Random: Balan Wonderworld Accused Of Including Knock-Off Ghostbusters Song
It s been a bumpy launch for
Balan Wonderworld - a boss section in the game was identified as being able to potentially trigger epileptic seizures and there s a suspicious amount of
If all of this wasn t already enough, Yuji Naka s latest release is now being accused of featuring a beat for beat knock-off of an original Ghostbusters track. Ghostbuster fans claim The Firefighter with Heroic Aspirations: Main Theme in Balan, composed by Ryo Yamazaki, sounds similar to the original Ghostbuster s motion picture score by Elmer Bernstein.
@GigaBoots: A song in Balan Wonderworld is a beat for beat knockoff of a Ghostbusters song and it s absolutely hilarious. Give it a listen.
Availability: Out now on Switch, PlayStation, Xbox and PC
Balan Wonderworld marks the grand return of Yuji Naka (an impeccably stylish dev, I was lucky enough to meet him once and was impressed how his socks, tie and pocket square all matched, a fact that might have been unremarkable were they not all a searingly bright orange). Here the Sonic the Hedgehog programmer is reunited with the designer of Sega s mascot Naoto Ohshima - a man who can also boast Nights into Dreams, Burning Rangers, and perhaps most appropriately this time out Blinx: The Time Sweeper on his CV. The two are together for the first time since 1998 s Sonic Adventure, a pairing that promises a certain type of game that Balan Wonderworld certainly delivers on.
Ring tone. Updated on 27 January 2021
Sonic the Hedgehog creator Yuji Naka is back! Not that he s ever really been away, of course - after leaving Sega back in 2006, he founded Prope and produced entertaining curios such as Let s Tap while also contributing to the always fascinating Street Plaza games - but with Balan Wonderworld the Naka of old is back, as is a brand of action that s become increasingly rare. This is 3D platforming as you know and quite possibly love it from the turn of the century.
Not so much of a surprise, really, given that Balan Wonderworld marks the first collaboration between Naka and Naoto Ohshima, the artist behind Sonic the Hedgehog, since 1998 s Sonic Adventure. There s an undeniable sense of Sonic Team in its 90s and early-00s pomp to Balan Wonderworld, and after a playthrough of the soon-to-be-released demo I ve come to realise that s no bad thing at all - it s an enjoyably colourful and energetic antidote to t
It’s often been cited that Dragon Quest releases end up giving people days off for many in Japan, be it from mass employee requests off or purely out of recognition of the series’ prominence. For at least one company, another massively popular RPG is getting the same treatment. Per Yahoo… March 23rd, 2021
Square Enix has announced that the soundtrack for the vibrantly colorful and wonderfully trippy 3D platformer from the minds of Sonic creators Yuji Naka and Naoto Oshima, Balan Wonderworld, will be receiving a physical release! The soundtrack will feature over 90 tracks by composer Ryo Yamazaki across three CDs and is planned for release on March 31st, just a few days after the game itself.