Golden Sun: The Lost Age
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| Golden Sun: The Lost Age | |
| Developer(s) | Camelot Software Planning |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre | RPG |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
Golden Sun: The Lost Age is the second part of an RPG-series by Camelot Software Planning for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. The original Golden Sun was released in 2001 and The Lost Age released in 2002 (2003 in North America) continues where Golden Sun ended, although with a different set of characters.
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Story
Along with the save-the-world premise of the first game, Golden Sun: The Lost Age offers a deeper sub-plot. With the shift of goals brought from the change in playable characters, there is an added philosophical element to the plot. Along with the which truth is the real truth problem comes a more comprehensive look into the history of Weyard, the Golden Sun world. With the discovery of Lemuria and sea-based transportation, much is learned about alchemy and its different practices, including Psynergy. With Gaia Falls eroding slowly and Lemuria in a state of severe decay, the characters find little help with their task. This brings about the discovery of the true motive behind lighting the Lighthouses. Furthermore, the two main protagonists (Felix and Jenna) are fleshed out much more in this game.
Continuation of Golden Sun
The continuation of the story started in Golden Sun, Golden Sun: The Lost Age features a different protagonist than the first game, this time allowing players to control Felix, one of the antagonists from the original. Although he and his party join forces with Isaac and friends near the conclusion of the game, most of the game is spent roaming the lower continents and the great sea as Felix (a Venus Adept); his sister, Jenna (a Mars Adept); Sheba, a character dubbed "the child of god" by her hometown of Lalivero (a Jupiter Adept); and a Lemurian named Piers (a Mercury Adept) try to light the remaining two Lighthouses.
The begining of the game starts off with a cutscene explaining the events of Golden Sun, and starting off the player around the same time as the previous game's ending, in a different place. After the defeat of Saturnos and Menardi, the lighthouse crumbles, and Jenna, Felix, Sheba, Kraden, and Alex are washed away from the mainland Angara on a piece of land broken off by the resulting earthquake. Soon after, with a shade of luck, the piece of land gets slammed into another continent below Angara, and everyone goes to the first town they see, Madra. From here, their quest to light the remaining lighthouses begins. The protagonists of the first game,Isaac and his group, become the antagonists in Golden Sun: The Lost Age, since Felix, the main character, is attempting to do what the original party was trying to prevent: light the lighthouses. Isaac's party pursues Felix's party throughout the game, but the two groups do not actually meet each other until Jupiter Lighthouse, more than halfway through the game, where the original party changes its objective after hearing Felix's reasons for trying to light the Lighthouses. Also, two other members from Saturos and Menardi's clan, Karst and Agatio, play a role in the story, but their roles are not as important as Saturos and Menardi's were in the first game. A returning antagonist is Alex, who seems to be allied with Felix at first, but eventually joins forces with Agatio and Karst. Agatio, Karst, and Alex wish to light the lighthouses as well, but they each have a different goal in mind, and end up forcing Felix and co. to light the remaining lighthouses.
Gameplay
Gameplay in The Lost Age is nearly identical to gameplay in Golden Sun.
Along with new Psynergy abilities and sidequests, the biggest change in The Lost Age is the addition of Summon tablets, which allow for summons using 2 or more elements of Djinn. These summons can take up to a maximum of 11 Djinn, and can be far more powerful than the single-element summons.
Other changes include a new item-forging system, as well as a much larger game world(3 or 4 times as large as Golden Sun) with many secrets.
Link feature
After completing the first game, one can transfer the data from Golden Sun to Golden Sun: The Lost Age. This carries over the items and status of the original party from Golden Sun when those characters join Felix's party after the Jupiter Lighthouse. The player can also use a Golden Sun Password to tranfer the data, or do neither and start the game with a pre-set party of characters.
In addition, if one has collected all the djinn from Golden Sun and transfers the completed data containing every djinn (7 of each element, for a total of 28), in addition to collecting all the djinn in Golden Sun: The Lost Age(44 in all), additional secrets are uncovered, like hidden bosses and new summons.
Technical requirements
To be able to transfer data between the cartridges without using a password one needs the following:
- Two Game Boy Advances or a Game Boy Advance and a Game Boy Player
- One Golden Sun: The Lost Age game and one completed Golden Sun game (with a Clear Data File)
- Gameboy Advance Link Cable
Golden Sun 3
For quite some time there have been many fans who wanted to have a third Golden Sun game made. There was once speculation that Camelot would be releasing a Golden Sun RPG for the GameCube when they announced an unnamed Camelot RPG was in development. Rumors have expected it to be for the Nintendo DS. However, there has been no talk of this game, accompanied with the announcement of a Camelot RPG for the Nintendo Revolution, a GameCube Golden Sun seems farfetched. Although it is continually speculated that this game is a Golden Sun sequel, they have not released any other information regarding this unnamed video game. Isaac and Felix are said to be reasonable selections for a Super Smash Bros. sequel on the Nintendo Revolution. Due to the unrelease of information, and the ever growing Mario Sports games that Camelot has become famous for, it is unlikely that a future Golden Sun game will appear soon, or ever.
External links
- The Offical Nintendo Golden Sun Site
- Golden Sun Syndicate
- The Golden Sun Realm
- The Official Camelot Golden Sun Site
- Golden Sun: The Lost Age FAQs at GameFAQs
- Golden Sun 2 at Gametalk
| Golden Sun series |
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| Golden Sun | Golden Sun: The Lost Age |
| Characters |
| List of characters in Golden Sun |