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To your question about the sound quality out of the GBA speakers, it was actually surprisingly good. It was still a smaller speaker, so you're going to get some tinny qualities, but I believe the song was composed with that in mind. Lots of bass because you lose a lot of depth of bass coming out of the speaker.
Outside of Pokemon, Golden Sun was the first JRPG I ever played through. I would say it's a pretty good entry point in the genre. The way The Lost Age was a direct continuation of the first game, complete with the ability to transfer your save data, was really cool. It was kind of like Sonic 3 & Knuckles, where two separate games combined into one huge story
If you want to hear something calmer and/or lighthearted from Golden Sun…. listen to:
"Ruins of Lemuria"
"Little Madra"
"Aqua Rock"
"Apoji Islands"
"Yallam"
"Frozen in Prox"
"Place Your Bets"
All are from Golden Sun: The Lost Age, but are a fair mix of styles/feels.
Mars LIghthouse is a dungeon theme
Amusingly enough, something all the comments seem to miss out on pointing out: Mars Lighthouse isn't just a dungeon theme, it's the final dungeon theme. In the middle of an arguably pretty tense scenario, on a race to get through the most brutal parts of this game, that is when this song plays. So, yeah, all that high energy in the song very much tracks.
More Golden Sun this is good.
I want Jesse to play Golden Sun and Star Ocean SO badly. Here's hoping the music will one day convince him.
Sweet always nice to get some more golden sun, there are some rather good songs in the franchise hopefully your be able to hear some of the bangers.
PS the game is a little on the short side when you get down to it but over all but graphicly it was impressive for the gba and the game itself has some interesting mechanics for class customization.
Mars Lighthouse is not a battle theme – but an "endgame" dungeon 🙂 Love Golden Sun reactions, this game made my childhood.
Scale runs are definitely one of those things in the musical bag of tricks that composers use to push you through dungeons in older rpgs.
But, for Golden Sun especially, the change and motion is part of the games theming. The games also have a lot of puzzles with a LOT of moving parts, moving blocks, logs, lighting things on fire, chain reactions that make other rooms change or open new paths, sometimes you literally punch stuff with a magic fist, the music does a very good job of matching the constant barrage of moving parts.
Mars Lighthouse is the final dungeon theme from the 2nd game, and that segment is basically the conclusion of the whole 1+2 storyline
GBA speakers were decent. I preferred to use headphones because I took my RPGs (like Golden Sun) seriously.
I was part of the diehard Golden Sun fanbase back in 2000. My very first internet forum I joined was a Golden Sun fansite called Golden Sun Realms. We were waiting for a third game in the series for over 10 years. When we finally got it on the Nintendo DS in 2010, it barely made a splash despite being part of the E3 showcase. At that point, we kinda accepted that the series had run its course. What a pity! The general consensus is that the diehards swear by it, but those playing for the first time tend to miss its appeal. I can describe Golden Sun as a cross between Zelda, Dragon Quest, and Final Fantasy.
Ronfaure one day and now Golden Sun? The Christmas Gifts keep rolling in!
My favourite Motoi Sakuraba boss music is the Mario Tennis 64 Game Point theme.
Out of the speaker? Game Boy Advance sounded… not great. Very crunchy and tinny compared to the really crisp rips you find online. We never noticed as kids, because we were kids, but the GBA didn't have the best speakers, haha
GOLDEN SUN GRAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
Whoever suggested this… Thank you.
THE GOLDEN SUN SHALL SHINE AGAIN
Do Jupiter Lighthouse, Alone and Town of Goh next.
Plenty of non battle music options if you want to hear some more. The file select menu theme used in both games is great. Also Venus Lighthouse. Town of Vale theme, the theme of the Elementals Stars, as well as Sol Sanctum, Kolima Forest, Daila theme, and the Overworld tune from GS 2 is good too.
Oh and of course the main GS theme, or following this video, Saturos and Menardi's theme.
Sakuraba has done so much for video game music, Tales of, Star Ocean, Golden Sun, Baten Kaitos, Valkyrie Profile, Dark Soul, Mario Tennis and so on…
If I were to suggest a song for the "winter / icy" it would have been Mars Lighthouse.
The way the notes kind of whip back around up and down like how howling wind on a cold winter night is one of the biggest things that really makes me feel like a song is "cold".
I like the tracks in golden sun the lost age more