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* Cheekybeak Peak in ''VideoGame/GolfStory'' is a golf course that's situated on a mountain, and often has much stronger winds than the first two courses, Wellworn Grove and Lurker Valley.

** Divine Beast Vah Medoh in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' has numerous fans that must be manipulated and exploited with the Paraglider to solve puzzles.

* The Sol City in the first ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'' game.

* ''VideoGame/{{PangYa}}'' has wind on every hole, which is a given as it's a golf game. But special mention goes to two specific courses:
** Wind Hill, in which the wind is not constant like on other courses; there are sections on each hole where the wind changes velocity.
** Silvia Cannon has cannons that change the wind direction and raise the speed all the way to the maximum of 9 m/s. There's also fans that create what are basically high-speed upward winds, and helicopters that do the same but downward.

* ''VideoGame/PangYa'' has wind on every hole, which is a given as it's a golf game. But special mention goes to two specific courses:

* {{Heretic}} had some areas like this.

* Cheekybeak Peak in ''VideoGame/GolfStory'' is a golf course that's situated on a mountain, and often has much stronger winds than the first two courses, Wellworn Grove and Lurker Valley.

* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'': Oddly ''averted''. There is a wind mechanic in the game and viewing the weather using the weather radio or cell phone items can list it as getting pretty high, with speeds up to 70 mph being fairly common during storms, but the wind itself is purely cosmetic. It affects the movement of clouds in the background, the way that snow, rain, and bubbles move, and the direction of the North Pole's projectiles, but nothing else. It has no effect on player movement or even ranged weapon effectiveness. Played straight in the last update: sandstorms now may happen in the desert, blowing in one direction and making it harder to move against it.

* Act 1 of [[ShiftingSandLand Oil Desert Zone]] in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4 Episode 2''.

* ''VideoGame/LostWinds'' and its sequel on WiiWare uses this as the entire game idea. You use winds to move around your character, throw rocks into doors to break them, kill enemies by lifting them into the air and slamming them back onto the ground...

A video game setting where the player's challenge is made more difficult by winds or air currents (visible or otherwise) that push the player around, interfering with their platforming skills. The winds may be localized to specific sections of the level, or may be stop and blow at intervals. Depending on the pattern, the player will have to [[AirAidedAcrobatics time their actions with favorable winds]] and/or push forward to compensate for hostile winds.

The source of these mighty winds could be anything -- an object in the level, a specific enemy, or just Mother Nature getting in on the EverythingTryingToKillYou. Characters of a metallic or robotic nature can also blame magnets for similar trouble.

May overlap with BubblyClouds, LevelsTakeFlight, FunnelCloudJourney, or DeathMountain.

** [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Air Man]]'s level does this. He does, too, actually.

** Launch Octopus' level in ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' has two fights with Anglerges, which are submarines that either suck in or expel water to move Mega Man around. The second fight is made more difficult by having deadly spike pits.

May overlap with BubblyClouds, LevelsTakeFlight, or DeathMountain.

** The [[FloatingContinent floating ruins]] level in MegaManZX also have one, with winds blowing against you to slow you down. There are also tornadoes that make you float.

** There's the TropeNamer Gusty Glade in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest, which combines wind with mildly difficult platforming. Most of the difficulty comes from adapting to the wind gimmick. Then there's Windy Well, which uses the wind to suspend or raise the player through the air. Finally, there's [[ThatOneLevel Animal Antics]], where you have to fly through a maze of [[CollisionDamage thorned brambles]] while winds push you from side to side.

* [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Air Man]]'s level does this. He does, too, actually.
** Other examples: The rain in Toad Man's stage in ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'' has this effect. This obstacle is repeated in Tornado Man's level in ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'', and a section of the opening stage in ''VideoGame/MegaManAndBass''.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' has winds in some levels, but they're there to help you by pushing your clouds along rather than impede you.

* Played with in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''. Yes, Windy Valley is called that because it has strong winds. But they usually help you.
** The ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]'' series in general rather likes this trope. Anyone remember [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Wing Fortress Zone?]]

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong94'', Area Six, which happens to take place on an airplane.

* ''LostWinds'' and its sequel on WiiWare uses this as the entire game idea. You use winds to move around your character, throw rocks into doors to break them, kill enemies by lifting them into the air and slamming them back onto the ground...

* In ''{{Flintstones}}'' - Surprise at Dinosaur Peak, there's a section in the [[MacroZone kitchen level]] where you go down the drainpipe and fight against the currents.

* The VentPhysics in ''GliderPRO'' easily leads to this with the presence of invisible air currents that can push up, down, left or right. "Sky Links" is a first-class example. ''Glider 4.0'' couldn't do quite as many things with vents and fans, but a glider in the same room with an open window would tremble violently.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry 2'' is the TropeNamer, and the series includes several levels of the type.
** There's the TropeNamer Gusty Glade in [=DKC2=], which combines wind with mildly difficult platforming. Most of the difficulty comes from adapting to the wind gimmick. Then there's Windy Well, which uses the wind to suspend or raise the player through the air. Finally, there's [[ThatOneLevel Animal Antics]], where you have to fly through a maze of [[CollisionDamage thorned brambles]] while winds push you from side to side.

** ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' has a couple of levels with ocean current. In some sections, the player has to try to swim against the current, and in others, the player has to swim with the current and avoid being pushed into enemies.