All Just a Dream: Difference between revisions

* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|The Legend of Zelda Links Awakening]]'', the whole game is a dream {{spoiler|of the Wind Fish.}} In this case, it is actually learned about three-quarters of the way through the game, rather than right at the end, and the bosses of the last few dungeons constantly remind the player of it. This adds more emotion, as Link knows that {{spoiler|the island and its inhabitants will disappear once the Wind Fish wakes up.}} And it gets REALLY weird if the player beats the game without ever dying; if that's pulled off, after the credits {{spoiler|Marin is seen in the form of a seagull, reflecting a wish she had told Link about earlier}}. [[Word of God]] confirmed that the events of the game DID acually happen. Basically, the events were a dream, but the real world and the dream world were colliding at the time. Therefore, the events of the game erase themselves once Link saves the day and the events become a dream but said events but have happened otherwise existence would have collapsed. So in other words, this is a rare example in which the events were a dream, yet the dream itself ''was'' real.

** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass|Phantom Hourglass]]'' '''looks''' like it pulls this in the ending cutscenecut-scene, only to have Link pull out one of the artifacts he found... and then see one of the characters he met. Judging from the dialogue near the end of the game, it's more likely an alternate universe.

* The chapter {{spoiler|Sleepless Night}} from ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' turns out to be a [[Dream Within a Dream]] when {{spoiler|Madison wakes up after having her throat slashed}}.

* Conversed in ''[[Escape From St. Mary's|Escape From St Marys]]''. Two teachers disagree on whether it's an acceptable ending for a story, and the wo turn to blows.