Golden Sun Nintendo Switch handheld gameplay. In the Golden Sun games, players control a cast of characters as they journey through a fantasy world, interact with other characters, battle monsters, acquire magic spells and equipment, and take part in a narrative. Much of the time spent outside of battle takes place in dungeons, caves, and other locales, which generally require the player to find items that grant their bearer new forms of "Psynergy", or magical spells, to solve puzzles. To complete these 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. Outside of these dungeons and locales, the player traverses through a world map and navigates between forests, rivers, mountain ranges, seas, and oceans.