Any tips to help beat Dark Cloud 2?

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richardhutnik said:
What do the raise hitpoint chests look like? I keep getting things to upgrade weapons, but not anything to add hit points or reduce damage. I am now going nuts with Steve and mech projectile attacks mostly.

The issue I ran into was that I kept getting killed early. I addressed that with a few Steve upgrades and also some grinding with Monica. I still would like to beef up the defensive side though.

I do find Gamefaqs is good for things that are linear in their approach. I also had luck at times finding videos for specific games.

I am currently at Chapter 2 I believe, Butterfly Forest. Just managed to get past the swamp area.

 

You don't find the hp chests (really, you get specific items from them that raise defense and either max's or monica's hp) in dunegons. There are some of them in the inital city. Keep progessing through butterfly forest and find those orbs for the georama machine. As you get some rebuild completion, go into the future and look for chests. I don't remember if there are any yet, but you might as well go there now to check for them. They are very small, not sure how to describe them other than that. Go into the village and the portal is towards the back. Remember to visit the future when it says "there has been a change in the future" to see what you did.

If I were you, I wouldn't rely on steve too much. Focus on building up Max's and Monica's weapons, especially the melee weapons. You really need to get blocking down and have some bread in your quick select so you don't die. Save after each dunegon level.