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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' has two planets, [[spoiler:and a third world map when they combined]].

* ''Zelda'' series:
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle of Ages]]'' have time periods.

** ''Oracle of Seasons'' has an underworld and an overworld, with several variable features that altered with the seasons.

* ''{{The 7th Saga}}'' had [[spoiler: the past]].

* ''SaGa'' had four different main worlds, several minor ones, as well as the tower which connected them all.
* ''SaGa2'' had twelve different worlds all connected by a celestial-based hub.
* ''SaGa3'' went a bit nuts with this concept. It had three time periods, each with an overworld and an under(water)world. It also had a floating island and a separate dimension, the latter of which had its own underworld.
* ''StarOcean'': Some of them let you travel between worlds (like in ''[[StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime Till the End of Time]]''). ''[[VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory The Second Story]]'' [[spoiler: destroys the planet you're on at the end of Disc 1 during the DiscOneFinalDungeon. As a result this might actually be surprising in the PSP remake which is on one disc...]]

A supertrope of DarkWorld.

* Bored with {{Google}} Maps? Try Google Moon or Google Mars. In a major {{subversion}} of this trope, you can't actually go there (as of 2013).

* Bored with {{Google}} Maps? Try Google Moon or Google Mars. In a major {{subversion}} of this trope, you can't actually go there (as of 2011).

The tendency for modern {{RPG}}s to have more than one WorldMap: sometimes this is a DarkWorld or an AlternateUniverse, but sometimes it's another planet, or a different time period, or simply an AfterTheEnd scenario. A very common way to make DiscOneFinalDungeon less obvious (because you can have the entire world visited before you get to it).

* Every game in the classic ''PhantasyStar'' series: ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'' and ''PhantasyStarIV'' both have 3 worlds, ''PhantasyStarII'' has two (one after the other, in perhaps the straightest example of this trope), and ''PhantasyStarIII'' has a whopping ''eight worlds'' (if you count the underworld), though they're much smaller than the worlds of the other games.

* ''TheLegendOfZelda'' series:
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle of Ages]]'' have time periods.

* ''ShinMegamiTensei'' uses this often:
** ''ShinMegamiTenseiI'' has pre- and post-[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt cataclysm]] maps.
** ''ShinMegamiTenseiII'' has the normal world and the Abyss.
** ''ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' has pre- and post-conception maps much like the first game. However, you don't see the pre-conception map as much, since TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt happens very early on.

* ''DragonQuestIII'', ''DragonQuestIV'' and ''DragonQuestV'' each have an overworld and [[DarkWorld underworld]].
** ''DragonQuestVIII'' too, although only one area has a Dark World map for it (Empychuu island). So, this is probably averted.
* ''DragonQuestVI'' has the dream world and real world. [[spoiler:[[DarkWorld The Dread Realm]] opens up after exploring both of those and aside from the fact that it's reached by air (specifically, by having Pegasus fly there), it's basically the equivalent to the underworld in the rest of the Zenithia trilogy (i.e. IV and V).]]

* ''TheLegendOfZelda series:

A supertrope of DarkWorld

* ''TheLegendOfZelda: [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''OracleOfAges'' had time periods, ''ALinkToThePast'' had a DarkWorld. ''Oracle of Seasons'' had an underworld and an overworld with several variable features that altered with the seasons.

* ''ChronoTrigger'' used time periods
* ''ChronoCross'' had its AlternateUniverse
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' had the floating continent and the surface world.

** And then ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears Final Fantasy IV: The After Years]]'' has ''another'' moon.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' had two planets, and then a third world map when they combined
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' had the World Of Balance and [[AfterTheEnd World Of Ruin]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' also has two planets.

* ''VideoGame/OracleOfTao'' has Earth (a second version of it) and once done exploring that, there's another world called the Void [[spoiler: which is presumably based on the original Earth, but is barren and has some different rules, like that nothing can exist for very long outside its towns at night]].

* ''StarOcean'': Some of them let you travel between worlds (like ''[[StarOcean3 Till The End Of Time]]''). ''[[StarOcean2 Second Story]]'' [[spoiler: destroys the planet you're on at the end of Disc 1 during the DiscOneFinalDungeon. As a result this might actually be surprising in the PSP remake which is on one disc...]]
* ''TalesOfDestiny'' covers its planet in a shell of impacted earth. However, the only thing thing of interest on said shell are several dungeons.
* ''TalesOfEternia'' had Celestia right after you can visit pretty much every obviously visitable place on Inferia.
* ''TalesOfPhantasia'' had time periods
* ''TalesOfSymphonia'' had two worlds as well.
* ''UltimaII'' had 5 time periods: Pangea, B.C., A.D., Aftermath and Legends.
* ''ShinMegamiTensei'' likes to use this
** ''[[ShinMegamiTenseiI I]]'' has pre- and post-[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt cataclysm]] maps.
** ''[[ShinMegamiTenseiII II]]'' has the normal world and the Abyss
** ''[[ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne Nocturne]]'' had pre and post conception maps much like the first game. Howeverm you don't see the pre conception map as much due to the story.
* ''DragonQuestIII'', ''[[DragonQuestIV IV]]'' and ''[[DragonQuestV V]]'' each have an overworld and [[DarkWorld underworld]]
** Don't forget ''DragonQuestVIII'', although only one area has a Dark World map for it (Empychuu island). So, this is probably averted.

* Every game in the classic ''PhantasyStar'' series did it: ''VideoGame/PhantasyStar'' and ''PhantasyStarIV'' both had 3 worlds, ''PhantasyStarII'' had two (one after the other, in perhaps the straightest example of this trope), and ''PhantasyStarIII'' a whopping ''eight'' (if you count the underworld), though much smaller than the worlds of the other games.

Note: This isn't the case when they make minor changes to the map (like in FinalFantasyVII when Diamond Weapon scars the world map) or in cases where there isn't really a world map or the worlds are just 'extensions' of the same multi-world map. This is for if there's a world map and then, surprise, you've got another one.

* ''FinalFantasyIII'' had the floating continent and the surface world.
* ''FinalFantasyIV'' has the main world, the underworld, and the Moon.
** And then ''FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'' has ''another'' moon.
* ''FinalFantasyV'' had two planets, and then a third world map when they combined
* ''FinalFantasyVI'' had the World Of Balance and [[AfterTheEnd World Of Ruin]]
* ''FinalFantasyXIII'' also has two planets.

* Every game in the classic ''PhantasyStar'' series did it: ''Game/PhantasyStar'' and ''PhantasyStarIV'' both had 3 worlds, ''PhantasyStarII'' had two (one after the other, in perhaps the straightest example of this trope), and ''PhantasyStarIII'' a whopping ''eight'' (if you count the underworld), though much smaller than the worlds of the other games.

** I has pre- and post-[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt cataclysm]] maps.
** II has the normal world and the Abyss
** Nocturne had pre and post conception maps much like the first game. Howeverm you don't see the pre conception map as much due to the story.
* ''DragonQuest'' III, IV, and V each have an overworld and [[DarkWorld underworld]]

* Every game in the classic ''PhantasyStar'' series did it: ''PhantasyStar'' and ''PhantasyStarIV'' both had 3 worlds, ''PhantasyStarII'' had two (one after the other, in perhaps the straightest example of this trope), and ''PhantasyStarIII'' a whopping ''eight'' (if you count the underworld), though much smaller than the worlds of the other games.
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* ''TheLegendOfZelda: OcarinaOfTime'' and ''OracleOfAges'' had time periods, ''ALinkToThePast'' had a DarkWorld. ''Oracle of Seasons'' had an underworld and an overworld with several variable features that altered with the seasons.

** Nocturne had pre and post conception maps much like the first game however you don't see the pre conception map as much due to the story
* ''DragonQuest'' III, IV, and V each have overworld and [[DarkWorld underworld]]

* ''DragonQuest'' III, IV, and V has overworld and [[DarkWorld underworld]]
* ''DragonQuestVI'' has dream world and real world. [[DarkWorld The Dread Realm]] opens up after exploring both of those and aside from the fact that it's reached by air (specifically, by having Pegasus fly there), it's basically equivalent to the underworld in the rest of the Zenithia trilogy (i.e. IV and V).

* ''DragonQuest'' III, IV, and V has overworld and underworld
* ''DragonQuestVI'' has dream world and awake world.

* ''ShinMegamiTenseiI'' has pre- and post-[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt cataclysm]] maps.

* ''The7thSaga'' had [[spoiler: the past]].
* ''TheLegendOfZelda: Ocarina of Time'' and ''Oracle of Ages'' had time periods, ''A Link To The Past'' had a DarkWorld. ''Oracle of Seasons'' had an underworld and an overworld with several variable features that altered with the seasons.

* ''{{Ultima}} II'' had 5 time periods: Pangea, B.C., A.D., Aftermath and Legends.