Square Enix Says It Can Recommend Balan Wonderworld 'With Confidence' Amid Lawsuit

 Square Enix claims that it is confident that Balan Wonderworld is a quality product, even after it's been critically panned across the board.

Originally billed as the grand return to form for Sonic the Hedgehog designer Yuji Naka, Balan Wonderworld launched in 2021 to a very critical audience, with the vast majority of reviewers and early adopters panning the game for its shortcomings and an apparent lack of gameplay depth. Shortly afterward, Naka proclaimed that he had sued the publisher, Square Enix, due to various disagreements about the game's development.

When news of the legal dispute between Yuji Naka and Square Enix over Balan Wonderworld first broke, Square Enix failed to offer any further information on the matter. Now, however, the company finally acknowledged the lawsuit and offered a bit of insight as to what the higher-ups think about the game, and it doesn't seem like it meshes all that well with the general community assessment.