Recently, the Internet spawned a rumor amidst all the excitement of E3 that a sequel to the heavily under-appreciated Golden Sun series was coming to the Nintendo DS. Like fish on those tiny, delicious fishflakes Joystiq, GoNintendo and other sites pounced, working furiously to spread the news as quickly as their tiny, malformed hands could. That night, their heads filled with gumdrops and thoughts of handheld RPG action, many children went to bed happy. Sadly, as is so often the case, those children were all idiots.
Vooks.net -- Australia's answer to descending from criminals and rapists -- has an interview up with the perpetrator of the hoax, a member of their own forums, a fellow who goes by the obtusely ironic name 'Opium'. It seems that Mr. Opium created the clever faςade to convince Nintendo that the series had a large fanbase and that we actually want to see more Golden Sun titles.
I'd like to say he's a jerk, or some other form of condemnation, but I totally agree with the guy, and obviously his rumor was convincing enough to attract the attentions of people whose eyes have glazed over from years of photovoltaic abuse. Golden Sun is almost completely forgotten in light of all the Final Fantasy's and Dragon Quest's, and in a world where the most striking thing about Nintendo's E3 showing was the same technology they employed in the Power Pad, that's truly a shame.
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7:10 AM on 07.16.2007
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If you need me, I'll be despairing over there in the corner.
However, there has been a void in my heart for many years since Golden Sun: The Lost Age came out an only a third game in the series can fill it.
Plus, how can there not be a GS game on the DS or the Wii?
The control methods are ideal for casting Psynergy IMO.
Nintendo need to get their act together.
I really, REALLY want GS3.
How dare he lie on the most scared of internets!
I'm laughing at all of the people who wanted this game
keke
It's my preferred combat system for any RPG i play.
Turn based combat can be good and it was fun for a time but now I kinda feel I'm more detatched. I like to name the main character after myself sometimes and it feels more like I am ordering a character around rather than being them.
Systems like FF12 changed that slightly. It's still navigating menus but you had to work at times to keep yourself alive and there was more of a sence of urgency. Turn based also feels less involving nowdays to me. Who takes it in turns to be hit? Ok so that's only a little, less serious, thing but I do feel kinda helpless and frustrated when I've just realised I've selected the wrong thing and I have to wait an entire turn to rectify my situation.
I have loads of fond memories from turn based games it's just I guess I'm getting a little tired of it is all.
You could name your main character whatever you wanted as well as every other member of your party if you input the right button combo at the naming screen for your main character.