7 Video Game Franchises That You Didn’t Know Are Spin-Offs
5. The Dynasty Warriors Series Is A Romance Of The Three Kingdoms Spin-Off
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms series are turn-based tactical role-playing games based on the two novels "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Records of the Three Kingdoms". Those games were quickly spun off into the Dynasty Warriors games which quickly overtook them in popularity.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms series isn't dead though, it's just not as popular as its action-based counterpart. A new game in the series came out in 2020 with Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV, yeah, there've been 14 of these.
Both series are great, it's just that Dynasty Warriors happens to be an action game, something that has a larger audience than its tactical predecessor.
History is repeating itself though. Dynasty Warriors overtook the Romance of the Three Kingdoms franchise but now that it's creating games featuring franchises like One Piece, The Legend of Zelda, and Fire Emblem, its own spin-offs are slowly becoming the most popular games in the entire series.