GS is one of my favorite GBA series of all time. Screw it, Nintendo games of all time. When Dark Dawn was announced at E3, I was losing my mind and tears were shed due to 6 years of silence. I play DD and it was disappointing compared to the prequels. I was expecting a new game at the end of the 3DS life, but it hasn't happened yet. Hoping it will.

Nintendo probably has this small vault where they put all their lesser known IPs, thinking people will never care if they forget about them.

Camelot said if we wanted another one, we'd have to show support. I guess Dark Dawn didn't do so well. It was a good game though. Probably 2nd best RPG on DS, behind DQIX of course. I would love to see Nintendo revive all the great but not dead franchises for NX. These would be great games to have at launch or at most 6 months after launch.

Golden Sun isn't even good by camelot standards.

I'd much rather have a Shining Force 4 by them.

I don’t know about that. Based off review scores it’s opposite to what you said.

Golden Sun (91)                                Shining Force (84)

GS The Lost Age (86)                        SF Dark Dragon (77)       

GS Dark Dawn (79)                           SF Neo (69)

                                                             SF EXA (64)

Average Review (85.3)                    Average Review (73.5)

Golden Sun is a clear winner when it comes to critics. Can’t say the same for Shining Force.

Not saying reviews are everything but to say it’s not even good in Camelot standards and then recommand a Shining Force game, seems more like an honest opinion then a quality fact.

I blame Dark Dawn. It was not bad, but was worst than the prequels by a lot. I felt it had way more hand holding and was much more childish. Not saying the original was R+, but you start the game in the middle of a disaster, witness a family being destroyed and gets kicked by two demon like characters. And that's just the first 5 minutes.

I love the series, but when Isaac was not added to smash, i lost my hope. Either he did not had enough support, or he had support and Nintendo decided to ignore it even then. Either way a bad sign.

Also Dark Dawn ends with huge cliffhanger, so Camelot had the intention of making on more. Since they have not done it so far, i can only think the sales were weak and they gave up.

It's on Amazon for $15, that's where it is! Dark Dawn that is.

I enjoyed the bit I played of the first game, but holy crap is the exposition terrible. They repeat everything ALL THE TIME as if the players are total morons. I get it's a kid's game but so was Paper Mario and that didn't have to explain basic plot points so many times in one cutscene.

A fourth game would still be nice but they need to improve the storytelling big-time.

So you chose to compare Climax's Shining Force? I will never understand.

I enjoyed playing Dark Dawn (probably is top 10 NDS games for me) but not sure if I would like to see another Golden Sun game

Sometimes, having IPs like this end on a high note (at least for me) is a good thing as making another without any inspiration can really hurt the series

If it's anything like Dark Dawn I don't want it. That game was a waste of my life.