I feel like if you're going to make a colorful 3D platformer aimed at children and put it on multiple consoles including the Nintendo one, you would make sure that the Nintendo version of your Dreamcast-era inspired so retro game was at running well on the main console of your target audience. Instead, the Switch version of Balan Wonderworld wasn't so much "made" as it was "shit out" by the developers.

The contrast between the beautifully rendered cutscenes and the disgustingly grimy N64-era textures and the ass level design made for some decent whiplash at least. You know, before the framerate and slowdown kicked in, the game froze in Handheld Mode, and I got actual motion sickness from the level warping effects. Fuck this game.

Reviewed on Dec 09, 2021


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