

I feel bad for him, it seemed like he knew that if Balan wasn't successful, he'd be out at Square Enix. Looks like Yuji Naka no longer works at Square Enix.

It seems, based on Naka-san's online profiles, that he then departed Square Enix at the end of April, the news of which has recently been doing the rounds on social media. Regardless of the various perspectives around Balan Wonderworld, it won't have been deemed a successful project. The high profile of the release was met by an extremely rough launch, though there are certainly vocal supporters of the game as well.

Most recently, however, he's been at the forefront as director of Balan Wonderworld at Square Enix the poor critical reception to that game has prompted plenty of debate. His independent studio, Prope, also produced some notable and fun titles in past Nintendo generations, intriguingly including StreetPass games. Yuji Naka has an incredible legacy in gaming history, including his founding role and work on the original Sonic the Hedgehog games and a number of other SEGA classics such as Nights into Dreams and Phantasy Star Online. As for what I’ll do in the future, I’m already 55 years-old, so I may as well retire. “While I cannot share the reason right now, I hope to be able to discuss it when the time comes. I resigned from Square Enix at the end of April,” Naka said in a tweet. We've also included a translation shared by Gematsu, which broadly aligns with machine translations of the text. Statue 4 – In the same area as the last one on the left of the see saws.Following the widespread response to the news he left Square Enix, Yuki Naka posted a tweet with a short update, below. Statue 3 – In the area with the multitple see saws, it will be behind a yellow box you need Bulldozer from Chapter 11 for. Statue 2 – Very easy to find, it is where you get the Lickshot Lizard for the first time. It will be at the top of area with a bunch of Lickshot Lizard targets early in the level. Statue 1 – Only reachable with either Leap Frog from Chapter 2 Hidden Act 3 or Balan. During the story collect what you find on your own, then unlock Balan’s Costume after the story, it allows you to fly around to reach all Collectibles easily.Ĭhapter 5: The Lady filled with Avian Adoration Act 1.Each boss fight has 3 statues which you unlock by hitting them with 3 different methods, these are listed below as well.

You start this minigame by collecting a golden hat in each Act. Most Statues are hidden in the world. The rest is for completing Balan’s Bout with a score of excellent (4 perfect hits in the minigame).The 4th Act (actually called “Secret Act 3” in-game) only unlocks after finishing the story! There are 12 Chapters and each is divided into 4 Acts.You can change your costumes at each checkpoint by holding any of the 4 face buttons and entering the changing room, you will however need to have some spare costumes collected in the level the costume appeared in, if a costume gets replaced in your inventory of 3 in a level, it will end up in your wardrobe.You can’t collect all the statues immediately, some of them require costumes found in later levels.
