BOSS LIST ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ 0:00:00​ Introduction 0:03:28​ Evil Farmer 0:07:51​ Evil Dolphin 0:13:09​ Evil Butterfly 0:18:53​ The Engineer 0:24:53​ Raging Bird 0:29:55​ The Cat 0:34:31​ Chessmaster 0:39:43​ The Bride 0:44:42​ Evil Clown 0:50:01​ The Artist 0:55:04​ The Fireman 1:00:57​ Invisible Man 1:06:52​ Lance [FINAL BOSS] 1:14:22​ ENDING ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Pretty much after most of the bosses, the person is like: hey you saved me, let’s break out in dance

so basically: Person feels strong bad emotion -> turns into their deviantart OC -> get's defeated -> fortnite dances

This game feels like they got a great character designer and a terrible coder/ controls designer.

The design of the bosses is perfect, fact that annoys me because their Boss Battles are so simple.

Fun fact: This has more views than copies sold in japan!

*Bosses after you beat them* : thanks for curing my depression, now let's dance!!!

Chapter 1: There was once a farmer who lived in the countryside. He grew corn to keep the town and himself fed. Despite the hard work needed, he loved his job and did it with a smile. But then, one dark day, a tornado came and ruined his crops. The farmer was devastated. Luckily for him however, one of the plants survived, and the farmers ambition to keep growing and harvesting corn returned as well as his smile. Chapter 2: There was a diver and a dolphin. They both loved to play with each other and the fish around them. Unfortunately, the dolphin accidentally hit the diver, who almost drowned. The diver believed they would never be friends again, but she was wrong. Eventually, while out on the ocean, she met the dolphin again. The diver decided to forgive the dolphin, and they became friends once again. Chapter 3: There was a girl who loved bugs, like caterpillars, spiders, and other critters around the world. Unfortunately, her passion for bugs made other people sick, and she was never really able to find friends. She tried again and again, but to no avail. One day, she had a go with a caterpillar who was just about to turn into a graceful butterfly. The students were amazed, and she made herself some friends, at least in science class. Chapter 4: There was a boy who wanted to fly without an airplane. He tried several methods, like balloons. They never worked, and he got angrier and angrier. Eventually, he realized that he needed to relax. His next attempt at flight worked, and he flew off having learnt something. "Be patient and good things will come to you ." Chapter 5: This seems to represent the classic issue of modernization. There was a woman who loved nature and what it beholds. Unfortunately, all of the trees were cut down because of modernization. The woman was panicking and wanted a way to get the trees back. Soon she had an idea. That idea was combining modernization and nature in a way that would fit everyone, with trees on houses and parks in cities. She brought this idea to some construction workers, and they decided to allow it. For naturists, this was a miracle. Chapter 6: There was a little girl. One day, the girl found a stray cat. A bond was made between the two, and the girl was happy with her new cat. However, a car showed up and ran over the cat, killing it... Or so the girl thought. While taking a nightly stroll, she found out that her cat was alive. Relieved, she gave the cat a big hug as she smiled from ear to ear. Chapter 7: Now this is a classic. There was a man who was practically unbeatable at chess. For his talents, he won several trophies and crowned himself king. One day, a person showed up and challenged the self-crowned king to a game of chess. The person won that game. The dethroned king lost everything. One day as he was taking a stroll, a boy showed up and asked him if he wanted to play a game of chess. The former king agreed, and they played. The former king was playing well, and the kid was stumped. Realizing that he was in the kids position, he let the kid win on purpose. Two girls showed up, and the man asked if they wanted to play. They agreed. Chapter 8: There was a girl. One day a man proposed to her. She accepted the proposal and good times came to her... Until they didn't. The girl lost the family and she couldn't get over it. She became too scared to love. One night, she realized that her long lost husband was waiting for her. They got remarried and may have also had a makeout session in the wedding church. Chapter 9: There was a clown. He danced and gave out balloons and took soda cans to the face. One day while on his usual routine, a beautiful princess showed up and gave him a heart shaped balloon. Since then, he fell into a literal rollercoaster ride of suppressed emotions and embarrassment. One day he couldn't suppress his feelings anymore and admitted his feelings to the princess with a big flower bouquet. Chapter 10: There was an artist. She was good at her job. Her paintings were appreciated by others. Unfortunately, as with all artists and writers, she got an unfortunate case of extreme painter's block. But soon, she managed to overcome that and finish a wonderful piece of art. Chapter 11: There was a fireman and a little girl. The fireman stood out from the others and was well talented at his job. One night, there was a fire at an apartment complex. The little girl was there! The fireman had to do something, but the fire was raging, he thought he wouldn't be able to save the girl in time. But he had to try. He needed to do something. Realizing this, the fireman mustered the courage needed and ran in for the girl. The crew managed to put out the fire, and the girl was saved. Chapter 12: There was an old man. He cleaned up the trash that people left on the sidewalks, despite all the people getting in his way. Soon the old man questioned if he was even visible to everyone. Turns out he was, when a boy and girl put trash in its rightful place. Soon after, people began to realize the old man's work and decided to help him. The sidewalks were cleaner than clean, and the old man was happy now that people have finally noticed him and his work. Geez this took a while, hope you like it.

This game be like: Kid: "Oh no I lose my cat" Random Evil creature:" Who whom summoned me" Kid: "Hay I found my cat" Random Evil creature: "Shit I am out" Everyone:*Start Dancing*

The bosses in a nutshell: *Man is firefighter. Man is scared of fire. Man overcomes his fears. Now dance.*

This is basically: Balan: My job here it's done! Kids: But you didn't do nothing... Balan: Did I? Kids: No!

So basically all the bosses are people who were corrupted due to something that happened to them

The bosses make me think of Madoka Magica for some reason.. The people reach their deepest moment of despair and turn into corrupted manifestations of themselves..

This game is so bad but some of the characters are actually interesting. Like the one who loses his family and Balan. That's all

I feel bad for Lance, man. From the novel we know that he's the antagonist because he's trying to keep people in wonder world, and he's trying to do that because he doesn't want his friends to leave by going back to their normal lives. Then at the end when he finally gets snapped out of it, the things I assume are the negati drag him back into a literal pit of despair....

The cutscenes and the story are actually quite nice: People turning corrupted by being overwhelmed from despair, caused from a traumatic event that made their heart close up and turn cold.. ... It's the gameplay that's pretty donkey ass bad

Fanged hound of winds: Barktholomew Shocker of the deep blue: Anjellica Bladed monarch of the woods: Wormsworth Tempest wings of insanity: Worville Wright Toxic hatchling of the ruined nest: Cuckoo Temporal Feline Trickster: Purrla The Kingpin and his mechanical crown: Fortstopher IV Subzero Daemon of the deep: Grim Creeper Queen of comedy and heavy artillery: Princess Marey Elusive frames of Illusion: Inkabelle Metal Smokestack Dragon: Hydrac Camouflaged Janitor of ruins: Hooverton The Shadow of the darkened masks: Lance Malice and Darkness Manifest: Negati-Lance

Damn the dolphin part was horrifying that girl was almost drown and at the end, she wasn't wearing any scuba gear, she was asking to be drown again

This game had a lot of potential, everything about it is amazing. But the gameplay itself just undermines it all and gives it that good ol' sonic 06 feel.

There may be a lot of things that are wrong and are to complain about, but nothing will change my mind on how beautiful the music and the graphics are in this game.

25:55 as someone who’s had pets run over by careless drivers who don’t even have the curtesy to check and see if they’re okay or apologize for killing them, I totally relate with this girl!

44:42 *BRUH DID THEY JUST START TO-*

I think the Clown’s ending gives a reverse Beauty and the Beast idea, the guy only had confidence when he removed the silly mask which I thought was his real face

The game's art style reminds me a lot of Nights

everyone just had like a bad day but the bride was some dark depressing stuff lost her familie to death almost got divorced cause she was depressed as hell dark as hell... Edit:holy **** over 250 likes Thx for overwhelming my comment 😮😮😮

I love how the introduction includes both characters, the male and female version. Most don't they just include the one you pick. The way it played with the realities in the game.

The artist got cursed because she had an art block. If this game was real I would be a monster every week. Edit:This comment was just poking fun out of the game it wasn't supposed to be that serious.

Man, It sucks that these bosses couldn't have been in a better game. Not only do they all look cool, but their fight music is also really good.

1:01:28 the guy was picking up a can and didn't realize he died

The Art and designs look like a mixture of Klonoa and Nights........ I don’t know if that’s good or bad. 🤔 At least the music is great! And the concept that each of the Bosses is a person going through their darkest moments, and they become corrupted versions of their Dreams, PHENOMENAL!! Edit: holy crap they go dark! The BRIDE chapter, Jeez Louise........

CLOWN: *WHERE AM I?* LANCE: *UNDERSTANDABLE, HAVE A GREAT DAY*

This game was released just over a week ago, and people have already blown through the entire thing. All I can say is... Damn. That certainly says something, but I'm not in a position to define what.

Both the visual of the game and ost are so beautiful. So sad that i can't say the same for the rest.

1:19:40 *sees Balan without hat* HEH HUH WHA?! HE ANIME BOI! *HE ANIME BOI!*

Game barely release: youtubers: All bosses+ ending xd

Here're the names of the Bosses, in order (discluding Lance) Barktholomew Anjellica Wormsworth Worville Wright Cuckoo Purrla Fortstopher IV The Grim Creeper Princess Marley Inkabella The Hydrac Hooverton I'm hoping somebody makes a video explaining the Boss designs.

So, my theory on the development of Balan Wonderworld goes as such: Yuji Naka and co. wanted to make a spiritual successor to NiGHTS into Dreams, and designed a world and characters to fit in it. They got far enough as to make the pre-rendered cutscenes, then were ordered by the publisher, Square Enix, to shift direction from a 2.5D acrobatic flight game to a 3D Platformer without moving their original deadline.

seeing the ending seeing lance when he was reformed now just makes me curious what is his relationship with balan cause they look so much alike

I love how from the third boss onwards every victory becomes a "Rare achievement" and goes down to 0.19% at the end ... it is a testament that being a completionist takes some serious dedication lol

I feel like the central theme for the game is grief and loss, the main boss lance amplifies it by taking said grief and manifesting it into a monster, that or the theme of depression since in the introduction the MC seems disinterested in interacting with others. End message being things can always get better. I'm also curious if they have a nightmare mode for this game to play to increase the attack speed of the bosses.

Invisible man mind while he’s dancing: AH I BROKE MY SPINE, WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME KID.

The character designs carry this whole game IMO

name of the bosses: Chapter 1 - Barktholomew Chapter 2 - Anjellica Chapter 3 - Wormsworth Chapter 4 - Worville Wright Chapter 5 - Cuckoo Chapter 6 - Purrla Chapter 7 - Fortrstopher IV Chapter 8 - The Grim Creeper Chapter 9 - Princess Marey Chapter 10 - Inkabelle Chapter 11 - The Hydrac Chapter 12 - Hooverton Final boss - Lance

2:50 is anyone else waiting to hear the 'You never had a friend like me" music?

I like boss designs and fights , realy twisted and crazy

The game boss fights are simple but you have to admit the bosses and environment designs are Amazing

I like how in the Bride battle the boss's spin attack can just be avoided by switching costumes.

The game looks pretty easy, but the music is divine.

This game is giving me serious Nights/Billy hatcher vibes and I kind of like it. Feels very nostalgic

The boss battles kinda remind me of persona 5 because it's like battling the monster forms of the shadows who rule their respective palaces

Parts of that dolphin boss fight sounds like something we'd hear in an Ofir themed DLC for the witcher.

wait, Balan and Lance. They look similar to each other, could they be one and the same? also, they're names, combine them: Balan + Lance = Balance. like they're 2 halves of the same coin, so while Balan helps you, you also help them to free/save their other half. but yeah, quite the roller coaster of a theme.

1:07:48 Lance looks like Reala

Fireman: “didn’t anyone tell you not to play with fire?” The fire: plays with fire Relatable. Getting terminal montage vibes of the fireman boss

Balan haters: *woman screaming across table* Balan fans: *Kiryu slamming fist on desk and walking away* Balan wonderworld in reality: *towel cat*

Naoto Ohshima has to be one of the best character designers out there.

The game reminds me of a ps1 game called Threads of Fate, one of the main characters, Hue, had the power to transform in many of the enemies we defeated. While the bosses remind me a bit of some ones of the klonoa franchise. The game design it reminds me more like a mix between nights into dreams and klonoa. With balan being a "nights" of sorts.

Props to you for being able to finish this game

Seeing the Fireman's stage makes think: "Alright, who made Elise cry again?!"

The bird kinda looks like Stu from Donkey Kong Country Returns

Well what can I say? 1. This game looks beautiful, and the ending actually touched me & 2. It's definitely not for hardcore lovers

It'd a shame the gameplay is... meh.... I like the music and the design of the bosses. Also some of stories are pretty cute.

I like how the achievements for beating bosses become rarer and rarer as more people probably quit playing.

Game: You saved me! Let's dance! Book: I WANTED MY IGNORANT BLISS IN THIS SANCTUARY, WHERE I WAS FREE OF THE MEMORIES THAT HAUNTED ME! (curls up in a ball and sobs)

The description just screams “please play our game it’s not that terrible we swear!”

Farmer loses his crops Girl gets killed by a dolphin People don't like the nerd's insects Engineer fails on inventions Girl witnessed deforestation Girl left her cat to die Chessmaster loses a game and bullies children bride's parents died and she also died Clown goes on a scary rollercoaster Artist sucked at making art Fireman gets afraid of fire all of the sudden Nobody appreciates old mans work Ballan turns into his deviantart oc

This game could have been so much more... if only they didn't baby the whole thing up by making the game playable with only the d-pad and ONE BUTTON

Me: Sees clown's carousel attack Also me: Eh he, the World Revolving go brrrrrr

Seems like a game that worries more about it's artistic expression than coherency, so to speak. Which I can respect to a degree, letting a game display vision and ideas over the need to create a narrative is certainly a valid approach. I think the game looks well made and visually great even if the gameplay might be sort of excessive and slow-ish. The bosses don't look like they have a particular theming around them. No one boss seems to have any real connection to the source it came from but they're colorful and bright and I enjoy the designs. Especially Balan himself. It's like a cartoon made with eastern designs rather than western designing. Over the top and maybe not entirely readable, so to speak, but it looks like it would at least be fun to experience.

Angel:be not afraid Also angel: 1:10:57

So basically this game is Billy Hatcher but with nights cus I’ve seen so many references and Easter eggs to Billy Hatcher which I love

I this game is stunning I love the character designs

1 hour? worth it game.

Fun fact: in each cutscene you can see Balan somewhere in the background

i like the ending where all of the KIDS start to realize that they can do flips

The game seems to look better now... "Perhaps I treated you too harshly."

Nobody: Characters in this game: Yay, we killed a demonic shadow monster! _now let’s vibe_

your intros are the best:D

The cutscenes are beautiful

Those amazing songs make me cry of joy😭❤❤❤❤👍👍❤❤

"I like the cutscenes but the cutscenes should be play at the beginning of the act and not after the second act before the boss" -LS mark

parts of this game look and feel like a fever dream

Exactly what I personally need in a video game I wanna play it now it looks so fun

In Perth free flashlight and the bugs I just found someone just t posing in the background and I love it

This game kind reminds me of the “klonoa” series and “stretch panic“.

I think this game should be given a second chance that's so much potential 😊

Wonderful!

This game really deserved to be better than it was!

The Raging Bird reminds me a lot of that one boss from Donkey Kong Country Returns. That goofy red bird that’s wearing the brass Aztec bowl thingy as underwear that dropped bombs on you. It’s like the exact same energy.

3:12 OH no MEMEME! Vibes

P. S. No, seriously, the boss fights would be much more interesting if we would just buff all attacks speed on 50%!

35:23 to 35:37 It be funnier if we just beat up the small one and then proceeded to launch him into the air (in which he falls) but then he turns into the big one (Kinda like the one that’s from shovel knight from a weak boss to a hard and tough boss, I’m referring to tinker knight)

Even if the game sucks i still really like Balan's design. 1:19:39 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND RUINED.

All bosses in Nutshell: 1. Big Bad Wolf 2. Overgrown Shark 3. Arachnophobia and so much more 4. Psycho Plane 5. CHICKENMCNUGGETS 6. Kitty 7. Gremlin and the Chess King 8. Frozen Goat 9. Jevil on Mega Steroids 10. IT CAME FROM THE PAINTING 11. Dragon 12. Mr. X 13. "You know, bringer of Nightmares, master of the Uproar 😈😈😈"

I'm less than 3 minutes in and I had to pause the video to give myself time to react to whatever it is Balan did when the kids showed up

god damn balan and lance look good asf ❤️

So Taz, Drawcia and Mad Jack are bosses along a Fusion between Infinite and Mephiles who turns into Ruined Dragon as the final boss?

Ngl, that ending made me tear up

Swapping powers to get invulnerability frames reminds me of the good old metal slug tactic where you get out and in of the vehicle to not be hit.

Every story have a twist