When I was a kid, I sought out only the weapons with the highest stats, but replaying the game recently, I realized some of the "weaker" weapons have higher DPS or shorter windup animations or better stunlock rates, and so the "strongest" weapons are not always the best. Took me many years to realize that.

@sketchesbyaidan

4 ай бұрын

Wise words! I used to do the same thing. Now I just pick weapons based on how cool they look lol (Muramasa all the way)

Slingshot Steve really took bulk season seriously

@sketchesbyaidan

4 ай бұрын

Bro had a glow up

7) I'm still not sure how the Name-Change Ticket is interpreted as an unintended glitch. Why would it make sense to charge the player 40 Medals to rename a wrench to "Mimic Slayer" or something like that when the fish get a rename for free? There are also weapons only obtainable through the Name-Change Ticket. The game also seems to add "( )" to indicate the origins of the weapon. 19) I believe the Power and Protector Crystals are unique and increase their stats by only 2 24) There are enough Medals available that you can rename something and make a 5-Star Armlet pre-Lin 29) There are actually multiple glitches that can occur with these chests in Ch 3's Starlight Temple. The first is the ability to miss out on chests spawned after "Earth Shaking Demon". I believe you miss out on these by advancing to the next stage too quicky. The next one is missed out on by collecting a chest from the corner of the Weapon Shop platform. This prevents a chest from spawning in later when you enter the floor "looking for the Wind Gem". However, you can actually counter this glitch with another glitch by getting out of bounds in Starlight Canyon and bypassing the Star Barrier to enter Ch 6 early. This spawns in the chest without the need of completing Ch 4 and 5. 50) I spent the last week farming for Happy Clowns in the Underground trying to see if I could get an ABS-Up coin pre-Linda and I have recordings of the Clown offering the best prize in the same box back-to-back. I too believed in the alternating box theory until I started streaming about a year ago. Anyways, loved the video! You should check out doing a NG+ run with the Photo Album and Name-Change Tickets. It's a lot of fun, actually! I will say I was disappointed in a total lack of twerking during the Secret Track segment, lol. Did you ever check out Dragon Quest VIII? It may be difficult to get ahold of any physical copies since the passing of Akira Toriyama and people flock to purchase them. You should also check out the Aquarium more! There's a lot there that needs unpacked, like how every fish can be bred to pass on its colors. Or if you breed a larger fish with a smaller species, you can make giants that are hilarious to race with!

@sketchesbyaidan

4 ай бұрын

Haha wow lots of valuable info here! First of all, thank you for testing out the alternating box theory; that one was driving me crazy. Secondly, I thought people were getting sick of the twerking segment!! I took it out because I didn't want to upset anyone! Next, I haven't yet played the Dragon Quest series yet but I really should. Out of respect for Akira Toriyama if nothing else (although I'm sure the games are great). Lastly, I'm really curious about the Name-Change Ticket thing. I always assumed it was for cosmetic purposes just like the costumes, and they charge upwards of 60 medals for those. To me, it doesn't seem too far-fetched to throw in a fun little name-change feature to spend extra medals on (totally just my opinion, though)! The fact that you can obtain the best weapons in the game by, like, chapter 2 can't be on purpose... right?? Let me know what you think!

@abstract_advocat

4 ай бұрын

Figuring out the alternating box theory was just a side effect of trying to find out if there are coins available pre-Linda besides the Dark and Indestructible. I've spent about a day or two farming resets though. I think twerking is a lot like that bad medicine flavor, you don't even notice the taste when you're sick and need it. I didn't discover the Dragon Quest series until a couple of years ago. It's never a bad time to pick up a game and pay respects. I wish you could Name-Change by Ch 2! There aren't enough Medals for it. The first one you can afford is after unlocking Spheda in Ch 3. However, you can already have made two of Max's penultimate weapons through the use of the Photo Album in NG+. You can quite easily make insanely broken weapons in Ch 2 with the use of specific photos. These weapons aren't that expensive either. However, inventing them still prevents you from building them up to their ultimate forms. This is where the Name-Change Tickets come in. In a normal playthrough you're spending your Medals on outfits. After purchasing all of them you have enough Medals left over for 2 Name-Changes. However, again in NG+ where your outfits have carried over, you now have free use to do whatever you want with your Medals. For instance, make the ultimate armband to showoff to Lin. @@sketchesbyaidan

@sketchesbyaidan

4 ай бұрын

@@abstract_advocat I'll definitely have to check out this NG+, seems very interesting!

Love this game, I don’t believe the name change ticket thing is an exploit however, it’s an official trophy on the ps4 port of the game

@sketchesbyaidan

4 ай бұрын

Are you talking about the "Alternate Alias" trophy? It looks like that trophy is just for using a name-change ticket in general. Actually turning one of your weapons into a new one is an exploit for sure haha

@darkassasin111

19 күн бұрын

​@@sketchesbyaidanI've gotta back my favourite plant monster Himarra on this one, it's totally intended. In a programming sense "Supernova" as displayed with the ticket is a different string than Supernova (sans quotation marks). Likewise, if changing the name prompted the game to refresh the weapon data unintentionally then any custom name would have no data and would most likely crash. I'm sure you've had it up to the gills with nitpicks though. I enjoyed the video, so thanks.

One of my favorite games of all time

i feel ya man that poverty buff is rough. nice video, solid edits, good research, surprised you don't have more subs.

The amount I care about dark cloud 2 has gone from “I’ve never heard of this,” to “Oh my god, I have to play this ASAP, If I don’t play this game soon I’m going to explode,” all courtesy of two videos from Aiden. I have never needed to play a game I’d previously never heard of this much since I found Okami in 2015.

@sketchesbyaidan

4 ай бұрын

I'm glad you're so into it! Also I just looked up Okami; I'd never heard of it before but it looks sick

This is some very great content, hope you will do more! Dark Chronicle is my favorite game of all time (and I am really too emotionally attached to it) and I'm really happy when I see people speaking about it! Keep up the good work!

@sketchesbyaidan

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!! I know what you mean about being too attached to it. I heard someone trash talking it once and it took me months to recover emotionally

I enjoyed dark cloud 2, I didn't even think in my first playthrough to take pictures. I didn't know about the weapon changing from the name tickets, good to know for next time

Ok, I hate to be that guy, but a correction. The Miracle Chests don't appear with Georama Progression, but with Dungeon Progression.

@sketchesbyaidan

4 ай бұрын

I just looked it up, it's both actually! But you're right, seems like most chests show up once you make it to a certain level in the dungeon. Thanks!

@ytwyvern4240

4 ай бұрын

​@sketchesbyaidan also, fun fact, in the Chapter 8 Dungeon, Zelmite Mine, on the level named Hell's Truning Point, the Chests give only Ability Coins. You can play that level over and over, and all you'll get from the Chests are Ability Coins.

@sketchesbyaidan

4 ай бұрын

@@ytwyvern4240 What?? That's crazy. Man, I could make another 50 facts video just from the comments on this video 😂

@user-br7ld9mu7e

4 ай бұрын

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I enjoyed both games and I didn't know in the first game you can put attachments on your weapons without having to permanently put them on when your weapon levels up.

Oh one more thing, the tortoise level on chapter two (third floor) can be farmed heavily as sometimes and quite frequently you can get 3-4 coins from chests. Super beneficial early on as you cannot obtain some of the rarest coins without spheda yet

@sketchesbyaidan

4 ай бұрын

I didn't know this! Very interesting

Heck yeah keep this good stuff coming. Keeping me going fr fr

@sketchesbyaidan

4 ай бұрын

Gotta stay on that Dark Cloud content!!

LETS GOOOOOO

I think the clown does two rng checks from my experience trying yo game it with save states. One to choose the gifts and one for which one you get. Since I choose the gift, get the bad one, reload choose the other and get the same one, then reload again and get the one I want

Great vid! It's nice to see some fresh Dark Cloud content

@sketchesbyaidan

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Dark Cloud 2 is really underappreciated so I'm happy to spread the word

Nuh uh, power crystals only do 2 attack. 5:38

I really wish I still had my copy... ☹️

@sketchesbyaidan

4 ай бұрын

You lost your copy of Dark Cloud 2?? That's tragic

@MasterZebulin

4 ай бұрын

@@sketchesbyaidan It was borrowed and never returned.

9:00 I checked and it appears that Spheda is called "Sufiida" in Japanese 「スフィーダ」so I find this idea hard to believe unless there's some actual indication.

@sketchesbyaidan

4 ай бұрын

I agree. I doubt it was actually inspired by the Italian word, "Sfida", but it's a fun connection to make regardless! That's why I think it might've originally been "Sphera", because consonants sometimes change when translating from Katakana to English (especially for "r" sounds).

@spirittheythemvanished

4 ай бұрын

@@sketchesbyaidan is this reply AI generated? There is no R sound in the Japanese.

@sketchesbyaidan

4 ай бұрын

@@spirittheythemvanished No haha, that's exactly what I mean. I think they tried to call it "Sphera" and since there's no "r" sound in Japanese, when written out in Katakana, it changed to "Spheda"

@Trooth

4 ай бұрын

@@sketchesbyaidan There is an "R" sound in Japanese though. It sometimes gets transliterated to an "L" sound because there is no differentiation between "R" and "L" in Japanese, but there is a "D" sound which is distinct from either option, and that's what they used. "Sphera" would have to be written as "スフィーラ" If they had gone with that writing, we might debate whether it should be called "Sphera" or "Sphela" but the actual spelling unquestionably ends with the "da" syllable instead. There is ambiguity when you transliterate certain Japanese syllables to English consonants, like V, B, and W getting mixed up in various cases, but "D" syllables are pretty much always distinct from "R/L" syllables. But there are lots of possibilities when it comes to transferring terms from one system of writing and speaking into another, so maybe somebody misheard a pronunciation and used "ダ" instead of "ラ" because they were so unfamiliar with the intended root word (whatever it was)

@darkassasin111

19 күн бұрын

​@@sketchesbyaidanThere's totally an R sound in Japanese. Some words most have heard: "Arigato" "Naruto" "Ora Ora". Most likely the commenter meant the "L" sound. Professional debaters could also get hung up on the tongue position being slightly different but who even cares about all that.

Ty

neat

Very Nice 🤎🧡🩵🤎

Who the hell is Maximonicia?

@noahdean9685

Ай бұрын

I think that's the shipping name

Nice job :)

I actually would watch a play through.

You should make a Skyrim video.

何で海外版だとマックスって名前なんやろ。ユリスって問題あるのか？