Thrown into the world of Golden Sun with nothing but the clothes on your back, a few friends, and hope, you must travel the land in search of the truth. Along the way youll encounter Djinni, creatures with amazing ablilities who will assist you on your long journey. Also to be found are a variety of weapons, armor, as well as Psynergy, and magic abilities that can be developed throughout the course of the game. Youll meet many friends along the way, but even more enemies.

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Rename People in Your Party
Press SELECT three times before you put in your name to rename everyone in your party.


Unlock Data Link To Golden Sun 2
On the black logo screen, hold L + R + LEFT and press B. A new option will appear. Select it to get "Password" or "Link". This lets you send cleared Golden Sun data to the next installment.

NOTE: The three "types" of passwords are Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Gold holds all your data. Silver keeps track of your levels, Djinns, and items. Bronze only records levels and Djinns.


You must
write down the password and fill it in when playing Golden Sun 2 or you can transfer your data using the game link.


Hint: Warp To Last Save
From a cold start (i.e., turned on your GBA), you can start at the last town you visited by selecting to continue your file, then hold L + R + START + SELECT.


Cheat: Return to Most Recently Visited Sanctum
When you go to the load file screen, press and hold L BUTTON,START,and SELECT before loading the file. When you go to load the file, Isaac and the rest of the crew will be inside the most recently visited sanctum.

Hint: Crossbone Isle
In order to get to Crossbone Isle, a place not listed on the map, go to Vale Cave after you have the Psynergy, Lift. Explore the cave and find the Halt Circle. Then go to the Suhalla desert to find the red tornado near where you found the moving tornado. Use Reveal to see footprints. Keep using Reveal until you find a hidden stone platform. Jump onto the platform, and across the ledge there will be a cave. Get through the small cave and you will end up behind the red tornado. Use Halt on the tornado and you will be transported to Crossbone Isle. The enemies here, including the boss, are tougher.


Hint - Monster Farming (Tempest Lizard)
I found out that if you take the red tornado to Crossbone Isle then walk back into the tornado when you arrive at the island, you can use "Douse" on it as you would normally to fight the Lizard at that beach where its waiting instead of at the desert! After youve won, it disappears. Dont freak out! Just walk back into crossbone Isle (the area, not the actual island) and walk out of it again, the red tornado is there again! So you can keep on killing it at least until your party becomes downed. This will gain you over 1000 experience points, around 2400 coins and a Potion each time you defeat it! This should work, but save before you try it (I did) and save again when youre safely back at the desert. Try killing it by using level 4 summons and then a couple of Ragnaroks!


Rename Party Members Plus Secondary Characters
Before you name your character, enter this code, and youll be able to name everyone in your party, plus a few secondary characters: UP, DOWN, UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHTUP, RIGHT, DOWN, LEFT, UP, SELECT.