Five of the Best: Spin-offs

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Great ideas, and great successes, inevitably lead to spin-offs. Perhaps a side character in one game gained enough popularity to warrant an entire adventure of their own. Or maybe there was a smaller idea in a game that was so well liked it made sense to make it fuller and standalone. It could be a mod that became unexpectedly popular, it could be a secondary game mode. It could even be an older version of an existing game. It doesn't matter; spin-offs can come from anywhere. The question is, which spin-offs in games are the best?