What is your general opinion of Pokemon Spin-Off games?

Sydian

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    Personally, the older ones (Stadium, Snap, Puzzle League, and Colosseum) are the only good ones in my eyes. Dungeon is okay in small doses, Ranger is horrible, Trozei is a no no, Dash is FFFFFFFFFFFFFF, and PBR is the biggest blunder I have ever seen. I'm not saying they should completely scrap spin-offs, but either make a Stadium 3, a Snap 2, or something. Take a page from the old book, cause I don't like the route the spin-offs have taken since 2003. But I know there are people that love the current spin offs. So yeah. Feel free to say what you think about the spin offs.

    I'm also aware they are just milking the series to get more money off of them.
     
    I think the spin-offs are a good way to get away from.. the main series. I dunno. :( I know I enjoy them. I really enjoyed most of them, especialy Snap, Dungeon and PBR (I guess I liked the 3D graphics/battling rather than the game itself xD). I didn't like Dash however... it was just too, bleh, boring? D:
     
    I like all of them havent tried PBR. Dash was ok imo. Ranger was awesome :D.
    Also whats up with everyone having the same sig XD
     
    The spin-offs are good for when you want to play Pokémon but aren't in the mood for the main series.

    Snap was awesome. It needs a sequel.

    The Stadium games were cool, especially the minigames.

    Pokémon Trading Card Game was awesome. They should've brought the sequel to the US.
     
    Like you said, the originals = (b'__')b

    Nowadays, they suck. Dungeon was cute; had a nice little spin to it. Ranger sucked, imo, as well as PBR.

    Pokemon Snap was definitely my favorite. I still play it today trying to get that durn Gyarados to pop out.

    But now they have that crappy Dungeon for the Wii.
    ...rly? Like we needed ANOTHER crap Dungeon game?
     
    I loved the dungeon games! They were my first introduction to the genre of roguelikes, and probably the only roguelikes I'll play consistently (because the other ones out there are so confusing). It was the first time a pokemon RPG had a story that brought you to tears in so many places. Other than that, the random dungeons got really challenging later on, and they forced me to seriously think about all my resources and use every item, turn, and PP wisely.
     
    The Pokemon spin-offs are a good way to kill time until a new mainstream Pokemon game is released. Mystery Dungeon is my favorite among them, though I try not to play too much of it, with Ranger at a close second.
     
    i love the spin off games. its nice to escape the main series sometimes. though trozei is terrible. i wish i had never bought it. but the ranger series would have to be my favorite and the mystery dungeons are ok as long as its in small doses because they can become boring fast.
    i think they should make new stadium games and a new snap game with some/all of the new pokemon would be plain awesome
    and i really dont see what is wrong with PBR i really like the game. i know there is no story line but i love the battles and the graphics.
     
    I honestly enjoy the Ranger games. I think they deserve some more love, tbh. ;-; <3
    XD and Colosseum, were enjoyable too, but they weren't majorly different from the standard games, apart from platform and a few different catching mechanics, etc.

    Dash was just hopeless. Snap was immense. The dungeon games honestly make me want to kill myself. I've never played TCG. Trozei = lol.

    Battle Revolution wasn't that bad. But I'd have been happy if they actually did something with the one Pokemon game they made for the Wii. .-.

    I enjoyed Rumble, I think that was a good spin-off game, although it did get rather repetitive after a while. (understatement)

    Am I missing anything?​
     
    Colosseum and XD were the only two I enjoyed. Miror B. FTW. Ranger was weird and the name reminded me too much of my uncle's beat up old Ford Ranger, and I thought the idea behind Mystery Dungeon was just plain stupid. I mean, Pokemon without trainers? That's just like a car without a transmission or an alternator... a vital piece of what makes it work properly is missing.
     
    I loved all the spin off GC games, except box but they kind of got worse when spinoffs got to the DS. I want Pokemon Pinball back.
     
    IMOI liked dungeon, but trozei was too expensive for what it was, Coloseum was the only good 3D one, and as was said PBR was an epic fail. I never played any before Coloseum but SNAP sounds good. Pinball was my favorite (i stole it twice from friends, sorry)
     
    I myself very much enjoyed pokemon snap and the older Stadium games. It appears that the older spin offs were the best although, the first mystery dungeons were very good. The only problem I have with Mystery dungeon is that they made more games without changing enough about them.

    I've never been a fan of Ranger; the game play is frustrating and the story is poor.
     
    Hated the first Ranger because of the stupid, impossible-to-beat 'Fattyzard'. Loved the second one. I also enjoyed Link (Trozeli) and mystery dungeon games. I also enjoyed Dash. I'm not joking. Sure, the controls are a bit weird and you can only play as pikachu, but on a first attempt on a ds game, it's pretty good.
     
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