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* ''[[Fable II]]'' is set 500 years after ''[[Fable (video game)|Fable I]]'', with a different protagonist.
* Each ''[[MOTHER]]'' game is set in a different time period, with mostly new characters and locations. In fact, the only connection between the first two is the name of the [[Big Bad]], [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Giegue/Gyiyg/Giygas]], plus a few items and attack names. The connection between the second and third ''seems'' even more tenuous, going from [[Eagle Land|a good-natured parody of modern America]] to a mysterious frontier town in the "Nowhere Islands", {{spoiler|until the [[Big Bad]]--Giygas's returning [[The Dragon|henchman]]--explicitly references the events of #2.}}
* The ''[[Wild
** If that's the case, the games take place at least multiple millennia apart with [[Fridge Logic]] mass-reconfiguration of the planet's continental crust fragments. But hey, if the planet's center is filled with supernatural blue mud, you can [[Hand Wave]] just about anything.
** Actually, it was set in the same "universe" but not the same planet.
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== Stealth-Based Games ==
* All the numbered ''[[Metal Gear]]'' sequels followed a linear chronology with one notable exception: ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' serves as a prequel to the entire ''Metal Gear'' canon, being set decades before the events of the very first ''[[Metal Gear
== Survival Horror ==
* The ''[[Resident Evil]]'' games release order mostly matches the chronology of the series, except for the prequel ''[[Resident Evil
** The spin-offs are a bit looser with chronology—the two ''[[Resident Evil Outbreak|Outbreak]]'' games take place roughly concurrently with ''2'' and ''3'', the final chapter of ''[[Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles|Umbrella Chronicles]]'' takes place a year before ''[[Resident Evil 4|4]]'', and ''[[Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles|Darkside Chronicles]]'' is set to include a scenario showing Leon in South America two years before ''4'' that'll show what happened between Leon and {{spoiler|Krauser (before his [[Face Heel Turn]])}}.
** The 3DS game, ''[[Resident Evil: Revelations]]'', is set before ''[[Resident Evil 5|RE5]]'' and ''[[Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City]]'' takes place just before and during ''[[Resident Evil 2]]''.
== Third-Person Shooter ==
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