Golden Sun | Dawn of a Beloved Series (Retrospective)

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Golden Sun & its sequel are fondly remembered as terrific RPGs for the Game Boy Advance. In this video, I'll take a look at the first game in the series and see how it holds up to an outsider's scrutiny.
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00:00 - Introduction
6:29 - Prologue & Premise
13:15 - Visuals
17:46 - The Adventure Begins
21:57 - Djinns
25:52 - Ivan & Psynergy
32:51 - Music
35:54 - Progression & Mercury Lighthouse
41:40 - Pursuing Saturos & Menardi
47:17 - Gondowan & Colosso
52:17 - Various Gripes
55:33 - Crossbone Isle
58:10 - Mercury Lighthouse
1:01:00 - Story Finale
1:04:11 - Final Thoughts
1:06:29 - Credits
Music used in this video
--Shining Force 3 OST--
The Bustling Wilderness
Main Theme
Main Menu
City Theme
Sorrow
Flowing River, Light of the Moon
World of Mysteries
A Slightly Drunken Mood
--Shining The Holy Ark OST--
Desire Village
--Golden Sun OST--
Lunpa's Hideout
Vale & Vault
The Sanctums
Prox In Trouble
Sol Sanctum
Lama Temple
Babi's Lighthouse
Venus Lighthouse
Babi's Theme
Lighthouse Theme
Colosso
Tolbi-Bound Ship
Deserts
Contigo
--Various Other Tracks--
Metal Gear Solid OST - Warhead Storage
PREY - Everything Is Going To Be Okay
Various Original Tracks (Incl. Venus Lighthouse Cover)
Thanks to my brother for composing tracks for this video!

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@itisgarrison Жыл бұрын

I had always thought Golden Sun was a hidden GBA gem when I played it as a kid, because I only knew like two other people that had heard of it. Later in life came to find it's regularly on lists of best GBA games and best RPGs lol.

@j.2512 Жыл бұрын

the internet effect. My favorite game was Majoras Mask, i never met anyone who even played that one and the ones who did didn't like it, most people i know skipped it but now on the internet its everyone's favorite Zelda, like it is the most normie take ever smh . If people are not bandwagonning and legit got to experience it and realized they loved it thanks to the internet then great though

@DSan-kl2yc Жыл бұрын

I remember it was always well regarded when it came out. That's why I tried the sequel. Not saying it sold like pokemon. Don't know how it sold. But it had a strong reputation for gameplay and visuals ECT. Even back then on mags.

@thatguy-dh1qh Жыл бұрын

Golden Sun was THE RPG that got me into RPGs. I spent over a hundred hours exploring every corner of the world and grinding all my characters to max level in TLA when I was a kid. I loved it.

@turismofoegaming8806 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been playing Golden Sun again on my Vita & 3DS!! I loved the game when it first came out but lost my GBASP Shortly thereafter and never got to to play it again until just recently so I am happy that emulation with better graphics/visual can easily be enjoyed! Also Golden Sun runs Flawlessly on my 3DS, But GSTLA Has the Screen scrolling effect and as such you have to Fix it every time you play it, which is still worth it to be able to play, just a tad annoyance to Deal with each time.. Either way, I have always loved Golden Sun!! I never really thought much about legend of Zelda majora‘s mask?! But then again I’ve only ever played about 15 minutes of it and I’ve still not beat ocarina of time which I’m going to get around to doing eventually I have that on my new 3DS as well- Etc.. Lol

@erock2331 Жыл бұрын

Waiting to play this gem again on the NSO on the big screen!!! I'll prolly cry

@azuredreamer7136 Жыл бұрын

the game, especially when you factor in the sequel, *does* actually sorta explain why you go to mercury lighthouse firs; it is both the closest lighthouse to mount aleph and also probably the easiest to get to. i don't think they ever explicitly *tell* you that "the order they visit the lighthouses in is based on how convenient it is to walk to it" though.

@Msoulwing Жыл бұрын

This. Consider how many of the lighthouses require a ship to reach, and it becomes immediately apparent why they went to Mercury first.

@farmcat_23 Жыл бұрын

If you use mind read on villagers, there's also plenty of mentions of saturos and menardi's actions and hints at where they went next. It gives the impression that your party is actively chasing them instead of just happening to stumble upon them, but it can be missed entirely if you don't use Ivan's powers often.

@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Mercury is on Angara (the continent where the game starts), and it's relatively easy to walk, which in-game universe, would probably take a few weeks. Venus is on the northern part of Gondowan, that could also be reached on foot, but environmental conditions forced the party to find alternate routes, but is still manageable. It's the two remaining lighthouses that require seafaring means.

@isenokami7810 3 ай бұрын

@@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819Ah yes, the two Lost Age lighthouses. The ones that take 80% of that game to even reach because the western half of Weyard is that closed off.

@rustyfe Жыл бұрын

I thought I couldn't love this channel any more, but I was wrong. Golden Sun was so huge for me as a kid. Super excited.

@Sapient_Pearwood Жыл бұрын

Same. It was the first real RPG/JRPG that I played as a kid.

@Zinlain Жыл бұрын

Golden Sun 1 was one of the first games i played so nigh-continuously as a kid I was surprised at how quickly i reached the end. Every single thing made me want to see want came next until I ran out of 'next'. Got hype for the sequel ESPECIALLY when my brothers and I found out we could transfer save data using that pass-code system!

@erk6427 Жыл бұрын

Same, my grandma got it for me from a garage sale when I was a kid. It had the label ripped off so I didn't know what game it was until I booted it up, good times.

@ASMCourtney Жыл бұрын

Fucking same, been waiting on something like this for 10 years

@Q-gf8vb Жыл бұрын

At least until the 3rd entry.

@treebush Жыл бұрын

Something cool that people don’t talk about is you can skip the forest dungeon to do the mercury light house first which saves time as well you get unique dialogues with Mia and this happens for other locations as well if you do things out of order

@SuPeRbOoMfAn Жыл бұрын

I ended up doing mercury lighthouse first because I didn't notice the vine on the side of the tree lmao. Saturos was a lot harder than he was supposed to be.

@darknephilim3248 8 ай бұрын

I was about to comment that. The run through that cave and the tundra is RNG hell, but its so worth it to get Mia sooner. I was just a kid when I first played it, so I thought I was supposed to go north because I couldn't figure out the barricade... 4 year old me wasn't that smart...

@scrub_jay 6 ай бұрын

@@SuPeRbOoMfAn Yea, as a kid I was stuck for a LONG time because I saved right before the Saturos fight, and didn't understand that I could just let myself lose to go back and grind.

@jimimcmahon4522 3 ай бұрын

Yeah it's actually recommended to do that too

@stinkypitz0005 3 ай бұрын

@@SuPeRbOoMfAn For any future runs of the games, lvl 11 before saturos makes him so much easier. I suggest actually going through the forest first to get those levels. (Give Ivan your venus Djinn for cure since he has the pp to spam it) Put your two mercury djinn on Isaac and Garret and at lvl 11 they learn cutting edge, an effective move on Saturos. Spam those, give the healing ring you find somewhere before the boss to ivan, put your venus djinn on mia for cure and some stats on her. As a side note, use your jupiter djinni (breeze i think it's called?) that increases the party's resistance turn 1 to dull his opening party wide attack. Saturos gets whipped with this set up. Side side note: don't forget the elven rapier you can get in the cave on the way to Imil, put a Mars (fire) djinni on Isaac (or you first earth djinn on garret) to have access to growth to get it. Note that cutting edge works off of your attack stat, so the rapier buffs that psyenergy.

@couchalmark675 Жыл бұрын

40:00 There is actually a broken bridge that keeps anyone from going past Kolima because the guy who should lower the bridge from the other side was turned into a tree, so both the party and Saturos's team have no option but to go to Mercury first. They similarly more or less had to go to Venus next because that's next to the only seaport. In the second game they could have gone to Mars third instead of fourth, but they figured it would be the easiest one for them so they should do it last as basically a victory lap.

@spacedoyster7686 Жыл бұрын

Also, I'm pretty sure NPCs in Vault and Bilibin mention seeing Saturos and Menardi. Also, also, when arriving in Bilibin, the group can go north instead to the Mercury Lighthouse before going to Kolima.

@LightHawKnight Жыл бұрын

Not to mention distance. Why go to a random lighthouse, when the closest one is closest?

@lets-mosey Жыл бұрын

@@LightHawKnight Yup. The original GBA game also came with a map of the continent, so you could very easily tell the Mercury lighthouse was the closest one and most likely where Saturos and Menardi would be headed.

@Mordy. Жыл бұрын

It's also one of the rare points in those games where you DO have choices of order of actions. You can ignore the tree people side entirely and aim for the lighthouse straight. This gives you Mia for the tree portion making it somewhat easier too. So in a way, it is up to the player to decide how urgent they want to see their mission or not.

@meganmartin3373 Жыл бұрын

Based on the prologue section I wouldn't actually be surprised if Saturos and Menardi were capable of just leaping across the river, though. I guess maybe they couldn't bring their hostages with them if they tried that...? But Alex can straight-up teleport, so that also doesn't seem like it would be an issue...

@sbfh014 Жыл бұрын

Golden sun was one of the first jrpgs I played that wasn't pokemon, and even to this day remember the unique art style and god tier ost, and it sucks we more than likely won't get anymore games of it, but at least we can appreciate them for what we got

@edwinantunez9722 5 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t count on that yet. It seems to be making a slight comeback. Hopefully Nintendo is cooking something with this beautiful franchise.

@solidskullz5736 Жыл бұрын

Definitely one of my favorite games on the gameboy advance. I love the art style, the music, and the simplicity yet charming world. I’m hoping that one day it makes a comeback, but I’m also glad that it was popular enough to get a trilogy

@jogymogy3691 Жыл бұрын

Only problem: third game ended with a cliffhanger and a lot of unresolved arcs

@Rrrafael.00 10 ай бұрын

Is the third game any good?

@jogymogy3691 10 ай бұрын

@@Rrrafael.00 it's ok. Not good, but no fail either. Not a worthy part 3

@An00bisX Жыл бұрын

I sincerly hope you make a part 2 for The Lost Age, as you've stated the series really isn't complete without seeing both sides of the tale. Golden Sun to me was the peak of RPG's at their finest and I remember spending hours upon hours in the Battle Mode playing against waves of Monsters during long car rides. I still have have both of my physical copies sitting on the shelf behind me and I wouldn't give them up for anything.

@IraessRanza Жыл бұрын

Ive played Golden Sun many times and never knew there was a sequel, I'm definitely going to go find it now

@shiniesglitters5424 Жыл бұрын

@@IraessRanza The sequel has roughly 10x the content of the original. It's all good content too.

@IraessRanza Жыл бұрын

@@shiniesglitters5424 That's good to hear I had assumed it was just going to be a Felix Pov from what happened in the main game so this is great news

@user-vu7on5gf3w Жыл бұрын

@@IraessRanzalink part one to two. It's worth it.

@cfewLW74 11 ай бұрын

@@IraessRanza playing the sequel will be like a whole new world opening up to you. just do it! 😄

@VladDascaliuc Жыл бұрын

Day by day we get closer to that Breath of Fire retrospective. I can feel it.

@scrappy2082 Жыл бұрын

YESSS breath of fire is so good ;w;

@niteriemcfarlane5285 Жыл бұрын

@@scrappy2082I beaten the first one on NSO LOVED IT A lot

@scrappy2082 Жыл бұрын

@@niteriemcfarlane5285 hell yea!!! time for BoF 2 :D

@niteriemcfarlane5285 Жыл бұрын

@@scrappy2082 let me just say BOF2 is kinda way hard to get used to its mechanics ngl but still I like it

@camerongranger6301 Жыл бұрын

The streets need it

@kwaddell Жыл бұрын

I loved how cryptic and puzzly Golden Sun felt to me as a kid, and I enjoyed my time with it, even when I got stuck because I didn’t actually read where I was supposed to go-I do however recall learning of a secret island I almost accidentally discovered, but my current save file at the time was saved beyond a point of no return for the final boss, so it kinda bummed me out

@cutespooky Жыл бұрын

I really loved that if you declined to set out on an adventure after shit goes down in Sol Sanctum, the game ends after telling you the world is headed down a path of destruction now. I thought this was cool when I was younger, because I was used to games having a fake 'no' option that really only insisted you hit 'yes' if you selected it.

@couchalmark675 Жыл бұрын

The second game actually does something that's even kind of cooler: it actually keeps track of what answers you pick even though they never matter, and if you pick the contrarian answer every single time up until about the halfway point, there's a hidden scene where Kraden explodes at you.

@cutespooky Жыл бұрын

@@couchalmark675 Ahah that's awesome. I haven't played through the 2nd game, but I really need to.

@j.2512 Жыл бұрын

If you like criptic hidden stuff that can make every playthrough change radically then Ogre Battle 64 person of lordly caliber might be the game for you. You can play it 10 times and still miss 80% of the stuff in the game

@cutespooky Жыл бұрын

@@j.2512 that sounds wild, I'ma have to look into that

@j.2512 Жыл бұрын

@@cutespooky Oh yeah, one of the best jrpgs ever than no one talks about. Its a hidden masterpiece.

@j.echevarria8630 Жыл бұрын

Golden Sun 2 was one if the greatest games of all time. Insane how big that game was for GBA.

@Rainhands22 7 ай бұрын

In reality Golden Sun one and 2 are the same game, they just couldn't fit it all on one cartridge so spaced it out then decided to change the characters for the sequel.

@Spookybluelights Жыл бұрын

It takes a lot of talent for a video to pull my eyes away from my book when usually I just have KZfaq on as background noise. Granted, Golden Sun holds a really special place in my heart, it’s the first turn based RPG I ever played and Paper Mario wasn’t far behind after that and I’ve been in love with turn based RPGs ever since.

@XXXXX8 Жыл бұрын

Are you hype for the Mario rpg remake?

@VictorHernandez-cz1be Жыл бұрын

Hey Majular, you forgot to mention that you can decline when the village elder asks you to save the world. And you then try to exit the temple, you get a bad ending, a game over screen, and get sent back to the title screen

@AishiYoutube Жыл бұрын

Remember to input the 260 character Gold code to Golden Sun:TLA to unlock some secret goodies when you play through. Was pretty memorable to do as a kid. Secret codes like this and Megaman X for saving progress were cool.

@sillycrow 11 ай бұрын

I think he should use a 100% complete code, because not having every psyenergy item and Djinns locks you out of an optional dungeon later, which he will probably want to talk about (and raise this point). If he forgot, it would be best to use a cheat codes (gameshark, cheat engine, etc) to add what is missing.

@cantbehelped Жыл бұрын

A man after my own heart reviewing all these classic childhood games. I also happened to play the Lost Age first, in my case I borrowed my cousin's copy and didn't know it was a sequel until after. I didn't get very far back then. I went back and beat the original many years later but ironically I never ended up finishing the Lost Age... Those dungeons are so freaking long.

@sagen06 Жыл бұрын

You have to finish Lost Age. Missing out big time.

@SirNithen 5 ай бұрын

"Will you spend your first couple of turns wasting every Djinni you have trying to get them all on standby to summon as quick as possible? 80 percent of you probably just said yes." screw you for calling me out like that

@BoomExca Жыл бұрын

on god i love you, golden sun : dark dawn was sadly my introduction to the series but it immediately made me go and play the first game

@lordlink1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you man. I don't know you, but you are a perfect video dude maker for my specific tastes.

@Noz_FGC Жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, the same for me lol. I'm seeing the most surprising stuff pop up on this channel like Skies of Arcadia and Koudelka. Glad to see games like these get some nicely detailed retrospectives.

@danielwatson7386 Жыл бұрын

Also, the section on "why did they go to the Mercury lighthouse first?" Its because of the fact that the Mercury and Venus lighthouses are on the first major continent. Lost age requires travel by boat in order to reach the other two. The venus lighthouse is also blocked the Desert. Needing the skill reveal to get through the desert means that the party has to go the Mercury lighthouse first.

@BusterDrew Жыл бұрын

A new Majuular videos means a great day for the subscribers. I have zero experience with this series and to be honest most of the games you cover but God damn am I going to watch all of it. Perhaps one day Majuular will cover the infinity engine games and make my dreams come true.

@angusmcphail7031 Жыл бұрын

The recent love for this series is crazy. I have never heard of this channel, but watched the whole thing because of it.

@WisconsinCheesy Жыл бұрын

This brings back so many memories of playing this game on my GBA in the back of my moms car. I also got stuck for hours because I didn't know you had to use a healing item on the damn tree

@tj3495 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely LOVED Golden Sun and Golden Sun 2, felt like it flew under the radar for many, my brother and I bonded over these games, very memorable!

@MrFutago87 Жыл бұрын

46:25 Boat scenes are some of my favorites in JRPGs, going on a voyage across the ocean in a game gives the world a certain sense of scale which I always highly appreciate in a JRPG.

@deerscream3476 Жыл бұрын

I remember begging my parents to take me to a Gamestop in the middle of vacation to buy Golden Sun 2 because I'd beaten the first one during the trip and couldn't wait until we had gotten home to play the next.

@JohnDoe-uf3lj Жыл бұрын

I’ve only recently subscribed, but your Legend of Dragoon video got my attention and the Xenogears one got my heart. I’m so happy to see you talk about any game, especially the RPGs that I’ve always thought were neat, but don’t have the time to play through. Both you and Brando SP are the chill JRPG gods of KZfaq and it’s so cool to see these long form videos!

@SpiritStoneWarrior94-yx3gs Жыл бұрын

Have you watched Erik Landon I think he's called? He does some amazing JRPG top 10's/hidden gem videos and has some amazing knowledge as well 😊

@JohnDoe-uf3lj Жыл бұрын

@@SpiritStoneWarrior94-yx3gs will give him a look 😊

@SpiritStoneWarrior94-yx3gs Жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-uf3lj he's one of my favourites 😊 alongside majulaar

@rowlandc1 Жыл бұрын

This is an amazing look at a game I haven’t played in 20+ years. Thank you so much. I want to play it again so bad now! Golden sun forever.

@Shamax0 Жыл бұрын

I spend A LOT of time on youtube I just wanted to let you know that ever since I discovered your channel semi recently, the thing I get excited the most on this platform are your videos, you rock dude! But please don't feel pressured from me and others saying this - whatever you put out we'll dig!

@RoninCatholic Жыл бұрын

One detail done so well that I didn't even notice when playing, but loved when it was pointed out to me in online discussions a decade later: Dungeon rooms with puzzle elements don't have random battles, and vice-versa. Your block pushing, log rolling, etc. won't be interrupted by invisible monsters popping out and attacking you as you walk.

@danielwatson7386 Жыл бұрын

The greatest RPG series of all time. Motoi Sakuraba slayed with this series' OST.

@BlackMoonHowls Жыл бұрын

Yes.

@svperuzer Жыл бұрын

The greatest? Really? Wow!

@planescaped Жыл бұрын

@@svperuzer It's.... _an_ opinion.

@svperuzer Жыл бұрын

@@planescaped I know that sounded patronizing but I was genuinely intrigued.

@cfewLW74 11 ай бұрын

@@svperuzer yeah man, I can confirm it's the greatest! - written by a totally biased fanboy with a Golden Sun pfp 😁

@wolffster25 Жыл бұрын

One the first rpgs I played on an emulator I was hooked from the word go. The plot was simple yet incredibly captivating. One aspect of this game I love is the commercial for it in the US it does an incredibly poor job showing of what the game is about yet it’s still incredibly epic and iconic. It’s so iconic the devs created a summon from the commercial for a certain third game.

@SallionMang Жыл бұрын

I rarely like videos before watching them but I'm so stoked for a Maj video on Golden Sun 🙏

@DreadnoughtFiend Жыл бұрын

I have the most weird relationship with this game. Due to some gap in my child hood logic, i could never level the starting area, and I basically started and stopped playing this game like 7 times because of this. Figured it out later in life and it was that super simple jumping puzzle in the first desert. Problem is now all i can remember of it is that frustration i can even tell you how good the story was. Eitherway i like this game, thanks for going over it

@davidwhidden9337 Жыл бұрын

Rogers Video. God. What a throwback. This series needs it's conclusion. This game explains monsters in such a fantastic way. The start is absolutely insane. The music is god tier.

@neighandwhinnymchorse2100 Жыл бұрын

Oh fuck yeah- Seeing a new one of these pop up is such a treat, discovering your channel exposed me to every jrpg you've covered, including golden sun, for the first time!

@pussymaster9517 Жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorite games / series, and a new favorite content creator covering it: heaven-sent and massively appreciated

@noisepollution4473 Жыл бұрын

Okay, so I assumed both parties wound up at the mercury lighthouse around the same time because it was literally physically closer than all the others. So naturally both groups would end up there first. Now, sure, the timing being so close down to the hour was still a wild leap to make, but the idea that they both choose to go there first makes sense to me.

@Mantorok12 Жыл бұрын

also since half their party is fire adepts, it would be the hardest one for them to do. Especially since Alex is...unreliable

@Thaiyren 8 ай бұрын

Alex is also Mia's relative (brother i think). Its explained in game that you need a water adept, and the only majour group of water adepts are the adepts that train near Mercury Lighthouse, where Mia is from. Saturos and Menardi had a direct source of access through Alex, making it both the easiest to access, and conveniently the closest to reach.

@zephyr4ever Жыл бұрын

This channel as single handed gotten me into watching these retrospective type videos for all my old beloved game series. Brings back so many memories, angry moments and definitely helps shine new lights on things i might have missed as a child. A genuine thanks and well done for reigniting my love for some of these old games I grew up with.

@MachFiveFalcon Жыл бұрын

Golden Sun was my gateway drug of choice into the world of JRPGs as a kid. I still remember how Nintendo Power always raved about it in their "Epic Center" RPG section every issue for months haha And thanks for telling me about the remastered soundtrack! It does an incredible composition like Sakuraba's some justice! I can't get enough of those pan flutes, too. I already loved the remix of the main battle theme in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

@davidwhidden9337 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget those whacky commercials.

@backlogrob8358 Жыл бұрын

Wait, remastered soundtrack?!

@MachFiveFalcon Жыл бұрын

@@backlogrob8358 Yup, he touches on it briefly at 33:32. Looks like the KZfaq channel "Coaltergeist" has done a great job with it - I just subscribed!

@Ceratisa Жыл бұрын

You gotta be kidding! Found your channel last week and binged most of it. Now you're on that series I've always been interested in

@mauricioalonso2157 Жыл бұрын

The Mercury lighthouse is the closest one to the start of the game and you learn at the end of the game that you need a ship to reach the Mars and Jupiter lighthouses. The party didn't know much about where to go, but the game railroads you towards there, either you reach it by going there after Bilibin or you follow the story and go there after the trees talk (both are possible, there's extra dialogue if you have Mia). The enemy party does know where to go and for them it's the most logical destination, Venus is on the other side of the continent and they already have a Mercury adept, as to why you arrive at the same time, in the story you leave a day behind, it's plausible that they delayed one day for whatever reason to fit the dramatic scene. As for the story in general I always saw it like an anime season of something like Pokemon, where every story beat starts and ends very markedly, even the dialogue and clichés remind me of an anime, every town has a "town of the week" feel to it, there's rarely overlap and except for the big backtracking for Hammet you are always moving forward. Oh yes, the games were designed as one long story but it had to be cut due to the size of the game, GS2 is huge. Loved the video btw.

@androtaz2621 Жыл бұрын

I have very fond memories of this game. I remember somehow I managed to soft lock the game. I forget exactly how as I havent played it basically since the year it came out but I still remember how much I enjoyed it. Great job on the frequency of videos lately. Keeping me awake during night shift.

@egonrl Жыл бұрын

That's a really well put together video. Mixing information about the game conception with the actual in-game plot/gameplay elements was really well done here. Congrats!

@iantaran2843 Жыл бұрын

❤ Puzzle Dungeons ❤ I didn't realize this till later but most of my favorite games are full of Puzzle Dungeons. Golden Suns dungeons and how you interact with them through Psy Energy. So fricken good Reminds me of the tools in Wild Arms 2

@zotanica Жыл бұрын

I remember I was playing Valkyrie Profile Lenneth and it was really uncanny how familiar the music sounded. Later found out it was the same composer. I wonder how Golden Sun would've sounded on a more powerful sound chip

@westonmeyer3110 Жыл бұрын

Valkyrie Profile is Sakuraba’s best work

@planescaped Жыл бұрын

@@westonmeyer3110 It and Shining Force 3 IMO.

@MASJYT 9 ай бұрын

Sakuraba is a good composer but he's pretty one note in my opinion. That being said the guy is a workaholic, the amount of games he has worked on is insane.

@MintyDragonfly Жыл бұрын

You can’t imagine how thrilled I was to see this video pop up in my sub feed! One of my fave essayists and one of my fave games, you’re really knocking them out of the park bud! Thank you!

@AkioLX Жыл бұрын

Found your channel today and listened to 3 videos today at work. Love it !

@andresdeleon9697 Жыл бұрын

I always thought Mercury Lighthouse was the obvious first choice since it was the nearest one. Remember Alex is the true mastermind being the whole series, so it became obvious (at least for me) for them to go to Mercury since Alex is a Water adept. Golden Sun is one of my favorite games, it's nice to see people are still giving it a lot of love and time. I kept saying to myself he hasn't talked about a very specific and relatively hidden part of the lore and boom you talk about it in the next minute. Awesome video.

@WhattaM00k Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite games covered by one of my favorite KZfaqrs!

@DDRWakaLaka Жыл бұрын

I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS AHHHH MAJUU DID A GOLDEN SUN THING

@Nafferoni Жыл бұрын

A GOLDEN SUN featuring BABBY'S FIRST LIGHTHOUSE! Seeing all this Golden Sun footage really takes me back to a different time in my life. That Venus Lighthouse theme music is a hot one - it kinda sounds like something you would hear during an 80's training montage. *footage of Isaac running up a Russian mountain and screaming to the heavens* Excellent video like always my friend, you perfectly articulated what you found to be the real strengths of the game and where it could've been a lot better. 🍻

@SynodicScribe Жыл бұрын

Another banger my friend. Golden Sun was one of my all time favorite games growing up and I'm glad I'm not alone in that boat. It's a pretty good boat!

@UltaFlame Жыл бұрын

Yo hey, didn't expect to see an xiv lore dude posting under a golden sun video... but glad to! GS:TLA is still in my top 5 games

@SynodicScribe Жыл бұрын

@@UltaFlame If I had the time and resources I'd cover the lore of ALL my favorite games. Golden Sun likely included. haha

@SaberCompany Жыл бұрын

Man I loved the shit out of Golden Sun when I was younger. Absolutely enthralled by that game. Great retrospective and can't wait to see more! Your videos are always bangers.

@NightmareOni Жыл бұрын

When he was calling out the lordly calibre names, his breath quivered at mine and at that point, felt like he wanted to give me a rogering. Now I understand the dynamic of Dart and Lavitz.

@allyward8327 Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad that my boy Mads knew I needed something good to listen to while enjoying a new game. Let’s GOOOOO

@fernandozavaletabustos205 Жыл бұрын

I hope this series gets remade / remastered at some point. Excellent video as always!

@quanquin3822 Жыл бұрын

For those of you who like Golden Sun, Camelot made an earlier RPG called Beyond the Beyond, which feels like a proto-Golden Sun.

@gaminggoddess85 Жыл бұрын

I've heard that game was pretty terrible.

@quanquin3822 Жыл бұрын

@@gaminggoddess85 I've played Beyond the Beyond in its entirety several times. "Terrible" couldn't be further from the truth, but it is very difficult and doesn't have a strong plot or character development.

@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819 Жыл бұрын

@@quanquin3822 Like, the opening dungeon kicks your ass. It's that bad and unbalanced.

@NAETEMUSIC Жыл бұрын

It is so crazy you released this because recently I have just been looking up that triumphant title screen theme music and listening a lot recently. THANK YOU

@carelesskaz6807 Жыл бұрын

You're an exceptional content creator who also happens to cover many of my favorite games. I thank you. Golden Sun has a special place in my heart, so I loved watching your blind run. Thank you for a great video! (Also, I call them "De Jinn")

@gaminggoddess85 Жыл бұрын

Something that would be fun to mention in the eventual Dark Dawn video (if it happens) is how the random crystal chandelier dragon from the Golden Sun 1 TV commercial became a summon in Dark Dawn for some reason.

@sagen06 Жыл бұрын

I kind of think Dark Dawn is underrated. Id give it a 7/10 but by no means was it a bad experience.

@robinmattheussen2395 11 ай бұрын

Wow, I had completely forgotten about that commercial. Over where I live, we almost never see video game commercials, let alone back in those days. I had a decision coming up about which GBA game I would buy on my birthday next, and it was always a big shot in the dark. Golden Sun really looked right up my alley from what I had seen from posters and the little box in the store, but all of a sudden they showed a commercial for the game on TV as well? At that point, I knew I had to have the game.

@Maelael Жыл бұрын

Fun tidbit at around the 31:00 mark: You can choose to go and get another character, and there is even more diolauge in this part

@arvinsantos7478 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for covering this up. Bring a lot back of memories

@wildnexus1 Жыл бұрын

Ngl I always look forward to your uploads and if I see a long runtime I'm even happier. Love the Golden Sun series!!!

@adamshalashaska5698 Жыл бұрын

That frame rate example was on point. Never thought about that way

@Syastsk Жыл бұрын

Majuular literally never misses

@j.2512 Жыл бұрын

except with the gay shit

@yungoldman2823 Жыл бұрын

its genetically impossible for him at this point

@Jamil1989 Жыл бұрын

Dude! Thank you very much! Some of the footage you showed are quite new to me. I'm ready to play this masterpiece again when it comes out in Nintendo Switch.

@eidoleon Жыл бұрын

This is like christmas, halloween, easter and my birthday all roled into one. Ive dreamed of this day for eons. I could cry of happiness! Finally. Finally!

@talkingviolin Жыл бұрын

To be fair, it makes sense for the Mercury lighthouse to be the first: it's the closest and Alex is a Mercury adept.

@MysticBGaming Жыл бұрын

Man, this video gives me so much nostalgia. I played this back in 2001 when it came out, on a trip to see my grandparents for Christmas. I remember playing the whole game on the ride there. That final boss gave me so much shit.

@crumpettrashgoblin Жыл бұрын

I'm very glad I stumbled upon your channel. I'm a big RPG head and I love hearing about these games I missed out on as a child. Keep it up, Majuular!

@dicehazard 11 ай бұрын

I think I've binged all of your content so far. Fantastic channel

@XstickbuddyX Жыл бұрын

Your videos have always been good, but this one was golden son.

@Majuular Жыл бұрын

Ayy lmao

@hoggo3789 Жыл бұрын

You're an absolute legend for covering Golden sun. I hope you know that.

@clonerstive Жыл бұрын

I genuinely LOVE that youtube reccomended this video to me multiple times a day for an entire week. I LOVED taking this walk down memory lane to a game that has some of my favorite combat system and music of all time. LOVE those crunchy sound effects.

@maxleroux3799 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the excellent retrospective, I felt that you did true justice in your coverage of the game, faults and all. All the best!~

@Jakokokoroko Жыл бұрын

Mind Read is a literal game changer, no joke. When I first saw the game the only reason I wanted to play it myself was because I thought the mechanic was so damn cool and as an endlessly curious person to a fault I wanted to go around the world and read EVERYONES thoughts. It also helped that the little animation for Mind Read is just so neat to look at. I really wish more games had this mind reading power because it does soooooo much to enhance the world and the characters and it also serves as a natural way to explore characters or explain things without it feeling weird or forced. Why would hostile guard X tell me about controversial topic Z? That doesn't make any sense, they wouldn't just quickly open up to random outside adventurers coming through. But Mind Read just fixes that by allowing you to literally peek inside their heads for a bit and learn more things about them that they wouldn't normally share so openly. It's by far the best mechanic in the whole game and again... I really wish more RPGs just straight up yoinked this mechanic and used it themselves, it's just way too good.

@justink8156 7 ай бұрын

You're totally right, more RPGs should have some sort of system like that. Not even a RPG but the only example that comes to mind for me is the Heart you can use in Dishonored to get insight into people. Cool mechanic, cool visual and it fits neatly into the world building.

@mewmeister8650 7 ай бұрын

@@justink8156 Divinity 2 (the original, not OS 2) has a mind reading mechanic. It incurred a XP debt to use, but it was routinely either useful or funny.

@CaptmagiKono Жыл бұрын

Btw, the game "Lufia 2" on the SNES also has a heavy emphasis on the puzzle-dungeons.

@gaminggoddess85 Жыл бұрын

One of the best ones too. And a big plus is that you can play it without having to play Lufia 1 since it's a prequel and Lufia 1 is honestly not a very good game.

@sonyslyer9946 Жыл бұрын

I love this channel so much, and having a video on Golden Sun makes me happy! I still got my copy from an old family friend and it’s the best, underrated game on GBA frfe

@iLookLoud Жыл бұрын

I remember enjoying this game SO much! I love your humor too, I see your channel has grown, nice job and good luck ^^

@KalaamNozalys Жыл бұрын

Regarding the coincidence of showing up at the mercury lighthouse, I don't think it's that random. The road to the other lighthouses are blocked anyway because of the kolima curse, the only bridge south is innaccessible. So both parties are stuck in the same region with a single objective in reach. And it's the closest one from the starting point, and for Saturos' party, it's just the most optimal route. Go north to mercury, then south to venus where their boat is waiting, then leave for the next one. For Isaac's group it's kind of a coincidence indeed, the timing is lucky but well, gotta have some of that in your story.

@Alurkerdood Жыл бұрын

I remember that there are some weapons you can get that are based on RNG. Some of them were kinda OP and could be used as items to cast certain spells.

@DarknessIsTheTruth Жыл бұрын

Majuular, I don't know how you're able to crank out all these feature-length videos, but man, I salute you.

@froggyranger Жыл бұрын

This was probably my favourite RPG when I was younger. So cool to see you cover it!

@fenrirlives2226 Жыл бұрын

Another Majuular Banger! Great job especially breaking down the combat system btw, explanations always went over my head when friends described it to me. I remember trying to play Golden Sun very early on in my high school career, but something about the premise failed to grab me unfortunately. Still, it's nice to see all this context for the game I missed out on! While I don't think I'll play it, I can definitely see what fans appreciate about it! Have a good one dude, and here's hoping this vid gets some sweet sweet traction!

@novemberbravo6194 Жыл бұрын

Damn son, almost 40k views in less than 24 hours! Look who’s moving up in the world :D I just started a new gig so my spare time to catch up on awesome content like yours is somewhat limited at present, but I’m putting this at the top of my to-watch list. As always, thanks for being an inspiration, both in terms of your work ethic and the quality of your output! I’m dealing with a protracted battle against content ID for my latest project, but I think I’ve finally found a way around the issues I’ve been having...I hope. Anyways, just wanted to drop in and say hi, and that I hope life, work, etc are all treating you well. Cheers, all the best! -NB

@sograz Жыл бұрын

Glad to see your Patreon growing. Well deserved!

@helenacrispim3744 Жыл бұрын

It's so nice to see a video dedicated to this game! I played it SO MUCH during my early teens and I simply LOVED this game! Plus Garet's pixels were very special to my 13yo self. ♥

@AssHandler Жыл бұрын

The moment when you break into the western sea in The Lost Age, and the soundtrack changes will always be a classic. Really put the sense of scope into you.

@theonlybilge Жыл бұрын

I know that Etika loved Golden Sun.

@turismofoegaming8806 Жыл бұрын

Video Games, RPG’s especially are such a special, Memorable experience and they Bring together ppl from All walks of life, to talk about and reminisce on this very wonderful and beautiful thing!! Excellent video mate!! Golden sun is one of the best games I’ve ever played for the GBA and just one of the best RPG I’ve ever enjoyed period!

@karlklein2263 Жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, my parents took my sister and I on a road trip from Oklahoma to Southern Texas every year. One year they got me golden sun to play on the way. I beat that game while riding in the car and man. Just a really great memory. Love this game

@Silvarian Жыл бұрын

Reserving my comment spot for later. Maybe I'll play it first...but I probably wont.

@danalbers2193 Жыл бұрын

Shame the third game turned out to be such a boring PoS that failed to capture the appeal of the OGs

@Teedyan Жыл бұрын

A wonderful look at the whole game and great pacing during the whole video. Subscribed!

@XalenPrime Жыл бұрын

This was an exceptionally well done video. Can’t wait for the next one covering the next golden sun game

@galdyrgoat Жыл бұрын

Man just got slapped across the face with nostalgia watching this. I played through this and it’s sequel so many times growing up, always trying different Djinn on different members to see what sorta classes I could try out on everyone or wanting to see all the unique summons. Thanks dude for showin’ me all these good memories again.

@Havenosoul Жыл бұрын

Duuude!! Just another reason I’m happy I subbed to this channel. It’s a good day, we eat well here.

@clmbscrackedknuckleproduct5919 Жыл бұрын

Loved the video. Thank you for making it.

@Skywalker9690 11 ай бұрын

As someone who grew up with a GBA and tmThe Golden Sun series, i greatly enjoyed this retrospective. 9/10! Thank you so much, i greatly enjoyed hitting that subscribe button!