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, released under different names in some regions, is a 2002 role-playing video game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo. ''The Lost Age'' is the second installment of the Golden Sun series, being the "second part" to the earlier ''Golden Sun''. Players can transfer their characters and items from ''Golden Sun'' to ''The Lost Age'' by means of a password system or Game Link Cable, and players are rewarded for fully completing both games. Picking up the story during the events of the previous game, ''The Lost Age'' puts the player into the roles of a magic-attuned "adept" named 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. Upon release, ''The Lost Age'' was generally praised, although many publications found that the game was not as good as ''Golden Sun''. Nonetheless, 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. The long-awaited followup, ''Golden Sun: Dark Dawn'', was released in November 2010. ==Gameplay== ''The Lost Age'' is similar to its predecessor in that it is a contemporary presentation of the traditional role-playing video game formula. Players guide a cast of characters as they journey through a fantasy-themed world, interact with other characters, battle monsters, acquire increasingly powerful magic spells and equipment, and take part in a building, predefined narrative. While many actions the player takes are compulsory and central to the story, ''The Lost Age'' allows the player to complete many objectives in the order of their choice, visiting previous locations to advance story elements and complete gameplay objectives is given a stronger emphasis than in the previous game. Much of the time spent outside of battle takes place either in the game's overworld or within dungeons, caves, and other locales with puzzles integrated into their layout. Unlike the original game, in which the overworld was explored on foot except for a brief, non-navigable boat ride, a large portion of ''The Lost Age's'' gameplay involves navigating a magical ship across a large sea, visiting continents and islands. To complete puzzles, players must either push pillars to construct negotiable paths between elevated areas, climb up and rappel down cliffs, or obtain a special item to progress through the story and game world. Many of these puzzles revolve heavily around the usage of the game’s resident form of magic spells, Psynergy, requiring the player to find items that grant the bearer new forms of Psynergy in order to accomplish tasks.〔Camelot (2002), pp. 20-21.〕 Whereas many role-playing video games limit the usage of their forms of magic to battles as offensive and defensive measures, Psynergy spells are also heavily used in puzzles and exploration.〔 Some types of Psynergy can only be used in combat; conversely, some spells are only used in the game's overworld and in non-battle scenarios.〔 Still other Psynergy can be used for both situations; for example, the “Frost” spell can be used to damage enemies in battle, or to transform puddles of water into elongated pillars of ice as part of a puzzle. Psynergy comes in four elements: Venus (rocks and plants), Mars (fire and heat), Jupiter (wind and electricity), and Mercury (water and ice). The player gains more and more Psynergy spells as the game progresses, either through levelling up or acquiring and equipping, or using, special items, and with each "utility" Psynergy spell the party gains access to more locations and secrets hidden within the game world. Players will be required to return to previous locations in the game to finish off puzzles which they could not solve earlier because of the lack of specific Psynergy spells.〔Camelot (2002), p. 18.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Golden Sun: The Lost Age」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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