Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user feedback, Niantic combined both events into one and announced what Pokémon and bonuses would be featured in advance. The…
Pokémon previously featured in Fashion Week events are returning for April’s Raid Day event. In addition to their return, their shiny rates will be boosted too! Now, check out what’s happening during the Fashion Raid Day event with our guide below: Pokémon GO’s Season of Memories in Motion –…
The voice of Luigi in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Charlie Day, has the perfect actor in mind for the potential role of Wario in a future Mario film. ScreenRant asked Day what his “dream casting pick” would be for Mario’s arch-rival, and he responded by choosing his It’s Always…
Square Enix has been making some just… wonderful decisions lately. Selling Tomb Raider, Deux Ex, and basically all their Western studios for a fire sale price of $300 million? Genius. Planning to invest that money heavily in the blockchain, even after the crypto market crashed last week and 99% of…
Yuji Naka, the prolific game programmer and designer behind many Sega classics, appears to have left his position with Square Enix following the disappointing performance and reception of his latest title, Balan Wonderworld. Naka’s personal LinkedIn and Facebook pages have been updated to state that his time with Square Enix…
The theater can be a magical place, bringing wondrous characters and emotions to life for an audience that ranges from first time attendees to ever-present devotees. That’s partly why I was excited when Balan Wonderworld made its stage debut, with a theme and culture ripe for replication in video game…
Poor Balan just can’t seem to catch a break. In what should be a joyous day for platformer fanatics, Sonic creator Yuji Naka’s all-new adventure Balan Wonderworld launches today, bringing along with it even more bad news following the panned reception to the January demo. Publisher Square Enix has confirmed…
Today’s Square Enix Presents brought a fresh look at Balan Wonderworld, their upcoming 3D platformer full of charm and character. Featuring multiple costumes and abilities, two player co-op, and plenty of troubled souls to help on its musical adventure. Balan Wonderworld will release later this month on March…
In January, the public got its first hands-on impressions with Sonic creator Yuji Naka’s new platformer, Balan Wonderworld, when a playable demo of the game released. Expectations were certainly high when the game was announced, but unfortunately, the demo received a mixed reception from players, with most of the criticism…
It’s the end of another week full of Nintendo news! Make sure you’re up to date on what’s going on at the House of Mario by checking out this week’s top stories. This week’s top stories Three new amiibo for Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin…
UPDATE (Friday, January 22nd, 2021): The soundtrack is now available to pre-order (for $34.99) on Square Enix’s online store for North America. 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…
Few upcoming games look quite as strange as Balan Wonderworld, the latest creation helmed by Sonic and NiGHTS co-creator Yuji Naka. Thankfully if you’re unsure of what it even is you’re in luck, as a demo has been announced for all platforms. From January 28th you’ll be able to play…
Balan Wonderworld has managed to leave a good impression so far, with its trailers and artwork capturing a style that calls to mind its creators’ previous work. Now the costume filled platformer that’s all about theatrics has shared its opening movie, letting its maestro introduce two children to the magic…
The pre-show for Xbox’s Games Showcase had quite the surprise – the next new game from Yuki Naka and Naoto Ohshima, Sonic the Hedgehog’s co-creators. Better yet? It’s heading to Switch! Featuring more than 80 costumes with unique abilities and several colorful worlds to explore, it’s looking to be a…
