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Dream Stone Re-Upgrade CRT

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As some are aware, in a semi-recent thread, the Dream Stone and those who scale to it or use it's power got downgraded due to so-called translation issues.

I'm not going to go into the semantics of arguing over wording used because that would just be annoying.

However, I think a simple counter to the basis of the Stones not being made of Dreams and Nightmares is the less-focused-on Dark Stone. It was hiding in plain sight, really.

In Japanese, while the Stones are initially said by Dreambert to be made of the "power of Dreams" and likewise nightmares for the Dark Stone, if one is to look into more of the game, as well as see more of that cutscene itself, we see that Antasma shattering the Dark Stone sent fragments of nightmares across the lands, petrifying the Islanders and trapping their souls inside of the Nightmare Chunks (Nightmare Fragments).

Now, I ask a simple question: How can one deny the English translation that says the Stones are made up of the Dreams and Nightmares themselves when even the Japanese version treats the literal chunks of the shattered Dark Stone as nightmares? Nightmares are the dark equivalent of dreams, so I will not hear "the nightmares are inferior" or whatever when all context points to the Stones being equals. So, via common sense, the Dream Stone would have to also be made of dreams as well.

It's likely that "power of dreams" is akin to something like saying an atomic bomb is made up of the power of atoms. They simply just house the power source inside of them. It doesn't invalidate the English translation at all given we can literally see that the Dark Stone is made of nightmares in both versions.

So, on this basis, I propose that the Dream Stone and Dark Stone and those who scale to it or use their power should all be upgraded back up to 2-B again.

Evidence of characters effecting the Dream Worlds that the Dream Stone would scale above are:

Here, where Luigi is stated to become one with the dream, where he can also Manipulate space as well as the time within them

There's also Antasma, who could manipulate the entire Dream World casually as well as is stated to eat them

The proposed value for how many dreams the Dream Stone absorbed during the events of Dream Team is being discussed, but it's likely to be 2-C to a lower tier of 2-B.

Agree (21): JTgamer96, Mephistus, StretchSebe, Remus1998, Anomalous_N_I_W_D_E, DarkDragonMedeus, ZespeonGalaxy, The_Unknown_Warrior1, Eseseso, CloverDragon03, AStrangeverse, AParticularInduvidial, JJSliderman (thinks it should be a lower 2-B though), y3p_owo, Uuber1, Dereck03 (lower 2-B), QrowBarr, LordGriffin1000, ProfectusInfinity, Firestorm808, Celestial_Pegasus

Neutral:

Disagree:

I expect this thread to go over well given the very clear counter to the entire basis of the downgrade thread previously. Either find more compelling evidence the Stones aren't literally made of what powers them like the game very clearly shows or you have no argument.
 
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In Japanese, while the Stones are initially said by Dreambert to be made of the "power of Dreams" and likewise nightmares for the Dark Stone, if one is to look into more of the game, as well as see more of that cutscene itself, we see that Antasma shattering the Dark Stone sent fragments of nightmares across the lands, petrifying the Islanders and trapping their souls inside of the Nightmare Chunks (Nightmare Fragments).

Now, I ask a simple question: How can one deny the English translation that says the Stones are made up of the Dreams and Nightmares themselves when even the Japanese version treats the literal chunks of the shattered Dark Stone as nightmares? Nightmares are the dark equivalent of dreams, so I will not hear "the nightmares are inferior" or whatever when all context points to the Stones being equals. So, via common sense, the Dream Stone would have to also be made of dreams as well.

It's likely that "power of dreams" is akin to something like saying an atomic bomb is made up of the power of atoms. They simply just house the power source inside of them. It doesn't invalidate the English translation at all given we can literally see that the Dark Stone is made of nightmares in both versions.
With any proper translation for a piece of media, it is common that going from the original language to another, not all of the phrasing/wording used remains 1:1. Some languages are close enough to each other that it's nearly the same, but especially in a case like Japanese to English, things are often similar enough, but not exact in translation.

Meaning does stay the same in most proper translations; for example, official Nintendo media. The information itself does not change, it is simply delivered differently. In that regard, claiming 'translation issues' due to subtle differences in language usage isn't a satisfactory argument when the substance is the same regardless: The stones are made of dreams/nightmares respectively in both versions.

All that considered, I agree with the upgrade.
 
I also wanna say something:
Many people claim that this scan doesn't prove that Dreams are universes. Some of the common arguments are this is simply talking about the wonders of the universe and doesn't explicitly state that Dreams are actual universes and another claim is that this is vague. But:
  • If one takes a closer look at the scan, you can see it states "Teleport from space station to space station". This implies that this is referring to the dream itself, which the guide calls a universe both in the title and in the description of said dream. In the end, this is referring to the dream itself and not something else
  • Claiming that it's vague is also wrong, as it is describing the dream itself and the whole point of the guide is to give a rundown of the dream itself and it's theme. The theme of this dream is space and traveling the universe, so this isn't vague and is pretty clear cut on what it means
 
Beyond that, we have Misstar's statement as well. And if it really comes down to it I'll get the infinite Eldstar statement as well.
 
1. I'm really too tired to debate this right now, I'll think of something later if it doesn't get FRA'd into oblivion.

2. That's not why I don't think dreams are universes. It's because no dream's size should scale to that of Future Dream's, which is a collection of an unknown number of people's dreams about the universe. Maybe I'll make a CRT on that later.
 
That's not why I don't think dreams are universes. It's because no dream's size should scale to that of Future Dream's, which is a collection of an unknown number of people's dreams about the universe. Maybe I'll make a CRT on that later.
Dreambert has called dreams "worlds", and since there's shown to be constellations, countless stars, and there being full on space in dream world, with what seems to be a nebulas, it wouldn't be that big of a stretch to believe that Dreambert means "universe" when calling dreams "worlds". Also, when Dreambert says the Zeekeeper is crossing dimensions, they're in a dream world, and when Luigi becomes one with the dream world, he's able to manipulate both space and time.
 
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That's 6 with 1 being a mod agreement currently.

I guess I'll count Fuji as a disagree judging by the tone
You can leave me out for now, I'd rather not take a hard stance on this until I look into things a bit more.

Dreambert has called dreams "worlds", and since there's shown to be constellations, countless stars, and there being full on space in dream world, with what seems to be a nebulas, it wouldn't be that big of a stretch to believe that Dreambert means "universe" when calling dreams "worlds". Also, when Dreambert says the Zeekeeper is crossing dimensions, they're in a dream world.
So 4-A to 3-C, got it. Something can be a world with a starry sky without being a universe; The difference between 4-A and 3-A (in terms of physical space) is absurd, with the latter being at minimum quintillions of times greater than the former.
and to be honest, if it was that easy, i could once again find a way to upgrade my own verse by extension lol
 
Unfortunately, if you really want to go there, the Dream World is literally parallel to the Real World.

We know this from literally the entire context of the game. Locations and even NPCs are similar to their real world counterparts, only "Dreamified".
If the Real World is not a universal space-time continuum that's some surprise to me.

You also conveniently ignored the fact that other dimensions exist within it.
 
Unfortunately, if you really want to go there, the Dream World is literally parallel to the Real World.

We know this from literally the entire context of the game. Locations and even NPCs are similar to their real world counterparts, only "Dreamified".
If the Real World is not a universal space-time continuum that's some surprise to me.
Similar doesn't mean 1 to 1. You have a pretty high burden of proof to fulfill for dreams being perfectly identical to reality.

You also conveniently ignored the fact that other dimensions exist within it.
Yeah, because a dimension isn't a universe unless further context is given.

Like, you do understand that 4-A dimensions can exist, right? In any case, not gonna bother debating this here.
 
Like, you do understand that 4-A dimensions can exist, right? In any case, not gonna bother debating this here.
But there's no implication the dimensions in these dreams are 4-A. From what we already know, the dreams have there own constellations, countless stars, nebulas, and dimensions, and I just wanna note, when Luigi becomes one with the dream world, he's able to manipulate both space and time in it, which should imply these worlds have their own space-time. We don't have any proof these dimensions are only starry skies or anything like that.
 
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Also, it's evidenced that people can dream within dream worlds, so this would act as another layer to the dream worlds.
To add onto this, the Dream Stone's spirit frequently sleeps inside the Dream World and the Zeekeeper even slumbered within his Zee Egg.

But yeah, the size of the dreams worlds aren't really the point of the CRT. Future Dream shows us dreams can be infinite and universal in size. That's all we need.
 
To add onto this, the Dream Stone's spirit frequently sleeps inside the Dream World and the Zeekeeper even slumbered within his Zee Egg.

But yeah, the size of the dreams worlds aren't really the point of the CRT. Future Dream shows us dreams can be infinite and universal in size. That's all we need.
Don't see why we can't scale the Future Dream to the other dreams. I mean, the dreams next to the Future Dream in Mario Party 5 looked like they were the same size. Or maybe we could scale Dreamy Bowser to the Future Dream?
 
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That's not why I don't think dreams are universes. It's because no dream's size should scale to that of Future Dream's, which is a collection of an unknown number of people's dreams about the universe. Maybe I'll make a CRT on that later.
That's not true, ElderStar referred Future Dream as a singular dream, this backing up SMB2 that says for each dream there is a dream world
 
1. I'm really too tired to debate this right now, I'll think of something later if it doesn't get FRA'd into oblivion.

2. That's not why I don't think dreams are universes. It's because no dream's size should scale to that of Future Dream's, which is a collection of an unknown number of people's dreams about the universe. Maybe I'll make a CRT on that later.
Also, just gonna bold this part in particular because you just defeated your own argument here.

It's a collection of people's dreams about the universe, you say? So, those people are literally dreaming a universe by your own admission?

Plus, with the scan that states it's endless, meaning infinite in size, this would mean we'd need either an infinite amount of people to dream that up, which you would really have to go out of your way proving (and inadvertently help us with the cosmology), or a singular person can dream an infinite universe up. Only two options there so pick your poison with that one.

You can't backpedal out of this one.
 
I'm not directing this at anyone, but the very definition of parallel means pointing the same direction and/or having the a similar size and shape but not intersecting each other. And yeah, Future Dream is just one dream and all the other dreams you enter in Mario Party 5 are mirror dimensions of equal size; the ending credits clearly just shows you Future Dream multiple times and/or has multiple Future Dreams if we see it more than once; more likely the former though. Having a bunch of nebulae and star constellations would make sizes 4-A at minimum, but it's supporting evidences of them being universe sized. Though the real reasons is just the fact that there is no reason for any Dream World to be infinitely larger than all the others; otherwise they would not be parallel. If a bake a batch of cupcakes, it's unreasonable to assume any cupcakes are infinitely larger than all the other cupcakes on the same batch.

So yeah, I agree with what the others said but let's please not quote her any further.
 
I'm not the biggest Mario expert out there when it comes to spin offs or the RPGs, but the argument for 2-B is pretty sound for me so count me as agreeing with the CRT. Though outside of Dreamy Bowser, Antasma, and Zookeeper who else scales to Multiversal?
 
I'm not the biggest Mario expert out there when it comes to spin offs or the RPGs, but the argument for 2-B is pretty sound for me so count me as agreeing with the CRT. Though outside of Dreamy Bowser, Antasma, and Zookeeper who else scales to Multiversal?
Super Dimentio and Pure Heart users are already 2-B for other reasons + Dream Worlds being elaborate measure.
 
I'm not directing this at anyone, but the very definition of parallel means pointing the same direction and/or having the a similar size and shape but not intersecting each other. And yeah, Future Dream is just one dream and all the other dreams you enter in Mario Party 5 are mirror dimensions of equal size; the ending credits clearly just shows you Future Dream multiple times and/or has multiple Future Dreams if we see it more than once; more likely the former though. Having a bunch of nebulae and star constellations would make sizes 4-A at minimum, but it's supporting evidences of them being universe sized. Though the real reasons is just the fact that there is no reason for any Dream World to be infinitely larger than all the others; otherwise they would not be parallel. If a bake a batch of cupcakes, it's unreasonable to assume any cupcakes are infinitely larger than all the other cupcakes on the same batch.
Yeah, and even if we were to assume that the nebulae and star constellations were to make the dream worlds 4-A, we'd have to take into account all the other contents of these dreams such as the dimensions, the nightmares/dreams characters like Mario have in them, time, and space. All that would suggest these dreams are bigger than a simple galaxy or starry sky.
 
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