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Balan Wonderworld (2021)

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Apologies if we accidentally called Balan Wonderworld "Balan Wonderland" at any point in this video. Oopsie.

Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima's latest collaboration, Balan Wonderworld, hasn't exactly taken the world by storm. The Square-Enix developed game teaches us an important lesson: if your company is known primarily for making roleplaying games, it's maybe a bit much to expect your developers to create eighty different unique control methods for a 3D action platformer in the space of two years.

Just a suggestion.

The same goes for Arzest - we didn't name Naoto Ohshima's development company specifically, but they too aren't exactly platformer experts. Again, just sayin'.

By the way, have you noticed how we're now a third of the way through 2021, Sonic the Hedgehog's big thirtieth anniversary year, and yet there are zero new Sonic games that are public knowledge? Nothing. Nada.

I'm just sayin', it's weird.

This video, by the way, shows off a little of the work Matthew is doing on Moptopus. As you can see...it's a long way from completion! In fact, it might be parked for a while yet to come. That's okay. It's fine to go slow sometimes.

Anyways, lots of love to all of you.

BretonStripes (http://twitter.com/bretonstriped) and Matthew (http://twitter.com/kotorcomics)


Sources:
https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/balan-wonderworld-devs-got-carried-away-developing-for-ps5
https://jp.ign.com/balan-wonderworld/45765/interview/
https://www.nintendo-insider.com/balan-wonderworld-interview-musical-theatre-inspirations-colourful-costumes-and-more/
https://www.ign.com/articles/balan-wonderworlds-next-gen-features-discussed-by-sonic-creator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyg5enZipCE

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