Thank you.

I'm Welcome, everybody to volume 15, issue 706 of the Canaan Rince podcast.

In this issue, we are bringing you Balin Wonderworld.

Joining me, Brian Edwards in issue 706 are Chris Worthington.

Hello.

Darren Gargett.

It's not Balan Wonderland.

It's Wonderworld.

And Leah Haydoo. I think actually Wonderworld is the one in Florida and Wonderland is Wonderworld And Leah Heydo

I think actually Wonderworld is the one in Florida

and Wonderland is the one in California

Ah yes, yes, yes.

Depended on where you're playing.

So what is Ballin Wonderworld?

Well goodness, it is a 3D platformer developed by Square Enix subsidiary, the Ballin Company,

which was founded by Sonic the Hedgehog co-creators, Yuji Naka, and Naoto Oishima.

If I pronounce either of those wrong, I apologize.

We'll start out with a little Patreon correspondence from Robin Enrico, who says,

A game that I get not being for most people, but that is laser targeted at me.

I forgive so much about the clumsy, okay, Balin's bout is unforgivable, design of this game.

Because aesthetically, this is the sequel to Nights into Dreams and Sonic Adventure that I always wanted.

Beyond the story stuff and the design of Balin, this is such a callback to that blue skies, green hills, mid-90s vision of a game world. The bright, colorful environments and character design, the world music stylings of the soundtrack, all have that distinct pre-Y2K flavor to them that it feels like a lost dreamcast game. Perhaps the game might have stood a chance had it come out in that era.

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