Game Boy Advance classic Golden Sun and its sequel finally coming to Nintendo Switch Online next week
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Nintendo has confirmed that two stone cold Game Boy Advance classics are coming to theNintendo Switch Onlineservice next week.
BothGolden Sunand its sequel,Golden Sun: The Lost Age,will arrive onNintendo SwitchOnline’s Game Boy Advance library on January 17 (Wednesday), which is downloadable for subscribers of the higher Expansion Pack tier.
Nintendo released an accompanying trailer, showcasing fondly-remembered elements of two of thebest GBA games. The trailer gives a brief story setup for both games and shows off each games' focus on intense battles and overworld puzzle solving.
Originally released in 2001,Golden Sunquickly became a hit thanks to its eye-popping 32-bit visuals that even allowed for sweeping, cinematic camera angles during battle. The game’s Psynergy system was also impressive, allowing players to use their learned spells in the overworld to solve a variety of puzzles.
Lastly, the game’s summonable Djinn companions could be equipped, mixed and matched to drastically affect a party member’s stats. This in turn allows for a level of party customization almost on par withFinal Fantasy7’siconic Materia system.
Golden Sunand its sequel join a bustling Game Boy Advance library on Nintendo Switch now, that’s been steadily growing since early last year. The curated catalog includes several other handheld classics likeKuru Kuru Kururin,Mario& Luigi: Superstar Saga, Fire EmblemandTheLegend of Zelda: The Minish Cap.
We know that more titles will be coming to Nintendo Switch Online’s GBA library, too, as the company plans to addF-Zero: Maximum Velocityand potentially more beyond asGolden Sun: The Lost Agehadn’t previously been announced. Hopefully, Nintendo will continue its support of all its retro libraries in 2024, especially as we’re very likely on the cusp of all-new hardware.
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