Korona: The Movie: DDDD - 41 - Paths Still Branching
0We're making pretty good exploration progress, though the dungeon remains full of tricks and traps and other nuisances. There's also a large region in the southwest that seems to have no entrance, so I'm expecting a teleporter to be hidden somewhere.
In the meantime, that's two crystals down as of last video, and I'm fairly certain there are two more out there somewhere that need to be activated before the boss door will open. Maybe I'll switch up party members at some point, too. Nyal is great for exploration with her trap disarming skill, but not as great for boss fights or even random encounters, and the way Noel makes healing less effective may not always be worth her advantage in raw damage.
Game Summary -
DanDan Dungeon Daibouken (だんだんダンジョン大冒険, roughly, "The Great On and On Dungeon Adventure") is a bonus first-person dungeon exploration jRPG set in the labyrinth beneath Belzebuth Castle, and sufficiently long and involved that it could stand separately as its own game, if one with virtually no plotline.
At the end of each floor, Korona must face one of her friends as a boss, who then joins the party when beaten. With the help of her allies, she must conquer eight floors full of monsters, tricks, and traps to finally reach Noel. There's an ending upon beating her, but then Noel joins and the way to an even more challenging ninth floor opens up. Assuming you can find it...
Also, the game includes quite a few external references, including a surprising number of monsters loosely based on (usually B-list) horror films, like The Deadly Spawn, TerrorVision, The Day The World Ended, and Frogs. On the other hand, the main story does mention Korona's mother enjoying such movies, and Noel joining her after moving in with them, so it makes a certain amount of sense.
For a general overview of this bonus game, see this previous video from the end of my playthrough of the main game: • Korona: The Movie - 59 - Bonus Game Overvi...
Refer to the following link for more information on DDDD, plus detailed maps and other information I'm going to try not to look at during the playthrough unless I get completely stuck: http://kwhazit.infinityfreeapp.com/trans/korona/DDDD.html