I hadn't ever considered it but the dream of another creating the reality the protagonist explores seems to have been borrowed in Final Fantasy X with the dream of Zanarkand by the Fayth. Tidus starts out selfishly living however he wants and then, once he understands the nature of his non-reality, he works to undo it to release those dreaming
Ranking the top 101 Nintendo games: No. 19, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
I hadn't ever considered it but the dream of another creating the reality the protagonist explores seems to have been borrowed in Final Fantasy X with the dream of Zanarkand by the Fayth. Tidus starts out selfishly living however he wants and then, once he understands the nature of his non-reality, he works to undo it to release those dreaming