History Main / WarpZone

* Subverted in ''[[VideoGame/MeatBoy Super Meat Boy]]'', which calls its secret level sets Warp Zones but doesn't actually let you warp to other worlds from them. [[LargeHamAnnouncer The voiceover for entering one does make a nice page quote, though.]]

* Subverted in ''[[VideoGame/MeatBoy Super Meat Boy]]'', which calls its secret level sets Warp Zones but doesn't actually let you warp to another level from them. [[LargeHamAnnouncer The voiceover for entering one does make a nice page quote, though.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/MeatBoy Super Meat Boy]]'' has portals in a few levels that will take you to hidden levels and even award secret characters on completion in some cases. Touching one results in Meat Boy being sucked into a black hole while the announcer screams "'''WARP ZONE!!!'''" Also, if you unlock one, you can access it from the world map.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'' is infamous for the Warp Zones that take you back to an earlier world. One of them is nice enough to include suicide pits in said reverse Warp Zones, so you don't actually have to take them. Even if there aren't, you can just wait for the {{time|dMission}}r to run out and kill you.

* According to the troubleshooting guide in the back of ''[[Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue Stovold's Mornington Crescent Almanac]], playing Aldgate three times in a row opens a secret passage beneath Chancery Lane, which will eventually take you two moves away from Mornington Crescent. This, of course, [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum makes no sense whatsoever]], since Mornington Crescent is a word game.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' has some red pipes which warp the player(s) to the next world, yet these don't ever need to be found for HundredPercentCompletion.

* Another pinball example -- hitting the Warp target in ''Pinball/{{Defender}}'' sends the player three levels ahead.
** Prior to this, in the arcade game's sequel ''Stargate'',[[note]]No relation to [[Film/{{Stargate}} the movie]].[[/note]] If you rescue four humanoids, and go through one of the titular stargates, the player is taken ahead a few or so levels in the game.

** The literal WarpWhistle in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' works by transporting Mario to a Warp Zone (which is also called as "World 9" on the status bar). Using it in World 1 allows you to choose between Worlds 2, 3 and 4; using it in one of those worlds allows you to choose between 5, 6 and 7; and using it anywhere in that interval takes you directly to World 8.

** The TropeNamer is ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', which has secret Warp Zones in two {{Underground Level}}s. In the iconic World 1-2, you can run over the level ceiling (bypassing the level exit pipe) and reach the Warp Zone with pipes to Worlds 2, 3 and 4 (or [[GoodBadBug glitch through walls]] and enter the pipe to MinusWorld). Running over the ceiling in World 4-2 only gets you a pipe to World 5, but a hidden beanstalk takes you to a Warp Zone with pipes to Worlds 6, 7 and 8.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'' are infamous for the Warp Zones that take you back to an earlier world. One of them is nice enough to include suicide pits in said reverse Warp Zones, so you don't actually have to take them. Even if there aren't, you can just wait for the {{time|dMission}}r to run out and kill you.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' also has a Warp Zone that can only be activated after entering through magic potion doors. You use the potion to create a sub-space door in a location where a particular vase is located. Dropping into that vase in sub-space warps you to a later level. There are multiple locations for this, and each warp zone takes you to a single specific later level.
** The literal WarpWhistle in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' works by transporting Mario to a Warp Zone (which is also called as "World 9" on the status bar).

* The Android/iOS rerelease of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' turned the infamous spike pit death trap in the Mystic Cave Zone into a Warp Zone, leading to the otherwise inaccessible (and no longer DummiedOut, faithfully reconstructed) Hidden Palace Zone.

* Completing a sidequest in ''VideoGame/TheNamelessMod'' gains you access to one that lets you travel between districts.

** Prior to this, in the arcade game's sequel ''Stargate''[[note]]No relation to [[Film/{{Stargate}} the movie]].[[/note]], If you rescue four humanoids, and go through one of the titular stargates, the player is taken ahead a few or so levels in the game.

A secret area of a video game (possibly a DebugRoom) that allows you to magically teleport to another level, possibly offering you a choice of levels.

This is slightly different in principle from WarpWhistle: the Warp Zone usually takes you on a one-way trip to a later area you otherwise wouldn't be able to visit for some time yet, whereas the WarpWhistle is mostly a faster way to travel between areas you've been through before.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' and ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' both have a few of these. They seems less "official" and more buggy in the first game, but apparently they're intentional.

* The Android rerelease of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' turned the infamous spike pit death trap in the Mystic Cave Zone into a Warp Zone, leading to the otherwise inaccessible (and no longer DummiedOut, faithfully reconstructed) Hidden Palace Zone.

[[quoteright:300:[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snap0018.jpg]]]]

* ''DeadlyRoomsOfDeath'' includes some hidden warp rooms in its larger level sets.
* ''SuperMonkeyBall'' has some bonus goals that send you directly to later levels.

* ''KidChameleon'' has the Elsewhere levels. Some went backwards like the Lost Levels examples, and could get pretty confusing near the end of the game.

* Referred to by name in SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie, though the version displayed actually functions more like a PortalNetwork.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'' are infamous for the Warp Zones that take you back to an earlier world. One of them is nice enough to include suicide pits in said reverse Warp Zones, so you don't actually have to take them. Even if there aren't, you can just wait for the {{time|dMission}}r to run out.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'' are infamous for the Warp Zones that take you back to an earlier world. One of them is nice enough to include suicide pits in said reverse Warp Zones, so you don't actually have to take them.

** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' has hidden cannons that launch Mario into farther worlds.
** ''SuperMario3DWorld'' has some red pipes which warp the player(s) to the next world, yet these don't ever need to be found for OneHundredPercentCompletion.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' and Donkey Kong Country 2 both have a few of these. They seems less "official" and more buggy in the first game, but apparently they're intentional.

->'''''"[[LargeHamAnnouncer WAAARRRP ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE!]]"'''''

* ''{{Minecraft}}'' multiplayer servers generally have a warp zone at the spawn point providing easy access to player towns
* ''[[{{Silent Hill 1}} Silent Hill]]:'' The ladies' bathrooms in Otherworld Midwich.

!!Examples

This is slightly different in principle from WarpWhistle: the WarpZone usually takes you on a one-way trip to a later area you otherwise wouldn't be able to visit for some time yet, whereas the WarpWhistle is mostly a faster way to travel between areas you've been through before.

** The TropeNamer is ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', which has secret Warp Zones in two {{Underground Level}}s. In the iconic World 1-2, you can run over the level ceiling (bypassing the level exit pipe) and reach the WarpZone with pipes to Worlds 2, 3 and 4 (or [[GoodBadBug glitch through walls]] and enter the pipe to MinusWorld). Running over the ceiling in World 4-2 only gets you a pipe to World 5, but a hidden beanstalk takes you to a WarpZone with pipes to Worlds 6, 7 and 8.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' also has a WarpZone that can only be activated after entering through magic potion doors. You use the potion to create a sub-space door in a location where a particular vase is located. Dropping into that vase in sub-space warps you to a later level. There are multiple locations for this, and each warp zone takes you to a single specific later level.
** The literal WarpWhistle in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' works by transporting Mario to a WarpZone (which is also called as "World 9" on the status bar).

* The TropeNamer is ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'', which had secret Warp Zones in two {{Underground Level}}s. In the iconic World 1-2, you could run over the level ceiling (bypassing the level exit pipe) and reach the WarpZone with pipes to Worlds 2, 3 and 4 (or [[GoodBadBug glitch through walls]] and enter the pipe to MinusWorld). Running over the ceiling in World 4-2 would only get you a pipe to World 5, but a hidden beanstalk took you to a WarpZone with pipes to Worlds 6, 7 and 8.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'' were infamous for the Warp Zones that would take you back to an earlier world. One was nice enough to include suicide pits in said reverse Warp Zones, so you didn't actually have to take them.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' also had a WarpZone that could only be activated after entering through magic potion doors.
*** To clarify: You had to use the potion to create a sub-space door in a location where a particular vase was located. Dropping into that vase in sub-space would warp you to a later level. There were multiple locations for this, and each warp zone took you to a single specific later level.
** The literal WarpWhistle in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' actually works by transporting Mario to a WarpZone (which is also called as "World 9" on the status bar).