golden sun is a game boy advance handheld role-playing video game. it was developed by camelot and published in 2001 by nintendo. it's the first of the "golden sun" series. in japan, it's named ōgon no taiyō hirakareshi fūin (, meaning "golden sun: the broken seal"). in 2003, the second of the series named "" was released. the game's "djinn" setting is unusual.