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

This is slightly different in principle from [[Warp Whistle]]: 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 [[Warp Whistle]] is mostly a faster way to travel between areas you've been through before.

This is slightly different in principle from [[Warp Whistle]]: 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 [[Warp Whistle]] is mostly a faster way to travel between areas you've been through before.

Doesn't count if it's due to a [[Good Bad Bug]].

* The [[Trope Namer]] is ''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Super Mario Bros]]'', which had secret Warp Zones in two [[Underground Level~~|Underground Levels~~]]. In the iconic World 1-2, you could run over the level ceiling (bypassing the level exit pipe) and reach the [[Warp Zone]] with pipes to Worlds 2, 3 and 4 (or [[Good Bad Bug|glitch through walls]] and enter the pipe to [[Minus World]]). 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 [[Warp Zone]] with pipes to Worlds 6, 7 and 8.

* The [[Trope Namer]] is ''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Super Mario Bros]]'', 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 '''Warp Zone''' with pipes to Worlds 2, 3 and 4 (or [[Good Bad Bug|glitch through walls]] and enter the pipe to [[Minus World]]). 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 '''Warp Zone''' with pipes to Worlds 6, 7 and 8.

** ''[[Super Mario Bros the Lost Levels]]'' were infamous for the Warp Zones that would take you back to an earlier world. They were nice enough to include suicide pits in said reverse Warp Zones, so you didn't actually have to take them.

** ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' also had a [[Warp Zone]] that could only be activated after entering through magic potion doors.

** ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' also had a '''Warp Zone''' that could only be activated after entering through magic potion doors.

** The literal [[Warp Whistle]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]'' actually works by transporting Mario to a [[Warp Zone]] (which is also called as "World 9" on the status bar).

** The literal [[Warp Whistle]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]'' actually works by transporting Mario to a '''Warp Zone''' (which is also called as "World 9" on the status bar).

** ''[[New Super Mario Bros]]'' has hidden cannons that launch Mario into farther worlds.

* ''[[Deadly Rooms of Death]]'' includes some hidden warp rooms in its larger level sets.