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Paladin Puncher

## Paladin Puncher (パラディンパンチャー)

* 2D
* Icon

**Paladin Puncher** (パラディンパンチャー, Paradinpanchā) is one of the eighty unique Costumes found in Balan Wonderworld. It appears in Chapter 7.

## Ability

"*Press (B) to release a rocket-powered punch capable of breaking blocks of iron and ice.*" - In-Game Description

"*A costume of a knight in armour. Its Iron Punch can attack enemies from a short distance away, as well as destroy tough blocks.*" - Official Website Description

Paladin Puncher allows the wearer (Leo or Emma) to attack by pressing the action button to release a rocket-powered punch. This attack can be used to break ice and iron blocks.

## Appearance

Paladin Puncher is a knight humanoid with detached hands. It wears a knight's outfit consisting mainly of light/dark gray metal and red cloth. The detached hands are armored have spikes on them. There is also bronze wiring on its shoe armor. Under its armor is an orange humanoid with cyan eyes.

## Gallery

Paladin Puncher's model.Punching an iron block.

## Trivia

* A "Paladin" was a higher ranking knight with lots of power.
* Paladin Puncher might be related to Pumpkin Puncher. They both have an orange complexion, cyan eyes, have identical boots, and both punch.
* Paladin Puncher is a costume that can attack with detached hands, along with Pumpkin Puncher. Though unlike Pumpkin Puncher, Paladin Puncher can attack spiked enemies and destroy iron blocks.
Guragura

*Note: All Negati enemies except for Ghostli do not have officially shown names, and were revealed in the internal files.*

**Guragura** is a Negati enemy found in *Balan Wonderworld*. It can also appear in Hard Mode.

## Abilities/Strategy

Regular Mode - Guragura hops slowly towards the player, and can its hands to attack. It is a basic enemy, like the Goomba from the Super Mario franchise and the Moto Bug from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, and is not difficult to defeat. You can hop on it, or use a projectile attack to defeat it.

## Appearance

Regular Form - Guragura is a common Negati resembling basic enemies found in other video games/humanoids. It has a small body with no legs and long arms, and it moves around by hopping. It wears a white face mask with a long nose.

## Trivia

* Guragura has official 2D artwork of itself.
	+ It also appears alongside other Negati in the Trophy/Achievement *Non-stop Negativity*. And appears by itself in *Negated* and *Combo Breaker*.
* Guragura is the only enemy found in Chapter 1’s Acts.
Small Spiked Negati

*Note: All Negati enemies except for Ghostli do not have officially shown names, and were revealed in the internal files.*

*Note: This Negati's internal file name has not been found yet. If found, move the page to its new name.*

The name "**Small Spiked Negati**" is given to a special Negati enemy found in Chapter 4 - Act 1. It does not have a red or blue variant. And defeating some gives you a Gold Balan Statue.

## Abilities/Strategy

Small Spiked Negati is a spiked Negati enemy, meaning that it can't be beat by normal means, and any contact with it harms you. It will try to walk up to the player slowly. Use Costumes that can attack spiked Negati enemies, such as Box Fox or Sickle Slayer.

## Trivia

* Small Spiked Negati serves as an introductory to spiked enemies.
Bear traps

Bear traps are hazards in Hotel Insanity.

## Spawning

Bear traps spawn in certain rooms. Their spawn locations will never change. The bear traps can be "disarmed" by being taken apart, but they will always come back.

## Hazards

The bear trap is a significant hazard. When stepped on, they take away a large amount of your health. The maniacs wandering the hotels do not respond to the noises made by bear traps being triggered or being dismantled.

Bear traps can be "disarmed" by holding your finger on them, until the timer from 100 to 0 runs out (10 seconds). As this happens, a metallic squeaking can be heard. When they're done, the bear trap falls apart by disappearing into thin air and leaving behind a loud metallic clatter.

## Trivia

* The model of bear traps in Hotel Insanity was reused in all the Granny games.
* The sound made when a bear trap closes or is dismantled was also reused in Granny.
* Bear traps won't trap you like in Granny, but they will take away your health.
* The bear traps will always come back after a certain amount of time.
* The Maniacs won't hear the metallic clatter of the bear trap being closed or disarmed unlike Granny.
Metal Bad Boy

* 2D
* 3D

**Metal Bad Boy** is one out of the eighty unique Costumes found in *Balan Wonderworld*. It appears in Chapter 1.

## Ability

Metal Bad Boy can let the wearer (Leo or Emma) perform upon a stage.

## Appearance

Metal Bad Boy appears as a metallic robot humanoid with a neon green mohawk wearing a punk rock outfit. His outfit consists of a green shirt, black leather jacket, and spiked gloves. He wears yellow earphones as well.

Metal Bad Boy as a Cast Member/NPC does appear during Chapter 1's Acts and musical numbers, but it does not have official 2D artwork, despite not being a Act 3 costume.

## Location

LocationThe Metal Bad Boy Costume is found in Chapter 1 - Act 1. To obtain it, the player needs to have a costume capable of multiple jumps such as Air Cat or Frost Fairy.

After going through the first mirror seen in Act 1, the player needs to go forward to an offshoot where the player also obtains the third statue of the level. Use the floating platform to jump across to the castle-like platform above the second mirror set in the Act, and look to your left. There should be a floating island with red Drops on it.

Change to your Jumping Costume, and jump to the island from the highest portion of the castle remnant you can reach. When you reach the island, there will be a Costume Crystal containing the Metal Bad Boy costume inside, and a key nearby.

## Trivia

* A noise resembling an electric guitar is heard whenever you jump.
* When you obtain this costume, a special version of the *New Costume* song plays.
* Metal Bad Boy is a costume that performs upon a stage, along with Happy Horn and Amadeus.
* All costumes found in the Act 3s of Chapters and Metal Bad Boy do not have officially revealed 2D artwork.
	+ Metal Bad Boy as a creature does appear during musical numbers.
		- This might be due to it not being an Act 3 Costume.
Balanese

### Location

Balanese as written on the poster in front of the Balan Theatre. In it we can see the titles of the chapters in a Balanese font.
The titles on the left read "The Dolphin and the Diver," "The Girl Who's Gaga for Bugs," "The Boy Who Would be One with the Wind," "The Lady Filled with Avian Adoration, and "The Girl and the Kitten".

The titles on the right read "The Former Champion Obsessed with Past Glory," "The Woman Too Scared to Love," "The Man Who Fell for a Princess," "The Artist with Painter's Block," "The Firefighter who Longs to be a Hero," and "The Man Seen by No One."

*For information about the UI languages present via in-game text, see Languages Supported In Balan Wonderworld.*

**Balanese** (バラニーズ, Baranīzu) is a fictional language found in *Balan Wonderworld*.

## Information

Balanese is a language that is spoken in Wonderworld. It is a universal language that is spoken (and understood) by everyone while in Wonderworld, and replaces whatever language a person spoke before.

The written alphabet is a stylized variant of the English alphabet. Select numbers (1, 2, 6) from the numerical system can be seen in Chapter 3's ending cutscene in Balanese.

## Letters

Numbers
 4
 5
 6
 8
 9
 0

## Trivia

* Lucy Wong speaks a different language than any of the other inhabitants in the real world, while in Wonderworld, she was able to communicate with other people without translating due to Wonderworld's Balanese phenomena.
* Balanese is actually reversed english, with some Japanese put in place.
	+ An example of this can be heard in the opening cutscene. The subtitle states that Balan says "Welcome!" but if you listen closely, you can hear him say "Emoclew!" which is the word "welcome," but backwards.
Demo Launchers

* Blue
* Star
* X
* Steam

### Found in

Obtained through having save data from the demo, or from inputing a code on the title screen

## Information

### Ability

Attacks Enemies (Automatic Projectile Attack)

## Physics

### Ice Preformance

N/A

The **Demo Launchers** are exclusive costumes currently available if you put a command while in the title screen. There are four launchers total, each exclusive to a platform. If included in the amount of costumes in-game, it will make them the 81st (84th if including all variants, since they are separated by game version.) They do not appear in any Chapter.

## Obtaining

Originally, the Demo Launchers were only available if the *Balan Wonderworld* game detects save data from the Demo. Because of the delisting of the demo, a new method was made where putting in the command "LRLRLLRR(UP)(DOWN)," while on the title screen will give you the launcher costume in-game.

"L," is either L1/LB, and "R" is either R1/RB, depending on console.

## Costumes

* Blue Launcher: exclusive to the PlayStation 5 and 4. Shoots blue bullets with symbols consisting of the circle, triangle, cross, and square buttons found on a Playstation controller.
* Star Launcher: exclusive to the Nintendo Switch. Shoots red bullets with star symbols. Possibly referencing Super Mario's Star power-up.
* X Launcher: exclusive to the Xbox Series X|S/Xbox One. Shoots green bullets with X-shaped symbols. Possibly referencing Xbox's logo.
* Steam Launcher: exclusive to the Steam platform. Shoots purple bullets with linked valves in three. Possibly referencing the owner company, Valve.

## Ability

Each launcher allows the wearer (Leo or Emma) to shoot bullets by standing still. Where the bullets are fired at is determined by the wearer's position. The color and symbols of the bullets are only cosmetic.

## Appearance

Each costume has an identical structure of a tank-like armor though each of them are a different color, and there are some small details noticeable on some versions.

### Blue

The Blue Launcher is primarily white and has black accents. It is partially stylized like a Playstation 5.

### Star

The Star Launcher is predominantly red in color. It has pipes on top.

### X

The X Launcher is mostly black in color and has the Xbox logo printed on the arms and its upper right corner.

### Steam

The Steam Launcher is colored blue. Aside from the pipes on top, it has a red valve on its back.

## Trivia

* If you get damaged while in the Launcher costume, it will reappear in the closet, making it the only costumes with infinite uses.
* You can not transfer the Launcher costume through platforms.
* Despite being called the "Blue Launcher," it is not blue in color.
* The Demo Launchers and the Balan Costume are the only two costumes not available in any act.
	+ They are also the only Costumes that do not need to be unlocked via a Key. And both can not stack in the Closet.
Chapter 7

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**Chapter 7** is the seventh Chapter in *Balan Wonderworld*. Its inhabitant is Cal Suresh.

## Description

The theme of Stage 7 is a medieval castle town inspired by the memories of Cal Suresh. It is adorned with many references to chess and medieval life. In Balan Wonderworld ~Maestro of Mystery, Theatre of Wonders~ (Novel), it is described as a "town straight out of the middle ages" and was the home of medieval citizens and knights alike. Cal rules over this kingdom as its king, alongside his queen (who is not present in the final game).

## Acts

Below are all the Acts of Chapter 7. The Boss Act links to Fortstopher IV:

* Chapter - 7 Act 1
* Chapter - 7 Act 2
* Chapter - 7 Boss Act
* Chapter - 7 Act 3

## Costumes

There are six Costumes found in Chapter 7:

* Quad Cannon
* Floaty Flower
* Speedy Cheetah
* Tackling Bull
* Paladin Puncher
* Triple Jumper (Act 3 Costume)

## Boss

*Main article: Fortstopher IV*
Fortstopher IV is the Nega Boss corruption of Suresh's heart.

## Music

The specific page for all music is here.

* Chess Travels - Act 1-3 BGM.
* TBA - Cutscene BGM.
* Fortstopher IV - Boss theme.
* Stronger - Dance sequence song.

## Gallery

In Chapter 7, there are Knight Piece obstacles that create lasers that have to be jumped over.If you are under the Knight Chess Piece as it falls, you would be crushed and flattened.
## Trivia

* The Japanese version of the soundtrack refers to the location Chapter 7 takes place in as **On the Board of the Traveler** (盤上の旅人, *Banjō no Tabibito*?).
* Chapter 7's Acts have a type of visual effect that warps the world around the player.
	+ This may cause sickness in people with motion sickness.

* If you are right under the Knight Chess piece obstacle as it falls down, you would be flattened. There is a unique animation in where the player character is flattened into the ground and appears 2D, much like a cartoon character.
Bullet the Kid

## Bullet the Kid (バレットザキッド)

Bullet the Kid (バレットザキッド, Barettozakiddo) is one of out the eight unique Costumes found in *Balan Wonderworld*. It appears in Chapter 3.

## Ability

"*Hold (B) to enter targeting mode. Set your sights on multiple enemies and release (B) to fire off your best shot.*" - In-Game Description

Bullet the Kid allows the wearer (Leo or Emma) to attack via projectile bullets by first going into targeting mode and then lock on to numerous enemies. After doing so, the Costume attacks all selected enemies.

## Appearance

Bullet the Kid, as a creature, is not shown officially, though it appears as a gunman. It wears a western cowboy outfit with a cattleman hat, a small brown poncho, two bullet straps, a black jumpsuit, a belt, cowboy boots, a glove, and another glove, though a revolver barrel replaces the hand. Its head is a gold bullet, hence the name.

## Name in Other Languages

* English: Bullet the Kid
* Japanese: バレットザキッド - Barettozakiddo - (Bullet the Kid)

## Trivia

* Bullet the Kid's name is based on Billy the Kid, a famous outlaw from the 1800s.
* All costumes found in the Act 3s of Chapters and Metal Bad Boy do not have officially revealed 2D artwork.
Naoto Ohshima

**Naoto Ohshima** (大島 直人) aka "Big Island" - is the character designer and co-creator of Balan Wonderworld. Mr Ohshima is a Japanese video game designer and artist, who is best known for the creation of the designs of  *Sonic the Hedgehog* and *Dr. Eggman*. He was founder of Artoon 1999, until Artoon became part of *AQ Interactive*. In 2010 he founded the company *Arzest*, of which he is Executive Vice President.

He joined forces again with *Sonic* co-creator Yuji Naka for **Balan Wonderworld**.

## More

* Wikipedia:Naoto Ohshima
(Source for abridged information, includes a list with all of his work)
* Wikipedia:Arzest
Development History of Balan Wonderworld

*Balan Wonderworld* (Development Name: *Project Happiness*) started development on July 2018. This page documents the developmental history of the game. This page is a WIP (Work-in-Progress).

## Concepts

Endo and Ohshima were in charge of creating character designs. The earliest surviving drawing ever released was done by Ohshima.

The early concept drawing contains an early design of Balan, along with earlier versions of Leo, Emma, the Tims, Lucky Egg, Chrono Bunny, and an unnamed cat character. The cat character might have been repurposed into Purrla. The designs might have been based off characters from *Alice in Wonderland*: Balan being the Mad Hatter, Lucky Egg being Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the unnamed cat character being the Cheshire Cat, and Chrono Bunny being the White Rabbit.

All released concept art can be found HERE. (TBA, WIP)

## Pre-Announcement

July 2018 - July 2020

Not much is known about this period, but demo sample images show some of the qualities of it. The most notable changes being a different Balan's Bout score screen, a different look for the drops, and Tims with longer ears and tails.

## Pre-Demo

July 2020 - Jan 2021

From the game's announcement to the game's demo.

#### Costumes Revealed Before Demo

List of all Costumes with official reveals on Balan Wonderworld's social media.

* Frost Fairy
* Seal Skater
* Frost Giant
* Invisible Man
* Web Wrangler
* Pumpkin Puncher
* Merry Ghost
* Rail Runner - Revealed before Reveal Video/Image, possibly blue (2P). (2P var. not possible in full game)
* Chrono Bunny
* Floaty Flower
* Aero Acrobat

W/A Reveal Video/Image

* Speedy Cheetah
* Iron Panda
* Dusk Butterfly
* Air Cat - Blue (2P)
* Whirling Wolf
* Happy Blaster
* Water Blaster
* Laser Launcher

#### Negati Revealed Before Demo

* Hyururira
* Kurukuru
* Shy Cannon Negati (Page TBA)
* Pukapuka (Electric Var.)
* Bishu
* Tim Traps

Negati were shown to have a purple mist surrounding them, this was changed sometime in development.

#### Nega Bosses Revealed Before Demo

* The Grim Creeper - Had some changes in its design
* Barktholomew
* Anjellica
* Wormsworth
* The Hydrac
* Princess Marey

#### Misc.

* Drop collecting effect was more larger and detailed.
* Costume collecting effect changed.(?)
* Negati defeat effect changed.(?)
* Combo reward changed in graphics (multiple drops -> large drop).
* NPCs had different sizes.
* Changes in the train cutscene.(?)

## Demo

Jan 2021 - March 2021

*Full page here.*

The Demo was released on January 28, 2021. The Demo was delisted on April 14, 2021 from almost every platform, and April 16, 2021 on Steam.

#### Day 1 Patch

A Day 1 Patch was released on Balan Wonderworld's launch day. This patch fixed numerous glitches, including a potentially fatal glitch in Lance's boss fight.

#### Demo Launchers Unlocking Method

On May 1, 2021, a new method to unlock the Demo Launchers was implemented into Balan Wonderworld without an update.

#### Denuvo Anti-tamper removal

On September 22, 2021, the DRM Denuvo Anti-tamper was removed from *Balan Wonderworld*. (On Steam)
Air Unicorn

**Air Unicorn** (エアユニコーン, Eayunikōn) is one out of the eighty unique Costumes found in Balan Wonderworld. It appears in Chapter 10.

## Ability

“*Hold (B) to walk on air and reach fairly faraway areas. After a while, the costume will run out of juice and the wearer will stop floating.*” - In-Game Description

"*A costume of an agile unicorn. Holding down the action button lets you walk on air for a considerable distance.*" - Official Website Description

Air Unicorn can let the wearer (Leo or Emma) walk on air for a distance. It can walk for 16 steps, while Air Cat can only walk 8 steps. While mid-air, it also gains speed gradually.

## Appearance

Air Unicorn is a unicorn humanoid. Its main complexion is white, but it has a light purple tuft of fur on its chest along with a purple, light purple, and blue mane and tail. It has a golden band on its hair along with golden bracelets on its wrists and gold lining on the purple hooves.

## Trivia

* Air Unicorn's ability is similar to Air Cat's, both can float on the air for an amount of time, though Air Unicorn's distance traveling is longer than Air Cat's.
Statue

*Not to be mistaken with Trophies/Achievements.*

**Statues** are collectible items found in *Balan Wonderworld*. (Gold) Balan Statues are the main collectible to progress through the game and open up access to new Chapters via the train. Costumes, platforming, and puzzle solving skills are needed to obtain statues.

## Gold Balan Statue

Gold Balan Statues are found in all Acts 1 and 2 stages of a Chapter, and in all of the boss fights. They are also given if you preformed a Balan's Bout perfectly. In total, there are 228 Gold Balan Statues.

#### Gold Balan Statue Appearance

The Gold Balan Statue is a golden statue/trophy with Balan on top of a small pillar.

#### Gold Balan Statues Needed

To progress to new Chapters, you need to have a set amount of Gold Balan Statues

* Chapters 2-3: 8
* Chapters 4-6: 25
* Chapters 7-9: 50
* Chapters 10-12: 80
* Fight Lance: 110 (You need to beat all Nega Bosses as well)

When you obtain all Gold Balan Statues, you'll be given a bonus cutscene of a Gold Balan Statue dancing. This cutscene can be found in the main menu's cutscene section, The Theatre.

## Multicolored Balan Statue

Multicolored Balan Statues are only found in the Act 3's of Chapters. In total, there are 72 Multicolored Balan Statues.

#### Multicolored Balan Statue Appearance

The Muticolored Balan Statue is a multicolored statue/trophy with Balan's True Form on top of a small pillar.

#### Multicolored Balan Statues Needed

Multicolored Balan Statues are not needed to progress through the story, but obtaining all of them will give you a bonus cutscene of a Multicolored Balan Statue dancing. This cutscene can be found in the main menu's cutscene section, The Theatre.

## Gallery

Counter icon.IconMulticolored IconPre-Demo screenshot. Statues were called trophies

## Trivia

* Statues were originally called "trophies."
* Statues are not affected by Lucky Egg or Lucky Bird's magnetic effect.
Baseballer

* 2D
* Icon

Baseballer is one out of the eighty unique Costumes found in Balan Wonderworld. It appears in Chapter 2, Chapter 4 and Chapter 8.

## Ability

Baseballer allows the wearer (Leo or Emma) to play a baseball-themed mini game.

#### Mini Game

In the mini game, Batting Challenge, you have three tries to hit a Home Run. A Balan cut-out pitcher throws a ball at you, and you have to time it right by pressing the action button when ready.

A shot to the side circles will give you 10 drops, while a Home Run (shot in the middle circle) gives you 20 drops.

## Appearance

Baseballer gives Leo or Emma a Baseball uniform. Each have the same clothes consisting of an under-suit, baseball button-up shirt, pants with a belt, and shoes. Leo's outfit is blue, while Emma's is red/pink.

## Trivia

* Baseballer is a mini game costume: it is only played in certain areas, vanishes after the mini game finishes, and does not have a creature counterpart.
* This is the only mini game costume where Emma is portrayed on the left (She usually appears on the right) while Leo appears on the right instead (He usually appears on the left.).
BALAN WONDERWORLD Original Soundtrack

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**The *BALAN WONDERWORLD Original Soundtrack*** (*バランワンダーワールド オリジナル・サウンドトラック*) is the official musical album for *Balan Wonderworld*.

## Description

> "Presenting the official soundtrack for BALAN WONDERWORLD (release date: March 26th 2021)- packed to the brim with terrific tunes from the game. Treat your ears to some splendid sounds inspired by musical theater and created by composer Ryo Yamazaki. This release contains three CDs featuring over 90 tracks that adorn players' adventures through Wonderworld."
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The *BALAN WONDERWORLD Original Soundtrack* comes with three CDs containing in-game music. CD 1 has 33 tracks, CD 2 has 29 tracks, and CD 3 has 31 tracks. The album was included in both the English and Japanese release of the Showtime Set.

Lead composers for the soundtrack include Ryo Yamazaki and Hironori "Guts" Anazawa. On lead vocals are Laura Pitt-Pulford and George Blagden- with Natasha O'Brien, Katrina Kleeve, Chris Jenkins, Daniel Boys, Martin Hannah, and Sarah El-Hini Hannah as additional/backing vocals.

It was conducted and orchestrated by Youki Yamamoto, and the big band was arranged and orchestrated by Youhei Kobayashi. The Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg (also known as the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg) was the symphony orchestra. The mixing engineers are Matt Howe and Martin Hannah.
Balibali

*For the ice variant of Balibali, see Hiehie.*

*Note: All Negati enemies except for Ghostli do not have officially shown names, and were revealed in the internal files.*

Balibali is a Negati enemy found in *Balan Wonderworld*.

## Abilities/Strategy

Balibali usually homes in on the player, and after a set amount of time, surrounds itself in a small barrier of either fire or electricity. To defeat it, jump on it when it is not in a barrier, or use a projectile attack. Using costumes who are immune to electricity or fire, Jellyjolt and Flame Blaster, respectively, are also effective against it.

## Appearance

Balibali is a small Negati resembling a wizard. Electric ones have their "hats" looking like lightning bolts and fire ones looking like flames.

## Trivia

* Balibali has an ice-variant named Hiehie. The lighting and fire variants of Balibali belong to the same name.

* Balibali「ばりばり」is a Japanese onomatopoeia/sound usually describing starchy/crackling sounds.
	+ There is also「バリバリ」meaning "energetically," though can also be mean the same thing as the above definition.
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## Clips/Years/Companies:

* SpongeBob SquarePants (@1999 Nickelodeon)
* The Jungle Book (@1967 Disney)
* Lucky Star (@2007 Kyoto Animation)
* Phineas and Ferb (@2007-2015 Disney)
* Ice Age: Continental Drift (@2012 20th Century Fox)
* Sailor Moon (@1992-1997 Toei Animation)
* Tiny Toon Adventures (@1990-1992 Warner Bros.)
* Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (@2003-2004 TV Aichi)
* The Little Mermaid (@1989 Disney)
* The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (@1996 Universal)
* We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (@1993 Universal)
* Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns (@2000 OLM)
* George of the Jungle (@1997 Disney)
* Case Closed (@1996 TMS Entertainment)
* Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (@1990-1991 Gainax)
* Brother Bear (@2003 Disney)
* Tokyo Mew Mew (@2002-2003 Pierrot)
* The Lion King (@1994 Disney)
* The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (@2006-2009 Kyoto Animation)
* The Three Caballeros (@1944 Disney)
* Mulan (@1998 Disney)
* The Aristocats (@1970 Disney)
* Mulan II (@2004 Disney)
* Cats Don't Dance (@1997 Warner Bros.)
* The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (@2000 Disney)
* Hairspray (@2007 New Line Cinema)
* Godzilla vs. Megalon (@1973 Toho)
* The Iron Giant (@1999 Warner Bros.)
* Stoked (@2009-2013 Fresh TV)
* Neon Genesis Evangelion (@1995-1996 Gainax)
* Aladdin (@1992 Disney)
* Rosario + Vampire (@2008 Gonzo)
* Futari wa Pretty Cure (@2004-2005 Toei Animation)
* The Thief and the Cobbler (@1995 Miramax Films)
* Pretty Cure All Stars: Singing with Everyone♪ Miraculous Magic! (@2016 Toei Animation)
* Hawaiian Holiday (@1937 Disney)
Trophy/Achievement Guide

The following is a guide for all the Trophies (called Achievements on XBOX and Steam) found in *Balan Wonderworld*. Completing all of them will give you a Trophy/Achievement called "A Theatre off the Beaten Path"

## Story

These will be automatically given while playing the story from start to finish:

#### Notes:

* Raising Tims and playing any type of Mini-Game (Including Balan's Bout) does not count as part of the story.

#### Notes:

* The smallest amount of Costumes needed to beat the game is 10.
* You do not need to collect the Demo Launcher Costumes as well, only all of the Costume present in the base game.

## Tims/Tower o' Tims

These involve the Tim mechanic and the Tower o' Tims:

 Timdale
 Timtopia
 Tim of Legend
 Clockwork Happiness
 Tick-tock

## Negati

These require beating Negati and Mid-Bosses:

## Exploring

These require exploring and doing specific things in Chapters:

 Somebody Stop Me
 Backstage Pass
 Beginner Busker
 Veteran Busker
 Hello, Father

## Mini-Games

These require playing Mini-Games:

 Balan Wannabe
 Heir Apparent
Armored Slapping Negati

* Default
* Easy Mode
* Hard Mode

*Note: All Negati enemies except for Ghostli do not have officially shown names, and were revealed in the internal files.*

*Note: This Negati's internal file name has not been found yet. If found, move the page to its new name.*

The name "**Armored Slapping Negati**" is given to a Negati enemy that has yet to have its file name discovered. It can be found in normal mode, hard mode, and easy mode. It is found in Chapter 2.

## Ability/Strategy

Armored Slapping Negati will come up to the player and attempt to slap them with its hands. After hitting it once, its protective shell will break, revealing a smaller form. The smaller form can still attack the player. It is almost similar to Paripari, except that it can attack while in both forms, while Paripari can't attack. And, when the shell breaks, it can not regain its previous form, unlike Paripari. In Easy Mode, it has a slower speed. In Hard Mode, it has a faster speed.

## Gallery

Small FormSmall Form (Blue; Easy Mode)Small Form (Red; Hard Mode)Attacking (Large Form)Attacking (Small Form)
Chapter 11

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**Chapter 11** is the eleventh world in *Balan Wonderworld*. This takes place in a city with some parts on fire. It is based on the memories of Eis Glover.

## Costumes

* Water Blaster
* Bulldozer
* Key Mouse
* Ladderman
* Flame Blaster
* Iron Apollo
* Airy Apollo

## Trivia

* The soundtrack refers to the location Chapter 11 takes place in as **Subterranean Heat** (炎の地下世界, *Honō no Chika Sekai*?, "Underground World of Flames").
Chapter 1

* Poster
* Signboard

> *Chapter 1:*
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> *The story of a farmer who fights against a storm.*
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**Chapter 1** - The Man Who Rages Against the Storm (嵐と戦う男, Arashi to tatakauotoko) (JP: The Man Who Fights the Storm) is the first Chapter in *Balan Wonderworld*. Its inhabitant is Jose Gallard.

## Description

The theme of the stage is a farm based on the memories of its inhabitant, Jose Gallard. It is adorned with various crops and farming tools. It has a simple level and puzzle design being in the first Chapter. The Costumes available in the level have basic abilities excluding the secret costumes Metal Bad Boy and Super Skater.

## Acts

Below are all the Acts of Chapter 1. The Boss page links to the boss battle for Barktholomew.

* Chapter 1 - Act 1
* Chapter 1 - Act 2
* Chapter 1 - Boss (Barktholomew)
* Chapter 1 - Act 3

## Costumes

There are seven Costumes found in Chapter 1:

* Tornado Wolf
* Jumping Jack
* Pounding Pig
* Dainty Dragon
* Elastiplant
* Metal Bad Boy (Hidden Costume)
* Super Skater (Act 3 Costume)

## Boss

*Main article: Barktholomew*
Barktholomew is the Nega boss corruption of Jose's heart.

## Music

The specific page for all music is here.

* Corn for Days (豊穣の大地) - Act 1-3 BGM.
* The Man Who Rages Against the Storm (嵐と戦う男) - Cutscene BGM.
* Barktholemew (ハウリングウルフ) - Boss theme.
* Stronger (Stronger) - Dance sequence song.

## Trivia

* The Japanese edition of the soundtrack refers to the location Chapter 1 takes place in as **Land of Fertility** (豊穣の大地, *Hōjō no Daichi*?).
* The main leitmotif of the chapter's music is reminiscent of Wonderworld (Song).
* All of the hay present in Chapter 1 can be ignited and charred by using a Costume that can produce flames, including: Hothead, Flame Blaster, and both Iron Apollo and Airy Apollo. The flame won't hurt the player. When you leave and reenter the Act, the hay will be normal again.
* If the ball comes into contact with you, you would be flattened. There is a unique animation in where the player character is flattened into the ground and appears 2D, much like a cartoon character.
* Chapters 1, 9, and 11 are the only Chapters with 7 Costumes unlike other Chapters with only 6.

## Gallery

EntranceEmma with TimsLeo grabbing a costume
Double Jumper

## Double Jumper (ダブルジャンパー)

* 2D
* 3D

**Double Jumper** (ダブルジャンパー, Daburujanpā) is one out of the eighty unique Costumes found in *Balan Wonderworld*. It appears in Chapter 2.

## Ability

"P*ress (B) twice to perform a double jump*." - In-Game Description

"*A nimble little monster costume. Press the button in midair to perform a double jump.*" - Official Website Description

Double Jumper allows the wearer (Leo or Emma) to do a double jump, instead of jumping once.

## Appearance

Double Jumper is a purple monster humanoid. It has a purple complexion and light purple fur on its chest and on its mouth. There are spike protrusions on its head with two spikes having the appearance of ears. It wears golden jewelry on its wrists and ankles. Its feet are black with small claws. Some of the protrusions on its head are black as well.

## Location

Chapter 2 - Act 2 LocationDouble Jumper is found in Chapter 2 - Act 2. You normally need Fixer-upper to stack up the books to reach to the Costume Crystal and Key, but it is possible to use 2 players to double jump or glide to the platform.

## Trivia

* Double Jumper is related to the Triple Jumper in terms of their similar abilities and appearance. The differences are that Triple Jumper can jump up to three times, while Double Jumper can only jump twice.
Costume Crystals and Keys

**Costume Crystals (Cubes)** and **Keys** are in-game collectibles used to obtain a majority of *Balan Wonderworld*'s Costumes.

## Information

Keys are needed to unlock Costume Crystals, and to obtain the specific Costume from a crystal. Both Costume Crystals and Keys can be found in any Chapter's Act 1, 2, Boss Act, and 3.

Costume Crystals and Keys reappear after a short amount of time, and Keys are usually near the Costume Crystal. Though some Costume Crystals/Keys don't reappear if there are more than 2 costumes in the Costume bar on the top left.

Keys aren't always near some Costume Crystals, including Moon Walker's, or are more further away, requiring the use of platforming, mainly by using another Costume.

## Trivia

* The Demo Launchers, and the Balan Costume are the only two costumes that are not obtained through a Costume Crystal and Key.
* Costume Crystals are called "Costume Crystals" on the official *Balan Wonderworld* Twitter, and "Costume Cubes," in-game.
* The Costume, Key Mouse, replaces the need for unlocking Costume Crystals/Cubes with Keys.
BALAN WONDERWORLD Pin

The **BALAN WONDERWORLD Pin**/**Balan Pin** (called "Balan Wonderworld Balan pin badge" in a publicity document) is a pin depicting Balan and the *Balan Wonderworld* logo. It is currently sold loosely at Square Enix's store, and could be obtained by buying the *Balan Wonderworld* Showtime Set.

## Information

It is a slightly large pin/badge featuring Balan himself, along with the *Balan Wonderworld* game title/logo released on 3/26/21. It is priced 1760 yen (including tax.)

Dimensions for the main badge are approx. H 80mm x W 53mm x D 3mm (12mm including clip)/ 8cm x 5cm. The packaging size is approx. 90mm x 120mm x 12mm. The pin is made of zinc alloy.

## Balan Company Pin

The Balan Company Pin is a promotional pin featuring the Balan Company logo. It was first only obtained through an official Twitter contest, and 50 people could win it. It is currently unavailable, as it was part of a promotion where you would obtain one when buying any merchandise on Square Enix's Japanese store. (Japan sales only)

The event was from July 27, 2021 to August 31, 2021.

## BALAN WONDERWORLD Pin

### Type

Pin/Badge

Materials and dimensions are unknown. Though it may be made of zinc alloy as well.

## Sources/Links

* Square Enix Store Page for Balan Wonderworld Pin
* Twitter Page Featuring Balan Company Pin (Japanese)
* Playstation Blog Post Featuring Balan Company Pin (Japanese)
Aero Acrobat

## Aero Acrobat (エアロアクロバット)

* 2D
* 3D
* Icon

**Aero Acrobat** (エアロアクロバット, Earoakurobatto) is one out of the eighty unique Costumes found in *Balan Wonderworld*. It appears in Chapter 4.

## Ability

"*Allows the wearer to lock on to enemies and balloons while in midair. Take aim and press (B) to unleash a fearsome kick.*" - In-Game Description

"*A bat costume that soars through the sky. Aim at your target and press the button to unleash a string of kicks to balloons and enemies alike!*" - Official Website Description

Aero Acrobat allows the wearer (Leo or Emma) to attack enemies by locking into them while midair. It can also be used to lock into balloons.

## Appearance

Aero Acrobat is a bat-like humanoid, representative of the inhabitant Haoyu Chang. It is mainly dark green with white appearing on its mouth, belly, tuff of fur, and on its artificial wings. It wears a leather aviator helmet with brass-lined googles, a orange jacket with a button, long orange socks with leather boots, brass and leather gloves, and brass artificial wings on its back and on its helmet.

## Gallery

Reveal promoKey artAero Acrobat popping balloons in World FourAero Acrobat's model.Attacking a Negati.
## Trivia

* Aero Acrobat shares its name with a video game character called Aero the Acro-Bat.
* Aero Acrobat's design/attire is similar to the Air Soldiers from Kingdom Hearts.
* Aero Acrobat has physical similarities to its stage inhabitant, Haoyu. Including its usage of leather and brass googles and orange jacket, its desire to fly (its use of artificial wings, not biological), and dark green appearing on both of them. Aero Acrobat on its complexion, and Haoyu's being on his hair.
* Aero Acrobat's flying kick functions similarly to the Homing Attack from the *Sonic the Hedgehog* series of games, which director Yuji Naka and character designer Naoto Ohshima previously collaborated on together.
Ladderman

## Ladderman (ラダーマン)

**Ladderman** (ラダーマン, Radāman) is one out of eighty unique Costumes in *Balan Wonderworld*. It appears in Chapter 11.

## Ability

"*Press (B) to set up a ladder; then use (L Joy-Stick) to traverse once it's in position.*" - In-Game Description

"*A fire engine costume. Its long ladder can be used to climb up to high areas or to smash into enemies.*" - Official Website Description

Ladderman can let the wearer (Leo or Emma) use a long ladder to reach to high areas, and/or smash enemies.

## Appearance

Ladderman is a humanoid with a ladder-themed firefighter outfit. It has ocean blue eyes. It has a red top hat and long boots, all with a red and dark gray coloring. There are also decorative ladders on the hat and boots. The top has an appearance similar to a firefighter truck. On each side of the Ladderman's head, there are two sirens, with the one on the left being colored of a bright red, and the one on the left being blue. There is a dark gray wheel with light gray accents on its back.

## Gallery

Ladderman's model.Using Ladderman's ability on designated spot.
BALAN WONDERWORLD Theatre Program -a SHOWTIME SET exclusive-

**BALAN WONDERWORLD Theatre Program -A SHOWTIME SET Exclusive-** is a paperback booklet exclusive to the BALAN WONDERWORLD SHOWTIME SET.

## Information

The booklet shows off the game's characters, acts, Costumes, and provides general information about the game. There are also many in-game screenshots through out the book. There is also a section dedicated to the lyrics of some songs as well.

The booklet is not planned to be sold individually loosely in the future.

The dimensions are roughly 29 cm (11.5 in) by 21 cm (8.25 in) per page, with a total of 24 pages including front and back covers.

Scans provided by Balantheatre.net. https://www.balantheater.net/about

## Scans

The front cover of the Theatre Program.Page 1.Page 2.Page 3.Page 4.Page 5.Page 6.Page 7.Page 8.Page 9.Page 10.Page 11.Page 12.Page 13.Page 14.Page 15.Page 16.Page 17.Page 18.Page 19.Page 20.Page 21.Page 22.The back cover of the Theatre Program.
## Trivia

* The booklet is based on the concept of *Balan Wonderworld* being an actual theatre production.
* There are little to no differences between the Japanese and English versions of the booklet. They both have English and Japanese text, no matter which version you purchased. The scans above are from the Japanese version of the booklet.
Fortstopher IV

* True
* Vessel

**Fortstopher IV** (キングフォートレス, *Kingu Fōtoresu*?, "King Fortress") is a boss in Chapter 7 in Balan Wonderworld created by Lance to stop Emma Cole and Leo Craig from finding their piece of their heart.

## Boss info

Fortstopher IV lurks in the depths of the world born from Cal’s heart, embodying his warped emotions. This Negati is made from two parts that make up the whole, and he attacks by shooting chess pieces and missiles.

## Abilities

He opens up with launching his fists out at the player, which is followed up by him slamming the arena, launching the player up high and raising some tiles, and immediately firing 4 missiles at the player from 4 cannons just away from the arena. When he is enraged, he will summon copious amounts of chess pieces to constrict the player's movement for the next attack.

Hand pound that raises some areas of the boardSummoning chess piecesUsing Tackling Bull to throw the black chess piece at the boss
## Appearance

Fortstopher IV is composed of Quad Cannon and Paladin Puncher both used to corrupt Cal Suresh's heart.

While his true form looks like chess pawn's head walking on two legs, the vessel takes on hybrid approach as the top half resembles a king and the bottom half resembles a castle decked out with a bunch of cannons.

## Boss Fight

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Provided Costumes: Tackling Bull, Floaty Flower

## Costume Concept

* **Quad Cannon:** The vessel's facial appearance and crown resembles Quad Cannon.
* **Paladin Puncher:** The vessel's disembodied arms belongs to Paladin Puncher.

## Gallery

StunnedTrue Form frontTrue Form backConcept Art

## Trivia

* His appearance represents Cal Suresh's expertise at chess before his first defeat because of how he is a chess piece of a king.
* His true form being tiny and cowardly may be a reference to chess, where the King is a piece with limited and slow movement since it only can move one pair turn, along with the fact that keeping the king safe and away from the opponent's pieces is an important strategy in chess.
* Fortstopher IV as a whole is a representation of both Cal Suresh's past glory and current state as a former chess world champion. The vessel is a representation of Cal's former undefeated winning streak and how his many defeated opponents feared him, as well as the ego he developed during this time. However, Fortstopher's true form is a representation of Cal's "true self", showcasing his vulnerability and the self-pity that he felt during his losing streak and ultimately the passing of his wife.
* He is the only boss consists of a duo (since both the true form and the vessel can move on their own).
* This is somewhat referential to *castling*, a move in chess where the king can move to a corner on their player's side of the board with assistance from a rook on both pieces first moves.
* Fortstopher's true form is the smallest Nega Boss of the entire game.
* In concept art, Fortstopher IV's vessel was originally much more larger than in-game.
Cuckoo

**Cuckoo** (クレイジーバード, *Kureijī Bādo*?, "Crazy Bird") is a boss fight during Chapter 5 of Balan Wonderworld created by Lance to stop Emma Cole and Leo Craig.

## Boss info

Cuckoo lurks in the depths of the world born from Sana’s heart, embodying Sana’s warped emotions from the nature being destroyed. She throws eggs and uses her long tongue to fling nest boxes.

## Abilities

Her first attack is to rain several eggs from above and create poison fields from them. Her second attack is to swing a birdhouse down onto the arena using the Lickshot Lizard aspect of herself to crush the player. Her rage attack is to send out a line of tornadoes [2 if on last hit] using the Guardian Bird aspect of herself.

## Appearance

Cuckoo is composed of Guardian Bird, Lickshot Lizard and Lucky Egg. She is the corruption of Sana's heart.

Cuckoo is a crazy bird with a colorful eggshell. Her main body is black and goes into green feathers on her face. When going into the red and green wings, the border is lined with gold. Her other feathers are red and green as well. Other areas contain elaborate gold lining as well. Nega patterns appear on her body and top feathers.

## Boss Fight

Method 1: Track down Cuckoo after her poison egg attack and drag yourself up to her with Lickshot Lizard to stun her, then damage her as she sits on the arena.

Method 2: When it slams down a birdhouse, destroy it to stun her and attack.

Method 3: Deflect one of her tornadoes during her rage attack to stun her and attack.

## Costume Concept

* **Guardian Bird:** Her bird-like body of both top half and feet belongs to Guardian Bird.
* **Lickshot Lizard:** Her long tongue belongs to Lickshot Lizard.
* **Lucky Egg:** The colorful eggshell that she wears on the bottom belongs to Lucky Egg.

## Trivia

* Cuckoo is considered a bird to represent Sana Hudson's love for both nature and birds with its demented personality being representative of her pain from the deforestation.
* Cuckoo shares her name with a real life type of bird.
* Her crazy mannerisms might be a nod to her name, "Cuckoo," figuratively.
* When her eggshell is broken, it is revealed that there is a red/yellow swirl on her belly.
Air Cat

## Air Cat (エアキャット)

**Air Cat** (エアキャット, Eakyatto) is one out of the eighty unique Costumes found in *Balan Wonderworld*. It appears in Chapter 6.

## Ability

Air Cat can let the wearer (Leo or Emma) walk on air for a short distance.

## Appearance

Air Cat is an anthropomorphic cat, representative of the inhabitant Cass Milligan. It has a cream pink complexion, along with a elegant outfit consisting of a dark fuchsia blouse with a white collar, light pink leggings, and hot pink shoes with white bows. Its sleeves go into large cream white forearms with dark fuchsia fingers and a light pink middle. It has large dark fuchsia ears with light and salmon pink insides and a tail. It has aquamarine curled hair and has a lighter aquamarine border separating the face from the ears.

## Gallery

Model.Air Cat's ability.Emma wearing the costume.Air Cat's icon.Air Cat's icon in the demo.

## Trivia

* Air Cat has physical similarities with its stage's inhabitant, Cass Milligan. Including that they both have curly eyelashes and emerald green eyes, and have velvet pink that counteract emerald green around its appearance.
* Air Cat appears on Chapter 6's poster, along with Cass.
* Air Cat's ability is similar to Air Unicorn's. Both can float on the air for an amount of time.
Lucky Egg

## Lucky Egg (ラッキーエッグ)

* 2D
* Icon

**Lucky Egg** (ラッキーエッグ) is one out of the eighty unique Costumes found in *Balan Wonderworld*. It appears in Chapter 5.

## Ability

"*Allows the wearer to automatically collect items even if they're from faraway. However, if the wearer jumps, or falls from a great height, the costume will shatter upon impact.*" - In-Game Description

"*A costume of a chick wearing its eggshell. Has the power to draw in nearby items, but the shell is easily broken.*" - Official Website Description

Lucky Egg allows the wearer (Leo or Emma) to draw in far away items, but can break if the wearer jumps, or falls from a great height.

## Appearance

Lucky Egg is a barely-hatched bird. It wears a white egg shell with light blue spots on it. Its feathers are light blue and its legs/feet and beak are yellow/light orange.

## Trivia

* Lucky Egg is related to the separate Lucky Bird costume, which can draw in items without being able to break.
* Lucky Egg is Naoto Ohshima's favorite Costume as confirmed by a Nintendo Dream article.
Chapter 12

> *Chapter 12:*
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**Chapter 12** is the twelfth world in *Balan Wonderworld*. It takes place in a junk-filled ruin with a cyberspace background. It is also based on the memories of Bruce Stone.

## Costumes

* Invisible Man
* Vacuum Blaster
* Jolt Tiger
* Fixer-upper
* Sun Walker
* Air Double Trouble

## Music

The specific page for all music is here.

* Hollow Castle (虚無の城) [Level BGM]
* The Man Seen by No One (誰からも見えない男) [Cutscene BGM]
* Hooverton (インビジブルフーバー) [Boss BGM]
* Together (Together) [Dance sequence BGM]

## Trivia

* The soundtrack refers to the location Chapter 12 takes place in as **Hollow Castle** (虚無の城, *Kyomu no Shiro*?, "Castle of Emptiness").