I went ahead and changed spinoffs to versions before looking at the discussion page simply because upon reading the article spinoff just didnt seem appropriate See Spinoff mediaIn video games Spinoff typically refers to something made later that takes an element of the original product and expands upon it by adding new original content to it Angel is a spinoff of Buffy retaining the characters Angel Cordelia and Wesley and the general setting of the Buffyverse and adding several new characters a new setting LA and a largely unrelated plot The Sims could be considered a spinoff of Simcity but The Sims  console game is not a spinoff of The Sims