Replaying it after almost 10 years? I have to say, it's better than I remember it. It could be because I've played so many more RPGs since then. That game really took away all the hesitation and opened my eyes to how awesome the genre can be. I'm actually discovering more depth. For instance, I never equipped Djinn that didn't correspond to the character's element type. Garrett never got anything other than Fire Djinn, Isaac; Earth Djinn, etc. Now I'm finding that Giving unlike Djinn to the characters actually alters their class and give or takes away different Psynergy. And I didn't know that you could level each element type with each character. 
 
Going to keep chipping away at this one. Then I have the sequel, which I've never even started up. Then in a couple of weeks, I'll probably pick up the DS title that just came out.

Replaying it after almost 10 years? I have to say, it's better than I remember it. It could be because I've played so many more RPGs since then. That game really took away all the hesitation and opened my eyes to how awesome the genre can be. I'm actually discovering more depth. For instance, I never equipped Djinn that didn't correspond to the character's element type. Garrett never got anything other than Fire Djinn, Isaac; Earth Djinn, etc. Now I'm finding that Giving unlike Djinn to the characters actually alters their class and give or takes away different Psynergy. And I didn't know that you could level each element type with each character. 
 
Going to keep chipping away at this one. Then I have the sequel, which I've never even started up. Then in a couple of weeks, I'll probably pick up the DS title that just came out.

I'm enjoying Dark Dawn a great deal, about fifteen hours in right now. I just got four of each of the djinn types to start really experimenting, should be fun.

I'm playing the second one now, but I don't know. I dislike the open nature of it so I'm straight up playing it with a guide. 
Also in two It feels like if you use anything other than Djinn in fights you are doing it wrong.

I'm playing the first Golden Sun for the first time right now. Gotta say I'm enjoying it

" @Captainlunchbox:  You sir, are a good man.  I'm staring at my Golden Sun games as we speak and wishing I could play them.  Unfortunately, I no long have a GBA or DS.    I also totally had the same problem as you where I never wanted to equip them with different elemental types.  I did it occasionally but I wasn't much for experimenting back then.  I think you'll like the second one quite a lot.  "