Topic: Single games that got you into an entire genre

Anyone had little or no interest in a video game genre, until one game changed it all? This seems to have happened to me a lot recently so I thought it would be nice to hear the experiences of others.

More recently for me:
I had absolutely no interest in rail shooters until I played Kid Icarus Uprising...now I'm getting into Panzer Dragoon, and really want to try Star Fox and a few others.
I've also been fairly indifferent when it comes to first person shooters, however playing the original Halo has shown that there are at least some out there for me. Definitely looking forward to continuing with the series and finding more FPSs that I enjoy.

What about you? Did you completely dismiss an entire genre until trying a certain game? Did one game help you to find enjoyment in other similar games?

Metroid Prime 3 Corruption, though some elements began earlier in my life with Ratchet and Clank.

Animal Crossing got me intro other games like it: Tomodachi Life, MySims, Castaway Paradise and Magician Quest

Golden Sun got me into RPGs. I had no idea what the genre was at the time, but when I played another game (Baten Kaitos I think?), I noticed how similar it was to Golden Sun.

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, got me into (traditional) Roguelikes

Vantage Master got me into Tactical Turn Based games (Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume, Fire Emblem Awakening, Frozen Synapse)

Starcraft got me into RTS games (Age of Empires I & II, Glest, Spring mods, Dawn of War, Machines at War, Starcraft II)

The Codex of Alchemical Engineering got me into Programming games (Spacechem, Infinifactory, Factorio)

Super Smash Bros 64 got me into Party Brawlers (Melee, Smash 3DS, Megabyte Punch)

Embodiement of Scarlet Devil got me into danmakus (Youyoumu, Eiyashou, Kaeidzuka, Fuukinroku, Chireiden, Hammerwatch)

Unreal Tournament got me into Arena FPS games (Team Fortress 2, Unreal Tournament 2004)

Monster Girl Quest got me into Visual Novels (Digital: A Love Story, Analogue: A Hate Story, Hate Plus, Don't Take It Personally Babe It Just Ain't Your Story)

Dwarf Fortress got me into masochism Fun.

I could go on (Not mentioning RPGs though because they're so broad, hard to trace, and there's just so many of them)

I guess there's a first for every genre I've played, so I'll focus on games that made me want to play more of that genre after I finished (sorry tetris, Mariokart, Super Mario World - I just wanted to play more you).

Dungeons and Dragons Online / MMOs
Super Mario 64 / 3D platformers
Age of Empires / RTS

Super Smash Bros. Brawl/ 2D Fighters
Tekken 2/ 3D Fighters
Star Wars: Battlefront/ Multiplayer Shooters
NFL Blitz Pro/ Sports games
Age of Empires II/ RTS

I don't think I've had that experience, I've always been open to new genre's and the genre's I've no interest in are genre's I won't get into even if there's one game in that genre I do like.

Bayonetta 2 is probably the biggest one recently. But beyond that? It's pretty rare that a game comes along that makes me take another look at a whole genre. Generally the games I do end up playing just reconfirm my existing tastes.

Well, I wasn't into level making until I played Super Mario Maker, now I'd be willing to try more level editors in the future.

I also has yet to try a point and click game.

Kingdom Hearts (JRPGs) - While I had played a couple prior to this (Pokémon R/B/Y/G/S & Paper Mario), I had played them because of the IP & not the genre (which I just never gave any thought to). It was only after I played KH that I purposefully went to other JRPGs.

Call of Duty: World at War (FPS) - Picked it up for Wii as soon as we hooked it up online (our 360 was an older model that needed an extra accessory for wireless internet), and had loads of fun both in the campaign & online. While I haven't played any FPS' recently, this game got me to play lots of others around the same time, such as CoD: MW2, Battlefield 1943, Goldeneye Wii, & Blacklight: Tango Down.

Metroid Fusion (Metroidvania platformers) - Played it once on GBA, then again on 3DS. After that I played Metroid II, Metroid, Super Metroid, Cave Story, & Kirby & the Amazing Mirror.

Red Dead Redemption (Sandbox) - While I had played a few sandbox style games before (like Ultimate Spider-Man), I had never completed any. It wasn't until I was sucked into the world of RDR that I began to rethink the genre. Beat it, and later InFamous. Haven't played any since then.

Let's see

Dungeon and Dragons Online - MMOs — Before I played DDO back in 2006 I couldn't understand why people enjoyed games like Everquest or World of Warcraft now it's one of my favorite genres.

Borderlands -Modern FPS — I enjoyed old school corridor FPS like Doom, Goldeneye, Quake back in the day but modern FPS games like CoD, Battlefield etc I just couldn't enjoy. I decided to try Borderlands on a whim mainly due to the loot system and I enjoyed it alot. Still not big on FPS games but I will give them a chance now.

Heroes of the Storm - MOBA — I always wanted to try a MOBA like League of Legends or DOTA but honestly the horror stories I heard of the communities kept me from trying them. Well I got into the alpha for HotS and I enjoyed it alot. The genre is quite fun too.

Final Fantasy -RPG — When I was a kid I tried Dragon Warrior when I got it free by subbing to Nintendo Power long story short I had no clue what I was doing so I just found the game boring. A few years later I tried Final Fantasy over at my friends house where he explained to me what to do and what the game was all about. From that day forward I was a huge fan of RPGS, still am to this day.

Star Ocean: The Second Story got me into JRPG's, before that I avoided them, though I don't know why.

I had no interest in visual novels until I played through Saya no Uta. Now, I still don't read them often, but I'm much more open to them now.

Ace Attorney got me into adventures. I admit, at first I thought a game about lawyers was going to be lame. Now I have played all the games in the series (including the english patched AAI2, which is a 10/10 game), Ghost Trick, Hotel Dusk, The Secret of Cape West, Trace Memory, 999 and VLR. I'm very hyped to play Zero Escape 3 next year.

Persona 3 FES with JRPG

Runescape into MMO's
Fire Emblem (gba) into Strategy games
Pokemon into RPG's

Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones and SMT: Devil Survivor got me into tactical rpgs. I played some of Disgaea before that, but I didn't really get how the gameplay worked until much later.

Bayonetta 2 for me. It made me take a second look in regards to hack n' slash games,I previouly had dismissed al those games, like DMC.

Xenoblade Chronicles into RPGs. I thought they were lame until I learned how to play them from Xenoblade. I played a few RPGs before, but I only liked some specific parts and hated grinding and items limit. But Xenoblade made me more open to them.