Square Enix sued balan wonder world by its creator Yuji Naka. The game was a huge failure, and as we learned, Square Enix derailed Naka before development was finished. Despite this, even now the Japanese companya game we highly recommend“.
The information was shared through a last Q&A session Edited by Square Enix during a financial meeting. An investor asked for details on Naka’s case. The company confirmed the lawsuit, but did not provide any further details.
However, as reported by Bloomberg’s Takashi Mochizuki, Square Enix he would refer directly to Balan Wonderworld and say it’s “a game we highly recommend”.
All the situation around Balan Wonderworld’s votes chaotic. At the time of publication, a huge 10/10 users appeared on Metacritic: they were probably bots. The international press also strongly criticized the study.
According to what has emerged, Naka ran into an internal conflict with co-developer Arzest, and Balan claimed Wonderworld was made available before the job was completed. Naka also criticized the Japanese company: “I don’t think Square Enix is a good company.”
Source: Multiplayer
