History Main / NorthIsColdSouthIsHot

* [[FlatWorld Weyard]], the setting of ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'', has icy areas in the far north and south.

** Averted - if only offhandedly - in the flashback to Shanks' and Buggy's past, where they're actually arguing over whether the North Pole or the South Pole is colder. This indicates the locations ''are'' known to exist in the ''One Piece'' world, though the Straw Hats may or may not ever travel there.[[note]]Thus far, the closest thing they've had to an actual appearance is an offhand reference that there's a colony of {{Kraken}}s living up at the North Pole.[[/note]]

* Inverted in ''LightNovel/MaoyuuMaouYuusha'', where the far south of the human world is depicted as a freezing polar region, and although the far north could be assumed to be a polar region as well, the northern-most lands depicted in the series seem to be primarily hot and arid.

* Averted in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' setting as a whole, which takes place on the planet Toril. This trope is true of Faerûn, the continent 90% of the material is set in, which goes from the Great Glacier in the far north to downright tropical areas in the south. However Faerûn is explicitly just one continent of many (equivalent to Europe, western Asia, and the northern half of Africa in terms of Earth's geography, which is similar). Whether the other continents play it straight depends on their location on Toril: Kara-Tur, east of Faerûn, plays it straight, while Zakhara to the south inverts it, and Maztica (effectively the Americas) goes from cold to hot to cold.

* Played straight in ''Manga/DragonBall'', the north has the barren Yunzapit (Not snow, but it's quite cold) and the Muscle Tower area (THAT has the snow) and in the south there's the tropical (And aptly-named) Papaya Island where the [[TournamentArc Tenkaichi Budokai]] takes place.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'', being based on the book ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', plays this straight. The farther north you go in Westeros, the colder it gets, progressive from the southernmost deserts of Dorne to the arctic glaciers beyond the Wall in the north.

* The SNES game ''VideoGame/ActRaiser'' literally lets you play as God, and you have to save the the world you created from the demon Tanzra by defeating his minions. It's safe to say therefore that the map represents the entire known world. And it consists of [[DeathMountain Aitos]] and [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Northwall]] in the north, [[TheLostWoods Fillmore]] and [[BubblegoopSwamp Bloodpool]] around the center, and [[ShiftingSandLand Kasandora]] and [[JungleJapes Maranha]] in the south.

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* ''VideoGame/SeikenDensetsu3'' not only has this, but due to the LawOfCartographicalElegance's looping property, [[PatchworkMap the "hot" and "cold" places aren't even very far from each other.]]

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'': Played straight in general for the continent of Tamriel, where every game in the series to date has taken place. The northern regions contain snowy mountain ridges as well as arboreal and pine forests. The northernmost mainland province is snowy Skyrim, which is primarily tundra and taiga, with forests along the border regions. Tamriel's northernmost landmass is the island of Solstheim, which is largely a [[GrimUpNorth frozen over rock]] with perpetual ''glaciers'' in its northern regions. Southern Tamriel contains the deserts of Elsweyr and the jungles/swamps of Black Marsh. The the southwest lie the semi-tropical Sumerset Isles. LooseCanon maps showing Tamriel's position on the planet (Nirn) typically show it just north of the equator, largely justifying the trope. That said, there are some quirks and possible exceptions, though they could be explained by the geography. For example, much of northern Morrowind is on the same latitude as Skyrim, but Morrowind is much more temperate with a varied climate. This could be explained by the large mountain range (the Velothi Mountains) separating the two provinces, blocking Skyrim's cold winds entering Morrowind, as is the case for numerous real-life mountain ranges.

* Inverted in ''Franchise/DragonAge'', which both take place in the southern hemisphere of [[ConstructedWorld Thedas]]. The fact that "frozen wastes" are located on the southern edge of the map has reportedly confused many a fantasy fan, though.

* In [[Franchise/Dishonored]] the northernmost known country is the eternally frozen Tyvia. The London-esque Dunwall is further south. Even further south is Serkonos which is portrayed as rather warm and temperate. Pandyssia is portrayed as existing somewhere to the south-east of the Empire and is covered in tropical jungles.

* Hyrule in ''TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''. The southwest of the map is the Gerudo Desert, with the rest of the south being a long, tropical beach. The northwest has the Hebra region, which is the coldest area in the game. The sun and moon are always to the north, though, which would place Hyrule in the ''southern'' hemisphere.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Numenera}}'': The region of Matheunis, known in-universw as the Cold Desert, is at the southernmost point of the map, and things like the Caecilian Jungle are located closer to the northern edge.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{DungeonSiege}} Dungeon Siege]]'' has some interesting examples:

The idea of the GrimUpNorth and SavageSouth are intimately linked to this trope.

The idea of the GrimUpNorth is intimately linked to this trope.