Nintendo has dated its eagerly-anticipated Nintendo DS role-playing game Golden Sun: Dark Dawn for a November 29 release.
It makes my bones creak thinking that it's been seven years since the release of the Game Boy Advance title, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, but yup… here we are. Dark Dawn takes place 30 years after the events of the original Golden Sun and its sequel, introducing both dual-screen and touch controls to the series. Chad played it at E3 and gave it 4 out of 5 "amazing."
Personally, I have to wonder why Nintendo waited to release this title until after the real holiday rush. Pushing this release prior to the post-Thanksgiving retail stampede probably would have helped sales a bit. The November 29 release is a bit in "no-man's land," where most parents and significant others have done the bulk of their holiday shopping. I guess when Dark Dawn sells a fraction of the number of copies that it could have, we should all act shocked.
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8:40 AM on 08.30.2010
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I know, I worked retail for many, many years. The point is in order for any publisher to capitalize on holidays, I feel they need to get their titles out prior to the rush. It's why all of the big releases hit late October, early November.
Also, really looking forward to this, but not looking forward to *another* game in a crowded November. I was secretly hoping this would come out in September which is a barren wasteland of games too small to be afraid of Halo Reach and Civ V.
And shit. 7 years. it been so long... gonna have to play the old ones again.