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** The first expansion of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' introduced the HiddenElfVillage hometown/island of the [[CatGirl Mithra]] and the third expansion pack introduced a whole foreign ''continent'' that had somehow been missed up to this point. There's also the [[ForWantOfANail parallel world]] of Dynamis. The fourth expansion pack used TimeTravel to introduce new areas without actually changing the world, by allowing players to travel back in time to the age of the Crystal War and experience key events of the war.

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** The first expansion of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' introduced the HiddenElfVillage hometown/island of the [[CatGirl Mithra]] and the third expansion pack introduced a whole foreign ''continent'' that had somehow been missed up to this point. There's also the [[ForWantOfANail parallel world]] world of Dynamis. The fourth expansion pack used TimeTravel to introduce new areas without actually changing the world, by allowing players to travel back in time to the age of the Crystal War and experience key events of the war.
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* The ''VideoGame/OuterWilds'' DLC, Echoes of the Eye, has The Stranger, a [[spoiler: ringworld ship. Justified in-universe in that the ship is [[StealthInSpace permanently cloaked]] and undetectable in most situations. The Hearthians detected the ship's silhouette from a satellite before the start of the game, but wrote it off as equipment failure.]]
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* ''Literature/TheHobbit'' wasn't originally part of the same universe as ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', which was written first despite being published later. The links were originally {{Shout Out}}s, but while the Hobbit's sequel, ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', was being written, Tolkien decided to put both ''The Hobbit'' and its sequel into the Silmarillion's universe. In this process, inconsistencies were introduced; for instance, the One Ring seems a lot more innocent in ''The Hobbit''. Tolkien was at lest prudent enough to revise ''The Hobbit'' to clean up major inconsistencies -- and the "innocence" of the Ring is explained in ''The Lord of the Rings'' as [[UnreliableNarrator Bilbo not telling the whole story]] because of its evil effects.

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* ''Literature/TheHobbit'' wasn't originally part of the same universe as ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', which was written first despite being published later. The links were originally {{Shout Out}}s, but while the Hobbit's sequel, ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', was being written, Tolkien decided to put both ''The Hobbit'' and its sequel into the Silmarillion's universe. In this process, inconsistencies were introduced; for instance, the One Ring seems a lot more innocent in ''The Hobbit''. Tolkien was at lest least prudent enough to revise ''The Hobbit'' to clean up major inconsistencies -- and the "innocence" of the Ring is explained in ''The Lord of the Rings'' as [[UnreliableNarrator Bilbo not telling the whole story]] because of its evil effects.



** Also, a few regions aren't sure to fit within the country of Gens I-IV - it helps that they're based on [[VideoGame/PokemonColosseum Arizona]], [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite New York]], [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY France]], [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Hawaii]], and [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Great Britain]] in contrast to the Japanese inspiration of the others.

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** Also, a few regions aren't sure to fit within the country of Gens I-IV - it helps that they're based on [[VideoGame/PokemonColosseum Arizona]], [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite New York]], [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY France]], [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Hawaii]], and [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Great Britain]] Britain]], and [[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Iberia]] in contrast to the Japanese inspiration of the others.



* ''VideoGame/{{Tibia}}'' Could probably be considered the king of this trope. Ever since the primary continent was finished around the year 2002 or so, the devs have kept adding more and more islands/continents with no signs of stopping. Just compare the game world in [[http://tochki.su/tibiame/img/tibia/map_big_2001-06-10_6.2.jpg 2001]], with [[http://static.tibia.com/images/library/map_big.jpg 2018]]. Its such an tradition that for the games [[LongRunner 20th anniversary]]. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_f1E2cq68U Youtube]] video was made just showing of how much the map has expanded over the years.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Tibia}}'' Could could probably be considered the king of this trope. Ever since the primary continent was finished around the year 2002 or so, the devs have kept adding more and more islands/continents with no signs of stopping. Just compare the game world in [[http://tochki.su/tibiame/img/tibia/map_big_2001-06-10_6.2.jpg 2001]], with [[http://static.tibia.com/images/library/map_big.jpg 2018]]. Its such an tradition that for the games [[LongRunner 20th anniversary]]. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_f1E2cq68U Youtube]] video was made just showing of how much the map has expanded over the years.
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->''"My wish is to never run out of newly-discovered continents to explore."''
-->-- Inscription on [[https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Li_Li%27s_Coin Li Li's Coin]], ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''

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