] series ''[[Disgaea]]'' has a platformer spin-off for the PSP called ''Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?'' starring everyone's favorite explosive waterfowl squad.
* 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 ni]]'' that's literally [[Word of Dante|become a canon side story]].
** 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?]]
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* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' is an odd case of a [[Gaiden Game]] that feels more like a sequel to its predecessor (''[[Fallout 2]]'') than [[Fallout 3|the actual sequel]] does, due in part to the fact that ''3'' moved the setting to the opposite end of the country while ''New Vegas'' takes place closer to familiar ground.
* 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 ''[[Jazz Jackrabbit]]'' (the latter of which actually got two separate Christmas editions, the 1994 "Xmas Edition" and the 1995 "Holiday Hare").
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* ''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 [[PlayStation 2]] alternate between missions totally separated from the events of the anime and missions that put you right in the middle of major battles from the anime.
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