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Golden Sun

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c/GoldenSun is the community dedicated to the video game franchise "Golden Sun", originally released on the Nintendo Game Boy Advance.

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  1. Posts must be Golden Sun related.
  2. Be kind to others. You are expected to follow the Code of Conduct in Lemmy and the Fediverse. No hate speech, slurs, derogatory stuff, NSFW, bigotry, etc.
  3. Keep this community PG-13. Swearing is fine but don't be vulgar. Golden Sun's audience is an "E for Everyone" game.
  4. You can't reveal links or explain how to pirate the games.

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Why is Golden Sun one of your favorites? (self.goldensun)
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Welcome Golden Sun fans! I figured let's get the ball rolling on this new Golden Sun community!

  • What makes this game series so special to you?
  • What's your favorite memory about this game? Doesn't have to be specific to something happening in-game, but maybe where you were in life when you were first playing it.
  • Have you played all three Golden Sun games (Golden Sun, The Lost Age, and Dark Dawn)?
  • What are your thoughts for this franchise? Do you think Nintendo/Camelot will ever bring it back?
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[–] CatZoomies 1 points 1 year ago

I'll kick things off first!

My sibling did something really good in school, and our parent got us one single Game Boy Advance console and a game to go along with it - and it was Golden Sun part 1! While it was tough to share the game, we took turns where we could. I was in middle school, and this was probably my first real epic JRPG to play before I even embraced what JRPGs are. The overall theme of the story made sense at a high-level, but I never appreciated the intricacies until I was older and more experienced with themes.

The clever puzzle design, lengthy dialogue (yes, I love lengthy dialogue as long as it's good dialogue), robust gameplay with Djinn and classes, the wholesome moments, exceptional story, and the music. These are things that make the game so special to me.

Without spoiling - I will say that I was astonished at the ending of this game at the time, because I didn't think it was ready to end. The To Be Continued was a great screen to see, and got me excited to play The Lost Age.

And finally - with the success of the Link's Awakening remaster for Nintendo Switch, and the upcoming Super Mario RPG remaster this year, I have a lot of hope that Nintendo will green-light Golden Sun. After all, we saw Golden Sun appear in the Nintendo Switch Online app featured as a bonus for Online subscribers. I really hope we'll get the remaster announced.

P.S. - Why is "Super Mario RPG" for Nintendo Switch not including the subtitle? Are subtitles not cool anymore? I guess "Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars NEW for Nintendo Switch" was too long of a title. :D