[James]

Just beat Dark Cloud today, including the Demon Shaft (special 100-floor area that opens up after beating the game).

Surprisingly good game for a launch title. The rebuilding of towns is interesting, but can get annoying (let's say you don't get the final piece to rebuild a shop until late in the dungeon, so you have to keep going back to a previous town).

The randomly generated dungeons end up being tedious. Level after near-identical level. And having to switch between allies just to pass certain things (you need to switch to one play to cross chasms, another you hit switches, etc). But in the end, it's fairly decent. With Dark Cloud 2 out, though, you might want to skip this in favor of the sequel.

Anyway, on to FF4 tomorrow.