Balan Wonderworld was an unmitigated disaster for Square Enix, released in 2021 to dismal review scores and equally dismal sales numbers, including just 2,100 copies opening week in Japan. It was incredibly disappointing to see a game created by Yuji Naka, one of the key people responsible for Sonic the Hedgehog, do so poorly. It seems like there may be more to the story, as Naka himself posted a lengthy thread on Twitter diving into a lawsuit he filed against Square Enix and a host of problems with the development of Balan Wonderworld.
