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GS On SNES What If?

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    Posted 29 June 2006 - 03:55 PM

    As many Game Boy Advance owners well know, the graphics on the GBA are meant to match that of the SNES system, released by Nintendo in the early 90's.

    The early 90's were still a time of growth for the home console market, and RPG's were hard to come by (excluding, of course, Final Fantasy). What if, Golden Sun had been released on the SNES.

    I know what you're thinking, it's not realistic. But let's put aside business and political reasons and just think how much bigger of a splash this game (and GS2 for that matter) would have made on a platform that was very popular.

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      Posted 29 June 2006 - 04:37 PM

      GBA is far more advanced than SNES. The colour capabilities (32-bit, I believe) are much more bountiful in the GBA, which Golden Sun uses to a great extent. Golden Sun has a false 3D effect as Star Fox 2 did on Snes, as the sprites are just expanded and shrunk on GBA to show depth. The graphic ability for SNES is too weak to match GBA's, so GS wouldn't work too well on SNES, though we can get a toned down version with just a false-3D system.

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        Posted 29 June 2006 - 04:46 PM

        Okay, what if it was the same. :)

        I was just trying to make the point that this game would've been much more popular had it been released 10 years before it's actual release date.

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          Posted 29 June 2006 - 05:15 PM

          That would probably be the only force in existance that could induce my buying an SNES. [Hypothetical] This is true for all console platforms, as I don't own any and will buy the first one GS comes out for. [/hypothetical]

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            Posted 30 June 2006 - 01:07 AM

            The SNES could indeed be compared to the GBA. Take the F-Zero games, for instance. The only real difference with the GBA is that the machines look a lot less cartoony.

            In the case of Golden Sun however, I'm not sure that the SNES would be able to handle the game. The graphics wouldn't be of the same standard, and it probably wouldn't fit on a single cartridge anyway.

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              Posted 30 June 2006 - 06:56 AM

              I'm glad GS was released for the GBA because I wouldn't have ever played it if it was released on the SNES.

              And anyway, as far as I know, Golden sun(both of the games) were quite popular. Am I wrong?

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                Posted 30 June 2006 - 07:40 AM

                If I remember correctly, Golden Sun was a GBA launch title, so you know it's gonna be popular. However, The Lost Age was largely ignored, which is rather disappointing.

                I still prefer Golden Sun on the GBA for its portability. I reckon the music is just awesome, so the headphone jack is absolutely paramount. Of course you could always hook yourself up to a TV with a headphone jack, but that just looks stupid.

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                  Posted 30 June 2006 - 08:55 AM

                  I have a feeling I'm going to regret it if I end up getting an SP. The headphone jack is Nazish with it's ability to only plug in Nintendo headphones >.<

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                    Posted 30 June 2006 - 08:58 AM

                    Not for me. I bought this sort of GBA SP starter pack which includes a screen magnifier, a moulded console which helps reduce repetetive strain injury, and a small black box about an inch long, which plugs into the EXT.2 port and works with any and all headphones. And because there are no cords, the sound quality is always perfect.

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                      Posted 30 June 2006 - 08:59 AM

                      Ummm... The SP has no headphone jack SoT. That's the only thing I don't like about it.

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                        Posted 30 June 2006 - 09:03 AM

                        It's a small price to pay for the folding screen, backlight, and the ability to recharge the battery anytime.

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                          Posted 30 June 2006 - 09:08 AM

                          View PostSplit Infinity, on Jun 30 2006, 02:40 PM, said:

                          I still prefer Golden Sun on the GBA for its portability. I reckon the music is just awesome, so the headphone jack is absolutely paramount. Of course you could always hook yourself up to a TV with a headphone jack, but that just looks stupid.

                          You wouldn't be alone about your views on the music. One magazine said it was the best on GBA. I might agree with that.

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                            Posted 30 June 2006 - 09:08 AM

                            I might have to kill anyone that dosn't agree with that.

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                              Posted 30 June 2006 - 03:39 PM

                              Fire Emblem was also very good. Comparable even to the music of Golden Sun, but not as much variety.

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                                Posted 05 July 2006 - 08:34 AM

                                Golden Sun's overworld music always reminds me of some hymn, but I can't think of what it is...

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                                  Posted 05 July 2006 - 09:20 PM

                                  That's because it has voices in the background; I think it's called a conch shell orchestra? <_<

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                                    Posted 06 July 2006 - 07:51 AM

                                    The GS main theme also sounds like a hymn. But which one is it...

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                                      Posted 06 July 2006 - 02:50 PM

                                      Most likely, it's an original recording. All the music in this game is great.

                                      But let's get back on topic, okay?

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                                        Posted 06 July 2006 - 04:34 PM

                                        View PostSplit Infinity, on Jul 6 2006, 01:20 PM, said:

                                        That's because it has voices in the background; I think it's called a conch shell orchestra? <_<

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                                        What am I saying? It's a choir, that's what it is.

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                                          Posted 08 July 2006 - 02:39 AM

                                          If golden sun had of been released on the SNES we'd probably have golden sun 4/5 out by now. but i believe that it's best being on the portable GBA

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                                            Posted 09 July 2006 - 10:54 AM

                                            If GS was realeased on the SNES in the 90s then the series would be WAAAAAAAY more popular then it is today,(and its pretty popular today) because we'd have Golden Sun 5 by now. If it was successful like Final Fantasy, Golden Sun might have been up there in the list of The Greatest Series Ever!


                                            But I do enjoy it being on GBA, so I can play it any time I want when I'm not home.

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                                              Posted 09 July 2006 - 03:03 PM

                                              You know, DK, if it was on the SNES, they'd probably have remakes today on the GBA, but not sequels. I don't know of any series that continued from where they left of on the SNES.

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                                                Posted 10 July 2006 - 09:33 AM

                                                Didn't Kid Icarus have a GB sequel? Was he even on the SNES? I have no clue...But a next Golden Sun would be nice...*hopes some important person is looking at this*

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                                                  Posted 23 July 2006 - 03:34 PM

                                                  I don't think Kid Icarus did have a sequel. Those games haven't been around in a long time.

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                                                    Posted 23 July 2006 - 07:18 PM

                                                    Kid Icarus was on the NES and its sequel was for Gameboy (the really really old one)

                                                    Golden Sun did not have a synth choir for the overworld theme and main theme. It's just violin and trumpet noises. If you want to hear a synth choir, listen to the song when you are learnign how to maneuver around Colosso by the guides. Either that, "Everything into the Dark" for Fire Emblem and "One-Winged Angel" by Nobuo Uematsu would be good examples.

                                                    GS did have good music and would have a just about equal counterpart on the SNES. The capabilites were really good, seeing as Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu's capabilites were top-notch.

                                                    Oh, and the only reason FE's music wasn't much a hit for variety was because it focused on recurring themes to make the player comfortable.

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                                                      Posted 24 July 2006 - 05:42 AM

                                                      View PostMars Djinni, on Jul 24 2006, 11:18 AM, said:

                                                      Either that, "Everything into the Dark" for Fire Emblem and "One-Winged Angel" by Nobuo Uematsu would be good examples.

                                                      Didn't Nobuo Uematsu do the theme 'to Zanarkand' for FFX? Thats an amazing piece of music right there.

                                                      If I can but in and offer my two cents, I don't think that Golden Sun would have been as successful on the SNES compared to the GBA.

                                                      One, GS would of have to had to compare to: Final Fantasy Mystic Quest through to FF5. Secert of Mana 1 and 2, Chrono Trigger and the FE's. And those are only the ones I know off.

                                                      I really don't think it would of stood out as much, I think it would have been good but not as exceptional as we all think. On the GBA it was the first and IMO the only game that really put the GBA to use, maybe that and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, but in all fairness KH:CoM was only realeased like 2 years ago, already had a huge fan base and was made by Square, which again IMO is enough right there. Not a strong point I know but Square makes such quaility games.

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                                                        Posted 24 July 2006 - 02:13 PM

                                                        Uhhh, wasn't there a sort of a GS game on the SNES? I keep talking to people IRL about Golden Sun, some of them say:

                                                        "Oh yeah, wasn't there an SNES game like that?"

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                                                          Posted 24 July 2006 - 04:14 PM

                                                          I think that might possibly have been one of the Phantasy Star games.


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