Golden Sun: Dark Dawn was missing from Nintendo's recently announced fall lineup, creating concerns that Camelot's RPG revival had been quietly escorted out of 2010. Nintendo allayed those fears this morning by announcing a North American release date of November 29. That means it will only have been seven years since the last Golden Sun. That's not so bad. Can you imagine having to wait eight years?
DS RPG addicts will have to finish up Dragon Quest IX, and then blaze through October's Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light to make room for this. "Too many RPGs" is a wonderful problem to have.
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Nintendo revealed the releases dates this morning for its big Wii and DS games that will be out in North America this fall. Missing among them was one for Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. Is the game slipping? We're not sure. More »
- “With the previous games we intended to craft the prologue for a series that could extend for a long while story-wise. The idea was to spread the main story out around this core, but in the end, it took quite a bit of time.” - Hiroyuki Takahashi, scriptwriter
- “We’ve received a lot of [...]
Camelot knows how to make entertaining RPGs. It's something of a travesty that the studio has been whiling away the last several years on various Nintendo sports games instead of pumping out a sequel to Golden Sun: The Lost Age. Now, after seven years (seven), Camelot is finally back on the scene with Golden Sun: Dark Dawn for the DS. Based on my E3 demo, I'd say fans have cause to be excited. Playing Dark Dawn is a joy, like visiting an old friend.
