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Some new videos of Golden Sun: Dark Dawn have emerged that at first, really doesn't mean much beyond what you see. But the folks at Tiny Cartridge have some excellent memory and realized that developer Camelot Software is actually paying homage to the original Golden Sun's commercial.

The ad, above, is pretty weird but nothing out of the ordinary for a Nintendo commercial from back in the day. Opera house battle with a crystal chandelier dragon, whatever. Now the crystal dragon is an actual summon in Dark Dawn and there's even a battle in an opera house in the new game. Pretty cool.

Old Golden Sun commercial finally makes sense thanks to Dark Dawn [Tiny Cartridge]








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electrikmayhem's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2010 23:20
electrikmayhem
Man, I remember that commercial from when I was in sixth grade. I remember wondering what the hell it had to do with the game when I actually played it. I guess I don have to wonder anymore.
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2010 23:21
Shin Oni
That's pretty damn awesome. But I miss Nintendo's completely "not related to the game" commercials.
DF's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/24/2010 23:57
DF
That is awesome, the way it picks up (sometime) after that commercial. And reusing ideas no less. :P
Dv8thwonder's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2010 00:14
Dv8thwonder
No one makes better videogame commercials than Nintendo.
GREENGUY's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2010 00:56
GREENGUY
Wow that's pretty cool, never expected that dragon chandelier thing to be put in the new game. Actually this is kinda sorta like a dream come true cuz I always thought that dragon was pretty awesome and would be cool in Golden Sun.
Shinkenmaru's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2010 03:14
Shinkenmaru
Yeah Nintendo did have great commercials back in the day. Remember the Metroid Zero Mission commercial where the gymnast girl did Samus' trademark front-flipping jump?
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2010 04:05
Justice
I never played Golden Sun but that's very cool, I'm a sucker for nostalgia.
Breadordecide's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2010 12:37
Breadordecide
The days of good video game commercials, when did they go away?
Kylehyde's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/25/2010 14:02
Kylehyde
I can't wait for the DTOID review of golden sun?

Are going to review it don't you?
The Cast's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/26/2010 00:16
The Cast
Wow, you'd think Golden Sun would be more popular with such quality in advertisement.
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