Standard Edition
StandardIn the box
- Game Boy Advance cartridge
- Box with cover art
- Instruction booklet
Game Boy Advance
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Golden Sun: The Lost Age is a 2002 role-playing video game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo. It is the second installment in the Golden Sun series and was released on June 28, 2002, in Japan, and in 2003 in North America and Europe.
Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
- Update patch
- No patch
- Time to beat
- about 32 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Golden Sun: The Lost Age is a 2002 role-playing video game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo. It is the second installment in the Golden Sun series and was released on June 28, 2002, in Japan, and in 2003 in North America and Europe.
Taking place after the events of the previous game, The Lost Age puts the player into the roles of the previous games' antagonists, primarily from the perspective of magic-attuned "adepts" Felix and his allies as they seek to restore the power of alchemy to the world of Weyard. Along the way, the player uses Psynergy to defeat enemies and discover new locations, help out local populations, and find elemental djinn which augment the characters' powers. Players can transfer their characters and items from Golden Sun to The Lost Age through a password system or Game Link Cable, and are rewarded for fully completing both games.
Upon release, The Lost Age was positively received by critics and audiences. IGN ranked the game as the eighth-best Game Boy Advance title of 2003 and the 22nd-best GBA game of all time. It has sold over 680,000 units. It was eventually followed by a third installment, titled Dark Dawn, released in 2010 and set thirty years after the two original games.
Official trailer
Trailer. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
Golden Sun: The Lost Age (GBA) Playthrough longplay video game, Media Pool. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Developer
- Camelot Software Planning
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Series
- Golden Sun
- Platforms
- Wii U, Game Boy Advance
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- Yes
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- ESRB
- E
- PEGI
- 7
- CERO
- A
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Game Boy Advance | Japan | 2002-06-28 |
| Game Boy Advance | North America | 2003-04-14 |
| Game Boy Advance | Europe / PAL | 2003-09-19 |
| Game Boy Advance | North America | 2003-09-19 |
Editions
Space and patches
Update patchNo patch
DLC
No DLC. Game Boy Advance games had no downloadable content.
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
No online features; the cartridge runs on any Game Boy Advance, and the game is on Nintendo Switch Online.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on Game Boy Advance cartridge |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, 6 August 2015 On the Wii U Virtual Console. Later in the Game Boy Advance library of Nintendo Switch Online on 17 January 2024. |
| In the store to buy today | No The Wii U shop has closed. Playable with a Nintendo Switch Online membership. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Yes Wii U Virtual Console purchases can still be downloaded again. The Nintendo Switch Online version needs an active membership. |
| Disc runs with no patch | Yes |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist No patch was ever released. |
| Has online features | No |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist No online play. |
| Playable offline today: DLC | Does not exist No DLC. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Aggregates
Outlet Platform Score Scale GameRankings Game Boy Advance 87 100 - Critics
Outlet Score Scale IGN 9 10 GameSpot 8.6 10 Electronic Gaming Monthly 8.2 10 Famitsu 33 40
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Camelot Software Planning Publisher Nintendo Director Shugo Takahashi Producers Shinji Hatano, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Shugo Takahashi Artist Fumihide Aoki Writer Hiroyuki Takahashi Composer Motoi Sakuraba
Notes for collectors
- Continues the story of Golden Sun from the other side, with Felix's party.
- Characters and items carry over from Golden Sun by password or link cable, and finishing both games earns extra rewards.
- Sold 96,000 copies in its first week in Japan, the best-selling game that week.
- IGN ranked it the 22nd best Game Boy Advance game of all time.
Credits
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Camelot Software Planning
- Director
- Shugo Takahashi
- Released
- 2003-04-14
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 32 hours
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