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Since SMB2 and SS are part of wider franchises, and only those games take place in dreams, they would still qualify. A full game in a franchise that has so many games counts as a single episode for said franchise, similar to how a single movie that is part of a series of movies (usually from a franchise, but also for a multi-franchise crossover like the MCU).
If, however, an entire franchise takes place inside a dream, you may be looking for Dream Land or All Just a Dream (depending on whether or not the world inside the dream is real by itself).
135 -> 180 -> 273 -> 191 -> 188 -> 230 -> 300 -> 311Drafter here. Yeah, I'd say individual works in a wider franchise count, but an entire story that takes place in a dream doesn't, episode tropes are about breaks from the norm.
Actually, I'm not sure if I'd count SMB 2, isn't the dream part a twist at the end or something? I don't think it's outright advertised as being a dream, which is a major part of the trope (that is, that the audience knows they're watching a character's dream).
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I have a question regarding the trope itself. This involves the Video Games section of the trope in question. Does this apply to a franchise as a whole? Like say, Super Mario Bros. 2 and Sonic Shuffle primarily takes place in a dream world. Or perhaps some licensed games such as Mickey's Ultimate Challenge or Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble. Do these qualify as "Dream Episodes" if we're considering franchises as a whole?
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