Fun fact (last bit on the console wars): the PS3 was actually knowingly shipped broken (at the very least the first generation). If you recall, they had some super fancy processor, but the thing was the process was HUGE (as well as EXTREMELY overpowered for just video games). It was a nine core processor and it was common for a few of the processors to be broke during production (semiconductor manufacturing is a very precise art and the larger the surface area the more are there is for errors). In fact, chips that worked 100% were set aside and sold individually and the chips that had like maybe half the cores working were wired up and put inside the PS3. My professor who told us this tale theorized that the PS3 was given this processor when Sony was wondering what they could do with the half working chips.
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Now that that's out of the way...since we seem focused on Battle Revolution, let's try to shift gears a bit. I'm going to list EVERY single spinoff game that I played and give it like a 5 second review following the list on Bulbapedia (
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Spin-off_Pokémon_games)
Pokemon Stadium 1&2 - Since we're on PBR, imagine that game but with actual extra content besides just battling. I played the minigames MUCH more than the actual battling (aside from beating the Round 1 Gym Leader Castles and Prime Cup I did nothing else).
Hey You, Pikachu - I'll admit that I didn't play this game THAT much even though I owned it. I believe it was a bit quaint though. It was a pain in the ass to set up though and I knew that caused me to forget about it.
Pokemon Channel - Since I'm a turbonerd who loves collecting stuff, I played this game heavily because I wanted to collect the cards from every Pokemon. I also enjoyed the Pichu Brothers cartoon but wished I didn't have to watch it like 4 times over ESPECIALLY twice in Japanese.
PokePark Series - I already explained how much I loved this game. It was a wide-open sandbox styled game where you could easily be the BIGGEST jerk ever. If the developers didn't want you to quick attack and thunderbolt everything you see, they should have made EVERY Pokemon immune to it like they did the minigame leaders. I liked the Minigames of the first game (I bought it because it felt like it could be like Pokemon Stadium's minigames) but the second one really was lacking. But I turned out to have loved just exploring the area and being a total jerk to every Pokemon so it wasn't as big a deal as it could have been.
Pokemon Trading Card Game - I actually rebought this game on the Virtual Console because I had good memories of it. I still like it but I felt it was so slow until you finished the tutorial and got to the options menu and then everything got super fast. I remember wishing Gold and Silver were this fast (I got them both at the same time for Christmas). I don't have much to say about the actual gameplay because card games are card games and anything I say would be more a thing about the TCG (like how Base Set Hitmonchan is easily one of the best cards with its high health and very quick and simple first attack).
My Pokemon Ranch - I already gave my thoughts on it. It's quaint and does what it's supposed to but I wish it was compatible with more than one game per save file (that would have made trading with one DS SO much easier). I mostly just used it as simple storage. I wanted to get Mew but it was WAY too much effort to put in for it especially when the latter games came out.
Pokemon Bank - This fixed all the problems with Ranch but it feels lacking in that WISH they used battle/stat screen sprites sprites when looking at the stats of the Pokemon! Blowing up the box sprites just makes it look ugly as all high hell. And it doesn't tell me about any shinyness. The other thing I wish it did was allow me to store items so I didn't have to TRADE all my essential items from Pokemon Y to Pokemon Alpha Sapphire! But at least it's storing my living dex for me, so that's nice.
Pokemon Colosseum and XD - I lumped these together because, well, I never really played the Colosseum modes of Colosseum. Effectively they are full fledged normal Pokemon games with just the restrictions on battling and catching. I feel like they are semi-main games because they are side games with all the standard features of the main games. I loved the story and the concept even though they took my idea of making a Dark/Shadow Legendary and making him actually different colored (Except my idea was Ho-oh)
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Series - Again I lump these together. I understand why people like them but I have three games in the series (Blue, Explorers of the Sky, and Gates to Infinity) but I was never actually able to get into them at all. I don't know why. It's just like I have trouble keeping interest in them and always lose it by like the end of the second dungeon or so.
Pokemon Ranger 1 & 2 - Ahhh, the games that gave me wrist cramps and screwed up my the touch screen. I liked them but they got too hard for me at certain times (those damn Grimers in the first one and that Rhyperior boss in the second one) that given all the other problems I just shelved them. I definitely liked the second one better since I DIDN'T have to do it in one continuous line, but eh, I just didn't play it.
Pokemon Rumble - I'm going to list all 4 of these separately because I felt they were all different enough to warrant it. The first game was a very simple one. I actually loved the concept of a "Beat-em up" Pokemon game and loved this game. I liked the easy to do multiplayer too. I didn't like that there were only the first and fourth generation in it so you could find Gallade but neither Ralts nor Kirlia in it for instance.
Pokemon Rumble Blast - So, let's take the first game and expand it out to a full game. I actually liked the story and how far you liked traveled in the game and everything. I liked the non-Pokemon final boss and everything. It was honestly the game I played the most for the 3DS before Fire Emblem came out and it really solidified the system for me.
Pokemon Rumble U - I wished I played the game first before I invested in the NFC figures. I hated the camera angle and the motion blur/lens flare. I hated that they changed everything from exploring a world to all Battle Royale things. I hated that all the Pokemon things became capsules and so you got random Pokemon at the end of it. It really REALLY turned me off.
Pokemon Rumble World - Even though this was initially free-to-play, learning that if you got 3000 gems (and that the cheapest way to get it costs about $30) opens up the entire game wide open giving you both more gems and items to reduce gem costs a lot made me want to play it. I actually loved it and the cute little plot with the king's missions were just adorable. I actually played this game a WHOLE lot and got all the Pokemon except for some of the bosses. I recommend ANYONE to give it a shot. THIS is the real successor to the Pokemon Rumble games - not Rumble U. If you don't pay any money, it feels like a slow moving playable demo.
Pokemon Trozei - Ahh, the game where I learned not to just buy any random Pokemon spinoff. I just don't like puzzle games that much and this one was honestly just not that interesting for me. It gave me like a couple hours of interest but ehh...I lost interest.
Super Smash Bros. Series - Bulbapedia lists these as spinoffs, but ehhh...I don't call them spinoffs. They're all great games and I don't think I need to explain more for something I don't call spinoffs.
Pokemon Snap - BEST. SPINOFF. EVER. What really helped this game was that it was such an odd but fun gimmick paired with the oddity of the developers in the first generation. Everything in this game felt MUCH more cartoony than later spinoffs. How Pokemon react when hit by a pester ball or apple was one of the best. Same with the dancing Snorlax. It felt...so cartoony that it was just hilarious. Honestly a sequel game will be disappointing unless they keep the same level of cartoony Pokemon that we haven't seen since like the first two generations.
Pokemon Dash - Ehh...mediocre racing game. Learning that you could upload your Pokemon teams and play them made me a little more excited, but it was extremely disappointing in how it rendered the Pokemon and that you had to use the balloon for everything.
Pokemon Battle Revolution - Honestly, we talked about it already so I don't want to talk too much. Just ehh... I played it for the Pikachu, Electivire, and Magmortar. It would have been great if it wasn't for Pokemon Stadium and Stadium 2 having a LOT more content besides battling much earlier on. I DID prefer the colosseum battling of PBR over the stadium battling of Stadium since there were no level restrictions for any of the levels. But like...Stadium had minigames and the gym leader castle that was SO much better. And whoops, I talked about it too much now.
Pokemon Conquest - Another of my favorite spinoff games. It took my favorite series Pokemon and Fire Emblem and combined them together. It also had like most, if not all, of my favorite Pokemon in it. You won't like this game if you didn't like Fire Emblem, so I know this game is not for everyone. But if you do love those games, this game is a good combination of them.
Pokedex 3D - I wasted money to buy the pro version. I had a red 3DS so it was a good half of my Pokemon professor outfit too. It was fine, I guess. I don't regret buying it and wasting time. I wish it had an upgrade for Gen VI. I actually used it a few times to figure out level up moves and junk. But the Pro version's main use for me was actually learning how to say their names. That's a pro I guess?
Pokemon Dream Radar - It was only worth it if you had Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 of course. I'm certain most of us just wanted the HA Legendaries. I had all the Gen IV games so getting Regenerator Ho-oh and Multiscale Lugia was certainly worth it along with the others... I wouldn't recommend it for the gameplay AT ALL. It was only to get the Pokemon for the main games and then being put away after you get one or so of each.
Pokemon Shuffle - Ahh, I disliked this game. I actually was fine with the puzzle game aspect of it, but the game got a huge difficulty spike that I felt they put in JUST so that you could be forced to pay jewels. I only wanted to catch Mew and Rotom which I did. I then stopped after losing to Mega Gengar like a dozen times and haven't picked it up since
