Just get a FAQ ready for your camera photo hunting in Dark Cloud 2. There's a lot of pictures you'd have to take just at the beginning of the game (you need photos to create new inventions). I had only gone through halfway through the game (up to the part where there is a volcanic area), and the Synthesis stuff could get a bit annoying at times but it really helps getting through the game.
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...then blame it to the cabbages