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[CHC]

Team Fortress Classic had the unforgettables "Rats" and "turkeyburgers" maps:

Also, Katamari Damacy. In most level you start out very very small and pick up objects like thumb tacks, erasers and paper clips to increase the size of your Katamari.

 

[Platy]

Airboarder 64 (a "skate game" with hoverboards) had an awesome House level

https://youtu.be/JcVqUVOOkgs?t=190

 

[visiblemode]

Rayman games do it, during levels with those weird horns that suck you in and shoot you out tiny.

 

[Watevaman]

Prey had this in the form of mini-planets that you walked around on. They were always in cases, so you could look out the glass and see regular sized enemies.

 

[OMG Aero]

Mystical Ninja 64.

Ebisumaru gained the power to shrink down in size to get past tiny rat holes or fences. Was actually pretty creative and you could do it on the fly. Tried to find a picture but it's an old, slightly obscure game.

I like how they showed that ability in the credits.

 

[aaaaaa]

There's a browser game from a few years ago called Specter Spelunker Shrinks that takes this to an extreme. Shame that it doesn't seem to work any more.

 

[Apoc29]

Also, Katamari Damacy. In most level you start out very very small and pick up objects like thumb tacks, erasers and paper clips to increase the size of your Katamari.

Similarly in Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack, you start small and keep growing bigger, in fact you retain your size after you beat a level and just keep growing from there.

 

[Godcannon]

 

[Professor Renegade]

Not sure if this counts, but in the last level of The Simpsons Hit and Run there's a secret car you can find that's an RC car. It doesn't show homer getting into it, but he shrinks down once inside and you can drive around the level in it.

 

[Apathy]

Wow engineers can make a world enlarger that shrinks them and they're is also one of the three effects you can get from noggenfogger elixir that shrinks you

 

[SoraanTribal]

Wonderland had shrinking that was thematic to the level, Ventus appearing in Cinderella's house shrunk dow while Aqua and Terra don't shrink in the same level, was incredibly out of place.

Makes no sense but I still liked it. Had more interesting level design than the rest of the worlds.

 

[EvB]

If memory serves me right, One of the Snowboard Kids games had you snowboarding around a house.

Airboarder 64 definitely did

There was a good Shrinkining section in Prey

 

[bomblord1]

I like how they showed that ability in the credits.

Lol that's great reminds me of that trailer for that Japanese game with the really long name.

 

[WX3]

Possessing rats in Dishonored was really neat but I do not know if that would really fit in this threads topic?

 

[MCN]

Didn't one of the multiplayer modes in Timesplitters increase or decrease your size depending on your score?

 

[JordanN]

Thieves in time had missions using a R/C car.

Also, technically the hacking levels count as shrinking too (you go inside a computer?)

 

[Astarte]

Nice fetish :v

 

[TAJ]

Lego Dimensions has shrinking and growing.

http://postimage.org/app.php

 

[Arc Christelle]

Good game too.

this

 

[Joei]

 

[Blues1990]

The Mini Mushroom in New Super Mario Bros. is an interesting power-up, as not only are you able to run across water, but you can also obtain access to secret exits that are otherwise unobtainable as Regular or Super Mario.

 

[Blu(e)]

I've been playing through Thief Gold recently and this room (on top of a rather fantastic level) came as a real surprise. Couldn't find a picture that really shows of the size of the room so here's a video.

 

[John Kowalski]

there was that game where you could make things small by putting them through a big portal and out of a small one, even making yourself small... don't remember what it was called tho

 

[JetSetRadio]

Nintendo's userbase 3.

 

[Stereogatari]

Rayman 1 had it, couldn't find a better shot:

If ever there was an image to sum up the fuckeries that was Rayman 1.

 

[Anarion07]

Micro Machines!

 

[Head.spawn]

The Order 1886?

 

[Musolf815]

Sly 3 made you feel like you were shrunk in the giant Carmelita level:

Now that I think about it the game also had a shrink gadget that made the enemies.

 

[Boss Man]

Oh man, I miss those games

 

[Platy]

The Mini Mushroom in New Super Mario Bros. is an interesting power-up, as not only are you able to run across water, but you can also obtain access to secret exits that are otherwise unobtainable as Regular or Super Mario.

Also you can ge SERIOUS airtime with it

One of my favorite power ups .. the risk/reward was awesome

 

[Gangxxter]

Toy Story 2 for N64/PS1/PC

Really a great 3D platformer. One of my favourite games of all time.

 

[Akiyama_AE]

south park stick of truth has the best one the fight in the bedroom!

 

[Spacejaws]

there was that game where you could make things small by putting them through a big portal and out of a small one, even making yourself small... don't remember what it was called tho

That sounds like Prey and is a great example.

Edit: Found a pic, you are shrunk through a portal to a a little rock inside a glass container. These dudes come in and check you out before comming through aswell.

 

[Snaggletooth]

Phantasy star online had a download mission "Today's Rate" where it shrank the player.

 

[MrCunningham]

Take a look at Pillow Castle. It is a FPS puzzle game that is currently under development that uses forced perspective to shrink and enlarge things.

 

[Stevey]

Duke Nukem Forever

 

[ReyVGM]

"Shrinking?"

What, like laundry?

 

[cireza]

Sonic CD, Dynamite Headdy, Shining Force II.

Final Fantasy, Seiken Densetsu III, Mystaria : all have spells/effect that reduce character size.

 

[Creaking]

Duke 3D and Duke Nukem Forever

I actually enjoyed the mini levels in Duke Forever but Im also a weirdo.

Nah, those were some of the only decent levels in the game.

 

[tengiants]

Pikmin, DQ VIII had a cool scene where you control a mouse, Chibi Robo is REALLY good at it, I am Bread. Sim Ant...

You don't really shrink in these games, but you do see the world from a mouse's perspective and I've always kinda liked them for that reason. The being small in a big world concept has always appealed to me.

Edit:

Duke Nukem Forever

I remember this. This was really cool.

 

[lazer_bean]

You can do that in Rogue Legacy if you choose a dwarf as your heir

 

[cireza]

Wonderboy Dragon's Trap has this too I think.

 

[Prelude.]

Tomba 1/2

You need to shrink in order to get inside mice's houses.

 

[Silvawuff]

Okami and Vexx.

 

[RawNuts]

Does Toy Commander count? I really enjoyed that game. Big room levels are some of the coolest levels in games; sadly, there seems to be much less of them in games now.

 

[Kenai]

The Game in Fable 3 was one of the few parts of Fable 3 I enjoyed more than 2.

A trio of D&D type nerds hand you an orb that shrink your hero and you play through their tabletop game which now appears life size to you, complete with cardboard princess and villain but "real" monsters.. Really fun stuff.

 

[Nottle]

Mario 64 had the level where things are bigger depending on how you jump in the painting.
Final Fantasy has the mini status effect.
Mario Kart had the Lightning power that makes everyone small.
Earthbound has the lost dinosaur world where you are very tiny but I suppose that is just perspective.

 

[Warm Machine]

It is a pain in the ass to do. This is mostly due to art fidelity having to hold up at both scales.

 

[Taramoor]

Soulblazer on SNES had a section where you get pulled into a model of a city.

 

[halfbeast]

Parappa the Rapper 2