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I enjoyed Link's Crossbow Training (a Zelda spin off) a lot more than Twilight Princess. Do you have any examples of this happening to you?

Wescoast76

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Like the title says. I was never the biggest fan of Twilight Princess. Thought it was too easy and was not a fan of the overworld and twilight realm.

Link's Crossbow Training on the other hand was fucking fantastic! I actually had more fun playing that game with my girlfriend than with Twilight Princess.

Do you have similar experience where you enjoyed a spin off more than the main entry of your favorite video game franchise?
 
Slamtastic

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Metal Gear Rising is probably the biggest example. It's the purest distillation of all things Metal Gear.

EDIT: Beaten like I went to some cushy Ivy League school.
 
DarkWish

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I enjoyed Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time more than some of the mainline Pokémon games. I was not expecting to cry during a Pokémon game. And it came at a time when I was getting a bit bored of the traditional Pokémon formula.
 

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Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes is one of the best games I've ever played and I have no interest in the mainline Might and Magic games.
 

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I've put like... a combined 50 hours into the Persona dancing games but I've never even touched one of the RPGs.
 
Vonocourt

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It's not a spinoff, but I enjoyed the Minerva's Den DLC for Bioshock 2 way more than the base game.
 
Ehoavash

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Give me that Zelda fan card op so I can shred it TP is the GOat dungeon Zelda

:P

...only Metroid game I beat and liked was Other M lmao
 
fiendcode

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Final Fantasy: Tactics vs VII

Metal Gear: Ghost Babel vs MGS2

Kirby: Canvas Curse vs RTDL

Sonic: Mania vs Forces
 
LuigiV

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I think putting Link's Crossbow Training ahead of Twilight Princess is a step too far, but I did personally enjoy Phantom Hourglass more than TP. It may of been a stripped down Zelda experience and the Temple of the Ocean King was a slog, but at least the dungeons had some interesting puzzles.
 
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I liked Typing of the Dead more than the House of the Dead games...
I also like the Final Fantasy Tactics games and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles more than the mainline series (except for IX).
 
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Wescoast76

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Ehoavash said:
Give me that Zelda fan card op so I can shred it TP is the GOat dungeon Zelda

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My three favorite Zelda dungeons:

3. Stone Tower Temple, Majora's Mask
2. Forest Temple, Ocarina of Time
1. Hyrule Castle, Breath of the Wild

Sorry, no Twilight Princess dungeons made the list. :P
 
Nairume

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I honestly found Chain of Memories (or at least ReCOM) vastly more enjoyable and competently made than KH1.
 
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Robin said:
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Puzzle Bobble / Bust a Move!
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I came in to post this. And we're definitely not the only ones this is true for, considering there's been more Puzzle Bobble games than Bubble Bobble games, I think. This is probably the prime example of the OP's phenomenon. I impulse-bought Puzzle Bobble on the eShop SO HARD when it came out.

fiendcode said:
Final Fantasy: Tactics vs VII
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Yup.

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Sonic: Mania vs Forces
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This is such a given that it probably didn't need to be stated.
 
Scrooge

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Twilight Princess has a lot of nonsense in between the good parts, so I can certainly see where the OP is coming from in terms of pure enjoyment. Crossbow Training was a lot of fun.

These aren't the same genre, but I enjoyed Mario+Rabbids more than Mario Odyssey if that counts. Odyssey is a good game that all Switch owners should play, don't get me wrong, but M+R is pure gold.
 

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FE Heroes over Echoes.
Gaiden's maps are awful, and i didn't find the characters or story nearly as good as most people did.
 
Viale

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My favorite Pokemon games are the mystery dungeon ones, and it's not even a contest really. Does that count for this?
 
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