Thanks for checking out a video about the long forgotten golden sun today! Do you ever think they’ll reboot the series or is it dead forever? Let me know in the comments below! EDIT: Yes I am aware I said Takahashi worked on Final Fantasy while at ENIX, I understand this was before the Square merger so it was not possible. It was a flub on my part :)

The first Golden Sun is actually the reason I met my best friend. I heard him mention it in English class in school back in 2003 and because I was also playing it we struck up a conversation about it. 18 years later we’re still best friends, I’ve been the best man at his wedding and he’s going to be best man at mine. This game has always meant a lot to me because of this.

As weird as this may sound, the one thing that was always really a standout to me about Golden Sun was the battle system, mostly just because the camera turned between parties. I dunno, I just always found that super cool to me lol.

With the success of Xenoblade and Fire Emblem, now is as good a time as any to revive the Golden Sun series.

I found The Lost Age in a closet of a house we moved into, I was very young at the time so I didn't know was it was, only that it looked neat. Some time after that I got my first DS, it wasn't long until I realized there was a place where it could fit, and when I did that I was completely blown away, I played the game a lot, so glad I found it in that closet and hanged on to it lol, what were the chances

Stay strong, my friends, the Golden Sun will rise again!

Funnily enough. Dark Dawn was the first game of the series that I bought and played. I saw it in a Gamestop and it seemed interesting. Fell in love with it and a few months after I beat Dark Dawn, I bought the first two games. If only another 700,000 more people had the same experience as me :'(

The Summon risk vs reward system was my favorite part of Golden Sun. I hope to get at least a collection for the Switch soon.

Mathew, tyrel and karis are still looking at the large synergy vortex 🤣

To me, Golden Sun embodied everything I love in RPG's. Bought it when it originally came out and I spent hours playing it, trying to find all the Djinns and weapons. Could not believe what I saw when a follow up was released, let alone when it was THAT good. Sad to say I never got to play Dark Dawn since I didn't own a DS at that time, but a new installment in the series, man, I'm all for that!

I... I always liked the dialogue... It was like an interactive book! 💖 I sincerely hope that they bring it back.

Now I'm hyped about an open world weyard. Imagine going around making vines grow, evaporating water, or moving objects at a distance with Tales Of type graphics

Oooooh man the memories, I love Golden Sun and its really nice too see you made a video about this forgotten series. Iif Advanced Wars can get a remake so can Golden Sun!! Nintendo please make it happen!!!

Golden Sun was easily my favourite GBA game (and I count both titles as 1 game because it was made to be one but split because of memory limitations) Easily one of the best JRPGS of all time. Dark Dawn was awesome too (allthough not as great as the GBA game) and I'm still waiting to the resolution of that cliffhanger ending.

Golden Sun needs to come back. Dark Dawn left SO MANY questions especially about the Tuaparang Clan.. who are they?!

I’m happy to see that the Golden Sun fandom is still alive !

I still hope for GS 4 till today . Loved the video and the light you shed on it. Started a let’s play recently of the first game and loving the nostalgia

The music in golden sun was amazing

Alex does not "blur the lines between good and evil," from the start he's an ambitious psychopath who is only barely able to hide his true personality and motivation from Felix and crew. As a psychopath, he manipulates Felix's party into doing the work for them, and does not help at all. Golden Sun is FULL of situations where you are forced to sympathize with the enemy (the entire premise of the Lost Age is that you ARE the putative villains of the first game and opposed by that game's heroes, but we see that the motivations of Felix & co were good the entire time, and in the end he and Isaac, his nemesis, join forces.) This is NOT the case with Alex: on the contrary, we see Alex's behavior go from aloof and manipulative, to the final revelation of his true motivation at the Golden Sun event at Mt. Aleph that concludes Lost Age. Alex is granted immortality, indestructibility, and ultimate power. Then Mt. Aleph collapse on this psychopathic immortal, burying him under millions of tons of rock. Alex is the only character in the series (which is all about having sympathy for your enemy) who is truly and unambiguously evil, and it couldn't have happened to a nicer person. Its interesting that, Alex being the psychopatgic manipulator that he is, we never actually fight him in Lost Age: he actually appears to win, being "blessed" with power from the Golden Sun Event, only to be given his comeuppance by the Wise One. But to reiterate, Alex does _not_ "blur the lines between good and evil." He is the _only character in the series who is unambiguously evil._

Oh my goodness, I'm the Jenna in that cosplay photo at 11:16! I was so surprised to see our group. Golden Sun represent! The fandom will never die!

As a fan if traditional RPGs I find it kinda sad not a lot of people enjoy them as much anymore.

Having played through Dark Dawn, the fact it was so incredibly easy is kind of bizarre given the original games on GBA were relatively challenging.

I’ve never played it, but I’ll sure give it a try through emulation!

These were my first ever RPG and I distinctly remember being so schocked by the cliffhanger at the end of the first game and then going to Gamestop and asking about if there was going to be a sequel and they told me it had come out earlier that year and being so excited to play it when I got home. So much nostalgia and joy associated with this series. And I won't spoil it but goddamn the shocking twist they folded into the final act of that original narrative is still some of the best storytelling in gaming that I've ever experienced. I really enjoyed Dark Dawn and I'm so sad because I could tell that the next one was going to be the one with the mega-twist at the end and I was excited to see how it played out and what it was going to be.

It was hands down my favorite RPG ever. Second favorite game of all time only behind Melee

I wish they made a full blown remake merging the first two games making you change parties after the Venus lighthouse with intermissions to see what Isaac party was doing while Felix was doing the whole go to Lemuria thing

I'm currently playing Golden Sun again. It's so much nostalgia and one of the best game ever made.

I replayed Golden Sun 1 & 2 last year, at the ripe old age of 31. I was afraid that they wouldn't have aged well, but instead I was proven that these games are even greater than I remembered. Honestly, the Golden Sun lore/universe are probably my all-time favorites of any game. There's something about the game world that strikes a perfect balance between natural and magical.

Golden Sun and Golden Sun 2 were my favorite games as a kid. God I hope for a re-release or a 4th installment of the game!

Hope will never die

Camelot also made Mario Tennis GBA, which oddly enough was an amazing RPG and one of the best Mario Tennis games of all time. People don’t realize how unique Mario Tennis GBA was but it was a phenomenal RPG.

As a kid I was the only person I knew who knew anything about these games as if they only existed in my world, so it is never not exciting to watch people talk about it with the same level of passion and nostalgia that I do

I've been a "Golden Sun" fan from the beginning, and I feel like the series has a chance to thrive nowadays. Plus, tradition isn't always a bad thing. "Dragon Quest XI" (especially the Definitive Edition) has sold really well, and the battles are still pretty standard turn-based fare, as they had been since the series began. Honestly, whatever happens with Golden Sun, whether it's a remake of the first 2 or a brand new adventure, I'll be there. And I'm definitely one of those lobbying for more Golden Sun stuff in Smash Bros. :D

Yesss, we need more Golden Sun. 1 week until the anniversary!

Thanks for making this video! I just found your channel and I loved your video! I love Golden Sun and I'm still holding out for a new Golden Sun game.

I remember when I was like 7 years old and one of my moms coworkers was driving to Edmonton with her kids and they were able too take me. The other kid had Golden Sun and a GBA, I only had a GBC and I was so completely blown away. I bugged my parents so much for GBA and Golden Sun once I got to Edmonton, and they wound up getting it for me, then the next summer I saved up my allowance to get TLA. So many memories. ❤️

Golden Sun 1 and 2 are two of my all-time favorite games. It would be cool to have another installment in the series. Great video!

I'd much rather have a remake of the first two before they make a 4th. I believe that if that happens, much like what you said, more people may be drawn to the title.

Still play GS or Lost Age once a year. I'm 27

Was super glad I bought this game on the Wii play store years ago. It was nice and relaxing to play an old RPG turn based game, especially one with challenges. It was amazing to see how much was achieved on the GBA at that time. It would be awesome if we could get a remake, or just bundle all 3 games and have it playable on the Switch store

Crazy this showed up for me. This was my first big game I completed. It frustrated me, scared me, and taught me how to play these type of games. Loved it.

I'd be all for it. I never had a Gameboy Advance, but the only title I was really conscious of missing out on was Golden Sun. But I would be more excited to see Shining Force come back for real.

I remember my cousins got this game when I was a kid and I really wanted to check it out but years passed and never got to, you've piqued my interest to finally give them a shot again

Ngl, I started with Dark Dawn, and I'm still very sad there's no continuation in sight

Golden Sun is that one game series that I won't get tired of playing over and over again. Thank you for making this video

The Sun will rise again. If we as a community fight for it, it will come back.... Make videos, make fan art, talk about it in forums, get people to play it AND most important, SHOW Nintendo we want this series to return. Golden Sun is a fantastic series that deserves so much more attention and respect than what it gets.

I’m sad I found the Golden Sun franchise with Dark Dawn. I loved the game only to have it be in this situation. I know my wife would also absolutely love a new game. I started watching this video and she instantly knew the music and grabbed the little clay djinns she made back when we first met.

I love this game series, it made me fascinated by old world lore like alchemy, Atlantis, flat worlds, etc. I would like to reference things from Golden Sun in a game of my own, someday.

I will never lose hope. This game has always been part of me since I was a kid

There was something really pure, earnest, and solid about Golden Sun compared to other RPGs. Some games feel like they combine a good story with traditional RPG gameplay in an attempt checks all the boxes of RPGs before it. Golden Sun feels like its RPG gameplay takes a responsibility to be enjoyable.

Duuude I just played dark sun again last week!! The main struggle I have with it that they would need to fix is permanently missable djinn. Totally messed me up when I found out there were some I couldn't get that were easily missed world map encounters so I couldn't take my run to 100% completion without restarting and using a guide :/ outside of that, incredible series!

I love Golden Sun. Whenever I take long flights or train rides I power up my gameboy and play it

I remember when Dark Dawn was announced and my brother and I lost our freaking minds. We were so excited that our favorite rpg was coming back. So sad at the current state of the series.

Wasn't the lost age originally made as a part of golden sun 1 but they couldn't fit it so they made it a full blown sequel? Could've sworn I heard that somewhere

I like Golden Sun, but my #1 dream in the gaming space is a true revival of Shining Force, lead by Camelot. Chances of it happening are approximately 0.00001%, but nothing in gaming would get me more excited. I expect that Camelot will do nothing but Mario Sports games (which I don't care about, at all) for the remainder of their existence.

Oh neat, I was the Ivan cosplayer in the Golden sun cosplayer selfie around 11:16! We ended up doing a great group shoot even with a friend as Alex later on and had a great time. I have such great memories of this series.

I LOVE the first two Golden Sun games. They remain as two of my favourite games up to this day, but I also think that if a fourth instruments was to happen, it would need to change and adapt to the new times. That could either be great or bad: it could push what we already love from the game and transform it into something innovative, better and even more fascinating, or it could lose its spirit in the impossible try to create a fans + stockholders pleaser. No matter what happens, GS 1 and 2 will still be in my heart and nothing can change that!

A remake/remaster of the three GS games would be a good way to introduce them to the new generation of gamers today. Doing a 4th one would confuse newbies alike since those three games rely on each other for the lore and terms these games used. But then again, I'm all up for a 4th one. 😂

I love the Golden Sun series ever since my mom got me into it so many years ago. Though it took me a while to actually complete all of them, they still remained a favorite of mine for a very long time. And while I do still love them, I have to admit that the series has a lot of glaring problems. The story is honestly not that compelling in the long run. Sure, when you start out you have this grand sense of wonder and you really want to know what happens next, but at the end of every Golden Sun you're just left wanting more. And I don't mean in the good way. I'll excuse GS1 because they intended a sequel when it was released, but Lost Ages really left a hollow feeling for me. Yay, I lit the lighthouses and brought peace to the world, but the real bad guy is still out there and I'm not the one who gets the final confrontation with him. And Dark Dawn literally ends on a cliff hanger, though I assume that was going to be resolved in a sequel. It especially hurts for Lost Ages because, even though I enjoyed playing the game I know that it wont resolve in a satisfying manner so I just dont feel up to playing it. To end on a high note though, I absolutely love the world building in this game. I love how it's based on medieval concepts like alchemy and even have a flat world where you can see the edges of the world. I think that is super cool and it'd be awesome to explore those concepts more. I also thought the battle system and Djinns were really fun to mess around with, and the puzzles were top notch.

As a kid, I really liked JRPG's, but the TV I had to play games on was a blurry POS that made it nearly impossible to make details out on the prerendered backgrounds these games generally used. The cleanliness of GS' art style was a godsend to me.

I'm always super happy seeing people talking about my favourite game series of all time!

The last year I've seen the love for Golden Sun only go up! Perhaps it has to do with their 20th anniversary this year. But by only knowing that the Golden Sun Speedrunning community has tripled over the last year means that I still have hope.

Being my most favourite RPG, I really hope for a reboot on the Switch as well as for a nice sequel...for me Dark Dawn felt like the first part felt in comparison to the lost age: something is missing storywise. So I hope Nintendo and Camelot get to fill that gap and bring the story to an end :)

Man I miss this game so much.... I played this game more than every other game in my life ❤️ This Music, the Battle System and of course the story is such a masterpiece!! Every year I hope that they release Golden Sun 3...

Golden sun, Shining Force two of my favorites. Been waiting for golden sun to come out with a sequel for ages and I'm here to find out what the heck happened

To compare with sale numbers, even with 700k units, Dark Dawn sold more than any Fire Emblem game before Awakening.

Considering metroid dread is coming out 15 years after it was originally announced and cancelled I'd say that raises the chances for other franchises. Golden sun 4 will hopefully come sooner rather than later

Actually, I think the time, and market are just right for a new Golden Sun, be it a fresh game or remake along the lines of the upcoming Advance Wars. There's been a huge resurgence in popularity for traditional RPGs since around 2017, and turn-based games like Persona 5, Octopath Traveler and Bravely Default 2 have continued to outperform sales projections. Add on to that the fact that people who are likely nostalgic for Golden Sun are reaching their mid-late 20s and early 30s, and you have a recipe for a big comeback. If Fire Emblem can come back from the brink and be a smash success, I think Isaac and the gang can, too

Golden Sun is still my all time favorite game series that I replay every year or so

There's some error in your video... I could find no record of Takahashi working on any Final Fantasy games. He only worked for Enix and left the company before the Square merger.

I always wanted to get into this game on the Gameboy advance but always stopped for some reason. I love art style and idea of the brilliant story/lore but I think when a game wasn't Zelda I just couldn't commit but along with another game you speak about mother 3 I would love to give some of these classics a proper shot.

I heard that it ended up they wouldn't be able to fit all of Golden Sun on a GBA cartridge so they had to split it in half (considering the first game, while superb, ends like halfway through the entire adventure), not that they decided to create a "follow up/sequel".

Thank you for making this video in 2021! I love the series and played and replayed the games as kid and still think about how Dark Dawn ended on a cliffhanger. Golden Sun and Lost Age were definitely better than DD in my opinion, but would still love to see the series continue. I was wondering if anyone else out there was still thinking of the series and posting content about it so it was cool so see something so recent.

Golden sun the lost age is my favorite in the series

Def one of my favorite GBA titles of all time. Easily a top tier RPG, especially the second one. The third one wasn't very memorable, but I remember buying a DS just to play it, and shortly selling it after. I'd love for them to release a more difficult Golden Sun-esque RPG. Add in some gore and high risk decisions, like xcom. Now you have something more modern. I agree traditional RPGs are a dying genre. Lots of gamers I've talked to hate turn based fighting. I do too when it is not challenging and therefore doesn't require much strategy/timing. Thanks for this video, I think I'll do a Golden Sun playthrough this year.

I put over 500hrs into No.1, had every weapon, everything. Is probably my top 3 best RPG games.

Literally the best turn based rpg I played when I was young. Easy story to follow when young and stuck with me the most. I hope they realize it is "Gold", pun intended of course.

With the closure of the Wii U eShop in 2022 I've been highly considering wether or not to get both golden suns on virtual console but can you still connect the two?

I bought all three games .. but the lost age was a MASTERPIECE especially when you reach the lighthouses and then get both teams I was BLOWN AWAY .. let’s not forget when you find pierce and then wolf town fighting the pirate Briggs ! man so much well made gameplay

Why did this pop up today when i was thinking of replaying it this is a sign!

As old fashioned as it's claimed to be, Golden Sun has always had one advantage over every other rpg ever in the history of ever, as far as I know; shopkeepers offer to buy old equipment when you get a new piece of gear from them. I have literally never seen that in any other game, despite what a huge convenience it is! More seriously, I'm hopeful for a new Golden Sun eventually. The problems with Dark Dawn had little to do with its gameplay. The class system is still fantastic and has yet to be matched, as far as I'm concerned. As for the genre being dead, I'm not buying that. Good single player rpgs are always nice.

I've played both of the first two Golden Sun games like 8-10 times each; by far my favorite turn-based RPG ever, and my 2nd favorite and 3rd favorite games behind Xenoblade Chronicles 2 I'm BEGGING for the day we hopefully get a new GS game or remakes along the lines of the Octopath Traveler style or in new beautiful 3D graphics

Damn, I want a new Golden Sun so bad! Lost Age was my first JRPG and it's still one of my most favourite JRPGs and games in general. It's a huge shame Nintendo doesn't do anything with the series. All flaws of Dark Dawn are clear and easy to address, there's literally nothing stopping them from making a superior new entry. I will always hope they make a new Golden Sun or at the very least remake the first two/three.

I ended up with this game because it was in a GBA I bought at a garage sale in 2003? Best purchase I ever made. I would buy a console just to play the next iteration of this beautiful franchise.

Golden Sun was the first game I played on my first handheld gaming console. I bought the game at GameStop for 20 bucks. I thought it wouldn’t be very good, because the price was pretty low. Man, was I pleasantly surprised.. Golden Sun is one of the best classic RPGs ever made. I remember trying about 6-8 times to defeat the fusion dragon at the Venus lighthouse. When I finally beat him, I was sooooo happy! I hope they do a remake of Golden Sun 😍

Love Golden Sun to the bottom of my heart. My mom bought both games and finished them before giving each to me. She gived me few tips and explaination on how to play it and I beated both. The story is genius, the gameplay is good and you have to be smart to play this game. Not like any other rpgs that just ask you to grind over and over. The Djiins are the best mechanics in the combat system and I love the summonings. Overrall loved it.

My experience with Golden Sun was through the visual boy advance emulator back when I was a junior in highschool, I spent DAYS and weeks sitting at the computer playing this game with the help of a walkthrough to 100% completion. Same for the 2nd game. Loved them ever since.

The GBA Golden Sun Duology was a masterpiece. Absolute must-have for GBA. Played both as a teen during the series' heyday. Still replay the games on emulator at least once a year. It may be an old fashioned JRPG according to nowadays' gaming standards, but its replayability values make both games so worth a retry every day. My brother, much younger than me, was introduced to the games by me when he got his own GBA and he also lovingly replays the games often. We both are adults now, but we agree on one thing. Nintendo and Camelot would do well to remake at least the first two games as an HD remaster with QoL and accessibility for transfer. That'd be worth my money any day. That series doesn't deserve to die like that and be lost to the shadows. A new generation of gamers would love its story and characters, and battle and djinn system.

It was such a surprise when I started playing it and it turned out to be so epic, and omg the sequel, it exceeded my expectations in so many ways. I wasn't prepared for such a good game

Golden sun, final fantasy 8 and 32 bit era, etc are my most precious companies during the hardest sleepless nights to forget the evil of the world around me. But Golden sun, for being such marvelous and underated game, lives in my heart, alongst with it's wonderful soundtrack I hope I can make memories with my children, if I'm ever capable of reaching paternity!

On the Golden Sun; the lost age, there's this boss that's really hard to beat. It took me several hades and judgement summoning just to defeat the guy. Damn such a good battle!

It's dead forever, but the games still hold a place in my heart.

It's a great series and I think the first step to bringing it back may actually be to get a "Trilogy Compilation" up onto the Switch to gauge interest.

i really wish the community would come together and petition an remake or new golden sun title

All I can say is the sun will rise again one day. We just don't know when. And hopefully when it does shine, it will shine brighter than ever before. Even just one last time like a candle about too burn out will be enough for me.

This game has so many fond memories... playing over new games with my brothers, the link battle mode.. sitting in the basement during a thunderstorm and the power was out and me and my brothers playing a new game that opened with a thunderstorm _during_ a thunderstorm. It's the few RPG we all still love to this day, although I'm the only one who still plays RPGs. It has a lot of weight with me. Much nostalgia. Wow. How it ended was like digging up the grave of a recently deceased love one and watching it get eaten and raped by hyenas... at the same time.

Just finished the Golden Sun series today... and my goodness it was epic. Never been so hooked and touched by the storyline, gameplay, graphics, puzzles and game mechanics.

The first thing I thought of when I saw the Advanced Wars trailer was "But, that means Golden Sun could get the same treatment, right?" Excellent video

I loved golden sun and how it was very similar to shining the holy ark. The switch is a very popular console so I can either see a remake or remaster for the series.

God this makes me feel sad. This is me and my sister's favorite JRPG series. I still have the games and even bought them on the Wii U virtual console just to show extra support for them. ...I miss them alot...