Balan Wonderworld
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Oct 9, 2026
Jordan MiddlerHOST
I like to imagine that Forgotten Worlds will open for the day and go, "Yeah, cool, all the stock's set out," and we'll descend like a herd of locusts and just completely wipe the shop.
Jordan MiddlerHOST
And they were like, "Uh, we've got a couple of copies of Balan Wonderworld still sitting if yous like." Um-
Andy RobinsonHOST
I said, "Not if I'm going, there won't be."
Jordan MiddlerHOST
[laughs]
JustinHOST
I was going to say take down one of the rooms in Peach's Castle.
JustinHOST
and replace them with a Balan Wonderworld really bad minigame.
JustinHOST
You know how they have that baseball minigame in there? Who could forget? Just put that into one random room and just get rid of Snowman Land.
JustinHOST
I would tear down...
SamHOST
And I think they just wanted to make a platformer.
SamHOST
And they should have waited until Balan Wonderworld.
BernardHOST
Xenogears did come out in 1998 as well, you are correct.
SamHOST
Yeah.
SamHOST
The other one I'm referring to is Xenogears.
SamHOST
It was around the same time, and there is a long dungeon in Xenogears that they decided to make a platforming dungeon, and it sucks real bad too, and I think they just wanted to make a platformer and they should have waited until Balan Wonderworld.
BernardHOST
Xenogears did come out in 1998 as well.
BernardHOST
You are correct.
GrantHOST
He was arrested and went to jail for insider trading in Japan.
GrantHOST
His attempted comeback with Square Enix was a game called Balan Wonderworld, which was a spectacular failure.
GrantHOST
Yep.
GrantHOST
Critically, commercially, artistically.
TimHOST
But sometimes they just got to make those mistakes on their own, right? Sure.
Jesse WaldackHOST
So they can work on the sequel to Balan Wonderworld.
Jesse WaldackHOST
That's a game I didn't want to think about.
MartyHOST
Thank you.
Rich DavisonHOST
Fucking...
Rich DavisonHOST
Balan Wonderworld.
Rich DavisonHOST
Yeah,
Brian EdwardsHOST
Balan Wonderworld, clearly.
Brian EdwardsHOST
There was that one that came out this year that people seemed to like.
Brian EdwardsHOST
I haven't played it yet.