Golden Sun is a series which is close to the heart of many a Nintendo fan. It began life on the Game Boy Advance and would later see a release on the Nintendo DS, but the franchise has remained dormant since 2010, and Camelot Software Planning hasn't shown any signs of reviving it in the past decade. In 2018, Hiroshi Kajiyama – the artist behind the Shining Force and Golden Sun series – tragically passed away, which seemed to make a resurrection even less likely.
It would seem that God of War director Cory Barlog is a fan, and he has even gone as far as to say that he would trade the likes of Xenoblade Chronicles, Zelda, Splatoon and Fire Emblem for a brand-new entry in the Golden Sun family:
Dear Nintendo, my body is ready for a modern GOLDEN SUN game built on the still smouldering ashes of literally EVERY ONE of these franchises! Franchises I love very much, just not as much as GOLDEN SUN. In conclusion...you have my sword, and my bow, and my axe.
We're not sure Nintendo will be quite as emphatic as Barlog in this respect; Golden Sun isn't a series which carries the same commercial clout as the likes of Fire Emblem and Xenoblade, but we'd still love to see it get a proper revival on Switch.
What about you? Would you like to see a new entry, or do you think Golden Sun's time has passed? Post a comment to tell us.
[source twitter.com]
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Yes please nintendo.
How about Advance Wars, Mario Golf and F Zero while you're at it.
Please.
Thank you
Definitely. Zelda dungeons and turn-based strategy. I miss those.
Somebody better call Camelot
I have found that I can only play turn based games if I have previously played them. Otherwise I get bored, some how the older I get the easier I get bored. Maybe its late onset of ADD
So it's a shame I didn't get in to these when I was younger, looks exactly the type of thing I would have loved.
But nowadays unfortunately not
As nice as that would be, has Camelot really done that great with its more recent games?
We got a new Golden Sun on the DS but that became forgotten about quite quickly, the last 2 Mario Tennis games have had a love hate relationship thats more hate than love, I assume Mario Golf on 3DS was decent enough but then, that is still Golf with or without the Mario gang.
I dunno, I think Camelot either needs to get its act together better, get somebody else in to help make a large 3D open world GS game, or maybe even just remake the first 2 games in modern graphics.
Hell yes, this is my most wanted game.
They can even make it like Octopath even then i would be super happy.
I wanted Isaac in smash when voted for smash ballot.
Is there anyone who wouldn’t want this? With things like the Mana series coming back, this would be the perfect time for a Golden Sun rebirth.
I would love to see a new Golden Sun, but I don't think it will happen seeing the DS version being the failure it was.
The Golden Sun games were made by former Shining Force developers (great series everyone should try, Shining Force 2 and 3 are masterpieces). I doubt these people are still working in the videogames business.
This would be amazing! Best games on the GBA for me!
I'd love to see the loose ends from Golden Sun: Dark Dawn tied up. The cliffhanger and plot were clearly constructed for a follow-up game.
How about a sequel to a game that never got ANY sequels first?
We need another game to tie up the ending of Dark Dawn. I can't believe we've now waited longer for that to happen than we had to wait for Dark Dawn in the first place. I really enjoyed Dark Dawn as well, but I know many people don't really like it. Nintendo knows the demand for the series is still there, after the campaign to get Isaac in Smash. High profile voices like this are welcome. Come on Nintendo, it's been almost 10 years since it went dark.
My body is ready for a Poke'mon Pinball game on the Switch. And a cardboard Pinball table to place the Switch in.
I would like an updated port of all three games before asking for a sequel. This would make for a great way to introduce the current generation to the series.
Bring back Contact from the DS, shame barely anyone played it
"What about you?" LOL. Of course I'd love to play a new Golden Sun game, whether it's both GBA games modernized into one or Golden Sun 4 itself. It's always disappointing to find out Camelot Software Planning is working on a new game for the likes of Mario sports instead of Golden Sun...😔
I've been hoping for a new entry or at least a port of this ever since I bought my switch... this along with Lunar.
Yes plsssssssss....
Emphasis on "new". Would love a new GS - love the originals but zero need to play them over - make a new one.
Nintendo just do it.
I bought Golden Sun back in the day just cause i loved the cover art. I was blown away. The use of Djin's was gimmicky (pokemon influence) but rest of the game was superb. Played it for hours and hours... Graphical hands down the best GBA game. Loved how Saturos and Menardi kick ur ass in the start and then you built up for revenge. Didn't really enjoy the sequels that much but would love another entrance in the series. Golden Sun 3 kinda flopped though, so i don't think we'll see another entrance anytime soon amn Kamelot
Nintendo only cares about money and variety, they rather put Mario and Zelda on everything than to give their other IPs another chance. I too would love to see another entry in the Golden Sun series and the F-Zero series and the Advance Wars series but these people in suit just don't know what to do with them when all we care about is the little things in the franchise. We don't care if there's nothing majorly new you can do with Golden Sun, just finish the freaking story, we don't care if you can't find ways to make casual attract to F-Zero, we just want a new entry with more vehicles, more unlockable, a track editor, and a solid smooth 60fps gameplay, and we don't care if you can't turn Advance Wars into a party game, we just want that awesome strategy fun back. Is that all too much to ask for?
Nintendo, please listen to the Lord of the Rings guy!
Let's do it, Camelot, I'm always up for a new Motoi Sakuraba soundtrack.
Shouldn't he be directing his question to Camelot? That said, I'm with him all the way.
Please!!!!! Bring back Golden Sun!!!!!!
Oh heavens yes.
@retro_player_22
If Nintendo are driven by a desire for variety, wouldn't only focusing on Mario and Zelda be the opposite of that? I think you meant to say "money and NOT variety," which is, sadly, a fairly accurate statement.
One can dream.
Meaning I would expect to see Mario on Xbox before we get a new F-Zero or Golden Sun.
Please. I know Dark Dawn wasn’t well received but it literally ended with a cliffhanger and it’s bugged me for all these years. What the heck happened next???
Since 2001 I have made three serious attempts at beating the first Golden Sun and I always get lost and stuck. Not on a difficult boss or anything - I just have no idea where to go. Last time I think I made it pretty far too.
I'd like it, but I wouldn't trade it for any of those other franchises.
Good taste, Mr Barlog.
The guy got taste. I mean his favourite Playstation game is SotN. I've been waiting for any RPG from Camelot, being a huge Shining Force fan who also enjoyed the Golden Sun games.
@glaemay Always good to see another Shining Force fellow fan. I believe they have been making the Mario Golf games (although I don't know if they have made one recently).
Shining Force 1&2 are included in the Genesis Collection for anyone interested. Don't get discouraged by the Strategic battles. It plays more like a traditional RPG than the post-FFT SRPG offerings.
Geez, slow news day, huh?
I was so disgusted with the characters and settings in Dark Dawn that I couldn't even play past the first few minutes. As far as I'm concerned, this series needs to stay dead.
Well, I would like a good Golden Sun game, made by someone who isn't Camelot.
They screwed up Dark Dawn and I don't trust them anymore to make JRPGs.
If Camelot can have Cory's axe, does that mean the next Golden Sun will have Kratos' Leviathan Axe? Could be cool in a turn based game, use your turn to throw it, and have a dedicated button to call it back at anytime to impede enemy attacks.
This is one of my most anticipated series returns!(because the original duo is arguably my favorite set of games ever)
We're gonna have to wait almost a decade in-between ea installment now it seems, so it should be time now...like dang! ó.õ
Never played but I would be down for it!
@CC13 It just means Nintendo doesn't do the same crap as Sony and Microsoft with their games for example making a better looking version of the same game over and over again.
I'd love a new Golden Sun game. I think they may have backed themselves into a corner with setting the next game up as a sequel to one that flopped. (I even bought Dark Dawn to play on the 3DS but I didn't finish it... it wasn't great.)
What they could do however is obviously make it a Switch game, set it 100 years later, give it an all new cast of characters, a new problem, have it link to the previous games plot-wise somehow, but have it turn out that you're playing 100 years later after the heroes lose in what would have been the sequel. That should give the writers plenty to work on.
Think of how now working with legit 3D models and all that they could use the adepts powers to use spells to influence the overworld. People have always dreamed for that in RPGs but there's not a lot where it really happens.
@Majora101 never said it was clickbait, I said it was a slow news day. A game dev tweeting they like and want a certain game is hardly news worthy. It’s no different to anyone else asking for a certain game.
Adding my voice...
YES PLEASE
He could well be barking up the wrong tree though.
Who owns the rights for the game? Is Nintendo a publisher only? Is it leased out to Camelot to make or is it their IP that Nintendo publishes?
I'm sure if the big wigs at Nintendo wanted this then it would be done but the developers who made the original games in all their glory are not nearly as focused or driven as they once were.
Most of their games are high quality shovel ware... high quality or not, shovel ware is shovel ware.
If Nintendo are leasing the IP then it might be time to lease it out elsewhere but if Camelot owns the IP then I'm certain a new game won't be a good idea.
I'm not 100% certain but i think its a case of someone else owns the IP and Nintendo just publishes the games.
He should change his name to Balrog
@Razer - Nope. Nintendo owns Golden Sun, as they do with Last Story and Wonderful 101 (other two questionable situations that happen often).
As for the topic; I am just happy for a collection release at this point. Easy to do, good set up to gauge interest.
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Would 1000% love to have a 4th game, can't just leave the end of Dark Dawn like that! Honestly surprised to see the negativity about DD as well. Sure, it wasn't the first two games, but it was a fantastic game in it's own right.
@DrDaisy Then you have bad taste and a short attention span
@dimi disagree that the Djinn were gimmicky, and the only real similarity with Pokemon is having to track them down. They provide you with the ability to swap classes and shape your team accordingly. Really quite a unique take on the RPG class system being able to change them at will and the abilities and summons that come with them. As you unleash Djinn, all of that changes during the midst of battle and it's really a game of risk and reward sacrificing the stat boosts for a few turns in order to summon a powerful attack. The summons make them more similar to Final Fantasy, than Pokemon.
@antdickens Ha! And here I thought the article was the dumbest thing I’d read today.
@locky-mavo if it was, then you must have had a pretty great day you’re welcome!
@Gr8-1 No. I just don't like overplayed father-son legacy plots.
What I do have is a lack of patience for people like you.
@antdickens a good way to start the year.
@locky-mavo It's an election year in some countries. I have a feeling it's gonna get a whole lot worse.
@Bunkerneath I know how you feel but the boredom could be the relaxation of why turn based games are easy... Just invest more time and not skill.
@DrDaisy I find politics to be rubbish in any and every country, no matter the year. Video games are just a good distraction.
In conclusion...they still aren’t going to make a new golden sun.
Yes. I love golden sun to death. Still depresses me every new smash without a rep. I would love a continuation of the stoy of isaac and alex. The ending of the lost age, suggested that by the wise one.
Love this series sooo damn much 1st played it at a friend's got the sol sanctum is was bedtime at this point and the elemental stars lulled me to sleep played that thing till the save battery went dead.
But ya they really need to finish the series instead of putting out a Mario sports game that not much people play
It sucks that Robin / Isaac got benched again after a hiatus (should've been a playable character, the hell Sakurai!?) oh well we have Garcia / Felix he's our only hope as a rep to make the playable list in smash bros.
Definitely want Book 4 i wanna see what happens next it's been 10 years now should have been done at least 5 years ago.
"Golden Sun isn't a series which carries the same commercial clout as the likes of Fire Emblem" Well FE was on it's way out before awakening soooo... yeah.
@DrDaisy This is why nobody likes your comment
@Tantani You're in for a treat
I didn’t know the artist of these died. Shining force games, which I watched my brother play when I was very young, has to Be one of my favorite series. I absolutely love the art being a nice blend of fantasy and Classic Disney.
I enjoyed one of the golden suns. Cannot remember which one.
Sadly they appear out of the rpg / tbs games. I don’t fully understand their relationship with Nintendo but it seems like both parties are satisfied churning out mario sport titles as I’m sure it’s a nice predictable income for all parties.
Even if they Went with old school sprite based design it would still be such a nice thing to see them develop.
@patphenom Well said! i had no problem with it myself, people just wanna hate for no reason.
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