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In what may have been the quietest surprise of this morning's press conference, Nintendo announced a brand new game in the incredibly underrated Golden Sun series for the Nintendo DS. As I was sitting there, I think I got an erection. Now, is it inappropriate to say the word "erection" on a front page post? Probably. But I got one, so I feel it is only fair to share this news with you.

Check out the gallery from some gorgeous screens and the above first trailer of the game in motion.

From the screens and trailer, it looks like Golden Sun DS could be a remake of the original, but those details are still unknown at this time. Either way, it's nice to see this amazing role-playing game come to the Nintendo DS. What do you think? Are you excited about this surprising news?

Now, back to debating how to describe what happened to my lower area during the Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: The Other M reveals ...

It wasn't pretty.


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Kylehyde's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 15:44
Kylehyde
How wonderful life is now that Golden Sun DS is my world
DarkSaint76's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 15:47
DarkSaint76
Yayyy! It's about time.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 15:57
Monodi
i still haven't hopped into the series but I am happy that this 2nd party franchise wasn't just scrapped away in the hiatus.
Diverse's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 15:57
Diverse
Golden Sun underrated? I don't think so.
naia-the-gamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 16:09
naia-the-gamer
Some warm things happened in my lower areas when all three of those were announced. Unfortunately, no demo for Golden Sun on the show floor. It's more of an interactive movie.
Chibi_Zero's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 16:15
Chibi_Zero
I was pretty surprised at the news. At first I thought it was just going to be a new Dragon Quest game until he mentioned "10 Years". After that I said Maybe It's Golden Sun lol... And I was right.
rhodesm's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 16:22
rhodesm
wow. this brings back some great memories.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 16:47
Chronic Logic
Jesus, I forgot how nauseating it is to look at two screens at once.
Polo Guy's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 16:50
Polo Guy
That gives me a reason to use my DS again after a year break.
enigma343's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 16:57
enigma343
So sexy. I especially enjoyed the Dionysus summon. Not to mention the sweet 3D-ness!! Anyone think it looks similar visually to the pokemon games on the DS?

Also, I think it's safe to say that's Isaac... I wonder who else will be returning.
Stella Wong's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 16:58
Stella Wong
this is what I was hoping for~!
Chopp's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 17:08
Chopp
I could cry. I've been waiting for this for years.
sicPOS's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 17:11
sicPOS
I've wanted this game for so long. I honestly thought Nintendo abandoned the series. I'm so excited.
Overcrowd's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 17:11
Overcrowd
It looks great, but I can't help but feel it would've been better with delicious high-res
Overcrowd's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 17:14
Overcrowd
*high-res 2D sprites. Same deal with Blood of Bahamut.

Damn comment got cut off.
BlackFreefall's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 17:15
BlackFreefall
Golden Sun DS. OMG.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 17:22
Necros
I saw this, and was totally pumped! Fuck yes!
KoKoO Psy's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 17:23
KoKoO Psy
Main character looks not cool. Felix is wanted......
brimtastic's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 17:35
brimtastic
Oh my God I literally nearly just choked from excitement at this announcement.

Now all I need is Skies of Arcadia 2...
Aziel13's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 17:54
Aziel13
today is a good day
FlozaxRollins's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 17:54
FlozaxRollins
I am beyond excited for this. I too, am quite hard.
Brass's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 17:59
Brass
Gamespot stated that the game follows the adventures of the original character's descendants.
FistfulOAwesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 18:14
FistfulOAwesome
This is going to be so great. I'm going to have fun playing with all of the new Psynergy powers. I hope the puzzles are at least as clever as the ones in Golden Sun: The Lost Age.

Brass: Really? Good. I'd love to see a new team tackle whatever happened to the world after the rise of the Golden Sun. I wonder what kind of references they'll throw in to the original characters?
Fission Mailed's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 18:18
Fission Mailed
Oh dear GOD YES YES YES YES YES!!!

Also, I came. Hard.
Cloud09's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 18:26
Cloud09
This seriously just made my year. Love this series.
Wan Sum Dung's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 18:45
Wan Sum Dung
Sweetness, so excited for this sequel...or remake, w/e it is.
4knuckleshuffle's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 18:49
4knuckleshuffle
FUCK YES!
doctorzizmore's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 18:52
doctorzizmore
YES! i always wondered why this wasn't a more popular series. it's like a final fantasy game, except with actually interesting dungeons. or vice verse a zelda game that's a real RPG.

I wonder if they can make it so plugging in your old GBA cart will affect the DS game. That would be...something.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 18:59
Wedge
Oh neat. I got tired halfway through the second game because of random battle boredom syndrome, but it was a pretty nice series, and really one of a kind on the GBA.
Mr Kite's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 19:02
Mr Kite
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! I love golden sun, I think the first one was probably the first RPG I ever played. Maybe.
Grimspoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 19:17
Grimspoon
Ah fuck, they just had to fuck things up and go with 3D. On the DS no less.

When will people learn?
BlackSunEmpire's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 19:45
BlackSunEmpire
@doctorzizmore They probably won't, because the DSi has no GBA port. Therefore some fans would cry foul.

This does look good. Even though I lost my GBA save to a bug.
JLanphear's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 19:50
JLanphear
Oh fucking god, thank you. Thank you. . .

I'm being overloaded with amazing news right now. . .
360hellance's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 20:14
360hellance
OMFG i havent logged in in fracken months, but this news if far to epic to ignore. I came seventeen times during the trailer. I the first two were so beyond epic... im going to cum again oh fuuuuuu...
BrickRoadDX's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 21:42
BrickRoadDX
I came.
Gyrael's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 22:48
Gyrael
OH MY GOD
Projectexodus's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 23:47
Projectexodus
I'm speechless, and in tears... Finally... Finally!!!
hpv's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/03/2009 01:32
hpv
At the beginning it looks like just another PSX-looking DS 3D craptacular. But the smooth transition to different angles on the sprites really sells it. Might make me upgrade to a DSi since that garbage dpad on the Lite will kill my thumb before I'm halfway through.
FalconReaper's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/03/2009 05:59
FalconReaper
YES! WOOO!
flabzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/03/2009 07:13
flabzilla
@BlackSunEmpire You where also given a very long code that you could type into the sequal to transfer over the states from the last game, so they could stil include the cartridge transfer for older DS models and still keep the password function for DSi.
BlackSunEmpire's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/03/2009 19:14
BlackSunEmpire
@flabzilla Very long code?? Sounds retro, I like it.
goraniusii's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2009 08:26
goraniusii
WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS BOUNTY, OH LORD! My 100% real reaction during the vid on the nintendo channel: 00:01-00:09 what is this thing... 00:10-00:14 it can't be it? 00:15-00:16 "speechless of pure amazement" 00:17 - rest of the vid HOLY ADGDFGHASHFH WHAT AGHHCGJXDGDHDSDH YEAHH! AGHDFHASHCVCJ! end of quote... better sound than in nintendo channel...
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