As a note, Wave Race 64 was a sequel.
And while Paper Mario became its own brand, the original game was developed and promoted as a sequel to Mario RPG.
I don’t think Geist and Eternal Darkness would count since these are third party games that were published by Nintendo, but were one-offs rather than franchises.
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