Product Description
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Offering a planet-sized world of adventure to explore and
conquer, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn puts the raw power of the elements
in players' hands. Each of the game's playable characters is
capable of carrying Djinn, spirits that imbue their owner with
unique and powerful abilities. Players can collect more than 70
unique Djinn, granting them the ability to summon mighty deities
who unleash devastating attacks that fill both Nintendo DS
screens. Djinn powers can also be used to navigate puzzling
dungeons and overworld environments that will have players
flinging fireballs to burn away obstacles, freezing water to
raise platforms, or summoning whirlwinds to create bridges out of
floating objects. Taking place 30 years after the events of
Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age for the Game Boy Advance
system, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn introduces a new generation of
heroes that are struggling to survive in a radically changed
world. What begins as a simple journey to rescue a lost friend
turns into a dramatic quest to save the land from catastrophe as
players are drawn into a world full of magical energy.
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Golden Sun: Dark Dawn is a single player role-playing game (RPG)
for Nintendo DS and DSi that continues the Golden Sun adventure
be in the original two games in the series published for Game
Boy Advance. The game features randomly occurring, party based
combat in which descendants of characters seen in the original
two games utilize elemental powers to alter the game environment
in a quest to save their world. Additional features include:
improved graphics, touchscreen and D-pad controls and the ability
to consult non-player characters regarding relevant events of the
first two games in the series.
It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn
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Golden Sun: Dark Dawn is a classic role-playing game that
branches out on the DS and DSi with a new look, countless
adventures and heroic battles. The game picks up 30 years after
the first two games in the series left off. At the end of Golden
Sun: The Lost Age, the heroes succeeded in bringing the
world-healing power of the Golden Sun back to the world of
Weyard. In the years since, the immense power of the Golden Sun
has changed nearly everything. Continents have shifted. New
countries have emerged. New species have appeared. But the world
is now imperiled by a new threat. Psynergy Vortexes, which suck
the elemental Psynergy from both the land and power-wielding
Adepts alike, are spreading across the world. The new generation
of heroes – the children of those from the previous games – are
drawn into the mystery behind the vortexes, as they cross a
chaotic world that is succumbing to a new evil.
The classic GBA RPG series comes to the DS.
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Gameplay
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Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, like earlier games in its series, is a
turn-based RPG featuring randomly generated party combat. It
supports a single player. Players assume the role of one of four
characters known as "Adepts," who are descendants of characters
from the two previous games in the series published on the Game
Boy Advance handheld platform. Each Adept is associated with an
elemental force and are classified as such.
Although in a sense the gameworld is threatened by Psynergy,
this force, which can be understood as a kind of mana, is also
the basis of Adepts' powers. Again, as previously seen in the
series this allows the player to manipulate Psynergy to alter the
world around them and to summon anthropomorphised elemental
forces known as Djinn who unleash forces related to their
element. Djinn can be carried along with the character and used
at will as long as the character possess enough energy to
maintain their attack. Djinn can also facilitate movement through
the game, for example freezing liquid to create bridges, melting
and blowing away obstacles, etc. There are 70 Djinn available
in-game, whose combining alters player's stats and strategy when
facing enemies. Additional features include: updated graphics,
touchscreen control and the ability to question non-player
characters for information related to the events of the previous
two games.
Key Game Features
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* Classic single player turn-based RPG party combat gameplay.
* Amazing graphics and beautifully animated summoning abilities
that span both Nintendo DS screens let players experience the
Golden Sun game universe like never before.
* The story takes place 30 years after the final events of the
second game, when the Golden Sun Effect occurred. The main
characters are the descendants of the previous game's heroes.
* Intuitive touch-screen control has been implemented throughout
the game, controlling character movements and the release of
Psynergy – magical abilities with powerful effects over people
and the environment. Touch control also streamlines battle
commands and gives players a stronger tactile connection to the
action on the screen.
* Players will explore a vast and beautifully rendered world
where they will find many treasures, encounter dangerous
creatures and manipulate objects blocking their path.
* Players will also hunt for and collect Djinn, mysterious
elemental creatures used to summon powerful spirits in battle and
boost player stats.
Additional Screens
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- Amazing graphics and beautifully animated summoning abilities that span both Nintendo DS screens let players experience the game like never before..
- The story takes place 30 years after the final events of the second game, when the Golden Sun Effect occurred. The main characters are the descendents of the previous game's heroes..
- Intuitive touch-screen control has been implemented throughout the game, controlling character movements and the release of Psynergy - magical abilities with powerful effects over people and the environment. Touch control also streamlines battle commands and gives players a stronger tactile connection to the action on the screen..
- Players will explore a vast and beautifully rendered world where they will find many treasures, encounter dangerous creatures and manipulate objects blocking their path. Players will also hunt for and collect Djinn, mysterious elemental creatures used to summon powerful spirits in battle..