Gaming news: How RPGs like Golden Sun teach players to think strategically

Nintendo marked ‘Golden Sun’s 25th birthday this year as a milestone that was commemorated by the addition of the Game Boy Advance classic to Nintendo Switch Online.

This particular RPG’s structure was built around planning and resource management that resulted in the evaluation of consequences after the act.

This structure was the established standard for a long time before the concept of ‘critical thinking’ was considered as a useful selling point for educational games, writes Sports News Blitz’s gaming expert Takudzwa Mawera.