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A [[Pirate]]-themed area seen in videogames, especially in a [[Platform Game]]. Has many barrels, usually takes place near the water and a wooden ship, and features tons of pirate enemies. Expect to climb/swing on rope, navigate water, and dodge cannonfire. Was once fairly rare, but skyrocketed in popularity after ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' was released ([[Disney Theme Parks|the attraction]] it was based on can be considered a [[Real Life]] version of this). If the character is [[Super Not-Drowning Skills|capable of swimming]], expect a diving for treasure sequence.
 
In RPGs, adventuring here may be related to the [[Port Town]] quest, to [[Get Onon the Boat|get the boat]].
 
Named for the [[Final Boss]] stage of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''.
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See also [[Ship Level]].
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* The first world of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]] 2''.
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* ''[[Disney Epic Mickey]]'', taking place in an imitation of [[Disney Theme Parks|Disneyland]], has an entire world reminiscent of the ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' ride.
* Pirate Storm, in ''[[Sonic Storybook Series|Sonic and the Secret Rings]]''.
** The entire setting for ''[[Sonic Rush Series (Video Game)|Sonic Rush Adventure]]'' is pirate-themed, but the one level the trope describes the best is called - appropriately - Pirates' Island. There is also the [[Ghost Ship|Haunted Ship]] stage.
* [[Peter Pan|Neverland]] whenever the cast of ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' visit it - in the first game it consisted entirely of Captain Hook's ship and Big Ben, but it got expanded in ''Days'' and ''Birth by Sleep''. [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Port Royal]] fills the same role in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]]''.
* The pirate town in the original ''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy I]]''.
** And the Ship Graveyard in ''[[Final Fantasy V (Video Game)|Final Fantasy V]]''...
** ...and Mac's Ship in ''[[Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (Video Game)|Final Fantasy Mystic Quest]]''.
* Pirate's Island of ''[[Billy Hatcher and Thethe Giant Egg]]''.
* The water planet in ''[[Magical Vacation|Magical Starsign]]''.
* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' has a zone called, appropriately enough, the Obligatory Pirate's Cove.
* The ghost ship in ''[[MedievilMediEvil (Video1998 Gamevideo game)|Medievil]]''.
* The setting for all of the ''[[Monkey Island]]'' games.
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XI]]'' has the hidden town of Norg, and although it's inhabited by [[Ninja]] and [[Samurai]], the pirate-speak certainly clues you in to where you are.
* Bloodbath Bay in ''[[Sly Cooper|Sly 3]]: Honor Among Thieves''
** Let's not forget the first stage in the first [[Sly Cooper|Sly]] game. Raleigh's hideout is a mansion sitting on top of a very large pirate ship, but the levels vary from [[Eternal Engine|fiery engine rooms]] to graveyards of downed airplanes, and a couple of rooms inside Raleigh's study.
* '' [[Super Mario Bros.]] 3'' had the airship levels that took place on large wooden ships (that flew) with lots of cannons, as well as one level that took place on boats (similar in design to the airship levels except the boats didn't fly).
** If you know what you're doing, you can swim under the boats. You can't do this with the airships (for obvious reasons).
* ''New Super Mario Bros Wii'', being basically a current-gen remake of ''Super Mario Bros 3'' with the best bits of ''Super Mario World'' and ''Yoshi's Island'' thrown in for good measure, brings back airship levels as occasional boss stages.
* ''[[Super Mario 64 (Video Game)|Super Mario 64]]'' had Jolly Roger Bay.
* The setting for the last three levels of the ''[[Peter Pan]] and the Pirates'' video game.
* A ship battle is a staple of ''[[Fire Emblem]]'', with the two sides fighting on two or more ships connected by planks. ''Blazing Sword'', ''Sacred Stones'', and ''Path of Radiance'' all had at least one.
* The SS Tea Cup in the original ''[[Wario Land (Video Game)|Wario Land]]'' game is an example of this trope.
* The Haunted Ship in ''[[LataleLa Tale]]''.
* ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Galaxy]]'' featured Deep Dark Galaxy, which had both sunken ships and one major floating one.
** Not to mention the battles against Bowser.JR took place on SMB 3-style floating pirate ships.
* The Sunken Ship in ''[[Super Mario RPG (Video Game)|Super Mario RPG]]'' has been taken over by pirates.
** Keelhaul Key in ''[[Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door (Video Game)|Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door]]'' has a bunch of similar caves filled with wrecked ships and debris. It doesn't hurt that you sail there with some stock seafaring characters.
*** And the ruler of the island, the undead pirate king Cortez.
* Planet Ardolis, the Ublik Passage, and Kreeli Comet in ''[[Ratchet and Clank]] Future: Tools of Destruction'', and a good deal of "Quest for Booty".
** One of the 'vid-comics' in the third game also took place on a sci-fi version of this.
* Crossbones island of ''[[Golden Sun (Video Game)|Golden Sun]]''. Complete with an abandoned ship, a rigged treasure chest and a giant pirate ghost.
* [[Zack and Wiki]] had a level on a ship, where the heroes and the game's initial bad guys get bothered by a titanic squid.
* ''[[Okami (Video Game)Ōkami|Okami]]'' features a large, curiously Western-looking shipwreck near one of the beaches. It is also home to many ghost-type enemies, crossing over with [[Big Boo's Haunt]].
* The SS Zelbess/SS Invincible (depending on which reality you were in) in ''[[Chrono Cross (Video Game)|Chrono Cross]]''.
* ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' had the end of the Fantasy Stage fought along pirate ships. Cannons, rope swinging, pirates and the boss being a pirate captain with an eyepatch and pegleg on a giant octopus.
* In ''[[Castle Crashers (Video Game)|Castle Crashers]]'', the players sailing ship is attacked by a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|pirate ship full of ninjas]]. They board your ship, and you have to fight them off. In keeping with the trope, the player must dodge cannon blasts, and barrels containing health and the like slide around the deck of the ship.
* "The Revenge of Orangebeard" in ''[[Garfield Caught in The Act|Garfield: Caught in the Act]]''.
* The Port of Balfonheim in ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]''. Described as lawless before the start of the game, but the citizens are kept in check afterwards only because {{spoiler|the mayor is an ex-Judge.}}
* Booty Bay in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' and the last part of the Deadmines.
* Skull & Crossbones from ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtles in Time (Video Game)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtles in Time]]''.
* The second level of the platform game ''Stuntman Seymour''.
* The entirety of ''[[Dubloon]]''.
* Level 4 of ''[[Moon Crystal (Video Game)|Moon Crystal]]'' takes place in a pirate ship.
* The Bermuda Triangle in ''Impossamole''.
* The third area of ''[[Lost Vikings]] 2'' takes place on a pirate ship fleet.
* Captain Dragon's ship in ''[[Wonder Boy III the Dragons Trap (Video Game)|Wonder Boy III the Dragons Trap]]''.
* There is such a level in the first [[Devil May Cry]] game. Dante must activate the ship and obtain the "Fire of St Elmo." The second boss battle with [[Feathered Fiend|Griffon]] takes place here.
* Some levels in the [[Kirby]] series. In ''[[KirbysKirby's Epic Yarn (Video Game)|Kirbys Epic Yarn]]'', the [[Auto Scrolling Level]] Boom Boatyard is based off this theme.
* Most levels of (Captain) Claw have elements of this, and several are this trope outright, but that is what even new players will expect.
* The Sandship from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]'' employs this as a dungeon for the first time in the series, but [[Hailfire Peaks|combines it]] with [[Shifting Sand Land]].
* ''[[Runescape]]'' has the pirate town/island of Mos'Le Harmless, which is the centre of an entire quest-series focussed around the game's pirates and their enemies, and also Braindeath Island (where "rum" is made), Harmony Island (monks besieged by zombie pirates), a small group of pirates that have run aground on the north coast of the Mordor-like Wilderness, and some more pirates in a cave near a large port.
* A good portion of ''[[Fancy Pants Adventures|The Fancy Pants Adventure: World 3]]'' takes place around and in a pirate ship, as the protagonist is trying to [[Distressed Damsel|rescue his sister]] from the pirates that kidnapped her.
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