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** ''[[Final Fantasy Mystic Quest]]'' was an even greater offender; the world is divided into four climate zones of identical size, one representing each of the four classical elements, by a pair of planet-spanning mountain ranges that run directly along the equator and the prime meridian.
** ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'' even lets you make up your own map by placing different regions on the map. The sequel on the other hand does a surprisingly good job at averting it.
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind]]'' contains wasteland area terribly close to plains and forests, usually separated a single line of mountains. The north-eastern most part of the map contains the only gradual transition from one to the other. Blamed on a combination of the eruption of the volcano Red Mountain that dominated the island-region of Vvardenfell and {{spoiler|the Heart of Lorkhan, under the Dagoth Ur crater of Red Mountain}}. There's also the fact that the game world is hugely compressed, meaning that there ''could'' be a transition -- it's just too small to spot.
** Averted in the next installment, ''[[Oblivion]]'', where it was mostly just meadows and forests, with snowy mountains to the north.
*** Note, though, that it still counts in-game: Cyrodiil is on the equator, and is surrounded on most sides by steaming jungles and swamps. It was in fact supposed to be a tropical rainforest for the first three games, but then [[A Wizard Did It|a god stepped in]] and turned it into Ye Olde Fantasy Europe.
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*** That said, we are dealing with Pokémon here - they can shape their environments. Particularly in the case of the legendaries which are responsible for everything from time and space to earth and sea to life itself. If Articuno wants a frozen cave, Articuno damn well gets a frozen cave. See also: the second movie where Fire/Lightning/Ice islands are all close together with very different climates thanks to their respective Pokémon overlords.
* ''[[Dragon Quest VII]]'' has a similar zoo, although you don't customize it; you find the plans for each biome.
* Somewhat deconstructed in ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]''. Since the two worlds merged together, the climates have gone insane. Deserts are freezing over and the north pole is melting.
* The island in ''[[Backyard Sports|Backyard Football 2006]]''.
* Averted in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online|Lord of the Rings Online]]'' [http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Special:Interactivemap here]; but when [[J. R. R. Tolkien|someone else has already done the dirty work]], it's a bit easier to pull off.
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