![]() It’s up to either Emma or Leo to visit Wonderworld’s twelve different areas, find the heart pieces at the end of each of them and defeat the ‘personal demons’ at the end to solve each person’s worries and, ultimately, restore balance to Emma and Leo’s hearts. The problem is, Wonderworld is also home to Lance, an evil alternative to Balan who feeds off these anxieties to summon monsters called the Negati. One is based on a diver who has an accident with her dolphin and becomes too scared to go back in the water, another is about a chess whizz who loses in a tournament and suffers self-doubt, that sort of thing. There are twelve areas in the version of Wonderworld that Emma and Leo visit, and each is based on a different character’s anxieties. ![]() ![]() He’s there to restore balance to their hearts by sending them to Wonderworld, an alternate realm created by people’s memories. The player chooses between one of two child protagonists: Emma is troubled because she worries her friends are talking about her behind her back, while Leo has become extremely introverted ever since he fell out with a friend years ago.īoth stumble on the Balan Theatre, a magical portal run by a suspiciously Nights-looking character called Balan. The difference in quality between Balan and Crash Bandicoot 4, for example, is stark – and considering the pedigree behind Balan, that’s disappointing.īalan’ plot is typical Naka nonsense, reminiscent of his Saturn classic Nights Into Dreams. ![]() For younger players and fans of retro games, there’s a pleasant – if unremarkable – experience here, but other modern games do it far better. With its stiff character movement, by-the-numbers levels and unremarkable mechanics, Balan Wonderworld could easily be mistaken for a PS2 game remastered in 4K. Notice: To display this embed please allow the use of Functional Cookies in Cookie Preferences.įor better or worse, the game the pair have created feels exactly like the sort of projects they worked on 20 years ago, and your enjoyment will depend on how much you’re willing to overlook its dated design. ![]()
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