History VideoGame / DarkChronicle

* MissingTrailerScene: Two scenes appear in the opening video and early trailer of Dark Chronicle that don't occur in game: Max driving a car and racing against the Blackstone One, and Max running away from Flotsam on the Palm Brinks rooftops.

* {{Baku}}: ''Dark Cloud 2'' / ''Dark Chronicle'' features a mini-boss in Starlight Canyon called the Memo-Eater, an obese monster with a tapir's nose that possesses a girl and eats her memories.

* NiceHat: Many examples, most of them because of clothing you buy/invent/trade medals for.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: You can recruit half of Palm Brinks to work as support characters. They all stay on the Blackstone until you build them a house in the appropriate village (or don't).

* {{Elopement}}: One interpretation of [[spoiler: Monica's]] actions in the epilogue. [[spoiler: She's the princess/Queen of her kingdom, and time traveling is completely outlawed after the plot of the game. Nevertheless she gets a starglass--which ''lets the holder travel to the time and place they find most important to themselves''--and gets sent on a one-way trip to Max's ''exact'' coordinates, and never looks back. The ending of the epilogue shows her still with him, so in all likelihood she's sticking around for good.]] Of course, there's no ''actual'' marriage, but considering how inseparable the two are, it fits the spirit of the trope.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The grammar--[[YouMakeMeSic if you can call it that]]--in the explanation of Polyn in ''Chronicle''.

** Many of the scoops are from one time boss battles, and thus are LostForever if you don't get them during the fight. Luckily, the scoop guide tends to give you hints about most boss scoops, letting you know they are there. Except for "Brave Little Linda", only available for the very first fight after getting your camera, in a fight you are expected to stay in your ridepod for, and before the concept of scoops is even explained. If you don't already know about it, there is little chance you'll get it.

* BossSubtitles

** Once the experience spills out, you can actually pick it up with any weapon of the same type that you used to kill the monster. So there's always a way to level up even the weakest weapons if you have a strong weapon of the same type. Sadly, the frequency with which you'll be using this tactic means you have to pause and switch weapons ''alot'', since there isn't a button dedicated to switching weapons.

* CloseEnoughTimeline: Creating one is the whole point of the game. But instead of [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble putting things "close enough" to how they were supposed to be in the future]], Max and Monica end up bringing about even ''better'' futures.

* CoolTrain: The Blackstone One early on is a train that hasn't run for many years. In the last quarter of the game, it is replaced by the Ixion. Once she sees the interior, with its seizure-inducing neon lighting and gaudy yellows and purples, Monica quickly disputes its cool factor, much to Max's disappointment.

* ContinuityNod [[spoiler: Dark Genie]], the previous game's BigBad, is the boss of the BonusDungeon. In addition, the music from the 1st game's intro plays in the battle.

* FinalBossNewDimension: [[spoiler: The Dream Spiral.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: Dr. Jaming realises the error of his ways when the Shiguras he controlled didn't bear him any ill will and even helped him wake up after the beating he received. It results in his descendant becoming a good guy in Monica's time.

* KidHero: Although the second game only gives hints as to Max's age, [[WordOfGod according to the]] [[NoExportForYou official Japanese]] [[AllThereInTheManual artbook]], he is 13, Monica is 15.

* MadeOfEvil: [[spoiler:The Black Elemental, a literal ElementalEmbodiment of evil that formed in Sirus as he gradually became Griffon. When Griffon comes to his senses, the Elemental physically manifests and tries to destroy the world himself.]]

* MineralMacGuffin: The Atlamillia jewels in ''Chronicle''.

* MonsterClown: ''Chronicle'''s Flotsam and to a lesser extent his Circus, and strangely one of Max's costumes is even creepier.

* NonIronicClown: You will occasionally encounter the Happy Clown in a treasure chest. His gimmick is that he offers you the choice between two boxes. One contains an awesome item, the other contains junk.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: Several dozen photographs [[GuideDangIt can be missed]] (often because they involve stopping for a photo op during boss battles), and several Fruits of Eden can be rendered inaccessible by a glitch. Also, due to the existence of the BonusDungeon, any Medals, treasures, and prizes from the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon will go away when it becomes inaccessible, along with any uncollected treasures from the future areas.

** That last one is justified in that the original "beams of sunlight from ceramic vases" was created by [[spoiler: Luna Lab, some years in the future.]] FridgeBrilliance dictates that Max just modified it repeatedly, making each mod more awesome than the last. If you're talking about the Nova Cannon, that is.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: It seems everyone in the future has it, as they remember just what has changed in the past due to Griffon's time-traveling shenanigans. This continues even when Max and Monica's machinations restore the future into something slightly different, thankfully averting most issues with the deletion of the original timestream.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Multiple characters in the future bear a very strong resemblance to their implied grandparents(Characters that are required to reside in georama for the future characters to appear).

** Changes you make in the present [[SanDimasTime apparently affect the future in real-time]].

Unlike in the original game, there are only two primary playable characters, although Max and Monica have secondary abilities of attack; Max is given "Steve the Ridepod", a machine built by Cedric, and Monica can collect monster badges, which allows her to morph into monsters. They are also given 2 weapons each to compensate. Max uses blunt items--mainly wrenches and hammers--and a gun, while Monica uses swords and magic-casting armlets. Many of the weapons are repeated from the previous game: Monica uses a lot of the same swords and armlets as Toan and Ruby, and Max uses some of the same hammers and guns as Goro and Osmond.

Despite any rumors which may still be floating around, a third game is not in development. However, the Georama system made a comeback in VideoGame/WhiteKnightChronicles I and II, making the games something of a SpiritualSuccessor to the Dark Cloud series.

* AbandonedMine: The Underground Water Channel, the game's first dungeon.

* AbandonedMine: The Zemite Mines, the game's BonusDungeon

* SequelDifficultyDrop: The sequel is arguably an improvement over the original.

** Monica's Monster Badges allow her to shapeshift into different monsters. Which is very cool, but these monster forms need to be leveled up individually, which can take an incredibly long time, and they start out being much weaker than the weapons you'll have by the time you get them.

* MadeOfEvil / TheHeartless: [[spoiler:The Black Elemental, a literal ElementalEmbodiment of evil that formed in Sirus as he gradually became Griffon. When Griffon comes to his senses, the Elemental physically manifests and tries to destroy the world himself.]]

* RainbowPimpGear: Some of the weapons in the game can be downright silly. The worst offender though is Monica's ultimate sword, the Island King, which has a ''[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/darkcloud/images/b/b3/Island_King.png/revision/latest?cb=20130309202221 freaking pinwheel]]'' on the end of the blade. Since cutscenes avert NoCutsceneInventoryInertia, this can result in serious cutscenes coming off as [[{{Narm}} uninetentionally hilarious]] with stuff like [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/387967815807926282/686647687248216126/unknown.png Monica threatening Gaspard with a meat cleaver]] or Max fighting off enemies with ''a golf club''.

* RainbowPimpGear: Some of the weapons in the game can be downright silly. The worst offender though is Monica's ultimate sword, the Island King, which has a ''[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/darkcloud/images/b/b3/Island_King.png/revision/latest?cb=20130309202221 freaking pinwheel]]'' on the end of the blade.

* RainbowPimpGear: Some of the weapons in the game can be downright silly. The worst offender though is Monica's ultimate sword, the Island King, which as a ''[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/darkcloud/images/b/b3/Island_King.png/revision/latest?cb=20130309202221 freaking pinwheel]]'' on the end of the blade.

* PettingZooPeople: The Moon People are all vaguely anthropomorphic rabbits (more rabbit than human) and there's plenty of ducks, apes, and other humanoid animals living together with humans as completely ordinary citizens.

** Changes you make in the present [[SanDimasTime apparently effect the future in real-time]].

* RedOniBlueOni: Monica carries the Moon Atlamillia, colored blue. Max carries the Earth Atlamillia, colored red. Time Gates, Sealed Floors, and even the attack patterns of the FinalBoss and the BonusBoss use these motifs.

* OminousFloatingCastle: [[spoiler:Moon Flower Palace becomes this after Griffon goes OneWingedAngel. But all that goes up [[ColonyDrop must come down, regardless of where it hits]]...unless something [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome catches it.]]]]

* TalkingToTheDead: [[spoiler:Lin to Crest.]] A [[MoodWhiplash surprising]], but [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartfelt]], TearJerker in a majorly happy and cheerful game.