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Strange third party "mutations" on GC and Wii:

Final Fantasy

What we expected:


What we got:
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles                          Final Fantasy CC: Life as a King

A realtime 4player coop action RPG
&
A King/city build simulator

Final Fantasy CC: Life as a Darklord                    Final Fantasy CC: The Crystal Bearers

A tower defence game
&
A minigame collection adventure/rpg trying to appeal to "even your grandma"


Dragon Quest
What we expected:


What we got:
Dragon Quest Swords                                          Dragon Quest X

An on-rails game with nice visuals but without any freedom.
&
An mmorpg with monthly fee and no western release...


Resident Evil
What we expected:


What we got:
Resident Evil 4                                              Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles

A great third person survival horror adventure with hombres instead of Zombies.
&
An on-rails coop shooter with Zombies instead of hombres.


Soul Calibur
What we expected:


What we got:
Soul Calibur Legends


A strange action game with Tales of Symphonia characters.


Dead Space

What we expected:


What we got:
Dead Space Exctraction

A suprisingly good coop on-rails shooter by EA?


Phantsay Star Online
What we expected:


What we got:
Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D Revolution

A card turn-based PSO game with a small grid-battlefields instead of a world to explore.
(had great music and nice visuals tho)


BONUS:

Secret/Children of Mana
What we expected:


What we got:
Children of Mana

A beautiful yet repetitive dungeon crawler without overworld to explore.

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So what do you guys think about how those games ended up? What game needs to be added to the list?


Thanks for reading!