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Never in my life did I expect to see a Dark Cloud Iceberg in my life, not that I'm complaining. Dark Cloud (specifically 1) is my personal favorite PS2 game of all time and seeing people online talk about it fills me with so much joy. I really hope that a Dark Cloud 3 comes out one day, or a remaster of the first two games.
Hey Aaron, welcome to the Dark Cloud Channel! 🎊 Did you learn anything new from this Iceberg 👀 It's great to have you here, the Dark Cloud Community is still so active over on sites like Reddit and Discord😊
Dark Cloud 1 its my favourite game ever, so good to see people like you still thriving to not let this amazing title be forgotten. With the recent adquisitions of Microsoft, i definetly think Sony should bet on this amazing franchise and start working on Dark Cloud 3. Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you so much for the kind words El Bronaldo, this whole channel focuses on Dark Cloud 1 trivia and information if you like what you see feel free to subscribe
i played this game 21 years ago and its so nice to see that people are still thinking about it like i do and even make content about it! have my like and sub!
Hey there Chch it's great to meet you! 🙂 The fan base is just as passionate as ever, we have an active we have an active Reddit and Discord if you'd like to join in on the conversation! Dark Cloud Community Discord Server: discord.gg/udyafzq48m
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@@DarkCloudCompendium a lot of the differences between the JP version and the international version were my favorite facts. Also I cant believe how long the original atla opening was its insane.
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Dark cloud was my first ps2 game I got. It was a elementary graduation gift along with the ps2. Played the hell out of the game. Never played the sequel beyond the demo
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One of the greatest franchise games ever. Grew up with this game and played it a ton with my little bro! Thanks for making this video, it is very informative!
Hey Tyler, thank you so much for your kind words I'm glad you enjoyed the video! That's so cool, the time I spent playing DC with my younger siblings was some of my favorite memories witb the PS2 🙂✌
The dark cloud games are still my favorites after all these years. I still have my physical games. Thanks for finally explaining the feather duster item. It's a shame that it never got fixed.
Always great to hear from you Kusagi Fox! 🎉 It really makes you wonder what level 5 what have been able to do how they had More time for developments which would have led to characters not being scrapped areas like the flame dungeon not being deleted and just a bigger more cohesive game altogether. Even the initial JP launch version was a confusing mess 🐸 With that being said well we came out without the end of the day I think was pretty darn amazing as well, because of Dark Cloud's success Level 5 was given free reign from Sony to do what they pleased with the sequel ✌🏼🥳 What bothers me however is that Sony and Level 5 knew that the Flapping Duster was not there and the still didn't correct the error in the greatest hits version, it was the perfect time for them to do so! 😂
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Thank you so much for the shoutout; it's *so* cool to be mentioned in a Dark Cloud iceberg. I started Operation Atla, the petition and the group, all those years ago. Thank you for all you do for us Dark Cloud fans! Excited to play the Enhanced Mod today!
It's an honor to talk with you BusterSwordBoy, thank you for everything that you've done. When I discovered Op Atla back in 2010 I must have been 12 years old and it really made me happy to see that others were trying to revive the series. Since then everything is different but at the same time nothing is different, we're all still here more passionate for these amazing games! 10 years later your work was my inspiration to create the Dark Cloud Compendium I had to mention your group for this video 😊 Did you learn anything new from the Iceberg 👀😄
@@DarkCloudCompendium The honor is mine, the DC Compendium is incredible; it's awesome to talk to you! I think I was 16 when I went into whatever browser-based photo editor I used to make the Operation Atla image and posted it lol. I was so surprised by how quickly it got to a few hundred members! I've been following your work since the channel started so I was up to date with a lot of discoveries, but I *did* learn new stuff form the iceberg! I love Level-5 but skipped on White Knight Chronicles back in the day, and I was surprised to see it had its own form of Georama, so cool!
It's amazing how fast time flew by@@BusterSwordBoy one day we're on these potato based web browsers next we're complaining about back pain! 😂 Thank you for all the work you did and sticking with the channel for so long, what video is your favorite? 👀 Op Atla was the first major fan group that I saw and it always struck a cord with me, when I started the Compendium in 2018 I used Op Atla as my inspiration! My favorite fact on this Iceberg would probably be Seda being playable, it was a crazy journey on how he was found!
Does anyone else remember playing the flash games on the official Dark Cloud website back in the day? I remember one had you clicking on treasure boxes to find items, and the other had you using ideas to combine items (a la Dark Cloud 2). I can't find anyone else who has mentioned these or even screenshotted them, so they may be lost media at this point.
OMG YES! I remember this too! I remember that every time you o opened the treasure chests the title music would play and it mentioned something about buying the PS2 game to view all the features. There was also a DC2 flash game that had a SimCity POV of Palm Brinks with Never Ending Adventure playing in the background. I’M SO HAPPY TO KNOW THAT I DON’T HAVE FAULTY MEMORY. THIS ACTUALLY EXISTED!
Hello Gemini, I hope all is well! Wow I never heard of this, can you provide anymore details like if there was any music, sound effects or cut scenes? Do you remember what site it was on? That is honestly so cool!
Oh my goodness where has this game been all my life! Do you remember what the URL code was or what the website's name was that hosted it? This needs to be found!
Incredible job, Hiddencastle! I feel lucky to live in a time where content for the Dark Cloud community like this even exists! I'm forever grateful, keep up the awesome content! ❤
Hey Cuboid Pixel, it's so nice to hear from you again! 🌟 I'm glad that you enjoyed the video a lot of time and effort went into making it something special for the Dark Cloud Community! Even after 20 years our passion for this awesome series is still strong ✌😊
The early demo makes me think that could be toan's dad like before he gets his turban and give his turban to Toan that way it feels like we are following his dads footprints like a dark cloud 0 sort of.
@@DarkCloudCompendium Lots of more lore, easter eggs and references, Like mabe the MC is related to Toan like a ancestor and the love interest is related to Monica and Max too like their ancestor child. And its like dark cloud 1 and you have more playable character and maybe Osmond is their guide and gives tips, and steve is a talking enchanted weapon again and he falls in love with an enchanted alchemy pot that help make your inventions.
So I’ve been on a nastalgia trip lately and I remember when I was a small child my grandmother bought a ps2 and got a copy of dark cloud with it. Me and my grandmother stayed up late nights playing it until we finally beat it. One of my all time favorite games I still play to this day.
Hey there Xero, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel! Feel free to subscribe to stay up to date with new DC videos! 🥳 Oh wow that brings back memories, that sounds like you made some truly magic moments! I remember when I first saw DC in 2001 it was mind blowing; what were some of your favorite facts? 🏆😊 If you enjoyed this video I think you'll like this one all about Dark Cloud's deleted playable character Seda👀🌟 ua-cam.com/video/u_M1ce3E7yc/v-deo.html
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This is one of the better Icebergs I've seen it nails the format and has everything that makes a good iceberg well picked topics, great structure, and most importantly you can see the passion. Thank you Hiddencastle for your year, and a half long endeavor
Hey Javelin, thank you so much for the kind words it really means a lot. It was a long time coming but I'm really glad with how this one turned out considering I never did anything like it, I'm glad I was able to do the fans justice. Take care and I hope the new years treats you well
I just found this out of sheer curiousity of my nostalgia for the game. It was very interesting, well edited and it was a pleasure to listen to your voice. Thank you so much!
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I had this game back on the PS2, its by far my all time favourite game, i found it ground breaking. Im currently replaying it on my PS4 I got dark chronicles aswell but I'll be playing that after beating the genie
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@@DarkCloudCompendium about the trading cards, that surprised me. I got all the way through the divine beast cave with out finding a single weapon chest, the ones i did find turned out to be king mimics 😩
@@lucky_duck323 I love those Dark Cloud Cards, I did a whole 20 minute videos spotlighting them and their weird facts! What would you like to see from a Dark Cloud 3 on today's gaming hardware 👀🌟
@@DarkCloudCompendium survival elements such as hunger, mining for georama parts, forging, and the return of the genie, has DC3 been confirmed? If so im gonna preorder it 😍
Those sound like some amazing ideas@@lucky_duck323 it's funny you mention that, Dark Cloud 3 was actually announced by Level 5 back in 2003 yoy can learn more about it in my Dark Cloud Iceberg 🤠 ua-cam.com/video/tHecKkIEOWE/v-deo.html
I recently watched an iceberg video for Earthbound 64 and wondered if/when someone would do one for Dark Cloud/Dark Chronicle and finally one has been done. So thanks for this video, was very interesting and informative. I think the thing that surprised me the most was the Level 5 x Everybody's golf thing. That is pretty cool. I haven't played the game but i at least thought i would have heard or seen the collab before.
Hey there Hoppo, it's nice to hear from you! This video has been in the making for a year and a half, I put everything I had in me to make this this video truly special and to make the most obscure information accessible for the Dark Cloud Community 😄
Hey Ghost in Wolf Skin, welcome to the Dark Cloud Channel! Feel free to subscribe to stay up to date with all things Dark Cloud! 🎊 I would absolutely love a PC release of these two amazing RPGs, Did you learn anything new from this Iceberg 👀 It's great to have you here, the Dark Cloud Community is still so active over on sites like Reddit and Discord😊
Osmond was originally gizmo, when they cut "sheena" they needed another character to fill that gap. gizmo already being fully modeled was an easy side npc to cut and fill that role. Some supporting ideas A limited animations B similar model as the other villagers
Hey Tate welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel where we post NEW Dark Cloud videos EVERY month if your into that consider subscribing for ALL things Dark Cloud 🤠 There's some good ideas there, Osmond replacing Sheeda/Seda is 100% confirmed at this point as the change took place in 2000 when Level 5 was denied another delay by the publisher Sony Regarding Osmond's name original being Gizmo, I don't know about that as I never heard of that thoughout my Dark Cloud Research, can you elaborate? 🤔
I make it a point to read npc dialogue. Even if I skip it the first time because im in a hurry, ill reload a save just to read the dialogue I missed. So important especially in text only games
Oh for sure! NPC dialogue is honestly one of the most goated aspects of Dark Cloud since each NPC has so much charm, I tried my best to capture the spirit of that in Dark Cloud Enhanced's new script!
@@DarkCloudCompendium I think the unused fire dungeon was very interesting, though The unused georama pieces and japanese differences were also pretty great
Oh wow @@shiruotakuno28 the unused fire dungeon was honestly one of my favorites too, we found the key items along with a pretty suspicious looking unused monster which was included in this video who knows what else was leftover for that dungeon!
The swap of various 'L's and 'R's is actually a very common thing when Japanese text gets translated because in Japanese, L makes the R sound and R makes the L sound. A very audible and noteworthy instance of this is in the movie 'Spirited Away.' Where mentor of Chihiro is called Lin in the english dub but her name in the original is Rin.
OH MY GOSH! I wish they kept switching between allies in the Overworld! I really felt they were underdeveloped outside of their introductory villages. That really hurts to know that was planned, somewhat implemented but ultimately had to be cut! 😭
Hey EphemeralSean welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel! 🥳 Honestly it's such a missed opportunity however we did re-add that feature to the Dark Cloud Enhanced Mod, I even wrote a new NPC Dialogue Script NPCs for the party members that was 20 thousand words long! Check it out! 🌟 ua-cam.com/video/tu2DikH9Ims/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for all the work you have done! I had no idea there was a such thing as a community for this game. I've never met anyone who remembers this game, but I still like to do a playthrough every few years, including Dark Cloud 2 and Rogue Galaxy. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but these games have a certain charm to them that I felt disappeared from later Level-5 projects.
Hey Joshua Blalock, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel it's great to have you here! Feel free to subscribe as I post new Dark Cloud videos every month! 🥳 The Dark Cloud Community may be niche but I'm doing my part in keeping the series alive with this dedicated channel! The Dark Cloud Community is so passionate 🌟 What were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg? I also did another 1 hour Iceberg for Dark Cloud 2 that I think you would enjoy! 😁 ua-cam.com/video/pAgpnQzaw2I/v-deo.html
Hey hey D R, it's so nice to hear from you again! I'm glad you enjoyed the video, I worked hard for over a year to make it full of the most obscure DC facts! It still boggles my mind we got to see DC in another game let alone a modern one at that! 😄
This was a really fun watch, I learned quite a bit, and a few things I had hunches on were basically confirmed, like Seda being planned to be playable. I remember when I got to the end of the game and was pretty surprised when they never joined me, their design just screamed "I am a playable character"
Good guess on Seda, I had the same feeling too haha! 😄 I absolutely love this video, there were so many facts and lost media present! What were some new facts you learned?🌟👀
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Hey hey SynchChavet, WELCOME to my Dark Cloud UA-cam Channel were we post NEW videos EVERY month! Consider subscribing to stay up to date with ALL things Dark Cloud 💯🌟 The Dark Cloud games are both so amazing but the first game always holds a special place in my heart, there's something about it I can't put my finger on that's timeless! What were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg 👀🌟
Such a great job. I'm glad Xiao had a unique gimmick that Osmond doesn't supersede her with. Really fascinating stuff. I definitely learned a bit and some new things (some of the stuff I knew came from your channel).
Hey there and welcome to the dark hot compendium where we post NEW Dark Cloud videos EVERY month!✌🏼😎✌🏼 Dark Cloud 3 Iceberg It's coming soon so if you don't want to miss out on that feel free to subscribe to stay up to date with all things Dark Cloud 🥳 That's a good question unfortunately level 5 and Sony both own the dark cloud license so in order for a remaster to go through both companies have to be exclusively on playstation hardware I'm not saying it's not going to happen but the chances are looking slimmer and slimmer every year but we're still here celebrating our love for the dark cloud series 🙌🏼🌟
18:16 Am I the only one that caught this? When you mentioned that international players couldn't see the magic carpet reference, you had Goro say "I hate you" lmfao!
Took 3 years but someone finally did 🤣 I always like the fastpaced editing to reflect what we're discussing, sometimes you get a funny gem like this. Goro speaks for us all, they could have fixed the Duster glitch in the greatest hits version!
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Dark Cloud 1 and 2 connections. Osmond, Master Utan, Treant / Jurak, The Dark Genie are all returning characters, all characters who are ageless or at least long lived. The Mardan Garyan also returns, the fish CousCous is friends with in Matataki Village. This also lends to the belief that Wise Owl Forest and Rainbow Butterfly Wood are the same woods. Not only are Mardan, Treant / Jurak, and Utan found in both, but if you look beyond some of the pathways in Rainbow, you can see the exit gates sometimes from Wise Owl. Now let us move on to speculation. Seda and King Raybrandt have the same face model. It's been theorized that Monica's kingdom is Seda's after Toan alters the timeline and saves it. Seda could either be an ancestor to King Raybrandt or IS king Raybrandt since we don't know his last name. Also, Seda's lover Sophia and Monica's mother have the SAME EXACT model with zero differences. This can't be a coincidence.
It's great to hear from you again, twice; on the same video too no less!! 🥳 That's a very interesting point you brought up regarding Seda and King Reybrant, I would like to do a video just on the DC 1 DC 2 connections one day; it's interesting enough to capture our imagination! What were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg 👀🌟
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@@DarkCloudCompendiumThe trading cards (never heard about them before) and the fact they originally intended Seda to be a playable character! Both very neat things I did not know
I remember playing the game on a black demo disc when I was a kid.. I was trying to see how far I would be able to get.. I loved that game, too bad my local game/disc store didn't had the game
I finally got down to watching this! There were some stuff I didn't know, like the music not being MIDI at first. A theory of mine is that they wanted to sell the OST so they made the game's soundtrack a lower quality. That is something Japan does with Dragon Quest games in Japan nowadays. One thing I find missing in this iceberg is the Dark Cloud cameo in the anime Ghost Stories
Hey hey Pom, it's so nice to hear from you! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, a lot of work went into making this for our amazing DC Community to enjoy! 🌟 Honestly your theory could be spot on, Level 5 did take a lot of inspired by Dragonquest so that could make sense. It's a shame too since that version of Matataki sounded much more organic, I wish we could have heard it 🥲
Hey Ten5h1 great to hear from you! Welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel feel free to subscribe for all things Dark Cloud! ✨️ 🤠 Oh wow that brings back memories, I remember when I first saw DC in 2001 it was mind blowing; what were some of your favorite facts? 🏆😊
@@DarkCloudCompendium the earlier artwork and the fact that you were almost able to have the silver haired guy as a playable character (I seriously keep forgetting his name even though I JUST watched the video 😂😂😂). I’m also currently playing DC on PS4 and just found the broken dagger glitch. IT’S STILL THERE! Toan, Xiao, and Goro are built up to their highest weapons already (well … I have to get to the bottom of the Demon Shaft for Toan’s, but the one I have is near enough).
u really out did yourself. i would love to see a video showing every know differential demo disc(every demo disc that isnt the same) and about the differences between the discs
It makes me so happy to know that people still give a damn about this game series. I would watch my mom play and I’d try and play myself but I would require my moms help with most things. This video has been very insightful.
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I am still playing the dark cloud games again. Just got to dc3/ rogue galaxy. Love this serie! Yes it is dark cloud, dark cloud2/ dark chronicle, rogue galaxy/dark chonicle 2/dark cloud 3! The game rogue galaxy/earliër development dark cloud 3, still has an extra reference to dark cloud 2/ dark chronicle! Other than the early found dc3 name files. The ghost kid in Steve is Mark/Max, from dark cloud 2 better known as Maximilian! You guys never noticed? I noticed it right away when i first played Rogue galaxy when it was released back then, and saw the ghost kid coming out when Steve contacted the doctor. His father. Also more references as being dark cloud 3 to dark cloud 1&2 are the copy "purple" atla stone on the arm of Seed that was made from the human dna data on the tablet, and actually had to be the Atla stone to use in georama to build/solve the portal to eden. And Jaster, after beïng turned into the Eden soldier/ star god, and opened the gate of eden, they talk about a legend of the star god. Able to move entire cities. Well guess what, you had to place/move buildings and create cities in georama in dc 1&2. So the star god was actually Toan in dark cloud 1 /maximilian dc2 or that wizard in dc 1? With the help of the atla stone. There you have it. Rogue galaxy ACTUALLY is dark cloud 3/ dark chronicle 2(as being a sequel to dark chronicle/dark cloud 2). Just look at it the way they changed dark cloud 2 to dark chronicle in the EU. I also forgot to mention, the flying moon ship you unlock in dark cloud 1 for flying to yellow drops? The moon? That is also used in rogue galaxy as a transport for flying to other planets.
Hey Children of the KoRn, welcome to my Dark Cloud UA-cam Channel, where I post NEW DC videos EVERY month!🥳 Oh yes you got that right, my friends and I were the first ones to break that DC 3 Rogue Galaxy around 2018, I also have pictures of DC 3's protagonist before he evolved into Jaster! I'm uploading a DC 3 Iceberg in a few weeks be sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss out on it 😊 What were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg 🤔 👀
@@DarkCloudCompendium you know this was already known information back when the game was released right? It was already on the net back then. Also, another connection that rogue is a "tales of" kind of follow up on dark Cloud 2/dark chronicle and actually still holds the name as 3rd title/installment in the dc series, is that Cedric has built the first version of Steve(the same steve but newer version robot in rogue galaxy) and shows steve off in the sewers system against the elephant boss in the pump level in the first dungeon in Dark Cloud 2? So all the connections add up together and as for the eu releases you get, Dark cloud, dark chronicle, rogue galaxy as dc 1,2 &3. There are so many more connections it is a job well done by level 5 to still create a dc3 game while Sony declined that title and without Sony noticing it they still got it done👀
Hey Myekyl, so great to hear from you again! I replied to this comment a few weeks ago but it seems like it didn’t go through 🤔 Agreed, Agreed, Agreed! Dark Cloud still has so much potential if Level 5 and Sony choose to tap into it! It could have been as big as Zelda or maybe Minecraft! 💯 I actually created a Dark Cloud 3 using nothing but AI and the results were CURSED! You need to check this out! 👀🌟 ua-cam.com/video/TNSU-HgkA9k/v-deo.html
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@@DarkCloudCompendium Ah, you've seen my game guide videos? 🤯 🤯 Legend! That's wild. Aha. 😁 Thanks so much!! And thanks again for this video. I also love Dark Cloud very much too!! 🤩 🎉
I would love a dark souls 3 taking us back to the Zones from DC1. Like revisiting the villages and cities. The moon. Etc. We need a Dark Cloud 3. man I loved dc1 so much. I Miss the old days
Hey Seattletty, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel where we post NEW Dark Cloud videos EVERY month 🥳 Be sure to subscribe for all thing's Dark Cloud 🌟 Oh for sure I love the Broken Dagger Glitch but it's definitely one Glitch I would advise not using on the first playthrough, it has such a mysterious history ehind it too I did a video all about it🤔 ua-cam.com/video/u_8I0X207TQ/v-deo.html
this was a great video! this made me relive all the great memories I had with this game. if anyone can help convince level 5 to make dark cloud 3 it's you. keep it up man love the vids
Hey Octane Rain, thank you for the kind words I'm glad you enjoyed this video! If you'd like to see more Dark Cloud Content feel free to subscribe to stay up to date with all the videos; as long as we have an active community Level 5 will hear our voices and eventually make Dark Cloud 3; one can only hope 😊🌟
Hey Johnny, it's so nice to hear from you! Thank you for the kind words, a lot of work goes into creating and crafting these videos as I work on them on my own but this one was special as I really wanted to put everything I could to make this the best it can be. I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
I've always wondered why my memories of the game don't align with the 'public' information. I unfortunately have long lost access to my disc copy (not that it was mine), but it was interesting. The most vivid memory was when the black and white guy openend the portal, I assume his animations bugged out, but it looked like he killed himself with his own sword, opening the portal within himself, and the proceeding dungeon had blood covering every corner of the tilesets, with no red tapestries in sight (I assume they had bugged out or something like the animations in the cutscene). I didn't see it that way though, and I thought it was f***ing awesome, that the game had finally gotten to that interesting dark side of things in earnest. A few oddities like songs missing instruments, dungeon levels bugging out, the carpet which I have zero idea how I had seen that before being that I played an english version, etc. I have a hard time remembering things, but that was a copy from an early stage of life, where the only thing I remember else of the PS2 was a GTA game (might have been san andreas idfk) which I wasn't allowed to play. The only reason I remember Dark Cloud in that time was because it got taken away when we discovered (and then caught witnessing) the grandma sitting on your head scene, which I thought was a stupid reason and just weird. Side note: This game and FFXII have impressed themselves upon me the most, and I think a full on game expanding on all of DC's lost and forgotten concepts in the structure of how FFXII handled it's worldscape (of it opening up bit by bit through story, while still allowing you multiple other full blown optional areas to either pass through or fully explore at your own interest, and seeing the world grow as you progress through time, always coming back to one area or another for something obscure you found) would be an awesome title to experience. Like: The combat is solid, the QTEs are rad (just needs a way to proc so you can control it via the gems you use to upgrade or a weapon with the stat 'stagger, etc', good way to award skilled combat with extra items when you are desperate and about to die), dynamic tilesets could be neat, but flags for tiles would be better to allow for cosmetic town building (turn collision off of vanity objects, override which tile varient you use, etc), an overworld of the world's darkness to accrue resources for your georama blueprints to rebuild the destroyed yet save parts, and townsfolk creating new blueprints as unlocks that are not atla preserved in dungeons, or only found as remnants in the scattered renewable atla, so you can scour for things as you need as opposed to fully linear, more impactful combat (meaning status effects have tactical prominence, rather than just being there as a novelty for the area, would loved to have gotten more premeditated with my plunges into the depths. Die to something, equip and strategize to suit, and try again), better dungeon tilesets, larger ceilings and wider tunnels so bigger enemies can chase you into a corner, an elite that guards either the gate or key so as not to be random minesweeper checks, wellsprings need to be finite, or only cleanse/finite, the gambling mechanics need a skill check option, never liked betting my health on a gain when it could be earned, random punishments shouldn't exceed your own error, take a hint from other games and use shaping tools (add in elevation, other tools, detect climates to create unique areas for new fish, or types of land like a mountain trail, a forest cave, a desert oasis, jagged rocks and hills, to suit your world building creativity without being left to rot on your unprovoked creativity), time sensitive mechanics (georama rescued village grandmother with naught long to live). I have a lot of ideas written down already, but that's some of them I think have reasonable impact with a fully rebuilt game using further advanced tech within the essence and spirit of the game without modifying or tainting it's original self, only giving you further adventure and exploration into the world you pretty much live in to see flourish once more, and that expanding those limiters using practices created well past it's release could really make this game shine. The only thing I would hate to see is the online experience of collaboration, it would totally break the idea of the game in my eyes, unless everyone created their own chosen one avatar, which I have never seen work well in any context.
Could it be possible that the Onyx Thunder Cloud mentioned at 37:38 is the sword Seda uses during his Duel Cutscene/later on? I remember thinking it was strange that we never ended up being able to build up into or acquire that sword in the game- despite how unique it looks. Perhaps the Onyx its referring to are the various black parts on the sword? Just speculation but cool to think about if we don't already have a name for the sword he uses in game. :) Very great video this was such a treat to watch.
Hey Thanitose, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel where we post NEW Dark Cloud videos EVERY month 🥳 Consider subscribing to stay up to date with all things Dark Cloud ✌🏼🌟 You know what, that's now a bad theory considering Seda's sword resembles Toans Dark Cloud Sword. The text file for the Onyx Thunder Cloud appears along side other files from earlier in development when Seda was still playable so perhaps that could be it! I'm releasing a NEW Dark Cloud Iceberg this December but I also made another video on Seda being playable, I think you'd be into it check it out 👀🌟 ua-cam.com/video/u_M1ce3E7yc/v-deo.htmlsi=uw4S4jc3mPLbqFTg
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I have regularly checked on this game, in hopes of it being re-released on any new console. It would be beyond my dreams to have a third installment too
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Hey Nick, I think this is the first time we've spoken it's so nice to meet you! I uploaded a few of these Beta Musical tracks in past as there is 12 total, I will link the Playlist! Subscribe to stay up to date with uploads as I will be uploading some more in December and January ✌😊 ua-cam.com/play/PLzd-8lplivk-E3NkSekc0z1WsCzNKRjug.html
@@DarkCloudCompendium Thanks! Enjoyed you covering the overlooked things in the NPC dialogue too. Some other tidbits that spring to mind are Peat Bog Forest and Bamilumba Homilumba, the previous chief of the Moon People who was killed by Osmond!
@@Vuroja5 Osmand is straight up cold! I wish I could have included that in the Iceberg but there's only so much time and it already got to 1 hour and a half haha! Which fact was your favorite, did you learn anything new? 🤔 🌟
It's an arab cultural paste to help beards grow almost like medicine, I embrace my nomadic culture and heritage as it's a part of my history ✌🏼 Hey YOU, Dr.Densetsu! Welcome to the Dark Cloud Compendium! I believe this is our first time talking, this channel focuses on my research and preserving Dark Cloud Lost Media 😄 What were some of your favorite facts on this 1 hour long Dark Cloud Iceberg 👀🌟
@@DrDensetsu Don't even sweat it fam it's comes with the territory of being online 😊 This Iceberg video in particular is full of trivia, lost media and never before seen content which I know you'll be into ✌🏼🌟
The Shipwreck Alternate theme is so cool! Kinda makes me think that they were planning on having dynamic music for Dungeon Exploring and Battling, like the percussion picks up whenever you're close to an enemy but it switches back to the normal version when you're safe. And if you think about it, the battle theme in the final game kinda fades in and out dynamically, so maybe the alternate versions of these songs were remnants of that idea?
Hey AlphaPHK, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel, if you like what you see feel free to suscribe 😊🌟 I think you're correct that could be what Level 5 was planning! It honestly pains me to say that there was so much more different musical variants that I wanted to show off in this video but it was already 1 hour and a half long! Did you learn anything new from this Iceberg? 👀
Welp, first 10 seconds of the video and I saw Seda walking into Wise Owl Forest and I was like "WHAT." so... YES XD I'm personally more of a Dark Chronicle guy, but the mysteriousness of Dark Cloud is always something I love about over it's sequel, so this iceberg was really cool to watch! Also I would love if you posted the Shipwreck's alternate version, or even make an 1 hour extended version, it's so good to listen ;~;
Oh wow. I learnt loads of new stuff today about Dark Cloud. Some of which I already knew. But I must admit, I never knew about half of the promotional material you mentioned on here. Like the advertising and the trading card game. Also about the flapping duster hackmod. I knew about the glitch for that. But it would be awesome if I could work out if I can apply the hack mod to my UK console. Like will it damage it or lock my system? I am so hesitant to mess with game systems cos I know they region lock them and put stuff in place that punishes you if you're caught messing with the system. Guess I'm a little paranoid with my PS2... it's unlikely since it's not connected to the internet. 😅 But this was a great video mate. 😉
Hey Storylover, thank you so much for all you're support I hope you enjoyed the video! 😊✌ Dark Cloud is one of those games where there's so much myster but it finally feels like we have a good understanding of the cut content now! 💯 In terms of the Flapping Duster Patch, look into FreeMCBoot, that doesn't take any tampering from your console as it's all from the memory card!🌟
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As a American dark cloud fan, I really enjoy it and will grind that game for hours even if you lose. They need to push past their limits and surpass the original tho that's a hard task
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This is such an amazing video, I love learning new info about the Dark Cloud series. May I ask what is the music played in the category "Descent into the Depths"? It sounds so lovely.
Hey Funk King, welcome to my Dark Cloud channel it's great to see you here! If you enjoyed the video consider subscribing as I post Dark Cloud videos every month! 🥳 Thank you for the kind words! I worked very hard on this video to make it special for the Dark Cloud Community, what were some of your favorite facts? 👀 Aha, good ear! The song played during that segment is Another Day from the Tetris CDI Soundtrack, it's an absolute gem filled with amazing atmospheric songs! 🎶
I loved the part about the beta version, it really made me wonder how different the series would have been if Toan had these abilities to create even entire landscapes. Then I thought this would make Dark Cloud 2's georama so much more difficult. 😂
@@Darkcloud-Atlatoan The beta version is honestly so interesting to me, you were able to create landscapes, command the weather and there was even the thought of including animals! 🏞🐦 What really peaked my interested was the idea that Level 5 were attempting an online georama mode where players could visit each others worlds and collaborate, sounds very similar to Minecraft 20 years prior!🤯 I also created an Iceberg for Dark Cloud 2 that I think you'd enjoy, check it out 😄 ua-cam.com/video/pAgpnQzaw2I/v-deo.html
incredibly interesting video, thank you about the music format change from streamed to MIDI, I think it's about performance and file size. It's lighter on the IOP to play MIDI tracks rather than streaming from the disc, and MIDI tracks are usually approximately five times lighter
Hey there Piorrro, it's so nice to hear from you again it's been a while! 😊🌟 Ohhhhhh see that makes a ton of sense, I want to try to upload those unused musical variations to the Compendium channel in January I hope you check them out! What was your favorite few facts in this video? 🙂✌
Hey there @@thevoidamongus3910 welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel! 🥳 I can do that for you 101% no trouble at all, I'm working on a lengthy Dark Cloud 2 Iceberg project which will air this December, I had the beta instrumental tracks but they were on an old hard drive which sadly failed, I'll find a way to dig them up and have them uploaded in January after DC 2 Iceberg, be sure to subscribe to stay up to date with all things Dark Cloud 😊
@@DarkCloudCompendium thanks man ! If you can manage somehow to find them way before January , i hope that you will think about upload them here before December ! 🤞🏻 I have just started to play dark cloud after a decade , there is something in this game that other don’t have . I have subscribed to you , iam so grateful to have find a dark cloud dedicated UA-cam channel 🙏🏻 , thanks for the hard work and the dedication
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Hey hey Denton, welcome to my Dark Cloud UA-cam Channel 🥳 Right! It's funny you mention that because growing up I thought it was referred to as Dark Cloud 2 all around the world only to learn that PAL and Japan had Dark Chronicle 🤔 Check out our Dark Cloud 2 Iceberg 👀 ua-cam.com/video/pAgpnQzaw2I/v-deo.html
You were talking about queens getting a lot of reworks done such as rubys lamp and the shell ring. I wonder if that has something to do with how you get called Toan no matter what your name is during the ice queen cutscene.
Hello again Eddy, it's great to hear from you! Honestly, that could be a leftover from that rushed development cycle; there was actually plenty more cut content and oddities in Queens that I could have mentioned but the video was already 1 hour and a half long haha! Did you learn anything new from this Iceberg 😁
Hey there Super Kami Guru Alucard McKee (love that name bro!) Welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel! 🥳 It's funny you mention that, Level 5 did create some pretty amazing looking statues of Ruby, Toan, Master Jacket and the Dark Genie but only for a Japanese event in 2001; they were discarded and never seen again save for the Statue of Toan that reappeared in California in 2018 and was rescued by a fan! 😊 I'd love to own some too! Be sure to Subscribe as I'll be posting some Dark Cloud Beta music, I noticed your a musician yourself so perhaps you'll find that interesting! Figures of this series would be amazing, maybe if we get a new Dark Cloud game figures will happen! What would you want from a Dark Cloud 3 👀
@@DarkCloudCompendium a combination of characters from one and two would be cool! You would like my songs Midnight Assassin and Zhen'ai from my first album because they reference themes from dark cloud 1 and 2
Hey Link Dragmire, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel! It's funny how Seda got 3 different names: Seide, Sheeda and Seda each one more special then the last! I agree I think Seide, works better would have been cool to see! 😎
You know Michelle, I'm really upset at that too! They could hve easily found another way to use those Beta musical tracks; maybe even during backfloors! What were some of your favourite facts in this iceberg?
@Hiddencastle the different music on the back floors would’ve been so cool! i also thought the flame village and dungeon was interesting, if level 5 had more time to make dark cloud i wonder how many different changes they’re would’ve been like if they had time to fix the flapping duster issue or add the flame dungeon
Hey there Ultimate Legend it's nice to hear from you and I hope you enjoyed the video! I think I played DC a Million times when making this video haha 🥳 What were some of you're favorite facts on the Iceberg?
@@DarkCloudCompendium The facts regarding Seda , growing up i was obsessed with acquiring his weapon only to realize we can't obtain it and finding out he was playable but scrapped mid development was really unfortunate too. Thank you for your videos and work on this.
Hey Are You Thirsty TV (Love the name!l, welcome to the Dark Cloud Channel! Thanks for the subscription it really does help this small but growing channel! Welcome Aboard 😊 Did you learn anything new from this Iceberg 👀
I really like that idea Liam, a deep dive on every release possible; I feel like that could be done for sure as that information needs to be out there in some degree
Great to hear from you Liam!@@Darkcloudbeta7_yt it's hard to say since the upload schedule I have is locked in with scripts/research in various stages of completion it's subject to change as I'm juggling UA-cam with working 2 jobs but the uploads are looking like as follows: October: Aga, Demon Shaft Beta video November: Prep for 1 hour Iceberg December: Dark Cloud 3 Iceberg 1 hour January: Break month February: Behind the Scenes + 1 Hour long extended OSTs March: Dark Cloud LOST Statues April: Lost Dark Cloud Flash Games May: Merchandise Deepdive June: Iceberg Trilogy July: Flapping Duster Deepdive August: AI third video September: Georama in other Level 5 games?!
@@DarkCloudCompendium damn I didn't expect I to send me a full on schedual lol. My top 3 vids u mentioned I can't wait for (other than iceberg cus that's just op) Demon shaft beta vid Dark cloud flash games Aga vid
@@DarkCloudCompendium the concept alternate reality me is rocking a set of darkcloud vans. that and the perspective of the dev team. mixed with the perspective of "zelda killer"
We need to have a skate contest between Tony Hawk, the kids from Rocket Power and Osmond and see who would win *Spoilers* it's Osmond because he has a hover pack 😂 Did you learn anything new in this video 😄
I have a theory about Ruby and that's she's no longer a genie sure she came from a lamp but I believe she's a free genie for if three wishes are up they retuned sealed in the lamp and disappear until the next master finds the lamp, and the mayor/former mob boss probably wished to marry her which in turned freed her but allowing her to have half of her cosmic powers giving him infinite wishes, but giving her domme mommy personality she kept him from being greedy and basically tamed the poor guy to make him wish for her to be sealed in the lamp again until he needed her leading to Toan releasing her. Thus why she would be called a sorceress instead of a genie, plus I see her being called a genie through Toan's eyes for he saw her come out of the lamp, and the town sees her as the Mayor/Boss' sorceress wife
Hey Nitrous this is the first time I've seen you comment, welcome to my channel! 🌟✌ I've been doing deep dive videos on Dark Cloud's development and merchandise for 2 years now, I'm happy that you could join us on the journey! 😊
@@DarkCloudCompendium I liked the create youre own meck/robot so meybe biger mecks, biger party, create youre own vehicle with the camera (motor bike, plane) , ofc story expansion, biger maps not too much
Hey Daryl, it's great to hear from you! I hope you enjoyed the Dark Cloud Iceberg, did you learn anything new? I feel like perhaps the musical variants were made for that reason but never implemented, however we did use them for the backfloors in DC Enhanced😊
@Dark Cloud Compendium ah, good, I wasn't sure. I did, it was good to find out about the witch parfect design, and some of the process of the making of the game. It was good.
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Hey Compendium. Can you please send me the full video in 14:14 Because up left is the German Televesion RTL2
Please I need this I want to watch the full version of it. (14:14)
@@berati9988 So sorry UA-cam never notified me of this comment (classic UA-cam 🐸)
Did you still need the clip?
@@DarkCloudCompendium I found it. Still. Thank you Keep making videos about DC please
No worries at all@@berati9988 thanks for enjoying the Dark Cloud History Content on my channel 🌟✌🏼😊✌🏼🌟
Never in my life did I expect to see a Dark Cloud Iceberg in my life, not that I'm complaining. Dark Cloud (specifically 1) is my personal favorite PS2 game of all time and seeing people online talk about it fills me with so much joy. I really hope that a Dark Cloud 3 comes out one day, or a remaster of the first two games.
Hey Aaron, welcome to the Dark Cloud Channel! 🎊 Did you learn anything new from this Iceberg 👀
It's great to have you here, the Dark Cloud Community is still so active over on sites like Reddit and Discord😊
Dark Cloud 1 its my favourite game ever, so good to see people like you still thriving to not let this amazing title be forgotten. With the recent adquisitions of Microsoft, i definetly think Sony should bet on this amazing franchise and start working on Dark Cloud 3. Keep up the amazing work!
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i played this game 21 years ago and its so nice to see that people are still thinking about it like i do and even make content about it! have my like and sub!
Hey there Chch it's great to meet you! 🙂 The fan base is just as passionate as ever, we have an active we have an active Reddit and Discord if you'd like to join in on the conversation! Dark Cloud Community Discord Server:
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Here I am replaying the masterpiece after many years since the last time I played it. Already in yellow drops.
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What were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg 🤔 👀
@@DarkCloudCompendium a lot of the differences between the JP version and the international version were my favorite facts. Also I cant believe how long the original atla opening was its insane.
I still play dark cloud 1 and 2. Never gets old. Thank you.
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What new facts did you learn from this Iceberg 👀
If you enjoyed this 1 hour Iceberg I also did one for Dark Cloud 2 feel free to check it out! 🌟
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Dark cloud was my first ps2 game I got. It was a elementary graduation gift along with the ps2. Played the hell out of the game. Never played the sequel beyond the demo
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What were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg 👀🌟
One of the greatest franchise games ever. Grew up with this game and played it a ton with my little bro! Thanks for making this video, it is very informative!
Hey Tyler, thank you so much for your kind words I'm glad you enjoyed the video! That's so cool, the time I spent playing DC with my younger siblings was some of my favorite memories witb the PS2 🙂✌
The dark cloud games are still my favorites after all these years. I still have my physical games. Thanks for finally explaining the feather duster item. It's a shame that it never got fixed.
Always great to hear from you Kusagi Fox! 🎉
It really makes you wonder what level 5 what have been able to do how they had More time for developments which would have led to characters not being scrapped areas like the flame dungeon not being deleted and just a bigger more cohesive game altogether. Even the initial JP launch version was a confusing mess 🐸
With that being said well we came out without the end of the day I think was pretty darn amazing as well, because of Dark Cloud's success Level 5 was given free reign from Sony to do what they pleased with the sequel ✌🏼🥳
What bothers me however is that Sony and Level 5 knew that the Flapping Duster was not there and the still didn't correct the error in the greatest hits version, it was the perfect time for them to do so! 😂
So glad I grew up with this beautiful game,it had so much soul
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My apologies for the late reply, things have been so busy! I'm working on a 1 hour Dark Cloud 3 Iceberg that will release in December along with other monthly content! 🌟
What were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg 🤔
The Dark Cloud series is my all time favorite franchise
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Did you learn anything new from this video 👀🌟
The work you've put here is amazing.
It's so good to see light on Dark Cloud.
Thank you!
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There's a new Dark Cloud Iceberg premiering tomorrow! 😎
Thank you so much for the shoutout; it's *so* cool to be mentioned in a Dark Cloud iceberg. I started Operation Atla, the petition and the group, all those years ago. Thank you for all you do for us Dark Cloud fans! Excited to play the Enhanced Mod today!
It's an honor to talk with you BusterSwordBoy, thank you for everything that you've done. When I discovered Op Atla back in 2010 I must have been 12 years old and it really made me happy to see that others were trying to revive the series.
Since then everything is different but at the same time nothing is different, we're all still here more passionate for these amazing games! 10 years later your work was my inspiration to create the Dark Cloud Compendium I had to mention your group for this video 😊
Did you learn anything new from the Iceberg 👀😄
@@DarkCloudCompendium The honor is mine, the DC Compendium is incredible; it's awesome to talk to you! I think I was 16 when I went into whatever browser-based photo editor I used to make the Operation Atla image and posted it lol. I was so surprised by how quickly it got to a few hundred members!
I've been following your work since the channel started so I was up to date with a lot of discoveries, but I *did* learn new stuff form the iceberg! I love Level-5 but skipped on White Knight Chronicles back in the day, and I was surprised to see it had its own form of Georama, so cool!
It's amazing how fast time flew by@@BusterSwordBoy one day we're on these potato based web browsers next we're complaining about back pain! 😂
Thank you for all the work you did and sticking with the channel for so long, what video is your favorite? 👀
Op Atla was the first major fan group that I saw and it always struck a cord with me, when I started the Compendium in 2018 I used Op Atla as my inspiration! My favorite fact on this Iceberg would probably be Seda being playable, it was a crazy journey on how he was found!
Does anyone else remember playing the flash games on the official Dark Cloud website back in the day? I remember one had you clicking on treasure boxes to find items, and the other had you using ideas to combine items (a la Dark Cloud 2). I can't find anyone else who has mentioned these or even screenshotted them, so they may be lost media at this point.
OMG YES! I remember this too! I remember that every time you o opened the treasure chests the title music would play and it mentioned something about buying the PS2 game to view all the features.
There was also a DC2 flash game that had a SimCity POV of Palm Brinks with Never Ending Adventure playing in the background.
I’M SO HAPPY TO KNOW THAT I DON’T HAVE FAULTY MEMORY. THIS ACTUALLY EXISTED!
Hmmmm very interesting! Thanks for sharing
Hello Gemini, I hope all is well! Wow I never heard of this, can you provide anymore details like if there was any music, sound effects or cut scenes? Do you remember what site it was on? That is honestly so cool!
Oh my goodness where has this game been all my life! Do you remember what the URL code was or what the website's name was that hosted it? This needs to be found!
Right, you learn something new everyday!
Incredible job, Hiddencastle! I feel lucky to live in a time where content for the Dark Cloud community like this even exists! I'm forever grateful, keep up the awesome content!
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Hey Cuboid Pixel, it's so nice to hear from you again! 🌟
I'm glad that you enjoyed the video a lot of time and effort went into making it something special for the Dark Cloud Community! Even after 20 years our passion for this awesome series is still strong ✌😊
I’m stanning for a CuboidPixel x Hiddencastle irl relationship
This is my third time watching this masterpiece, I must absorb all of these obscure dark cloud facts.
Hey Sandman, it's nice to hear from you! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, what were some of you're favorite facts?
The early demo makes me think that could be toan's dad like before he gets his turban and give his turban to Toan that way it feels like we are following his dads footprints like a dark cloud 0 sort of.
That's a very interesting theory, I never thought of it that way! What would you like to see from a Dark Cloud 3 on today's gaming hardware 👀🌟
@@DarkCloudCompendium Lots of more lore, easter eggs and references, Like mabe the MC is related to Toan like a ancestor and the love interest is related to Monica and Max too like their ancestor child. And its like dark cloud 1 and you have more playable character and maybe Osmond is their guide and gives tips, and steve is a talking enchanted weapon again and he falls in love with an enchanted alchemy pot that help make your inventions.
So I’ve been on a nastalgia trip lately and I remember when I was a small child my grandmother bought a ps2 and got a copy of dark cloud with it. Me and my grandmother stayed up late nights playing it until we finally beat it. One of my all time favorite games I still play to this day.
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Oh wow that brings back memories, that sounds like you made some truly magic moments!
I remember when I first saw DC in 2001 it was mind blowing; what were some of your favorite facts? 🏆😊
If you enjoyed this video I think you'll like this one all about Dark Cloud's deleted playable character Seda👀🌟
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I would love to see a new PS5 exclusive dark cloud sequel! It would be so amazing!
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This is one of the better Icebergs I've seen it nails the format and has everything that makes a good iceberg well picked topics, great structure, and most importantly you can see the passion. Thank you Hiddencastle for your year, and a half long endeavor
Hey Javelin, thank you so much for the kind words it really means a lot. It was a long time coming but I'm really glad with how this one turned out considering I never did anything like it, I'm glad I was able to do the fans justice. Take care and I hope the new years treats you well
I just found this out of sheer curiousity of my nostalgia for the game. It was very interesting, well edited and it was a pleasure to listen to your voice. Thank you so much!
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Thank you for the kind words, I had a lot of fun creating this massive video! What were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg 👀
I had this game back on the PS2, its by far my all time favourite game, i found it ground breaking. Im currently replaying it on my PS4
I got dark chronicles aswell but I'll be playing that after beating the genie
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Amazing, what were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg, I also did a Dark Cloud 2 Iceberg as well that is also 1 hour!🌟
@@DarkCloudCompendium about the trading cards, that surprised me.
I got all the way through the divine beast cave with out finding a single weapon chest, the ones i did find turned out to be king mimics 😩
@@lucky_duck323 I love those Dark Cloud Cards, I did a whole 20 minute videos spotlighting them and their weird facts!
What would you like to see from a Dark Cloud 3 on today's gaming hardware 👀🌟
@@DarkCloudCompendium survival elements such as hunger, mining for georama parts, forging, and the return of the genie, has DC3 been confirmed? If so im gonna preorder it 😍
Those sound like some amazing ideas@@lucky_duck323 it's funny you mention that, Dark Cloud 3 was actually announced by Level 5 back in 2003 yoy can learn more about it in my Dark Cloud Iceberg 🤠
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I recently watched an iceberg video for Earthbound 64 and wondered if/when someone would do one for Dark Cloud/Dark Chronicle and finally one has been done. So thanks for this video, was very interesting and informative. I think the thing that surprised me the most was the Level 5 x Everybody's golf thing. That is pretty cool. I haven't played the game but i at least thought i would have heard or seen the collab before.
Hey there Hoppo, it's nice to hear from you! This video has been in the making for a year and a half, I put everything I had in me to make this this video truly special and to make the most obscure information accessible for the Dark Cloud Community 😄
@@DarkCloudCompendium that would be pretty neat and thank you.
i really wanna play some dark cloud now.... wish it was on steam
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I would absolutely love a PC release of these two amazing RPGs, Did you learn anything new from this Iceberg 👀
It's great to have you here, the Dark Cloud Community is still so active over on sites like Reddit and Discord😊
Osmond was originally gizmo, when they cut "sheena" they needed another character to fill that gap. gizmo already being fully modeled was an easy side npc to cut and fill that role.
Some supporting ideas
A limited animations
B similar model as the other villagers
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There's some good ideas there, Osmond replacing Sheeda/Seda is 100% confirmed at this point as the change took place in 2000 when Level 5 was denied another delay by the publisher Sony
Regarding Osmond's name original being Gizmo, I don't know about that as I never heard of that thoughout my Dark Cloud Research, can you elaborate? 🤔
I make it a point to read npc dialogue. Even if I skip it the first time because im in a hurry, ill reload a save just to read the dialogue I missed. So important especially in text only games
Oh for sure! NPC dialogue is honestly one of the most goated aspects of Dark Cloud since each NPC has so much charm, I tried my best to capture the spirit of that in Dark Cloud Enhanced's new script!
I wish the longer atla animation was used whenever you obtained houses. This would have made collecting atla more compelling and rewarding.
Hey there Shiru, that's a great idea that could have kept the animation varied! What was your favorite fact?
@@DarkCloudCompendium I think the unused fire dungeon was very interesting, though The unused georama pieces and japanese differences were also pretty great
Oh wow @@shiruotakuno28 the unused fire dungeon was honestly one of my favorites too, we found the key items along with a pretty suspicious looking unused monster which was included in this video who knows what else was leftover for that dungeon!
The swap of various 'L's and 'R's is actually a very common thing when Japanese text gets translated because in Japanese, L makes the R sound and R makes the L sound. A very audible and noteworthy instance of this is in the movie 'Spirited Away.' Where mentor of Chihiro is called Lin in the english dub but her name in the original is Rin.
PlayfulFruitLPer!!! Great to hear from you! Late 90s early 2000s JRPG translation is honestly so interesting so many little quirks
OH MY GOSH! I wish they kept switching between allies in the Overworld! I really felt they were underdeveloped outside of their introductory villages. That really hurts to know that was planned, somewhat implemented but ultimately had to be cut! 😭
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Honestly it's such a missed opportunity however we did re-add that feature to the Dark Cloud Enhanced Mod, I even wrote a new NPC Dialogue Script NPCs for the party members that was 20 thousand words long! Check it out! 🌟
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Thank you so much for all the work you have done! I had no idea there was a such thing as a community for this game. I've never met anyone who remembers this game, but I still like to do a playthrough every few years, including Dark Cloud 2 and Rogue Galaxy. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but these games have a certain charm to them that I felt disappeared from later Level-5 projects.
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The Dark Cloud Community may be niche but I'm doing my part in keeping the series alive with this dedicated channel! The Dark Cloud Community is so passionate 🌟
What were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg? I also did another 1 hour Iceberg for Dark Cloud 2 that I think you would enjoy! 😁
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This was very interesting! - there was a lot I didn't know about. I'm very surprised to find that the Dark Cloud characters were in that golf game.
Hey hey D R, it's so nice to hear from you again! I'm glad you enjoyed the video, I worked hard for over a year to make it full of the most obscure DC facts! It still boggles my mind we got to see DC in another game let alone a modern one at that! 😄
This was a really fun watch, I learned quite a bit, and a few things I had hunches on were basically confirmed, like Seda being planned to be playable. I remember when I got to the end of the game and was pretty surprised when they never joined me, their design just screamed "I am a playable character"
Good guess on Seda, I had the same feeling too haha! 😄
I absolutely love this video, there were so many facts and lost media present! What were some new facts you learned?🌟👀
Literally one of my favorite games
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THIS CHANNELS A GOLD MINE FOR DC FANS. Thanks for your hard work! 🙏
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This massive video was over 1 hour long did you learn anything new 👀🌟
God i love dark cloud and all the connected plot. Forever will be a series in my heart
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The Dark Cloud games are both so amazing but the first game always holds a special place in my heart, there's something about it I can't put my finger on that's timeless!
What were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg 👀🌟
Such a great job. I'm glad Xiao had a unique gimmick that Osmond doesn't supersede her with. Really fascinating stuff. I definitely learned a bit and some new things (some of the stuff I knew came from your channel).
Hey there Yuke, I'm glad you enjoyed the video and that you learned something ew about our favorite Georama RPG :)
I just dont understand why games like these wont get remaster but games like dark souls etc get
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That's a good question unfortunately level 5 and Sony both own the dark cloud license so in order for a remaster to go through both companies have to be exclusively on playstation hardware I'm not saying it's not going to happen but the chances are looking slimmer and slimmer every year but we're still here celebrating our love for the dark cloud series 🙌🏼🌟
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Am I the only one that caught this?
When you mentioned that international players couldn't see the magic carpet reference, you had Goro say "I hate you" lmfao!
Took 3 years but someone finally did 🤣
I always like the fastpaced editing to reflect what we're discussing, sometimes you get a funny gem like this. Goro speaks for us all, they could have fixed the Duster glitch in the greatest hits version!
@@DarkCloudCompendium I noticed that I didnt finish the video so I rewatched it and caught that. Hella funny lmao
I had no idea there was a channel entirely about dark cloud I love this series
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I'm happy people are rediscovering Dark Cloud! Did you learn anything new from this Iceberg 👀🌟
Dark Cloud 1 and 2 connections.
Osmond, Master Utan, Treant / Jurak, The Dark Genie are all returning characters, all characters who are ageless or at least long lived. The Mardan Garyan also returns, the fish CousCous is friends with in Matataki Village. This also lends to the belief that Wise Owl Forest and Rainbow Butterfly Wood are the same woods. Not only are Mardan, Treant / Jurak, and Utan found in both, but if you look beyond some of the pathways in Rainbow, you can see the exit gates sometimes from Wise Owl.
Now let us move on to speculation. Seda and King Raybrandt have the same face model. It's been theorized that Monica's kingdom is Seda's after Toan alters the timeline and saves it. Seda could either be an ancestor to King Raybrandt or IS king Raybrandt since we don't know his last name. Also, Seda's lover Sophia and Monica's mother have the SAME EXACT model with zero differences. This can't be a coincidence.
It's great to hear from you again, twice; on the same video too no less!! 🥳
That's a very interesting point you brought up regarding Seda and King Reybrant, I would like to do a video just on the DC 1 DC 2 connections one day; it's interesting enough to capture our imagination!
What were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg 👀🌟
Subbed. Loved the intro. And double points for covering my favorite game of all time! Keep it up, man!
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Thank you for the kind words! what were some of your favorite facts on this 1 hour long Dark Cloud Iceberg? 👀🎉
@@DarkCloudCompendiumThe trading cards (never heard about them before) and the fact they originally intended Seda to be a playable character! Both very neat things I did not know
I remember playing the game on a black demo disc when I was a kid.. I was trying to see how far I would be able to get.. I loved that game, too bad my local game/disc store didn't had the game
It's great to talk to you again Akis124Gamer! 🥳
What were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg 👀🌟
I finally got down to watching this! There were some stuff I didn't know, like the music not being MIDI at first. A theory of mine is that they wanted to sell the OST so they made the game's soundtrack a lower quality. That is something Japan does with Dragon Quest games in Japan nowadays. One thing I find missing in this iceberg is the Dark Cloud cameo in the anime Ghost Stories
Hey hey Pom, it's so nice to hear from you! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, a lot of work went into making this for our amazing DC Community to enjoy! 🌟
Honestly your theory could be spot on, Level 5 did take a lot of inspired by Dragonquest so that could make sense. It's a shame too since that version of Matataki sounded much more organic, I wish we could have heard it 🥲
This game is what prompted me to get a PS2. A friend of mine had the game, and I was addicted to it very quickly.
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Oh wow that brings back memories, I remember when I first saw DC in 2001 it was mind blowing; what were some of your favorite facts? 🏆😊
@@DarkCloudCompendium the earlier artwork and the fact that you were almost able to have the silver haired guy as a playable character (I seriously keep forgetting his name even though I JUST watched the video 😂😂😂). I’m also currently playing DC on PS4 and just found the broken dagger glitch. IT’S STILL THERE! Toan, Xiao, and Goro are built up to their highest weapons already (well … I have to get to the bottom of the Demon Shaft for Toan’s, but the one I have is near enough).
u really out did yourself. i would love to see a video showing every know differential demo disc(every demo disc that isnt the same) and about the differences between the discs
Thank you so much for all the support Liam, this video a long time coming and I'm very happy to finally share it with you all! 🎊🌟
@@DarkCloudCompendium no problem hidden castle. ive been a fan of your channel comenting in many videos and i plan for it to stay that way
It makes me so happy to know that people still give a damn about this game series. I would watch my mom play and I’d try and play myself but I would require my moms help with most things. This video has been very insightful.
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The Dark Cloud series is honestly the most passionate and dedicated community out there, we actually have a Dark Cloud Discord and Reddit with thousands of active users who share their passion for this series! 🥳
If Dark Cloud 3 came out today, what new features would you like to see! 👀🌟
I would be happy with just a dark cloud remastered version.
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I was thinking the same thing, what would you want to see if they made a new one or Dark Cloud 3? 👀🌟
I am still playing the dark cloud games again. Just got to dc3/ rogue galaxy. Love this serie! Yes it is dark cloud, dark cloud2/ dark chronicle, rogue galaxy/dark chonicle 2/dark cloud 3!
The game rogue galaxy/earliër development dark cloud 3, still has an extra reference to dark cloud 2/ dark chronicle! Other than the early found dc3 name files. The ghost kid in Steve is Mark/Max, from dark cloud 2 better known as Maximilian! You guys never noticed? I noticed it right away when i first played Rogue galaxy when it was released back then, and saw the ghost kid coming out when Steve contacted the doctor. His father.
Also more references as being dark cloud 3 to dark cloud 1&2 are the copy "purple" atla stone on the arm of Seed that was made from the human dna data on the tablet, and actually had to be the Atla stone to use in georama to build/solve the portal to eden. And Jaster, after beïng turned into the Eden soldier/ star god, and opened the gate of eden, they talk about a legend of the star god. Able to move entire cities. Well guess what, you had to place/move buildings and create cities in georama in dc 1&2. So the star god was actually Toan in dark cloud 1 /maximilian dc2 or that wizard in dc 1? With the help of the atla stone.
There you have it. Rogue galaxy ACTUALLY is dark cloud 3/ dark chronicle 2(as being a sequel to dark chronicle/dark cloud 2). Just look at it the way they changed dark cloud 2 to dark chronicle in the EU.
I also forgot to mention, the flying moon ship you unlock in dark cloud 1 for flying to yellow drops? The moon? That is also used in rogue galaxy as a transport for flying to other planets.
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Oh yes you got that right, my friends and I were the first ones to break that DC 3 Rogue Galaxy around 2018, I also have pictures of DC 3's protagonist before he evolved into Jaster!
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What were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg 🤔 👀
@@DarkCloudCompendium you know this was already known information back when the game was released right? It was already on the net back then. Also, another connection that rogue is a "tales of" kind of follow up on dark Cloud 2/dark chronicle and actually still holds the name as 3rd title/installment in the dc series, is that Cedric has built the first version of Steve(the same steve but newer version robot in rogue galaxy) and shows steve off in the sewers system against the elephant boss in the pump level in the first dungeon in Dark Cloud 2? So all the connections add up together and as for the eu releases you get, Dark cloud, dark chronicle, rogue galaxy as dc 1,2 &3. There are so many more connections it is a job well done by level 5 to still create a dc3 game while Sony declined that title and without Sony noticing it they still got it done👀
I love your tone and cadence!
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Dark Cloud was so Ambitious. in an alternate universe we got the Version they originally wanted to release....
Hey Myekyl, so great to hear from you again! I replied to this comment a few weeks ago but it seems like it didn’t go through 🤔
Agreed, Agreed, Agreed! Dark Cloud still has so much potential if Level 5 and Sony choose to tap into it! It could have been as big as Zelda or maybe Minecraft! 💯
I actually created a Dark Cloud 3 using nothing but AI and the results were CURSED! You need to check this out! 👀🌟
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This video is awesome. Thank you. I love dark cloud.
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Thank you for the kind words, if you enjoyed this video I think you'll like this one all about Dark Cloud's deleted playable character Seda
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you have an amazing dark cloud channel
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As long as we're enjoying these iconic games they won't ever go anywhere ✌🏼🤠
Great video. Thank you for putting all this information together. 😁 👍
So glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for all the guides throughout the years 🎉😊
@@DarkCloudCompendium Ah, you've seen my game guide videos? 🤯 🤯 Legend! That's wild. Aha. 😁 Thanks so much!! And thanks again for this video. I also love Dark Cloud very much too!! 🤩 🎉
I would love a dark souls 3 taking us back to the Zones from DC1. Like revisiting the villages and cities. The moon. Etc.
We need a Dark Cloud 3. man I loved dc1 so much. I Miss the old days
What would you like to see from a Dark Cloud 3 on today's gaming hardware 👀🌟
@@DarkCloudCompendium mostly a online mode
The broken dagger glitch made a much more enjoyable replay. I wouldn't suggest it for the first time playing as it breaks the upgrade system entirely.
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Oh for sure I love the Broken Dagger Glitch but it's definitely one Glitch I would advise not using on the first playthrough, it has such a mysterious history ehind it too I did a video all about it🤔
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this was a great video! this made me relive all the great memories I had with this game. if anyone can help convince level 5 to make dark cloud 3 it's you. keep it up man love the vids
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Once again, thanks for your amazing work and efforts to entertain Dark Cloud community. All made in clear style.
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I've always wondered why my memories of the game don't align with the 'public' information. I unfortunately have long lost access to my disc copy (not that it was mine), but it was interesting. The most vivid memory was when the black and white guy openend the portal, I assume his animations bugged out, but it looked like he killed himself with his own sword, opening the portal within himself, and the proceeding dungeon had blood covering every corner of the tilesets, with no red tapestries in sight (I assume they had bugged out or something like the animations in the cutscene). I didn't see it that way though, and I thought it was f***ing awesome, that the game had finally gotten to that interesting dark side of things in earnest. A few oddities like songs missing instruments, dungeon levels bugging out, the carpet which I have zero idea how I had seen that before being that I played an english version, etc. I have a hard time remembering things, but that was a copy from an early stage of life, where the only thing I remember else of the PS2 was a GTA game (might have been san andreas idfk) which I wasn't allowed to play. The only reason I remember Dark Cloud in that time was because it got taken away when we discovered (and then caught witnessing) the grandma sitting on your head scene, which I thought was a stupid reason and just weird.
Side note: This game and FFXII have impressed themselves upon me the most, and I think a full on game expanding on all of DC's lost and forgotten concepts in the structure of how FFXII handled it's worldscape (of it opening up bit by bit through story, while still allowing you multiple other full blown optional areas to either pass through or fully explore at your own interest, and seeing the world grow as you progress through time, always coming back to one area or another for something obscure you found) would be an awesome title to experience. Like: The combat is solid, the QTEs are rad (just needs a way to proc so you can control it via the gems you use to upgrade or a weapon with the stat 'stagger, etc', good way to award skilled combat with extra items when you are desperate and about to die), dynamic tilesets could be neat, but flags for tiles would be better to allow for cosmetic town building (turn collision off of vanity objects, override which tile varient you use, etc), an overworld of the world's darkness to accrue resources for your georama blueprints to rebuild the destroyed yet save parts, and townsfolk creating new blueprints as unlocks that are not atla preserved in dungeons, or only found as remnants in the scattered renewable atla, so you can scour for things as you need as opposed to fully linear, more impactful combat (meaning status effects have tactical prominence, rather than just being there as a novelty for the area, would loved to have gotten more premeditated with my plunges into the depths. Die to something, equip and strategize to suit, and try again), better dungeon tilesets, larger ceilings and wider tunnels so bigger enemies can chase you into a corner, an elite that guards either the gate or key so as not to be random minesweeper checks, wellsprings need to be finite, or only cleanse/finite, the gambling mechanics need a skill check option, never liked betting my health on a gain when it could be earned, random punishments shouldn't exceed your own error, take a hint from other games and use shaping tools (add in elevation, other tools, detect climates to create unique areas for new fish, or types of land like a mountain trail, a forest cave, a desert oasis, jagged rocks and hills, to suit your world building creativity without being left to rot on your unprovoked creativity), time sensitive mechanics (georama rescued village grandmother with naught long to live). I have a lot of ideas written down already, but that's some of them I think have reasonable impact with a fully rebuilt game using further advanced tech within the essence and spirit of the game without modifying or tainting it's original self, only giving you further adventure and exploration into the world you pretty much live in to see flourish once more, and that expanding those limiters using practices created well past it's release could really make this game shine. The only thing I would hate to see is the online experience of collaboration, it would totally break the idea of the game in my eyes, unless everyone created their own chosen one avatar, which I have never seen work well in any context.
Could it be possible that the Onyx Thunder Cloud mentioned at 37:38 is the sword Seda uses during his Duel Cutscene/later on? I remember thinking it was strange that we never ended up being able to build up into or acquire that sword in the game- despite how unique it looks. Perhaps the Onyx its referring to are the various black parts on the sword? Just speculation but cool to think about if we don't already have a name for the sword he uses in game. :) Very great video this was such a treat to watch.
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You know what, that's now a bad theory considering Seda's sword resembles Toans Dark Cloud Sword. The text file for the Onyx Thunder Cloud appears along side other files from earlier in development when Seda was still playable so perhaps that could be it!
I'm releasing a NEW Dark Cloud Iceberg this December but I also made another video on Seda being playable, I think you'd be into it check it out 👀🌟
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i would love to see a dark cloud 2 version of this vid
I definitely need a break for a while after this one 😂😴
@@DarkCloudCompendium yes haha
I second this motion! God-willing, I’ll be able to help monetarily within the next month or 2! Don’t want you putting in all this effort for free
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Lovely video! Have been waiting for a DC iceberg video forever!
Hope it was worth the wait :)
I have regularly checked on this game, in hopes of it being re-released on any new console. It would be beyond my dreams to have a third installment too
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I would absolutely love to see a new Dark Cloud game come out! I feel like this series still has so much more to offer! Did you learn anything new from this Iceberg 👀
Love all this hidden content. Could you upload the alternate music tracks? That Shipwreck mix was great.
Hey Nick, I think this is the first time we've spoken it's so nice to meet you!
I uploaded a few of these Beta Musical tracks in past as there is 12 total, I will link the Playlist! Subscribe to stay up to date with uploads as I will be uploading some more in December and January ✌😊
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@@DarkCloudCompendium Thanks! Enjoyed you covering the overlooked things in the NPC dialogue too. Some other tidbits that spring to mind are Peat Bog Forest and Bamilumba Homilumba, the previous chief of the Moon People who was killed by Osmond!
@@Vuroja5 Osmand is straight up cold! I wish I could have included that in the Iceberg but there's only so much time and it already got to 1 hour and a half haha!
Which fact was your favorite, did you learn anything new? 🤔 🌟
I hope dark cloud has a good future
With this amazing fan base, we're keeping it alive 🤠
Learned so many new neat facts, amazing video!!
Thank you so much Shazzy ✌😊
Amazing job with this, so much passion
Thank you so much for being here since day 1 :)
Bro I can't even with that painted on goatee. 🤣😂
It's an arab cultural paste to help beards grow almost like medicine, I embrace my nomadic culture and heritage as it's a part of my history ✌🏼
Hey YOU, Dr.Densetsu! Welcome to the Dark Cloud Compendium! I believe this is our first time talking, this channel focuses on my research and preserving Dark Cloud Lost Media 😄
What were some of your favorite facts on this 1 hour long Dark Cloud Iceberg 👀🌟
@@DarkCloudCompendium I didn't know that about the paste in your facial hair. Sorry if I came across mean.
@@DrDensetsu Don't even sweat it fam it's comes with the territory of being online 😊
This Iceberg video in particular is full of trivia, lost media and never before seen content which I know you'll be into ✌🏼🌟
The Shipwreck Alternate theme is so cool!
Kinda makes me think that they were planning on having dynamic music for Dungeon Exploring and Battling, like the percussion picks up whenever you're close to an enemy but it switches back to the normal version when you're safe. And if you think about it, the battle theme in the final game kinda fades in and out dynamically, so maybe the alternate versions of these songs were remnants of that idea?
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I think you're correct that could be what Level 5 was planning! It honestly pains me to say that there was so much more different musical variants that I wanted to show off in this video but it was already 1 hour and a half long! Did you learn anything new from this Iceberg? 👀
Welp, first 10 seconds of the video and I saw Seda walking into Wise Owl Forest and I was like "WHAT." so... YES XD
I'm personally more of a Dark Chronicle guy, but the mysteriousness of Dark Cloud is always something I love about over it's sequel, so this iceberg was really cool to watch!
Also I would love if you posted the Shipwreck's alternate version, or even make an 1 hour extended version, it's so good to listen ;~;
Oh wow. I learnt loads of new stuff today about Dark Cloud. Some of which I already knew. But I must admit, I never knew about half of the promotional material you mentioned on here. Like the advertising and the trading card game. Also about the flapping duster hackmod.
I knew about the glitch for that. But it would be awesome if I could work out if I can apply the hack mod to my UK console. Like will it damage it or lock my system? I am so hesitant to mess with game systems cos I know they region lock them and put stuff in place that punishes you if you're caught messing with the system. Guess I'm a little paranoid with my PS2... it's unlikely since it's not connected to the internet. 😅
But this was a great video mate. 😉
Hey Storylover, thank you so much for all you're support I hope you enjoyed the video! 😊✌
Dark Cloud is one of those games where there's so much myster but it finally feels like we have a good understanding of the cut content now! 💯
In terms of the Flapping Duster Patch, look into FreeMCBoot, that doesn't take any tampering from your console as it's all from the memory card!🌟
Ost slaps like no other
Hey there 1Shogunate, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel where I post NEW Dark Cloud videos EVERY month! 😎
If you enjoyed the Dark Cloud soundtrack I know your going to love the Dark Cloud 64 Soundtrack I made a few months ago! 🥳
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Thank you for making this!
Thank you for enjoying the video Lunaotic, what were some of your favorite facts? If you enjoyed this video feel free to subscribe to catch my new Dark Cloud videos!
@@DarkCloudCompendium Always a big fan of stuff hidden in the game files as I am not big brain enough to find them myself!
As a American dark cloud fan, I really enjoy it and will grind that game for hours even if you lose. They need to push past their limits and surpass the original tho that's a hard task
Hey Zang Zhiao, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel! If you enjoy Dark Cloud videos feel free to subscribe! 🥳
I was thinking the same thing, what would you want to see if they made a new one or Dark Cloud 3? 👀🌟
33:48 Interesting to note that this scrapped "Duel Any Monster" mech could be seen brought to fruition by Rogue Galaxy's Burning Strike system kinda
Hey Rose, that's actually such a good point I never thought of that!!!! What were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg 😁
This is such an amazing video, I love learning new info about the Dark Cloud series. May I ask what is the music played in the category "Descent into the Depths"? It sounds so lovely.
Hey Funk King, welcome to my Dark Cloud channel it's great to see you here! If you enjoyed the video consider subscribing as I post Dark Cloud videos every month! 🥳
Thank you for the kind words! I worked very hard on this video to make it special for the Dark Cloud Community, what were some of your favorite facts? 👀
Aha, good ear! The song played during that segment is Another Day from the Tetris CDI Soundtrack, it's an absolute gem filled with amazing atmospheric songs! 🎶
I loved the part about the beta version, it really made me wonder how different the series would have been if Toan had these abilities to create even entire landscapes. Then I thought this would make Dark Cloud 2's georama so much more difficult. 😂
@@Darkcloud-Atlatoan The beta version is honestly so interesting to me, you were able to create landscapes, command the weather and there was even the thought of including animals! 🏞🐦
What really peaked my interested was the idea that Level 5 were attempting an online georama mode where players could visit each others worlds and collaborate, sounds very similar to Minecraft 20 years prior!🤯
I also created an Iceberg for Dark Cloud 2 that I think you'd enjoy, check it out 😄
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incredibly interesting video, thank you
about the music format change from streamed to MIDI, I think it's about performance and file size. It's lighter on the IOP to play MIDI tracks rather than streaming from the disc, and MIDI tracks are usually approximately five times lighter
Hey there Piorrro, it's so nice to hear from you again it's been a while! 😊🌟
Ohhhhhh see that makes a ton of sense, I want to try to upload those unused musical variations to the Compendium channel in January I hope you check them out!
What was your favorite few facts in this video? 🙂✌
@@DarkCloudCompendium Do you think that you can find the original demo songs with true instrument and share it ? It would means the world to me 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Hey there @@thevoidamongus3910 welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel! 🥳
I can do that for you 101% no trouble at all, I'm working on a lengthy Dark Cloud 2 Iceberg project which will air this December, I had the beta instrumental tracks but they were on an old hard drive which sadly failed, I'll find a way to dig them up and have them uploaded in January after DC 2 Iceberg, be sure to subscribe to stay up to date with all things Dark Cloud 😊
@@DarkCloudCompendium thanks man ! If you can manage somehow to find them way before January , i hope that you will think about upload them here before December ! 🤞🏻
I have just started to play dark cloud after a decade , there is something in this game that other don’t have .
I have subscribed to you , iam so grateful to have find a dark cloud dedicated UA-cam channel 🙏🏻 , thanks for the hard work and the dedication
Thank u for ur work for this Video ^_^
Dark Cloud is my favorite game since the ps2
Thank you so much for the kind words BlackGame, if you want to stay up to date with the Dark Cloud Content feel free to subscribe as I upload DC every month :)
hell i did not even know America called it dark cloud 2 PAL got chronicle as well
Hey hey Denton, welcome to my Dark Cloud UA-cam Channel 🥳
Right! It's funny you mention that because growing up I thought it was referred to as Dark Cloud 2 all around the world only to learn that PAL and Japan had Dark Chronicle 🤔
Check out our Dark Cloud 2 Iceberg 👀
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You were talking about queens getting a lot of reworks done such as rubys lamp and the shell ring. I wonder if that has something to do with how you get called Toan no matter what your name is during the ice queen cutscene.
Hello again Eddy, it's great to hear from you! Honestly, that could be a leftover from that rushed development cycle; there was actually plenty more cut content and oddities in Queens that I could have mentioned but the video was already 1 hour and a half long haha! Did you learn anything new from this Iceberg 😁
I honestly wish I could get a custom made Ruby as an action figure! She was my favorite videogame character ever. :P
Hey there Super Kami Guru Alucard McKee (love that name bro!) Welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel! 🥳
It's funny you mention that, Level 5 did create some pretty amazing looking statues of Ruby, Toan, Master Jacket and the Dark Genie but only for a Japanese event in 2001; they were discarded and never seen again save for the Statue of Toan that reappeared in California in 2018 and was rescued by a fan! 😊
I'd love to own some too! Be sure to Subscribe as I'll be posting some Dark Cloud Beta music, I noticed your a musician yourself so perhaps you'll find that interesting!
Figures of this series would be amazing, maybe if we get a new Dark Cloud game figures will happen! What would you want from a Dark Cloud 3 👀
@@DarkCloudCompendium a combination of characters from one and two would be cool! You would like my songs Midnight Assassin and Zhen'ai from my first album because they reference themes from dark cloud 1 and 2
Wish I could get that board
Thank you so much, you can do it I believe in you ✌🙂
I like Seide better then sheeda, that way we can call his alter ego Dark Seide
Hey Link Dragmire, welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel! It's funny how Seda got 3 different names: Seide, Sheeda and Seda each one more special then the last!
I agree I think Seide, works better would have been cool to see! 😎
the unused wise owl forest music is so pretty i’m mad that they didn’t use it
You know Michelle, I'm really upset at that too! They could hve easily found another way to use those Beta musical tracks; maybe even during backfloors!
What were some of your favourite facts in this iceberg?
@Hiddencastle the different music on the back floors would’ve been so cool! i also thought the flame village and dungeon was interesting, if level 5 had more time to make dark cloud i wonder how many different changes they’re would’ve been like if they had time to fix the flapping duster issue or add the flame dungeon
Man seeing this , i'm gonna play DC1 for the millionth time again ahaha
Hey there Ultimate Legend it's nice to hear from you and I hope you enjoyed the video! I think I played DC a Million times when making this video haha 🥳
What were some of you're favorite facts on the Iceberg?
@@DarkCloudCompendium The facts regarding Seda , growing up i was obsessed with acquiring his weapon only to realize we can't obtain it and finding out he was playable but scrapped mid development was really unfortunate too. Thank you for your videos and work on this.
nice content, subbed
Hey Are You Thirsty TV (Love the name!l, welcome to the Dark Cloud Channel! Thanks for the subscription it really does help this small but growing channel! Welcome Aboard 😊
Did you learn anything new from this Iceberg 👀
Vid idea. Showing and explaining all dark cloud 1 discs
I really like that idea Liam, a deep dive on every release possible; I feel like that could be done for sure as that information needs to be out there in some degree
@@DarkCloudCompendium facts. Exactly what I was thinking. So it's official. Somewhere in the future?
Great to hear from you Liam!@@Darkcloudbeta7_yt it's hard to say since the upload schedule I have is locked in with scripts/research in various stages of completion it's subject to change as I'm juggling UA-cam with working 2 jobs but the uploads are looking like as follows:
October: Aga, Demon Shaft Beta video
November: Prep for 1 hour Iceberg
December: Dark Cloud 3 Iceberg 1 hour
January: Break month
February: Behind the Scenes + 1 Hour long extended OSTs
March: Dark Cloud LOST Statues
April: Lost Dark Cloud Flash Games
May: Merchandise Deepdive
June: Iceberg Trilogy
July: Flapping Duster Deepdive
August: AI third video
September: Georama in other Level 5 games?!
@@DarkCloudCompendium damn I didn't expect I to send me a full on schedual lol.
My top 3 vids u mentioned I can't wait for (other than iceberg cus that's just op)
Demon shaft beta vid
Dark cloud flash games
Aga vid
The options of Sonic + slaps
Hey Obi, great to hear from you again! Absolutely, Sonic OST's are super under-rated! What were some of your favorite facts from this video! 🌟🥳
@@DarkCloudCompendium the concept alternate reality me is rocking a set of darkcloud vans. that and the perspective of the dev team. mixed with the perspective of "zelda killer"
Gizmo is the bunny that is up on the hole i remember seen him and when i will see him again i will post it on Reddit
Oh, that's interesting did you ever find Gizmo?
Imagine trying to ollie on an official Dark Cloud skate board
We need to have a skate contest between Tony Hawk, the kids from Rocket Power and Osmond and see who would win *Spoilers* it's Osmond because he has a hover pack 😂
Did you learn anything new in this video 😄
vry cool and fun vid to watch, appreciate all the work you put into the content for the community buddy 💙 hope you're having a good one!
Trashkats! 🌟✌
I hope you enjoyed the video, I worked hard to make sure this is the best video possible for the Dark Cloud Community 🎊 😄
Wouldn't it be pronounced A-pa-Chi? Like the pueblo?
Either way, amazing video!!
Your completely right, good catch 😊What was your favorite facts on this Iceberg 🌟
Playing Elden ring reminded me of Darkcloud
I've been playing Dark Cloud as well and had the exact same thoughts! :)
I have a theory about Ruby and that's she's no longer a genie sure she came from a lamp but I believe she's a free genie for if three wishes are up they retuned sealed in the lamp and disappear until the next master finds the lamp, and the mayor/former mob boss probably wished to marry her which in turned freed her but allowing her to have half of her cosmic powers giving him infinite wishes, but giving her domme mommy personality she kept him from being greedy and basically tamed the poor guy to make him wish for her to be sealed in the lamp again until he needed her leading to Toan releasing her. Thus why she would be called a sorceress instead of a genie, plus I see her being called a genie through Toan's eyes for he saw her come out of the lamp, and the town sees her as the Mayor/Boss' sorceress wife
What a fun theory, that's what I love about this series it leaves so much to interpretation for the players 🙌🏼
What a cool video!! I gave it a like :)
Awww thank you! 🌟✌
This video is all i need to see to give you my subscription
Hey Nitrous this is the first time I've seen you comment, welcome to my channel! 🌟✌
I've been doing deep dive videos on Dark Cloud's development and merchandise for 2 years now, I'm happy that you could join us on the journey! 😊
@@DarkCloudCompendium this has been going on for two years?
Now i feel left out 😔, glad to be able to watch now though
@@itssnover9000 I'm glad you can join the journey Nitrous! 😊🎉
Have you played Dark Cloud 2 yet?
@@DarkCloudCompendium no i havent, im going to soon though ^-^ ive seen a bit on it
The ?uestion remains - Is it Muska Racka or Muska Lacka
😂😂😝😝😂😂
You're hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
What did you think of the video?
@@DarkCloudCompendium it was really dope
Learned a lot and almost all of these facts I never knew
Always proud of you and proud of your work man
@@TheHomeInvasionShow 💜🫂 your a gem
Wow sanks for this discovery 👍
No worries at all Monkey D Dragon, if you enjoyed this video feel free to check out the channel as I soley focus on Dark Cloud 😁✌🏼
I realy liked playing dark cloud 2 but I had crap Ps2 which scratched the disc so I wuld like to revisit the game
Hey Ceos Gamer and welcome to my Dark Cloud Channel! 😊
Imagine if Dark Cloud 3 came out today, what would you want to see from it 👀
@@DarkCloudCompendium I liked the create youre own meck/robot so meybe biger mecks, biger party, create youre own vehicle with the camera (motor bike, plane) , ofc story expansion, biger maps not too much
I wonder if the different versions of the dungeon music were made for the sub-sections...
Hey Daryl, it's great to hear from you! I hope you enjoyed the Dark Cloud Iceberg, did you learn anything new? I feel like perhaps the musical variants were made for that reason but never implemented, however we did use them for the backfloors in DC Enhanced😊
@@DarkCloudCompendium NICE ! You guys rock !
@@DarylHadvard 🥳
I mean, they do re use Sedas base model in dark cloud 2/dark chronicle for King Reybrandt.
YES! I included that in the Dark Cloud 2 Iceberg as well! 💯
What did you think of this video, did you learn anything new? 🥳
@Dark Cloud Compendium ah, good, I wasn't sure. I did, it was good to find out about the witch parfect design, and some of the process of the making of the game. It was good.
It really blew my mind to see that skull there, those devs were trying to save time but gave us a spooky discovery! @@kyan3022
Your beard game is strong.
Hey Truth welcome to the channel! That means a lot thank you, what were some of your favorite facts on this Iceberg? 😀🌟
Oh you actually did it I'm happy
Sometimes if you want something done, you have to do it yourself 😉🌟