Games with world continuity

[Ghaleon]

Sorry for the vague subject, but I just tripped across something related to super-metroid the other day which made me think "I wonder if there are other games like it where they re-use the world or dungeon topography somehow". When you say it, it sounds like lazy development, but when I played supermetroid for the first time, I had played metroid before like 6 years ago or so, and I was like "hey, it's just like metroid's world (but yet it was different), COOL". Are there any other games that do this? Doesn't have to be a platformer.

[Moerin]

Um... I guess the one that springs to mind immediately is Pokemon (Heart)Gold/(Soul)Silver.  It was always fun going back to tear up Kanto again, ahah~

[Bio]

Pikmin.
Exact same map really, just different.

[Grand Octopus]

Dawn of the not-really-that-new world.

[The ⑨th Zentillion]

The Golden Sun series' world of Weyard. Sure, things have changed a bit in Dark Dawn, but that was because of topography upheaval - there are still some of the old places left (though most you don't get to see because of either the new geography or story reasons).

[Sophilia]

Suikoden II has the Imperial Capital from the first game in it.  All the Suikodens are in the same world, but unfortunately this is the only time I can think of you actually get to revisit previous games' settings.  There's a bit in Suiko V where you go to the area from Suiko IV, but you don't end up going somewhere that was actually part of Suiko IV.

[J.O.B]

The Kingdom Hearts series did this a lot. It doesn't matter which game you pick there is at least one world from another game.

[Helix ⑨]

In ninja gaiden 1 you come from the hayabusa village. At a later point in the game you'd return there, but proceed through the entire level in reverse all the way up to and including some house/dojo in the mountains. And the graveyard now contains the grave of a girl who died at the start of the game.

Then in Ninja gaiden 2.... the village still looks the exact same. Grave is still there and all. And once again you get to play it in reverse, and end up going to that same house which is now weather worn and trashy because the owner died in NG1.

[onions]

Chain World :smug:

[Mr. Sacchi]

Persona 4, there's a part where you

Spoiler:

visit Gekkoukan High, the school from the third game, and even get lectured by the tarot teacher there, and even meet an older Chihiro