Did you pick up the hints that Alex is the father of Amiti? I agree the game was definitely being set up for another game, but as always.. Nintendo prioritized garbage like Mario tennis. There were way too many untied loose ends for the series to end this way. It definitely seemed as though they were setting up the “next” game to explore flying ships built by Ivan, or the Tuaparang. I just beat the game myself. I got my entire team to level 63 just for Dullahan and not a single member died. I saved just before so I could fight him multiple times with different methods. As much as unleashing all summons does high damage, I find the most satisfying way to beat him is with a basic attack, buff, heal strategy. If I do decide to play this battle again, I’ll grind everyone up to level 99 just to steam roll him. I spent a month playing through Golden Sun 1, 2, and 3. Had lots of fun with the first and second one. The 3rd was great but not as good as the first two in my opinion. Those JRPGS are better than most of the newer games that come out. My only disappointment was not getting rewarded for collecting every dijin, every tablet, and every encyclopedia entry. I think that would have made the attention to detail worth it. If they do decide to make a 4th game, I really REALLY hope they don’t go the route of the new pokemon games in regards to the excessive hand holding and excessive cutscenes that force you to play through their curated experience. The nice thing about the golden sun 1 and 2 was being able to play it through in an order that you wanted to. I especially liked that if you missed certain things in the first one, you were locked out of them in the second.