Here's some more tips I'd like to add: 1) Early on the story you will recieve an item called Water of Life. It revives one party member fully, but it sells for 2250. Sell it and use that money to buy good gear in the early game. Later on, when you'll be swimming in money, buy it back from any item shop for just 3000. 2) Summoning earlier. When you already have at least one djinni in standby, you can access the Summon option in battle. Notice how you can even select summons for which you don't have enough djinn in standby? You can use your slowest character to "pre-emptively" use a summon then use the other characters to fill the djinn requirements. This can let you use summons 1 or 2 turns earlier then usual if you plan correctly. Check the status of your character at the start of a turn with the "Status" command. Characters take turns following the Agility stat from higher to lowest. 3) Since inventory space is limited, try to free space by giving one chracter all copies of the same items, since many of them "stack" on the same items slot. For example Herbs or Game Tickets especially should be given to one person.
I also have been playing since 2001 and never thought of doing that. I actually never thought of the enemies attacks being like my attacks and having a center target and side targets.
You didn't mention that you can set L and R to be shortcuts for a psynergy. I usually have one set to Reveal and the other on Mindread. Unless I am traveling through the Suhalla Desert I set Douse to a shortcut for the Tornado Lizards!
I didn't know that thing about the text indicating the difference in elemental damage. After all these years. Yeah, those Lucky Medals are important they give you access to one of the rarest equipment in the game. Footwear.
I think a lot of people overlooked the "punctuation marks" damage indicator, so you're not alone! Golden Sun is great, but you'll notice most of the time it doesn't exactly go into more advanced details. Despite this, it can be good to discover things for yourself as it isn't too difficult or complex of a game. Apart from the Djinn system.
I have been playing since the game came out and never knew about this! But to be fair the internet back then was dial-up and we didn't have TH-cam or many places to learn about it haha
I'd actually recommend giving different element djinn to party members. Isaac does well with fire djinn because it increases his already high attack and he'll be your primary damage dealer. He also keeps revive in his back pocket in a pinch. He's probably best on ninja or samurai with wind and fire though. Giving Garet wind djinn can help shore up his pretty bad speed and mana, granting him more versatility. Admittedly, he's best on the paladin line with earth and water though. At least iirc. Ivan with water djinn makes him a better healer than Mia ever was and plays into his huge mana pool. Mia does well with earth djinn, giving her access to both wish and revive. If you have some spare wind djinn lying around, she's better as a pure mage though.
Thanks for the video. I find this game's mechanics to be super confusing especially considering there's nothing in the game that fully explains most things. I can't imagine in 2001 playing this portable and not getting stuck for various reasons lol
Haha that was me. I was eleven and I got stuck so my mom went to Circuit City and bought me the Nintendo Power Advance magazine with the Golden Sun walk through. Very helpful!
One thing I have found helpful to know is the game's use of RNG (random number generator) and how to manipulate it. That way you can easily get the rare item drops. The best place to do that is in the Venus Lighthouse in the room the psynergy crystal on the ground. You can get nearly all of the rare drop items there if you manipulate the RNG.
I'm playing it for the first time, currently. I appreciate the tips! I will say...I find the Djinn system clunky. It could be much more streamlined while still achieving the same objectives.
Glad to be of service. What part of it feels clunky to you do you feel? It's probably the fact you have to manually swap between each skill one by one in a lengthy way right? I suppose the system is meant to be straightforward in that sense for players to experiment. And yes, the game doesn't exactly give a proper explanation on mechanics. Thank the lord for the internet and players spending hours upon hours to turn the game inside out.
Words are just words until action actually starts, and actions speak louder than words, but at the same time words speak louder than actions because sometimes it’s the right thing to do.
Here's some more tips I'd like to add:
1) Early on the story you will recieve an item called Water of Life. It revives one party member fully, but it sells for 2250. Sell it and use that money to buy good gear in the early game. Later on, when you'll be swimming in money, buy it back from any item shop for just 3000.
2) Summoning earlier. When you already have at least one djinni in standby, you can access the Summon option in battle. Notice how you can even select summons for which you don't have enough djinn in standby? You can use your slowest character to "pre-emptively" use a summon then use the other characters to fill the djinn requirements. This can let you use summons 1 or 2 turns earlier then usual if you plan correctly. Check the status of your character at the start of a turn with the "Status" command. Characters take turns following the Agility stat from higher to lowest.
3) Since inventory space is limited, try to free space by giving one chracter all copies of the same items, since many of them "stack" on the same items slot. For example Herbs or Game Tickets especially should be given to one person.
Really fantastic tips here! Thanks for your contribution and for passing by.
All these years I've played Golden Sun, and never thought to move Ivan away from Mia 💀
It's a simple, yet effective strategy right? Something that also may work in other JRPGs that have similar spatial positioning.
Same.
I also have been playing since 2001 and never thought of doing that. I actually never thought of the enemies attacks being like my attacks and having a center target and side targets.
You didn't mention that you can set L and R to be shortcuts for a psynergy. I usually have one set to Reveal and the other on Mindread. Unless I am traveling through the Suhalla Desert I set Douse to a shortcut for the Tornado Lizards!
@@BrandonAlbers this is a really useful and time saving tip. Once again, thank you for your comment!
I didn't know that thing about the text indicating the difference in elemental damage. After all these years. Yeah, those Lucky Medals are important they give you access to one of the rarest equipment in the game. Footwear.
I think a lot of people overlooked the "punctuation marks" damage indicator, so you're not alone!
Golden Sun is great, but you'll notice most of the time it doesn't exactly go into more advanced details. Despite this, it can be good to discover things for yourself as it isn't too difficult or complex of a game. Apart from the Djinn system.
I have been playing since the game came out and never knew about this! But to be fair the internet back then was dial-up and we didn't have TH-cam or many places to learn about it haha
I'd actually recommend giving different element djinn to party members.
Isaac does well with fire djinn because it increases his already high attack and he'll be your primary damage dealer. He also keeps revive in his back pocket in a pinch. He's probably best on ninja or samurai with wind and fire though.
Giving Garet wind djinn can help shore up his pretty bad speed and mana, granting him more versatility. Admittedly, he's best on the paladin line with earth and water though. At least iirc.
Ivan with water djinn makes him a better healer than Mia ever was and plays into his huge mana pool.
Mia does well with earth djinn, giving her access to both wish and revive. If you have some spare wind djinn lying around, she's better as a pure mage though.
Me, a pro at this:
This seems useful!
Thanks for the video. I find this game's mechanics to be super confusing especially considering there's nothing in the game that fully explains most things. I can't imagine in 2001 playing this portable and not getting stuck for various reasons lol
@@ETHRELITE my 2001 teenage brain managed to brute force through the whole game somehow!
Haha that was me. I was eleven and I got stuck so my mom went to Circuit City and bought me the Nintendo Power Advance magazine with the Golden Sun walk through. Very helpful!
@@BrandonAlbers good ol mum!
Did these tips help you? Let me know and share your experiences.
Thanks for checking out adventurer!
One thing I have found helpful to know is the game's use of RNG (random number generator) and how to manipulate it. That way you can easily get the rare item drops. The best place to do that is in the Venus Lighthouse in the room the psynergy crystal on the ground. You can get nearly all of the rare drop items there if you manipulate the RNG.
@@BrandonAlbers haven't heard of the RNG item drop trick. Great tip 👍
This vid rocks. Thanks for putting this together!
@@mightymangalore3900 an absolute pleasure. You rock for checking it out! 🤘🤘
Thanks for your support, and enjoy the game adventurer
I'm playing it for the first time, currently. I appreciate the tips! I will say...I find the Djinn system clunky. It could be much more streamlined while still achieving the same objectives.
Glad to be of service. What part of it feels clunky to you do you feel? It's probably the fact you have to manually swap between each skill one by one in a lengthy way right?
I suppose the system is meant to be straightforward in that sense for players to experiment. And yes, the game doesn't exactly give a proper explanation on mechanics. Thank the lord for the internet and players spending hours upon hours to turn the game inside out.
map tricks helped a lot!! thanks
What shader is this? Love it
It's a settings on NSO GBA called "Reproduce Classic Feel".
I think it replicates the pixel by pixel look of the gba pretty nicely.
@@zuzhi64 thank you!
Where this images are from ? Quality is on point ! Emulator ?
@@TheVeynom played on the Switch, Nintendo Switch Online service. Thank you
Words are just words until action actually starts, and actions speak louder than words, but at the same time words speak louder than actions because sometimes it’s the right thing to do.