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* ''Fez'' involves a 3D environment that gets flattened into a 2D plane for side-view platforming; the player can alter the level by switching the positions of the X- and Z-axis at will.

* ''LittleBigPlanet'', though you could "jump" forward and backwards in depth in certain spots.

* {{Valkyrie Profile}}

* ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'' being the only game in the series to be side view in the action scenes (top down in the overworld), while the ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'', and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'' have side view areas.
* The ''{{Splatterhouse}}'' reboot shifts into 2D sidescrolling mode during certain segments.

* ''{{Spyro}} Year of the Dragon'' had side scrolling areas with secondary characters.
* ''RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal'' had the Captain Qwark stages as side scrollers.

* The ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' games are usually ThreeQuartersView, but have a bunch of side-scrolling segments. ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime Partners in Time]]'' use ThreeQuartersView all the way through, but some areas have paths that are so narrow that traversing them is functionally indistinguishable from side-scrolling.[[note]]There are some points where the Bros. are separated that indeed have the camera in a side view.[/note]] ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam Dream Team]]'' feature SideView for half of the sum overworld exploration, though only during clearly delineated sections of the game world ([[FantasticVoyagePlot inside Bowser's body]] for the former, [[DreamLand the Dream World]] in the latter).

* The ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' games are usually ThreeQuartersView, but have a bunch of side-scrolling segments. ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Superstar Saga]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime Partners in Time]]'' use ThreeQuartersView all the way through, but some areas have paths that are so narrow that traversing them is functionally indistinguishable from side-scrolling. ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam Dream Team]]'' feature SideView for half of the sum overworld exploration, though only during clearly delineated sections of the game world ([[FantasticVoyagePlot inside Bowser's body]] for the former, [[DreamLand the Dream World]] in the latter).

* ''[[{{Gradius}} Salamander]]'' and its sequel alternates between this and a [[VerticalScrollingShooter top-down view.]]

* The ''{{Contra}}'' series infamously uses alternative viewpoints (such as top-down and pseudo-3D) in some of its levels.

* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' and ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' played with this with sections in the former where you went from the 3D foreground to the 2D background, and in the latter with 2D to 3D flips.

* The [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi Mario & Luigi]] games were usually TopDownView, but had a bunch of side-scrolling segments.

DepthPerplexion almost always comes with this view; for example note that in the picture to the right Mega Man and the turret enemies can shoot bullets "through" the walls.

* Some parts of the daytime levels in ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', as well as the levels in ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' and Modern Sonic's levels in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''.

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* ''TheAdventureOfLink'' being the only game in ''TheLegendOfZelda'' series to be side view in the action scenes (top down in the overworld), while the first game and ''LinksAwakening'' have side view areas.

* Some parts of the daytime levels in ''SonicUnleashed'', as well as the levels in ''SonicColors'' and Modern Sonic's levels in ''SonicGenerations''.

* Interestingly, despite being 3D, ''{{Wild ARMs 4}}'' had areas that would switch to this perspective for platforming elements.

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* The ''Game/MegaMan'' series-- with the notable exception of 8, where the tops of platforms were visible.

* The MarioAndLuigi games were usually TopDownView, but had a bunch of side-scrolling segments.

* ''SuperMarioGalaxy'' and its [[SuperMarioGalaxy2 sequel]] had certain sections in 2D.

* ''Game/MegaMan''

Also known as Front View (for an unknown reason), this is a video game perspective in which all objects are viewed strictly from the side, with little or no amount of their tops or bottoms visible. This is the classic perspective for 2D {{Platform Game}}s, {{Metroidvania}} games, {{Fighting Game}}s and {{Horizontal Scrolling Shooter}}s. This perspective has fallen out of favor with modern 3D games.

* ''PaperMario: The Thousand Year Door'' and ''SuperPaperMario'' played with this with sections in the former where you went from the 3D foreground to the 2D background, and in the latter with 2D to 3D flips.

* ''RatchetAndClank Up Your Arsenal'' had the Captain Qwark stages as side scrollers.
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* Some parts of the daytime levels in ''SonicUnleashed''.
** Repeated throughout SonicColors.

* ''Game/MegaMan 1-7'' ''9'' and ''10'' used this, but ''8'', notably, did not.

* ''SuperMarioGalaxy'' had certain sections in 2D.

* ''Game/MegaMan 1-7'' and ''9'' used this, but ''8'', notably, did not.

* ''RatchetAndClank Up Your Arsenal'' had the Captain Quark stages as side scrollers.