^ It is and it isn't. You have summons that affect your stats and skills and using them in combat lowers your skills but that very vague description is how they are similar. They don't play anything alike, though I would argue that they both also share the whole "risk factor" of each system is a bit grossly embellished. You can get through 90% of Golden Sun by spamming summons and not worry about the risk to your stats.