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Blackwisp wrote: As far as I know, both Secret Rings and Black Knight are under 'spin-off games'.

Which leads to 'what is meant by a 'spin-off game'?

A spin-off game could be a number of things:
 * 1) A game that focuses on a character other than the main character (Tails Adventure, Knuckles' Chaotix).
 * 2) A game that differs in genre to the standard in the series (Sonic Drift, Sonic Battle, Sonic Spinball).
 * 3) A game that differs from the norm in some significant way, or is considered non-canon (Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic Boom).