Darkened Skye
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(Gamecube - PAL, Action & Adventure)
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Developed by:
Boston Animation Ltd.
Published by:
Simon & Schuster Interactive
Released On:
15 Nov 2002
Darkened Skye is an action adventure game where you play as Skye of Lynlora, a warrior-goddess with a sharp tongue. Her life changes when she finds a magical Skittle that sets her on a quest to reassemble the Great Rainbow, which has been destroyed by the evil Lord Necroth.
You'll explore medieval lands, run, jump and battle your way through hordes of enemies, all while harnessing the power of the Skittles. As you progress, you'll meet non-player characters and solve puzzles that will help you unravel the story and ultimately save the world from Lord Necroth's darkness.
Darkened Skye features a unique blend of humor and action, with an emphasis on exploration and puzzle-solving. With its 3D graphics and engaging storyline, this game is sure to appeal to fans of the action adventure genre.
EAN-13:
5450270007622 (Germany)
EAN-13:
5450270007677 (Portugal)
EAN-13:
5450270007684 (France)
Nintendo Media PN:
DL-DOL-GDQP-EUR (France)
Part #:
DOL-GDQP-EUR (Europe)
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Number of Offline Players:
1 Player
Video Modes Supported:
Progressive Scan (480p)
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Manual
Game Guide
Extracted from the original game manual
This is an action-adventure RPG where players control Skye, a hero destined to restore magic to a world oppressed by the villainous Necroth. Players will journey through five distinct lands, battling enemies with a magical staff and solving puzzles to reunite ancient prisms and revive the Great Rainbow.
Story
In a World Where Magic Sleeps, She is the Wake-Up Call
Some whisper that a few SKITTLES® remain, and that someday the Magic will return. Aye, someday, someday...
Lynlora is a sleepy realm of forest and meadow. The most excitement you'll find here is the bake sale at the annual Dwentil-Shearing Festival. You're Skye, and like any good hero-in-waiting, you long for the greater call of Destiny. Until one day it actually shows up. In the form of a strange orange object...
Five Lands. Five Ancient Prisms.
In the Foretimes, the Great Rainbow arched the skies. From this flowed mysterious colored artifacts that the people called SKITTLES®. Alas, in modern times the Rainbow has been "appropriated" by Lord Necroth and his Dark Prism. All magic has been outlawed. Necroth has rounded up all (well, almost all) SKITTLES® for himself and his own foul purposes.
So What Am I Supposed to Do About It?
The only hope for restoring the Rainbow and bringing magic back to the Lands is to reunite five ancient prisms from which the original Rainbow was once cast. Long, long ago, rulers of the Five Lands each assumed protective responsibility for one of the five prisms. Alas, today these ancient prisms have been largely forgotten.
The only way to find and reunite them all will be to adventure throughout your homeland of Lynlora and the other four Lands: Ogmire, Zen'jai, Stoneheath and the Gargoyle Realms. Only when the five prisms are united once again can the rainbow be restored.
The Five Lands
You will return to Lynlora several times throughout the game. The other four Lands you will explore only once. Finding the prism within each of the Five Lands is your overall goal. But be patient, it's not an easy task.
Each of these foreign lands has three distinct regions (game levels) that you must explore. You will find each Land's prism only by completing all of its three levels. When all five prisms have been reunited, you will be able to destroy Necroth.
Lynlora
Skye's homeland, a peaceful, bucolic place. Until Necroth's thugs did The Stomp on it. Bright colors have now been outlawed as symbols of rebellion. Magic may no longer be practiced by the people.
When you find an orange SKITTLES® early in the game, your discovery immediately ripples through the fabric of reality directly to Necroth himself. Now it's all-out war. Necroth wants the rogue SKITTLES® for himself and he wants you dead. He dispatches his "special forces" to Lynlora to find you.
The ancient green prism can be found in Lynlora. Or can it? You may need to craft it anew; a task that will lead to adventures in three secret realms, all branching off from Lynlora. Whenever you're back in Lynlora, check in with the traveling merchants at the marketplace and with Gannish, the old seer.
Ogmire
A watery world of islands, swamps and half-sunken cities. Merlin the mage has been isolated on a remote island by Necroth's forces. If you can get to him, he knows much about a secret band of rebels that is trying to reunite the ancient prisms. He can also point you in the direction of the yellow prism.
Zen'Jai
A Far Eastern realm, also known as The Land of the Five Birds. When the five colored Birds of Harmony roost together as one, their protective magic keeps the red prism's power aglow. But an ally of Necroth has stolen the prism. The Birdkeeper has been forced to release the five Birds into the wild to shut off the prism's power.
Stoneheath
In this land that time has forgotten, you'll need to wrestle with time itself if you want to find the ancient orange prism. A mysterious valley of Stonehenge-like timepieces, a diabolical goblins' lair, and a haunted, windswept region called The Bone Lands are the chilling locales you must explore.
The Gargoyle Realms
This dark, gothic realm is home to vampires, demons and gargoyles. But the gargoyles that live here are a noble breed, elder guardians of the Rainbow. You'll ride the back of a flying gargoyle to the terrifying realm of Necroth himself, where the purple prism awaits. In this horrifying place you'll learn astonishing secrets about your friends, your heritage and even yourself.
Combat—Skye's Staff
Your humble dwentil-herding staff is transformed into an awe-inspiring weapon of war by the magic powers of an orange SKITTLES® you discover at the start of the story. The staff will be indispensable to you throughout your many adventures.
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Up close, use it to thrash monsters in hand-to-hand combat by pressing the L Button.
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From a distance, use it to cast combat spells, such as Prismatic Pulse or Cleanse Evil.
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When you're not fighting, use it to cast non-combat spells, such as Shadow Vision, Diminish and Awaken Stone.
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Use the Z Button to cast your Active Spell. It's your all-purpose, spell-casting, butt-kicking tool of choice.
How to Play
Getting Started
To start playing Darkened Skye, first make sure that your Nintendo GameCube™ is turned OFF. Insert the Nintendo GameCube™ Game Disc into the Nintendo GameCube™. Press the Power button to turn ON the deck.
If you do not have a Nintendo GameCube™ Memory Card inserted, you will get a warning that you will not be able to save your progress. While it is possible to play Darkened Skye without a Nintendo GameCube™ Memory Card, we strongly advise you use one.
When the title screen appears you have two choices: NEW GAME and OPTIONS.
Creating a New Game
To begin, you must start a New Game. Use the Control Stick to highlight New Game and press the A Button.
Loading a Previously Saved Game
If you have played Darkened Skye before, you can load a Saved Game. Use the Control Stick to highlight the Save/Load Menu and press the A Button.
On the Save/Load screen, move the Control Stick Up or Down to highlight a Saved Game. Move the Control Stick Left or Right to highlight Load and then press the A Button.
Deleting a Saved Game
On the Save/Load screen, move the Control Stick Up or Down to highlight a Saved Game you wish to delete. Move the Control Stick Left or Right to highlight Delete and then press the A Button.
Saving
The Five Lands can be a pretty unforgiving world. You will need to save your game often if you want to make it home for supper, or make it home at all. Save BEFORE entering a new or dangerous area. Save AFTER surviving a nasty battle, negotiating a tricky action sequence or solving a puzzle.
Go to the Main Menu. Use the Control Stick to highlight the Save/Load Menu and press the A Button. On the Save/Load screen, move the Control Stick Left or Right to highlight SAVE and press the A Button. If you have previous Saved games, you will be given the choice to overwrite the old Save game or to create a new Save file.
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Level
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In Game Time/Date
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Ogmire Dungeons 01:22 18:23 8/9/02
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Ogmire Dungeons 01:15 18:16 8/9/02
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Tikniki Swamp 01:14 00:58 16:59 8/9/02
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Ogmire Archipelago 00:35 16:14 8/9/02
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Ogmire Archipelago 00:15 15:45 8/9/02
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Lynlona 00:13 15:40 8/9/02
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Lynlona 00:05 15:25 8/9/02
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Save
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Using The Magic Interface
As you enter each new world, names and icons for the spells that are available appear on the Magic Interface. You can often have several spells enabled at once, but only one can be the active spell. The further you get into the game, the more spells you can enable at once. But you can't enable all of them at any one time; you'll have to choose carefully.
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Move the hand over a spell with the Control Stick.
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Press the Y Button to fill or unfill an active spell.
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Press the A Button to select an Active Spell.
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Press the X Button to examine a Magic Spell.
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Move the Control Stick Up and Down to see more spells.
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New and unused SKITTLES® appear in the bottom tray.
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Use the C STICK to scroll the SKITTLES® if there are more than can be displayed on screen.
SKITTLES® Power
You'll notice that the SKITTLES® in your Magic Interface fade in brightness as you use up your magic quotient. If you use faded SKITTLES® to enable a new spell, you might find that the spell is not yet fully empowered. You may need to find a blue vial or wait for your magic quotient to "recharge" before you can cast that spell.
The Spells
We could list all the spells here and tell you what they do. Hmm.... Nah, you'll have to find out for yourself.
Some spells, such as Prismatic Pulse, are used only in combat. Other spells are non-combat, such as True Sight and Diminish, and are necessary to explore and solve puzzles. Dual-purpose spells are both. For example, you can use Pyro Pulse and Polar Pulse to ignite combustible items or freeze water as well as to fight.
Press the X Button for more information on each spell.
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Look in the tree and find a creature with strange markings, which Draak dubs the "Red-Breasted Northern Butt-Smiler."
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Pick up the rumble stone and defeat the Grunk (the one with the key).
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Enter the marketplace. Trade the creature to Eeb for a glowing lampfish.
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Go to the cave and use the lampfish (lampfish, light, get it?). Use the Rumble Stone on the rock pile to uncover the password to Gannish's house. Remember to get the piece of rock floating in the air.
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Go to the catapult. Hopefully you have the key you got from the Grunk to unlock the catapult. Use the rock piece on the catapult to kill the archer.
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Go to Gannish's place. Use the door again. Skye will say the password. Open the Magic Interface. Use
Enemies & Characters
Wyrmdrakes
Lord Necroth's Royal Air Patrol, these winged nasties sometimes attack up close and sometimes hurl fireballs.
Grunks
Necroth's main thugs, they are blissfully unencumbered by IQ and shoot flaming arrows.
Carpies
These creatures are a mix of bird and fish, and their greatest weapon is their land speed, making them pretty tough to take down.
Tentaclaws
They hide in shallow water, waiting to attack, and are giant eel-like monstrosities that are difficult to defeat with a staff.
Yarrows
Tiny, magic-wielding freaks whose combat spells can fire across great distances, making it hard to ever feel safe.
Armor Guards
Seemingly empty suits of armor animated by unknown forces, these guys have no fear because they have no brains.
Sandstalkers
They burrow beneath the ground and pop out unexpectedly to menace travelers.
Goblins
Mad inventors who guard their secrets jealously, with dagger-wielding and gun-wielding soldiers roaming their secret headquarters.
Scorpions
Their venom holds a high value in the Bone Lands of Stoneheath.
Bone Monsters
They will leave you alone unless you go looking for trouble, as they are already dead and must be brought back to life to fight.
Manta' Krynn
Normally unnoticeable, when shrunk to tiny size, they become fearsome foes that fire poison plasma and are tough to target.
Spiders
These are a pretty big deal when you are only two inches tall.
Vampires
Grunting, hideous abominations that have a nasty habit of coming back to life unless permanently disposed of.
Glass Demons
These crystalline red horrors are real panes, and smashing them into tiny shards is one of the game's more satisfying pleasures.
Tips & Maps
Skye's Journal
Remember to use Skye's Journal if you're ever stuck in the game, as many hints can be found there.
Magic Spells
You start the game without any magic spells; you'll need to enable your first one before departing Lynlora.
Beating Enemies
If you can't beat an enemy, try using a new or different spell, or consider using the staff instead of magic, and vice versa.
Magic for Puzzles
Remember that sometimes you'll need magic to solve a puzzle.
SKITTLES®
Whenever you find a new SKITTLES®, check your Magic Interface to see if any new spells can be enabled.
Skye and Water
Remember that Skye is a warrior-hero-adventurer-goddess who can't swim, so use extra caution around water.
Rumble Stone
The stone you found is vibrating strangely and must be a Rumble Stone, which workers sometimes use to clear away rocks and loose stonework.
Prismatic Pulse
Make your first combat spell, Prismatic Pulse, and use it to shoot a button too high to reach, raising new steppingstones to the next island.
Odd Message
Find an Odd Message hidden beyond a cave, which will help you get across the stepping stones to the next island; secret messages on rocks can be read by first casting True Sight.
Three Paths Puzzle
Find a button to raise many rocks forming three paths; study the Odd Message in your inventory for the 6 upper-case letters (L=left, M=middle, R=right) to safely navigate the six crossings to the next island.
Pit of Terror
Find the Pit of Terror at the top of the island, defeat the Tentaclaws within, and push a button inside the pit to help you get to the next island.
Glyph Buttons
Find and press the stone buttons with glyphs in the order shown on Veng's pendant to open a new cave entrance.
Mysterious Enemy and Merlin
Go to the top of the island where the tower is to meet the Mysterious Enemy and Merlin, who will help you to the next level.
Neenu the Tikniki
Talk to the Tikniki character, Neenu, whom you meet in the first area.
Tikniki Hint
Meet two male Tikniki, one of whom gives you a hint: 'to find your way through the forest you must strip away all illusions.'
Seashell and Musical Bugs
Find an empty seashell with holes in it and fill it with three musical bugs.
Musical Bug #1
Find the first musical bug.
Musical Bug #2
Find the second musical bug.
Musical Bug #3
Find the third musical bug.
Orlena the Tree-Dragon
Find a clearing with a large tree-dragon creature, Orlena, the 'heart of the forest,' and give her the 'music box' to cheer her up.
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