Golden Sun Dark Dawn E3 Demo

Here you'll find coverage of the E3 demos of Dark Dawn.
What a time that must have been... all the excitement over a new game...
Followed by the crushing disappointment and bitter tears when it failed to live up to expectations.
Ugh, who invited you?
Hey, now, we'll have none of that negativity here.
This is a Dark Dawn bullying free zone.
Hmph, I'm merely stating facts, that's all.
Ahem! That aside, we have some interesting content here.
At last, an explanation.
Now that I have an excuse, can everyone get off my back?
...
Shame they never released a downloadable version of the demos.
Fortunately, all the demo data is still in the game and accessible.

These images are shown on the top screen during the demos.

The battle demo involves a three round battle.

Round 1 is against 2 Flutter Seeds and 2 Rat Skulks.
Round 2 is against 1 Skeleton and 1 Dread Hound.
Round 3 is against the Ogre Titan.

After clearing the battle rounds, you will get to proceed to the demo version of Patcher's Place. You are unable to use the shops or the sanctum, or leave the town. The Psynergy Training Grounds are also closed off. A few NPCs in the final game are absent from the demo. Some of the demo NPCs have different lines to the final game. The cutscene with Patcher will not occur, but there will be more on that further down.

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Since the shops and inn are closed for the demo, Patcher will have different dialogue, even when talking to him behind the counter. At no point does he talk as if the cutscene had occurred.

Oven and bookshelf descriptions differ to the final game.

Attempting to leave the town the way you came in will bring up this message.

As for the Patcher cutscene, it is true that the cutscene does not trigger when you walk into Patcher's Place. However, an alternate version of the Patcher's Place cutscene does exist in the E3 demo script files. There is no way to access this cutscene ingame. Getting it to show in the game requires modifying the game's script files.

Salanewt from Golden Sun Hacking Community has made a video of the cutscene which can be viewed here.

So... yep. Tyrell's mother is fucking dead. Another interesting point is the emphasis on going to Kolima Forest, rather than obtaining the Roc Feather.

The second demo has you going through the Psynergy Training Grounds.

There is little to do here. The logs can be pushed, but the trees cannot be climbed and using growth on the sprout will do nothing. The ladder goes nowhere. The two NPCs here, who are different to the NPCs there in the final, cannot be talked to but some text still exists in the script file.

These are the Psynergy Training Grounds,
where you'll learn how to wield the
powers of a Warrior of Vale!

If you complete the training, you'll enter
the nearby dungeon as a reward!
We can't let just ANYBODY in there...

Now it's time for you to earn your own legendary reputation!

The trial itself cannot be accessed from here, and has to be accessed directly using the memory viewer.

After clearing the trial, you will then go on to a demo version of the Konpa ruins.

The demo sends you straight to the corridor.

You then have to use Move Psynergy on the gem in this room. After doing that, a cutscene plays.

The doors open up to a room with statues. Moving the statues to reach the other end of the room will clear the demo.

This room is in the demo too, since it appears in the cutscene. There's nothing to do here. The pillars can be examined but there is no text.

Clearing or failing the first parts of the demo will bring up these screens.

Leaving Patcher's Place by the south exit/clearing the Konpa ruins will bring up the demo end screen.

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