Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
North American box art
Developer(s)Camelot Software Planning
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Shugo Takahashi
Producer(s)Hiroyuki Takahashi
Shugo Takahashi
Toshiharu Izuno[4]
Designer(s)Hiroyuki Takahashi
Shugo Takahashi
Artist(s)Shin Yamanouchi
Writer(s)Hiroyuki Takahashi
Composer(s)Motoi Sakuraba
SeriesGolden Sun
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Golden Sun: Dark Dawn[a] is a role-playing video game developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS.[5] The third entry in the Golden Sun series, Dark Dawn was released in late 2010, becoming the fifth-best selling game during its release window in Japan.

Dark Dawn is set thirty years after the events of the first two games and follows the descendants of the earlier games' heroes. Players control characters as they travel through the fictional world of Weyard. The game utilizes gameplay elements pioneered by its predecessors, primarily the use of magic called "Psynergy" to defeat enemies and discover new locations, help local populations, and find elemental djinn which can augment the player's powers.

The game was generally well received by critics, receiving a 79% rating on the review aggregation website Metacritic, although its score was lower than both of its predecessors. Dark Dawn was praised for successfully transitioning the 2D-style graphics of its predecessors into 3D and for being relatively easy for newcomers to the franchise to play. However, critics noted that the game shared shortcomings present in previous games, such as excessive in-game dialogue, and that the features of the Golden Sun series that were refreshing when the original games were released now felt dated.

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  2. ^ Cody Giunta (17 November 2010). "Golden Sun: Dark Dawn Australian release date revealed". PALGN. Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  3. ^ Chris Schilling (December 14, 2010). "Golden Sun: Dark Dawn Review". The Eurogamer Network. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  4. ^ GameSpot Staff (November 22, 2010). "Golden Sun: Dark Dawn Q&A". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  5. ^ Gantayat, Anoop (July 31, 2009). "Nintendo Details Release Plans". IGN. Archived from the original on August 3, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2010.


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