GBAtemp Recommends! Golden Sun

[Shardnax]

Golden Sun 1 & 2 are both great. Also, the fake menu screen says Soothsayer.

 

[Edgedancer]

both fakes....here, link to site about fakes: http://kprs.laronmi.net/taow/speculation/fakes.htm

Says the makers are TakaM and Opium, aren't those two members here? xD

Is the Golden Sun Fake actually downloadable anywhere?

You would be right in speculting that. As far as I know it is in fact our own members that pulled the pranks mentioned.

 

[D-Trogh]

Golden Sun is just awesome..
Don't play to long though (some hours..

), you might get a headache

 

[Szyslak]

Very nice idea for a new site feature, and an excellent choice for the first recommendation.

 

[cruddybuddy]

THANK YOU! I no longer have to look at the boxart for "Yggdra Union: We'll Never Fight Alone (Europe)."

 

[juggernaut911]

wow! hey Cruddy, long time no see!

maybe a RSS feed just for GR?

 

[imyourxpan]

amazing game, played for many hours

 

[granville]

I think my sig and avatar shows how much I love this game! My first GBA game and one of my all-time favorites.

But where my Golden Sun 3 Camelot???

 

[Diablo1123]

Well I just palyed this game for a minute just to see how good it is.
Love the battle graphics =D

So far the game seems pretty good.

 

[granville]

There's only 1 single flaw in the entire game for me: the inability for characters to automatically target the next enemy when their selected target is defeated. It's not a game-killer by any means, but it's just the only flaw I can truly think of.

I even really like the story, despite the story scenes dragging on a bit.

 

[frostfire]

Nice addition, but don't we have already the (insert console/handheld name) [Essentials] topics?

Golden Sun rocks by the way.

 

[Searinox]

Great idea!

And excellent choice for a first game too. The Golden Sun games do NOT disappoint, they are indeed few of the games that actually explore a GBA's potential to its fullest, in both terms of graphics aswell as the size of the map. I loved them, they are as long as I like my games to be, vibrant graphics and special effects, the storyline was okay though it doesn't rise up to some of the Final Fantasy games. However, it beats FFs at everything else including gameplay and interface, they added shortcut keys made an easy to use interface, simplified shopping alot and many things more. The music was enjoyable in the first and downright splendid in the second. The Djinn system and the Psynergy puzzles aswell as PP regeneration while walking and durability to items are all very welcome changes to the classical FF system that is getting boring.

Great pick for a first, I can say that ever since I got my DS and flashcarts I spent more hours on GBA games than on DS games, and I spent more time on GS than on any other game. If there are other attractive games to try out on the GBA I'll be sure to check your Recommends! for good games.

 

[vdfritz]

i've finished golden sun, but i don't know where i get the code to insert in golden sun 2 :S where is it?

couldn't find it at gamefaqs either

 

[granville]

i've finished golden sun, but i don't know where i get the code to insert in golden sun 2 :S where is it?

couldn't find it at gamefaqs either

At the main menu (the one after the title screen with the black background), you are supposed to press L+R+Left+B (if I remember correctly). A new option will appear that will let you either link up two DSes to transfer the data, or an option to view a password to enter in GS2. You can choose a short, medium, or very long password depending on how much of your progress you wish to transfer. The long one will take FOREVER.

 

[vdfritz]

i've finished golden sun, but i don't know where i get the code to insert in golden sun 2 :S where is it?

couldn't find it at gamefaqs either

At the main menu (the one after the title screen with the black background), you are supposed to press L+R+Left+B (if I remember correctly). A new option will appear that will let you either link up two DSes to transfer the data, or an option to view a password to enter in GS2. You can choose a short, medium, or very long password depending on how much of your progress you wish to transfer. The long one will take FOREVER.

2 DSes? did you mean 2 gbas? o.o

thanks o/ i'm going to try it tomorrow morning

 

[.TakaM]

both fakes....here, link to site about fakes: http://kprs.laronmi.net/taow/speculation/fakes.htm

Says the makers are TakaM and Opium, aren't those two members here? xD

Is the Golden Sun Fake actually downloadable anywhere?

You would be right in speculting that. As far as I know it is in fact our own members that pulled the pranks mentioned.

yup.

If I recall correctly, my original GSDS fake sparked a topic here that a friend informed me of, I think I was already registered but the topic basically caused me to become a regular here

I've done a few other hoax things since then, but none had been as popular as my original GSDS thing, gamefaqs went especially crazy over it back in the day


edit-
here's how I originally released the original hoax image:

I have no idea what the article says, it was the only one I could find that a DS screen fit next to nicely.
I don't know if it's even Japanese lol
Shortly after I revealed the source image just to prove it was a fake, but that kinda made it more popular and some people even made their own hoaxes with it

And I dunno, you guys might get a kick out of this one too:

much less believable though

 

[Issac]

I have to say that this is a great idea for anyone that is remotely interested in classical RPG. I do hope that the Lost Age will also get a mention as it is even better. Felix>Issac

You think Felix is better than me?

boooh!

Isn't he spelling "isaac" ?

anyway, Love this idea, and can't wait for the next part! The game is also great, good one to start out with!

 

[Vague Rant]

People will play anything if it looks nice. Golden Sun did absolutely nothing interesting for the genre except look pretty on a handheld. It's depressing that it has such a following, even if it is only among teenagers who have never played a real RPG.

 

[Raika]

i think i'll give this a try (didnt know this existed till this thread was made

)

 

[granville]

People will play anything if it looks nice. Golden Sun did absolutely nothing interesting for the genre except look pretty on a handheld. It's depressing that it has such a following, even if it is only among teenagers who have never played a real RPG.

I like you, but you'd probably be wise to go to the nearest ticket office to an unknown destination, change your name to Bogon, and grow a beard because you're about to be harassed by everyone here.