I don't think that Square Enix and Arzest value games and their fans." “I wanted to consider all kinds of things and release it as a proper action game. “I personally regret that Balan Wonderworld was released to the world in an unfinished state,” Naka wrote in the thread. It seemed especially strange to not delay Balan Wonderworld, considering it wasn’t a major title for Square Enix, and the company had other releases coming up anyway, like Neo: The World Ends With You. Surprisingly, Balan Wonderworld didn’t get any kind of delay, even after a mostly negative reception to the early demo. Game development was tremendously impacted, leading to multiple delays at Square Enix for games like Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Bravely Default 2. The terminology there seems to suggest pressure was already being put on the project, and Balan Wonderworld would have been somewhere in the middle of development when developers had to start working remotely in early 2020. Kevin Winter/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Imagesīalan Wonderworld first began production in 2018, and in a 2020 interview, Naka said he convinced Square Enix’s president to give him “one chance” at making a platformer. Yuji Naka served as the lead programmer on the first Sonic the Hedgehog, then as a producer for many other games in the series. Second, according to court documents, Ohshima told producer Fujimoto that the relationship with Arzest was ruined due to comments I made wanting to improve the game in the face of Arzest submitting the game without fixing bugs." “First, when a YouTuber's arranged piano performance of the game music was released in a promotion instead of the original game track, turning the composer into a ghostwriter, I insisted that the original track be released and this caused trouble. This was ultimately what led to Naka filing the lawsuit. What’s most surprising from the thread, translated by Cheesemeister3k on Twitter, is that Naka claims he was removed as director of Balan Wonderworld six months before the game’s release. It seems like there may be more to the story, as Naka himself posted a lengthy thread on Twitter diving into a lawsuit he filed against Square Enix and a host of problems with the development of Balan Wonderworld. It was incredibly disappointing to see a game created by Yuji Naka, one of the key people responsible for Sonic the Hedgehog, do so poorly. When she’s not writing or playing video games, you can catch her doing yoga and painting.Balan Wonderworld was an unmitigated disaster for Square Enix, released in 2021 to dismal review scores and equally dismal sales numbers, including just 2,100 copies opening week in Japan. Jacqueline Zalace is a writer for TheGamer, based in Austin, Texas. Next: Court Documents Reveal iOS Spending Was Responsible For Just 7% Of Fortnite’s Revenue
This bundle includes several Lego games, including The Lego Ninjago Movie Video Game and Lego Marvel’s Avengers. Interested in more sales? Through May 7, you can head over to Humble Bundle and get the Built to Bundle. Sony is holding a Golden Week sale of its own on the PlayStation Store, with discounts found across a variety of Japanese titles. If you aren’t a Nintendo Switch player, Balan Wonderworld is currently on sale across all platforms. Remember, it wraps up on May 5, so head over to the eShop before it then. Be sure to check the Nintendo eShop to see all the games available during this sale.
Other games including World of Final Fantasy Maxima, Collection of Mana, and I am Setsuna. In addition to Balan Wonderworld, there is a selection of other Square Enix games on offer for up to 60 percent off.
It’s still a bit steep, but far below its initial launch price. If you are interested in playing Balan Wonderworld, this sale lowers the price to just $40. Here at TheGamer, we reviewed the game as “Spyro The Dragon meets Chibi JRPG”, giving it 2.5 stars out of 5. Unfortunately, Balan Wonderworld has been met with harsh feedback, with negative reviews and only 2,100 copies being sold during the first week after release. Now it’s not that uncommon for a recent release to be included in such sales. It’s only been out for a little over a month, and we are already seeing deep discounts on Yuji Naka’s unusual platformer. This sale includes the critically panned Balan Wonderworld, which released back in March.