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Nintendo Expands Switch Online's GBA Library with Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age (www.nintendolife.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I’ve played the original. Graphics and puzzles were outstanding, especially for so early in the GBA’s life.

But I found the music and story to be underwhelming. (Except for the Venus Lighthouse theme, that was quite the banger)

Is the second game better in those regards?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's really one game split into two. There's some new tracks in The Lost Age, but if you weren't a fan of the first OST, the second isn't any different.

The story continues in the sequel and rounds things out a bit more. If I had to pick between the two, The Lost Age is my favourite, but you can't have that without the first.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I was a child in the 90s: I absolutely played the second without knowing about the first.

"Ah, in media res, how avant-garde....I don't know who these people are but they sure seem acquainted."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Not saying you can't play just one or the other, but they're both made better by the existence of the other.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

The story worked well for me as a kid, but every time I tried to replay it, I felt like there was WAY too much dialogue. Not that dialogue is a bad thing, but they were using way too many words to say something, and never seemed to get to the point.

But the soundtrack had a lot of memorable hits. I haven't played the game in more than a decade, but I can still remember a few of the tracks. The GBA itself didn't have the best sound production capabilities, but the compositions in Golden Sun are fantastic from what I remember.