Balan Wonderworld.
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Look at you all asking me to play Balan Wonderworld and getting your phone cameras ready like you’ve just put a smash cake in front of a tiny baby. That title’s a gift, isn’t it. Banal Wonderworld. Whirly Blunderbland. Anal Wanky Piss. But you know, bloody-minded contrarian that I am I feel inclined to be charitable towards something everyone already says is a great big bag of salt n vinegar shit crisps, and I can honestly say, badly designed and incomprehensible though it is, I don’t feel much hate or anger towards Balan Thunderpants. Just a mixture of confusion and embarrassment, like what I felt when my dad announced he’d gotten a job as a Playboy bunny. I suspect the negativity towards the game has a lot to do with it being directed by Yuji Naka, cr
Switch eShop sale offers discounts on Persona 5 Strikers, Final Fantasy, and even Balan Wonderworld
And much more
Catherine Full Body, and much more. You can even get
Balan Wonderworld on sale if you’re wanting to punish yourself for some reason.
Here are some notable games that are currently on sale:
May 2021 Nintendo eShop Sale
20XX – $8.99 (was $17.99)
Aragami: Shadow Edition – $11.99 (was $29.99)
Assassin’s Creed III: Remastered – $15.99 (was $39.99)
Balan Wonderworld – $40.19 (was $59.99)
Bit.Trip Beat – $2.49 (was $4.99)
BlazBlue: Central Fiction Special Edition – $19.50 (was $49.99)
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle – $5.00 (was $19.99)
Bulletstorm: Duke of Switch Edition – $11.99 (was $29.99)
Catherine: Full Body – $24.99 (was $49.99)
Child of Light Ultimate Edition – $4.99 (was $19.99)
May 3, 2021
Microsoft Corp. this week will conclude the Xbox Live Golden Week Sale for the Xbox Series X|S and the Xbox One.
The sale discounts select titles at up to 75 percent off.
Discounted titles include Balan Wonderworld, Cyberpunk 2077, NieR: Automata Become as Gods Edition, Devil May Cry 5, Mega Man 30th Anniversary Bundle, Mega Man 11, Samurai Shodown, Shining Resonance Refrain, Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, and Valkyria Chronicles 4.
The sale is valid until May 5.
May 3, 2021
Nintendo Co., Ltd. this week will conclude the Square Enix Golden Week Sale for the Nintendo Switch at the Nintendo eShop division.
Discounted titles include Balan Wonderworld, Collection of Mana, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy VII Remastered, Romancing SaGa 3, Star Ocean First Departure R, Trials of Mana, and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call.
The sale ends May 5.
Sun 2nd May 2021
@Quarth Yeah I ve also seen complaints that it doesn t contain all the Pokemon (really? get your expectations in check) and that it isn t open-world / on the same scale as something like BotW (a fundamental misunderstanding of what Pokemon Snap is IMO).
It could well be some remaining backlash from Pokemon Sword/Shield.but it s all misplaced IMO. What do people think they ll achieve with review bombing?
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If it’s free romancing/open world it then becomes too hard to engineer cool looking moments and events to take a pics of.
TBH I think I d find it quite boring if it were open world - it would make what s already quite a sslow game even slower, and it would feel a lot less game y, if that makes sense. Part of the fun is not only how the on-rails aspect provides you with a unique, standalone run each time, but the challenge it brings in trying to snap photos before you move on to the next area.