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[YamiLover13]

Post your discoveries of the My Dream world.

Well I found out one, the internal clock DOES come back into effect again. Depending on the month depends on the kind of hats the nightipians will have. On Decemeber they have christmas hats, and in October they have witch hats. I have not tried anything else out though.

Nightmarens seem cool, but they hurt you and destroy the place. Darn....

I have no idea how the item system of things coming around works. I think by spending more time in a certain level MAY determine the kind of stuff that appear in the world but I am not certain. It seems to be kinda random actually.

Well thats all I have noticed. Lets see what you guys have found.

[CrazyInABottle]

I've pretty much noticed the same things you have. I just wish there was a way to save decorations from being deleted. I had this awesome disco ball with a dance floor that vanished for no good reason. I also have several trees growing, which looked pretty nice, but when I went in later on in the day, the leaves on them were yellow, purple, and other different colors. It looks interesting.

[RedTail]

Anyone figure anything out about breeding?

[YamiLover13]

I know nothing on breeding. They just run around having babies faster than bunnies. I can't keep up with them all! I have over 40 now! I only paralooped 8! Maybe letting the marens run around might do something....

Also, the book says that its up to the Nightopians to take care of the items and that is how they stay longer. I guess if we have a lot of them that really like us, then things will stay. However if you have marens then they will destroy things. Thats what the booklet says at least. I hope a game guide comes out for this.

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Anyone notice how the pians start to mob around you when you start feeding them... I try to feed everyone, but the others come in and I can't! "Go away! shoo! You had your dinner!"

[Kaibib Angel]

I haven't seen any mepians at all... I don't know if there will be any, for I tried to allow some Nightmaren into my My Dream and they just eat the poor Pians! D:

[A Divine Unicorn]

i think you'd be able to create mepians within the levels of the game and thus the purpose of paralooping. i've hit a few 'pians with baddies and heard gruesome cries, but i was trying to beat the level so i didn't turn back.

[Deraj]

I think DU would be right on that. ... In which case, that's going to be annoying as h*ll, trying to get certain Mepians.
I'm serious. Here's the scene:
You're trying to get a certain Mepian, so you're hanging around where you can find the Maren, right? And you just sit there, waiting for a Pian to get in range, while at the same time, sitting just out of the Maren's 'I see you!' range. For quite a while, hoping one comes along before your time runs out. Waiting. Your time runs out. Try it again. Waiting. Time runs out. Again. There's one! You go to Paraloop, but then, you accidentally grab the maren and send it flying. CR*P!! Now, you've gotta restart the level, and sit there, again. Hoping a Pian comes by. I really hope Iizuka-san made it easier than THAT.

[nirniva]

I think DU would be right on that. ... In which case, that's going to be annoying as h*ll, trying to get certain Mepians.
I'm serious. Here's the scene:
You're trying to get a certain Mepian, so you're hanging around where you can find the Maren, right? And you just sit there, waiting for a Pian to get in range, while at the same time, sitting just out of the Maren's 'I see you!' range. For quite a while, hoping one comes along before your time runs out. Waiting. Your time runs out. Try it again. Waiting. Time runs out. Again. There's one! You go to Paraloop, but then, you accidentally grab the maren and send it flying. CR*P!! Now, you've gotta restart the level, and sit there, again. Hoping a Pian comes by. I really hope Iizuka-san made it easier than THAT.

Well, on the upside, you can't accidentally kill Pians with a Paraloop this time around...
Whether or not this is a good trade-off (or even if the system is as tedious as you've described) remains to be seen.

[Deraj]

Well, obviously some will be easier than others. XD Shleepian, for example, will probably be easy. However, what I'm mostly referring to is those 'Mini-NiGHTS' that we saw in Crystal Castle. ... On second thought, if you can keep those chasing you toward a Pian... nvm. Shleepian would probably actually be harder than that. ... The Seahorse Mepian would probably be harder. That's the other one I want...
But, I haven't gotten the game yet, so I haven't seen what rediculous places the Pians will go. My main worry is that the Pians don't FLY up to where the enemies are. That would be a pain, triyng to mix an enemy that doesn't get near the ground, with a Pian that doesn't FLY into range. *Headdesk* I'm frustrating myself, and I don't even have the game yet. XD However, it's the frustrating things that keep me hooked, so... I'll be hooked on NiGHTS' My Dream feature for a while. XD

[YamiLover13]

I haven't seen any mepians at all... I don't know if there will be any, for I tried to allow some Nightmaren into my My Dream and they just eat the poor Pians! D:

Quite a conundrum isn't it? I wonder what the purpose of putting marens in there is since they are nothing but negative. You can't even touch them. They hurt you and throwing chips at them kills them. I guess you can have fun with target practice....:/

The hard thing about hitting marens into pians in this game is the fact that the levels are a lot bigger than in the last game. In the last game, you just keep spawning pians and drill dashing marens and eventually you get something. I RARLY even touch a maren on a level. I am so busy trying to go trhough all the rings and catching the bird that I don't notice anything else around me...

Also, truning into the kid in this game is really bad. So don't try it. I miss the alarm clock. When we said we hated it...that didn't mean make something thats even worse!


---Edit---
I just hit a pian with a mepian and an egg was formed. However, I accidently paralooped the egg and then lost to the level so I don't think I got that egg. I think it may be safe to say there are mepians. Otherwise that would not have happend.

[CrazyInABottle]

I've got some mixed Pians. Those are the mepians, right? Pians mixed with maren? You'll have to excuse me, I didn't play the original and haven't done much research on it. If you want to see them, come over to my garden. I've got plenty of them.

[YamiLover13]

I've got some mixed Pians. Those are the mepians, right? Pians mixed with maren? You'll have to excuse me, I didn't play the original and haven't done much research on it. If you want to see them, come over to my garden. I've got plenty of them.

Yes those are mepians. I have several too. When they have all maren parts then they are technically marens...but you may want to specify that its a pian turned into a maren. They look differernt. I have one of those.

I will probably go and visit everyone's garden and you are all welcome to mine. Its quite wonderful at the moment. (Well except that random moment when everything went to FLAMES!) BUt I won't be able to do any of that till tomarrow and I still need to add codes.

How many pians do you guys have in your garden? I have 80 and they are a handful. I wonder what the max is.

[W@iZ_M@n]

Hmmm...Am I the only one that Really doesn't know how My Dream works?? I'm really confused how things change and stuff.... I know I just have a doghouse, a small sandbox and some tiny trees growing, which I have no idea how they got there. @_@

[Wizard of Odd]

i had 80. when i was looking for dreamdrops it dropped to 15, now i have 61. you can breed mepians like in NiD by letting the enemy touch a pian after it's defeated(when it's a ball) to lay an egg. so far i've gotten a goomble, sheep, seahorse, and bird mepians. the sheep is my favorite so far. it plays soccer with othe pians and mepians.

[W@iZ_M@n]

You can do all of this during missions? Normally I'm so focused on catching that slimy bird and get key. @_@

[Wizard of Odd]

yep. just replay missions.

[Gun6]

I think that there are "boss objects" which appear randomly if you fight a boss (maybe on the final form/level?). Boss spoilers, I suppose.

Spoiler

Donbalon: Wagon (like the kind in his final stage)
Chamelan: Chain of cards, 10 - A, 10 on the bottom. Rotates with SPARKLIES.
Cerberus: Dog House
Girania: ????
Bomamba: Cauldron (has clear blue water in it, and you can stand in it)
Queen Bella: ????

Maybe there's something for

Spoiler

...Wizeman....

too, but I doubt it.
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There are also things such as cacti, disco lights, and dolphin fountains that you can probably relate to specific levels.

[A Divine Unicorn]

i have a giant silver statue of a pian in my 'pian garden.

the maren in there i see as population control... i know i wouldn't be able to maintain 80 'pians.

i need to go back and try and find the mepians i created during story mode.

[YamiLover13]

It is hard to have 80 but they keep the place well. I have no idea how the items are placed. You could play a level in Aqua Garden and then enter 'My Dream' and you will find something from the Memory Forest level. Its very random.

If you want to maintain your items then you need a Lot of pians and feed them a lot of blue chips. They need to be happy. Friends and blue chips seem to make them happy. The more you have and the happier they are, they more your place grows. Your terrain will slowly start to change as well. Check around and see if you notice any small slopes and such. When things wither, they can be brought back to life because of the work of your pians. But again, you need a lot of them and they need to be happy.

NOte that marens and mepians destroy your stuff though. Don't be surprized when you see a little bonfire going.

No matter how many pians you have, some things will dissapear after awhile. Its hard for those little guys to manage.

As you complete Bellbride for both normal and then all C or better mode with both kids, the skyscrappers in the background will increase.

Here is a good way to keep your pians alive.
1. Play whatever level you want.
2. Go play a level that gives you lots of blue chips. This is either the link attqck or chase mission.
3. Go to your My Dream world.
4. Start feeding all near death pians.
5. Now just start going all around and feeding everyone. DOn't get upset about overfeeding or missing some. Its impossible to keep track when you have more than 30. Just keep feeding like crazy.
6. Keep a close eye on your pian total. If it goes down then you need to revive someone. If it goes up, then there is an egg to hatch.
7. Once all chips are gone or you are board, leave the area.
8. Start again at step 1.

This is tedious as hell so I suggest you complete all the missions before you go about raising these guys. You don't need to do so much for a few...but when you have a lot then you must. I hope this helps some of you guys.

Also note that you don't have to paraloop a lot of these guys. They produce eggs very quickly so a few will do.

----Edit----
I spend way to much time with these guys.

[CrazyInABottle]

I had about 77 at max, but then I went to play some of the levels, came back and only 15 were still walking around. Bad news? I only had 5 blue chips with me and I had to get rid of a Nightmaren that showed up, so only 3 got revived. And thanks for the Pian/Mepian/Maren clarification. I need to do some more research on all of this.

Any other discoveries? I've noticed that the background music changes based on what levels you were playing in/where you get your Pians. For instance, I was in Aqua Garden for a while and when I returned to the garden, the music had an aquatic, bubbly sound to it. I also had about 10 or 12 bubbles flying around high in the sky. The grass texture also changes. I've had a plain grass texture and one that looked like green plants with four or so leaves on them. I liked that one a lot. Anyone else have a ton of ugly tree stumps around their garden?

[Wizard of Odd]

back at 80. think i'm gonna let it drop to around 65 so i can get more mepians.

[JaxTH]

A nightmaren ATE one of my nightopians RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!

Edit: Those damn things ate 3 out of 5, 1 of which i just finished feeding!

[A Divine Unicorn]

i feed my 'pians to the 'maren. for some LOLs

[YamiLover13]

A nightmaren ATE one of my nightopians RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!

Edit: Those damn things ate 3 out of 5, 1 of which i just finished feeding!

But that is what they do! They are marens. XD That is why I make sure to get rid of them.

Yes I have a lot of tree stumps too. Trees don't seem to last long there.

As for losing the pians after completing levels, do what my tips say. I am teelling you. You cannont go more than 2 levels without seeing them. And after the second level you need to be in there and have a lot of blue chips. This means playing a level for no reason other than getting chips and delaying you from practicing and getting better grades in the game. Its really annoying. Don't sit on retry to long on a level either. It doesn't reset the My Dream time I believe.

I am telling you peope...FEED THEM OFTEN.

Time is passing rather quick while you play.

[Kraken]

Hm. It seems like the Nightopians' halos correspond to how hungry they are. Perfectly fine is bright yellow, and hungry is red. It only took 2-3 blue chips to feed an "unconscious" Pain back to full, though.

[YamiLover13]

Hm. It seems like the Nightopians' halos correspond to how hungry they are. Perfectly fine is bright yellow, and hungry is red. It only took 2-3 blue chips to feed an "unconscious" Pain back to full, though.

Really? What time is it so that they don't have hats. You can't see the halo's when the hats are on.

[Kraken]

I dunno. Some have those Christmas hats and I cant see, but some have smaller hats (didnt pay attention to what) and a few had no hat at all. Not sure what influences that.

Also, I dont know why or how, but a lake has started to form in mine. And I can see Bellbridge on the horizon. Whee.

[YamiLover13]

The hats are assigned at random. The type of hats are random but also depend on what month it is in your internal clock setting.

[Foofums]

I haven't discovered anything, but I do have a question:

Isn't the weather only supposed to change if your Wii is connected to the internet? It's started to snow in mine, and I don't even have a way to connect my Wii to the internet. Is it because it's near Christmas, or something?

[YamiLover13]

I have noticed that as well. It seems if you are not connected to the net then it goes by your internal clock. Depending on the month depends on the weather.

[W@iZ_M@n]

I'll you this....I'm getting really addicted to this My Dream world...Its really starting to grow on me...Lol Oh and thanks YamiLover for the tips! Now I've got about 31 or so, and these guys multiply like crazy....I just saw two literally bump into each other and an egg popped up!

[Deraj]

I guess, if you don't have internet, it'll pull an Animal Crossing on you, and the weather will change randomly. That way, you don't miss out on the weather feature completely.

You make me fearful. XD I could hardly take care of Eight Chao in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle... This is going to be h*ll! XD Especially if you want Pians and Mepians in the same garden. ... That settles it, then... I'ma have Mepian only garden. XD Bonfires away!
It might be interesting, really, seeing what All-Mepians does to your garden. It could stay Flat, or... ... Or something really cool could happen. Shrines to Wizeman, bonfires, Nightmaren running Rampant! BWAHAHAHAHA! ... Yes, I am a sick, sick person.

(And has anyone recorded MEPIANS breeding like rabbits? Obviously, their first habit would be to purge the garden of Pians, but after that? No Pians around, just eight or so Mepians hanging around?)

[YamiLover13]

I haven't let my mepians run rampet so I would know.

THe game manuel says that if you have a lot more marens then nightopians then the land will change to suit them. The same goes for pians. However, Mepians count as pians in this game. They are just more mischievious.

[Deraj]

Ah, sweet. My want for this game keeps rising.
And, not to get further off-topic, but I wonder what the 'King Pian' is, in this game, and how to get it. Iizuka-san said he put one in, in the interview, right? I wonder how you're supposed to get it.
Seeing how complex the Chao Garden was, on the Gamecube- (People are still researching how to get cooler-looking Colored Chao) - I'm assuming this Garden will be just as, if not more complex.

[mattdude]

this may soundweird too u all but My dreams make me think about animal corssing kinda...like keeping ur town perfect and meeting new ppl....but in a different way.. is my dreams preatty cool|???

[Kaibib Angel]

I beat the game with Will and Helen (the normal endings) and My Dream is covered in snow. xD

Do the Pians wear different hats according to the season and holiday? oO Because I noticed that older screenshots from months ago, the pians had witch hats on and stuff. xD

[YamiLover13]

I beat the game with Will and Helen (the normal endings) and My Dream is covered in snow. xD

Do the Pians wear different hats according to the season and holiday? oO Because I noticed that older screenshots from months ago, the pians had witch hats on and stuff. xD

Yes they do. The witch hats are in October.

Also, the bonfires are not actually items burning. They are just little fires created by mepians and they go away after awile. But I have been noticing things dissapearing as of late...

Also, I want to know if any of you can manage more than 80 pians? I can't go over that much. Its just too hard. Maybe I need to gather more from the levels.

Also, when you have over 70 pians, the multipling rate goes down a lot.

[Wizard of Odd]

i don't think mepians hurt my garden. the worst i've seen is a gooble(gopian?) light a firecracker. and also when mepians lay eggs it seems like the ospring have a 50/50 chance of looking like a regular pian, but carrying the mepians traits. and when mepians and mepians lay an egg the ospring might look like one parent (gopian) and have the other parent's clothes (shleepian) and have both traits. gopians light firecrackers and take out a trick or treat basket, and shleepians play with a soccer ball.

[Sako]

The coolest thing thats happened to me is my nightopian creating a sega saturn connected to one of those propellor TVs. Other than that, the blimp floating in My Dream.

[CrazyInABottle]

I'm not sure if this is something they normally do, but because I use Will a lot, many of the Pians play soccer with one another. It's pretty cool. Maybe they play instruments if you use Helen? Something to look into.

And on a more humorous note, I have a cauldron in my garden and I moved the camera just right and saw that there was an egg inside of it. I couldn't get it out.