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Balan Wonderworld to feature... a Chao Garden!?

Camjo-Z

Camjo-Z

Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,530
I was scrolling through Twitter when I stumbled across this tweet from Emi Jones...



Somehow they've yet to actually showcase this element of the game in any trailers, but upon closer inspection of the official website, it sounds like the Chao Garden from Sonic Adventure (or technically the A-Life system from NiGHTS) has made a bit of a comeback in the form of this game's hub world. Thank Yuji Naka!

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According to the website, you obtain Tims by hatching eggs, you raise them by giving them colored items obtained from the stages, and they change their color and attributes based on those items. However, instead of racing and karate, Tims can actually be brought into stages to assist you during gameplay. Sound pretty Chao-like to me! It might not totally scratch the same itch, but it's cool to see either way.
 

Deleted member 36578

Dec 21, 2017
26,561
OH SNAP!!!! Good find. I was already sold on the game but this is a fun little extra!
 
Rodney McKay

Rodney McKay

Member
Oct 26, 2017
12,252
I definitely got some MAJOR Dreamcast era Sega vibes from this game.

I'll wait to see how this game turns out overall, but I do dig what it's going for.
 

Deleted member 11976

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Oct 27, 2017
7,585
I love how this is a secretly an off-brand Sonic + Nights game. If the gameplay footage already didn't sell that, this detail should.
 

Deleted member 34949

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Nov 30, 2017
19,101
Oh joy

Hopefully this is all optional and you don't have to engage with any of this for game progression
 
Kinsei

Kinsei

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
20,592
Well if Sega won't do it.

This game is targeed extremely heavily to the late 90's-early 2000's Sega fans and they know we'll gel with this. Even as someone that didn;t liek the Chao Garden I;m glad they're doing this cause the people that liked it really fucking loved it.
 
MaitreWakou

MaitreWakou

One Winged Slayer
Avenger
May 15, 2018
13,180
Toulouse, France
Oh wow that's cool !
Absolutely crazy that Sega has never tried again to do a Chao Garden in a 3D Sonic ever again after Adventure 2.
I get it that most of them has a rather small budget, but still. That's such a loved feature. When you think Sonic Adventure 1&2, you think multiple playstyle/characters, crazy over the top story involving the destruction of the Earth, and chao garden.
 
nanskee

nanskee

Prophet of Truth
Member
Oct 31, 2017
5,071
This feature will make people buy this game, chao garden is amazing
 
BasilZero

BasilZero

Member
Oct 25, 2017
36,455
Omni
Please no - I dont want to clock another 300 hours on something....

I clocked over 300+ hours on Sonic Adventure 2 on GCN...and majority was thanks to Chao Garden lol.
 
Capra

Capra

Member
Oct 25, 2017
15,681
After watching that hour+ long video about the chao garden I don't know if I'm excited or terrified
 

Deleted member 16908

Oct 27, 2017
9,377
They really should have called this game Balan Wonderland. I call it that every time and I know I'm not the only one.
 

Strandr

Member
Oct 12, 2019
541
This has turned the game from a "I'm really interested" to a "must buy" for me

I still load up SA2B every now and then on my Xbox specifically to spend time on Chao, sure I replay the whole game/work towards Green Hill Zone with every return but the focus is the chao garden
 
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