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* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon in ''Dengeki Gakuen RPG: Cross of Venus'' has this, for you must enter eight mirrors leading to one of the previous worlds and complete them to open the door to the final boss. Thankfully, they are much shorter. The catch? They are now corrupted as a good deal of the scenery, walls and floors are missing, revealing that they have been literally [[AC:RecycledINSPACE]] ([[LightNovel/IriyaNoSoraUFONoNatsu Iriya]] and [[LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokurochan Dokuro]] had it best as their worlds were left completely intact except for now being floating cosmic continents. On the other extreme, [[LightNovel/HarukaNogizakasSecret Haruka Nogizaka's]] world has been reduced to a single measly path with some pretty trees floating in a void of stars and almost nothing else. How the hell do you go from a BigFancyHouse to ''that''?).

* Whereas ''VideoGame/{{Ducktales}}'' ''completely'' reuses Transylvania for its final stage, referring to it as Dracula Duck Manor, the Pirate Ship in ''Ducktales 2'' is Bermuda with a change of music and route, this time with the way down at the start closed off and the barrels blocking the rope at the far right removed, leading directly to the final boss.

** ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow]]'' does this for [[spoiler:Chaos's realm]].

* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls3'' has you revisit [[spoiler:Anor Londo]] from the [[VideoGame/DarkSouls1 first game]], now part of the city of Irithyll, and in a state of disrepair and ruin. Gone is the golden sunlight, replaced by permanent darkness (because the god responsible for the sunlight has been [[KillTheGod devoured by a god-devouring evil lord]]). The winged demons and sentinels are gone, and [[spoiler:[[TearJerker the Giant Blacksmith is dead]]]]. The [[DemonicSpiders rooftop archers]], however, are alive and well (and have been joined by a few buddies), as are several of the other Silver Knights.

* The level may suddenly have a [[TimedMission time limit]],[[note]]Or if there's already a time limit, a much sticter one[[/note]] forcing the player to make quick decisions to progress.

* ''VideoGame/HoshiSaga Dokuringo'' is made mostly of Remixed Levels from the previous four games (''Ringo'', ''Ringoame'', ''Ringoen'', ''Ringohime''), except the puzzles' difficulty is [[SequelDifficultySpike set extremely high]]. It is said the change is due to complaints that the previous games were too easy.

* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' features the return of Bearhug Studios from the first game as one of Shinobu's levels, complete with [[spoiler:a rebuilt Destroyman as the boss]]. The stage itself plays very differently thanks to Shinobu's ability to jump.

* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}} 2: Lunatea's Veil'' has four over the course of the story. The titular character returns to Volk City, La-Lakoosha, Sea of Tears, and Ishras Ark as Volkan Inferno, Noxious La-Lakoosha, Dark Sea of Tears, and The Ark Revisited, respectively. The Ark Revisited has something of a reversal of the classic level change; Ishras Ark when Klonoa first visits is run-down and nearly inoperable, but it's in pristine condition and running smoothly when he comes back.

** [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Green Hill Zone]] [[NostalgiaLevel appearing in later installments]] or having [[GreenHillZone some sort of analogous throwback]] (ex. [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Emerald Hill Zone]], [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Mushroom Hill Zone]], [[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Neo Green Hill Zone]], [[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Seaside Hill]], [[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sunset Hill Zone]], [[VideoGame/SonicRivals Forest Falls Zone]],[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4 Splash Hill Zone]], [[VideoGame/SonicLostWorld Windy Hill]], etc.) is a common occurrence in the series, but ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogChaos'' features a '''Mecha''' Green Hill, which is [[EternalEngine exactly what it sounds like]] courtesy of Eggman. Much later, ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' would see Green Hill [[HailfirePeaks reimagined]] as [[ShiftingSandLand a barren, desolate desert]] thanks to the Eggman Empire's rule over most of the planet.

** Astaroth has two different stages that tend to appear alongside him, Kunpaetku Shrine from ''Soulcalibur'' and Palgaea Shrine from ''Soulcalibur II''. Notably, the ruins of Kunpaetku Shrine (destroyed by Astaroth himself after [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters turning against his creator]]) are Astaroth's home stage in ''III'', whereas a newly constructed temple to the snake god Palgaea pops up in ''V'' to coincide with the Fygul Cestemus cult's revival and mass production of Astaroth golems.
** The Labyrinth stage from ''II'' reappears as the Grand Labyrinth in ''III'', ''IV'', and ''VI'', each time with different lighting and ambience. ''VI''[='s=] version, Grand Labyrinth - Sealed Corridor, marks the biggest departure from the original, being an infinitely scrolling stage in near complete darkness.

** A general rule of thumb for the series is that if the final match of the KOF tournament takes place inside of a stadium (sometimes against [[MiniBoss the tournament sponsor]], sometimes not), the venue will get destroyed or otherwise be altered by the presence of the FinalBoss, giving you some idea of [[SNKBoss what you're in for]]. Examples include [[SinisterMinister Goenitz]] ([[BlowYouAway of the Wildly-Blowing Wind]]) in ''[='96=]'', [[TimeMaster Saiki]] in ''XIII'', and [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere Verse]] in ''XIV''.

*** The battle against the Orochi Team takes place on an altar[[note]]designated as "Different Dimension" in the ''[='98=]: Ultimate Match'' stage select[[/note]] with various elemental spectacles taking place in the background -- first [[TechnicolorFire purple flames]] light up the altar, then a lightning storm rages in the distance, and finally there's lava and magma everywhere. In ''[='97=]'' proper, the Orochi Team's order is fixed so that each member corresponds to the stage layout ([[PlayingWithFire Orochi Chris]] > [[ShockAndAwe Orochi Shermie]] > [[DishingOutDirt Orochi Yashiro]]), with the altar only changing when the next member steps up to fight (giving the implication it's a show of their respective ElementalPowers), but the scenery merely changes by round in ''[='98=]: UM'' (where the CPU tends to switch up the Orochi Team's order at random). Then, {{Orochi}} gets revived for the last battle -- taking place at the very same altar -- and things start to get a bit... [[AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield psychedelic]].

*** UsefulNotes/NewOrleans[[note]]officially listed as "East USA" in-game[[/note]] (Ken = late afternoon, Charlie = after midnight)

*** Train yard[[note]]officially listed as "West USA" in-game[[/note]] (M. Bison = day, Sodom = night)
** Though ''Street Fighter Alpha 3'' gave most characters their own individual stages, a handful of characters shared, with the only differences being the time of day or background effects. For example, Bison's stage (Secret Point 48106) is reused for the [[MiniBoss sub-bosses]] Balrog, Juli, and Juni, with their version featuring fuchsia skies and a thunderstorm as opposed to the dreary gray skyline and skull-shaped stormcloud of Bison's. The console versions rectified some of this, such as bringing back Balrog's [[NostalgiaLevel classic]] UsefulNotes/LasVegas stage from ''SFII'' and letting Karin fight on her family's yacht as opposed to a nighttime variant of Sakura's stage (Flower Shopping District), [[ZigZaggingTrope but also made it so that]] Evil Ryu and Shin Akuma's home stages were recolored variants of Akuma's (Oni Fang Cave).

** Two of the assassin stages in the first game take place in the baseball stadium of Santa Destroy. However, whereas the earlier stage is mainly set within the corridors of the stadium and places the boss in the field, the later one does it the other way around.
** ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'' features the return of Bearhug Studios from the first game as one of Shinobu's levels, complete with [[spoiler:a rebuilt Destroyman as the boss]]. The stage itself plays very differently thanks to Shinobu's ability to jump.

** In addition to the aforementioned Green Hill, ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' also includes a redesigned [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Chemical Plant Zone]], this time an entirely enclosed industrial center located in the arctic north (though not a SlippySlideyIceWorld). While its layout is very different compared to the original, Chemical Plant does feature many of the same gimmicks, such as the moving yellow blocks and an underwater section involving rising pink chemical liquid.

** [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Green Hill Zone]] [[NostalgiaLevel appearing in later installments]] or having [[GreenHillZone some sort of analogous throwback]] (ex. [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Emerald Hill Zone]], [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Mushroom Hill Zone]], [[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Neo Green Hill Zone]], [[VideoGame/SonicHeroes Seaside Hill]], [[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sunset Hill Zone]], [[VideoGame/SonicRivals Forest Falls Zone]], [[VideoGame/SonicLostWorld Windy Hill]], etc.) is a common occurrence in the series, but ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogChaos'' features a '''Mecha''' Green Hill, which is [[EternalEngine exactly what it sounds like]] courtesy of Eggman. Much later, ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' would see Green Hill [[HailfirePeaks reimagined]] as [[ShiftingSandLand a barren, desolate desert]] thanks to the Eggman Empire's rule over most of the planet.

** [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles IceCap Zone]] returned in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' as an Action Stage, with Sonic's brief snowboarding stint expanded into him (or Tails) [[OutrunTheFireball outracing an avalanche]] [[IndyEscape and speeding down the slopes to the Goal Ring]].

* The level may suddenly have a [[TimedMission time limit]][[note]]Or if there's already a time limit, a much sticter one[[/note]], forcing the player to make quick decisions to progress.

** The Tomb of Sargeras from ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''. In this case, the surrounding terrain seems to change every time you come across it, from ''Warcraft II'' to ''Warcraft III''. This may be explained by the fact that it is a chaotic area, with remnants of strong magic, but it is still a bit strange.

** One of the subgames in ''[[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'' is named ''Revenge of the King''(a remake of ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand'''s Extra Game). The first 3 levels are, you guessed it- remixed versions of the stages from ''Spring Breeze''[[note]] a remake of ''Kirby's Dream Land'' [[/note]], an early subgame. [[note]]Purple Plants, Illusion Islands and Crash Clouds respectively.[[/note]]

* In the ''VideoGame/KnyttStories'' level "The Machine", after you [[spoiler: turn off the Machine, all the enemies disappear and the barren landscape bursts back into bloom and color.]]

** After you beat the eight Robot Masters in ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', you have to revisit four of the levels to fight Doc Robot.

** Sky Troops of ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' is the same stage as Glyphic Canyon (which, on the neutral path, is only the level before last) except it turns out to be [[spoiler:an ancient sky ship]]. The buildings are exactly the same, albeit rearranged so they form a straight line with floating platforms connecting them, instead of the walkways and... [[DoNotTouchTheFunnelCloud rather strange]] transportation of the first form. Several gimmicks are also repeated. In the same game, the [[VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon the last stage]] is [[spoiler:a mash-up of Black Comet and Final Haunt -- Shadow probably passed through one or the other minutes before]].

* ''VideoGame/YookaLayleeAndTheImpossibleLair'' has this as a core game mechanic. Each of the game's 20 levels has two versions--a basic one, and a "Transformed" one you'll need to solve a puzzle on the overworld to unlock. The transformations range from mild (a conveyor-belt level has the conveyors moving in the opposite direction, a previously aboveground level gets flooded with water) to radical shifts that are more or less completely different levels.

*** Ancient Citadel: Under Siege (Siegfried) is set upon a drawbright leading into the fort used by Siegfried's band of mercenaries, Schwarzwind, as the mercs are besieged by malfested sent by Graf Dumas, the new Azure Knight. Ancient Citadel: Peacetime (Z.W.E.I.) lacks any background conflict and takes place at evening.

** Ostrheinsburg Castle is a frequently recurring stage in the series. So far, we've seen the outside of the castle during wartime (''Soul Edge''), a ruined section of the dilapidated castle three years later (''Soulcalibur''), a ruined chapel on the outskirts of the castle grounds (''Soulcalibur II''), a moat/canal underneath the castle (''Soulcalibur III'', ''IV'', and ''Broken Destiny''), the throne room (''Soulcalibur IV''), and an abandoned castle hall possibly once used for banquets (''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'').
** Eurydice Shrine (Sophitia) and the Money Pit (Voldo) are two other recurring locales. Sophitia's stages are typically located at or near the altar of the namesake shrine, complete with various statues of the Greek pantheon and either pools of water and/or a view of the cloud-covered summit of the mountain the temple was built upon. Meanwhile, Voldo's stages are more varied; ''II'', for example, showcases the top-most layer of the pit, assailed by fierce winds, while ''III'' reveals a passageway that leads out to sea along a myriad of treasures hoarded by Vercci.
** Likewise, Astaroth has two different stages that tend to appear alongside him, Kunpaetku Shrine from ''Soulcalibur'' and Palgaea Shrine from ''Soulcalibur II''. Notably, the ruins of Kunpaetku Shrine (destroyed by Astaroth himself after [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters turning against his creator]]) are Astaroth's home stage in ''III'', whereas a newly constructed temple to the snake god Palgaea pops up in ''V'' to coincide with the Fygul Cestemus cult's revival and mass production of Astaroth golems.
** Downplayed with the Valentine Mansion stage in ''Soulcalibur III'', which, due to the series opting for more intricate stages starting with ''Soulcalibur II'', simply shows more of Ivy's family manor compared to the ''Soulcalibur II'', including family portraits and a lower floor.
** The Lakeside Coliseum stage in ''Soulcalibur II'' returned in ''III'', this time set at evening as opposed to the original's daytime.
** The Labyrinth stage from 'II'' reappears as the Grand Labyrinth in ''III'', ''IV'', and ''[[VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI VI]]'', each time with different lightning and ambience. ''VI''[='s=] version, Grand Labyrinth - Sealed Corridor, marks the biggest departure from the original, being an infinitely scrolling stage in near complete darkness.
** ''Soulcalibur IV'' overhauled three other returning stages from ''III'': Ostrheinsburg Castle - Twilight (Ostrheinsburg Castle - Battlement), Jyurakudai Villa - Virgin Snow (Jyurakudai Villa), and Egyptian Temple - Sacred Flame (Egyptian Temple). Each is set at different times of day and/or under different weather conditions compared to the originals while featuring rearrangements of the music found in ''III''.

** The two Tower of Glory stages in ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'', Spiral of Good and Evil (Edge Master) and Most Holy Dichotomy (Algol), are very reminiscent of two stages from ''IV'': Tower of Remembrance - Spiral of Time and Tower of Remembrance - Degradation (which was also Algol's stage). The biggest difference is that the Spiral of Time in ''IV'' is completely enclosed, whereas the stained glass windows in Spiral of Good and Evil can be broken, leading to a RingOut. The ''New Legend of Project Soul'' artbook even labels [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/soulcalibur/images/a/a3/Soul_Calibur_New_Legends_Of_Project_Soul_144.JPG the stage's concept art]] as "Tower of Remembrance (Top Floor)", though this may be a typo.
** Astral Chaos - Tide of the Damned, the stage of [[FinalBoss Inferno]] in ''Soulcalibur VI'', is pretty much cobbled together from a majority of [[https://soulcalibur.fandom.com/wiki/Astral_Chaos the previous Astral Chaos stages]] in the series, most prominently Valencia Port - Chaos from ''Soul Edge'', Chaos from the original ''Calibur'', Chaos - Spiritual Realm from ''Soulcalibur III'', and Astral Chaos from ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV''. The stage has the debris floating throughout the surrounding area like the former, while keeping the general layout and space-like setting of the (Astral) Chaos stages from ''Calibur'' onward as well as the Soul Edge-esque "eye" in the background that first appeared in ''III''.

** Valencia Port is the home stage for Cervantes, the wielder of the titular cursed sword in ''Soul Edge''. For the final battle, the evil sword reanimates his corpse and fights you in the dread pirate's stead. Enter Valencia Port - Chaos, a warped, {{eldritch|Location}}y void where the uprooted buildings found at the Spanish port town are now floating around in the background.
** Edge Master's stage in ''Soulcalibur'' is an evening version of Kilik's (Proving Grounds).
** While not tied to a hidden character, the Money Pit, Labyrinth, and Egyptian Crypt stages have multiple variations (some exclusive to Weapon Master Mode), featuring changes to the size/shape of the arena and, in the case of the latter, terrain with adverse effects (quicksand that lowers movement speed, ice that causes fighters to slide around and slip off the edge of the stage, etc.).

*** Free Imperial City Center (Patroklos/Dampierre) is set at a lavish plaza within the territory of the Holy Roman Empire. Pyrrha's stage, Free Imperial City: Old Quarter, is some distance away in the same city, with this section currently ablaze due to the malfested hunts.

** Nightmare's stage in ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'' (Denevér Castle: Assault) takes on elements of [[spoiler:[[EldritchLocation Astral Chaos]]]] when taken over by [[spoiler:Pyrrha Omega]], thereby becoming Denevér Castle: [[spoiler:Eye of Chaos]].

** While not tied to a hidden character, both the Labyrinth and Egyptian Crypt stages have multiple variations (some exclusive to Weapon Master Mode), featuring changes to the size/shape of the arena and, in the case of the latter, terrain with adverse effects (quicksand that lowers movement speed, ice that causes fighters to slide around and slip off the edge of the stage, etc.).

* Similarly to other FightingGame examples, stages for secret characters in some of the games in the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' are often different-time variations of other character's stage. For example:

* Similarly to other FightingGame examples, stages for secret characters in some of the games in the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' are often different-time variations of other character's stage. For example, Edge Master's stage in ''Soulcalibur'' is an evening version of Kilik's (Proving Grounds), while Nightmare's stage in ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'' (Denevér Castle: Assault) takes on elements of [[spoiler:[[EldritchLocation Astral Chaos]]]] when taken over by [[spoiler:Pyrrha Omega]], thereby becoming Denevér Castle: [[spoiler:Eye of Chaos]].

* Two dungeons late in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' are based on Mount Gulg from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' and Pandaemonium from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'', even featuring remixes of their background music.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' reused a lot of areas from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' but with new bits accessible.

** The ''Black Noah'', [[StarterVillain Rugal's]] AirborneAircraftCarrier, tends to reappear alongside [[SNKBoss the man himself]] in {{Dream Match Game}}s. In ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters98 '98]]'', it's submerged at the bottom of the sea as [[ContinuityNod a nod]] to its destruction in ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters94 '94]]''. In ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2002 2002]]'', it's shown to have crash-landed on an unknown island, with the battle against Omega Rugal taking place among its ruins as opposed to inside its command room. In ''[[UpdatedRerelease 2002: Unlimited Match]]'', the ''Black Noah'' appears to be fully functional once more and has actually taken to the skies.

** ''Tekken Revolution'' is entirely comprised of ''Tag 2'' stages, only with new music and minor changes to the locales much like the aforementioned ''Tag'' and ''Dark Ressurection''.

* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow'' does this for [[spoiler:Chaos's realm]].
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' does it for the inverted castle.

* Zigzagged throughout ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'', which follows four central locations over the course of two millennia.

* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' series examples:

** In ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'', the BSL you're on gradually changes as you unlock sectors, and X parasites infest them, causing monsters to gradually run the place into ruins, breaking down walls, doors, cooling systems...

** The Police Station from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' is revisited in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis''[[note]]technically it's the other way around because ''[=RE3=]'' is [[ItMakesSenseInContext two-thirds prequel]], but whatever[[/note]], albeit with most areas inaccessable due to boarded-up doors. The InUniverse reason is by the time Leon and Claire roll up to the party the barricades have been torn down by monsters.

** In ''VideoGame/TombRaiderChronicles'' one level is set on a submarine that Lara has to sneak around. After a quick underwater level the next level is the same level in the submarine again except the submarine is now damaged and sinking and different areas are open and closed.

* VideoGame/{{Doom}}

** ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'':
*** Kizingo Boulevard and Tayari Plaza, being Flashback missions set in the same area, reuse the design from Mombasa Streets.

* ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' has ''three'' missions inside the main portion of the [=DataDyne=] building, and a subversion in that the Carrington Institute (where Joanna does her training) ''becomes'' a level later in the game when she has to defend it from being attacked by the Skedar.

** ''VideoGame/PerfectDarkZero'''s ForcedTutorial is a virtual reality training mission set on the Trinity research platform. Later, you visit this location for real. Also, the second part of Laboratory Rescue is remixed in the first part of River Extraction.

** ''Raven Shield'''s second act remixes four of the levels from the first act: Falcon Hour=>Talon Steel, Pearl Castle=>Briar Gate, Crimson Hook=>Broken Stone, and Stone Cannon=>Steel Rose.
* Pops up surprisingly frequently in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', both officially and courtesy of the community. Maps like Well, Gorge, Badlands, and Granary have multiple different versions based on the gamemode they can be played in. For King of the Hill maps specifically, it is fairly common to see them remade to fit the Arena gamemode(or was, before the mode was abandoned), as very little is changed between the two modes for gameplay purposes -- at most, spawn areas in King of the Hill are condensed in Arena, as respawning isn't possible.
** This has extended into specially-remade versions of popular maps, which are specifically dseigned by the community for competitive play, or to improve upon the core gameplay and solve balance issues that plagued the original maps. Since they're made by various community members, the changes vary in scale, from just being simple movement of spawn areas or adjustment to map timers, to entirely flipping the map and changing almost all of its design, both in terms of gameplay and visuals, creating an almost completely new map in the process.
** Surprisingly, some of the game's most famous or infamous maps, such as Dustbowl, 2Fort, and Hydro, ''don't ''have any officially added remixes for different gamemodes. Of course, fan-made remixes exist for almost any map and gamemode under the sun, including unnoficial gamemodes. 2Fort specifically only has an alien invasion-themed reskin that was community-created, and added seven years after the game's release.

* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' has several examples: the Return to Ostagar DLC lets you revisit an area from the early game after it's been overrun by monsters, the Circle Tower area will be familiar to a mage PC (only with a lot more abominations, demons, and wrecked bookshelves), and [[spoiler: the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon is the capital city of Denerim after being invaded by darkspawn and the Archdemon]].
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' does it both right and wrong. Since [[DashedPlotLine the acts are set three years apart]], every area you re-visit is justifiably different in each act (including large outdoors levels). On the other hand, it recycles the same level over and over again (with minor modifications, such as different enemies and extra walls blocking different passages) for almost every dungeon, which is just [[CutAndPasteEnvironments lazy design]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' itself has Onett [[spoiler:overrun by darkness and Giygas' forces]] in the late game.
* The third chapter of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' has a game world which is [[spoiler: a hybrid of the first two.]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' has the Giza Plains, which have both a dry-season version and a rainy-season version.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'' involves a lot of time travel, and you often visit the same areas in different times, or in different time lines. The biggest differences are between Academia 400AF (dark, rainy, monster-infested) and Academia 4XXAF (day, sunny, peaceful).
* ''VideoGame/TheHalloweenHack'': Many of the Earthbound maps are reused in different contexts. For instance, the Twoson Sewers map is an edit of the Fourside Sewers map.
* Park Area in the fourth ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' must be cleared in various scenarios. Each of them presents some annoying gimmick, such as inverted controls and stealth sequences. Mess up and you get sent to the beginning of the area.

* ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'' does this repeatedly. On first exposure to many zones, you enter a "Crisis" level, where [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin some significant crisis must be overcome]]; once the crisis level has been completed, you can then enter and leave that zone as normal. The Crisis zones are usually different in some noticeable way than their regular counterparts, but the most significantly different is the Vibora Bay [[spoiler: Apocalypse]] zone. [[spoiler: At the end of that zone, there's pretty much no way to stop the end of the world, so you go back in time before the whole mess started hoping to prevent it.]]

* The last GLA mission on ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals: Zero Hour'' becomes the first China mission.
* The first Soviet mission and last Allied mission in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' take place in Leningrad in virtually the same canal system. The difference is, of course, that one is the TutorialMission and you're [[HoldTheLine defending]]; the other is a TimedMission and TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon.

* In ''Destruction Derby RAW'''s Wrecking Racing mode, some of the tracks appear twice, but with the course layout altered. In some cases, old routes are blocked off and new ones opened up, while in others, the entire course is opened the second time around (if you pay attention, [[{{Foreshadowing}} you can usually tell if a course will be revisited later on]] [[InterfaceSpoiler by spotting blocked-off roads or tunnels]]). As one might expect, the 'revisited' versions of these tracks tend to be longer, more complicated and much more dangerous to drive around. A good example is the very first track of the game, Dragonfly, which is revisited about halfway through. The first time around, it's a fairly simple figure-of-eight course with a jump at the beginning. The second time, the ''other'' half of the course is opened, turning the centre of the track into a chaotic four-way crossover.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', during the last level, as you wander through the inner workings of the Enrichment Center you eventually come across one of the earlier chambers which you get to beat again in a completely different manner.
* In ''VideoGame/Portal2'', this is subverted, with you having to solve one puzzle twice in a row before you can continue.

* The DS port of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' has a Rebirth Mode, which remixes the entire game. The locations are still the same, but several elements have changed. Items are shuffled around, some puzzles are replaced with new ones that need to be solved differently, enemy locations and types are changed, and some areas will have you fight two enemy types at once instead of just one type.

* Similarly to the above example, stages for secret characters in some of the games in the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' are often different-time variations of other character's stage. For example, Edge Master's stage in ''Soulcalibur'' is an evening version of Kilik's.

** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII: 3rd Strike'' mostly adhered to unique locales associated with a single character, with a few pairs of characters (Alex/Ken, Yun/Yang, Sean/Oro, and Necro/Twelve) sharing stages. Like ''Alpha 1'', the stages take place at different times, but unlike ''Alpha 1'', characters don't have individual themes (ex. Ken's stage using "Jazzy NYC", which was Alex's {{Leitmotif}} throughout the entire trilogy).

* The original, interactive movie-style ''VideoGame/{{SWAT}}'' featured only three non-training levels, but each had 2 major versions: