![]() ![]() The first of the Balan Wonderworld demo's levels is Chapter 1 of "The Man Who Rages Against the Storm," which follows a farmer whose home has been destroyed by a fearsome tornado. For example, red Tims will attack enemies during platforming stages, while pink Tims will collect items for the player. These are tear-shaped items which are fed to each Tim in the Isle of Tims to increase their unique abilities. Here is where the player will spend most of their time between levels and feed the Tims, bird-like creatures that follow the player through the main levels of the game as they collect drops. Then the player finds themselves in the Isle of Tims, the hub world for this demo and likely the entire game. This demo introduces players to the premise, and the theater itself. What follows is a gorgeous animated cutscene from Square Enix's Visual Works team, the studio behind all of the company's incredible CG cinematics, including cutscenes from Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Kingdom Hearts 3. This immediately elicits memories of NiGHTS: Into Dreams, and that's only the beginning. The opening of the Balan Wonderworld demo, which is available later today to players looking to get their hands on the game before its March 26th release date, allows the player to pick between two playable characters, a boy named Leo Craig, and a girl named Emma Cole. RELATED: Persona 5 Strikers Preview: Getting the Gang Back Together Again ![]() All of this is curated by the equally mysterious Balan, an entity who assists the player multiple times throughout their journey. That said, it remains to be seen if Balan Wonderworld can truly stand on its own as a whimsical powerhouse in its own right.īalan Wonderworld is set in the mysterious Balan Theater, a musical theater that changes its form to match the imaginations of characters who have lost something (or someone) dear to them in their lives. Despite being absent from AAA game development since 1999's Chu-Chu Rocket, if there's anything to be taken away from Balan Wonderworld so far it's that Naka and company still have all of the imaginative flair that made those '90s Sega titles so wonderful. Balan Wonderworld is the debut title from Balan Company, the new studio from Sonic the Hedgehog and NiGHTS: Into Dreams creator Yuji Naka. ![]()
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