The resemblance is uncanny

Yeah, but Mario 64 looks and plays much better than Balan.

yes

Mario 64 is pretty broken, but in a way that helps speedrunners.

Balan Wonderworld isn't even a game because of how buggy it is.

It's a shame, because it could have been Yuji Naka's big return.

Instead, they got the people that made RPGs to make a platformer.

And that is a recipie for disaster.

When I saw Balan Wonderworld, I thought it looked like A Hat in Time

After, I thought it was a crappy platformer that you would get from a grandparent just trying to make you happy.

Poor grandparent being tricked into buying that game.

Kind of does, from a distance.

The game has barely any plot, and then there's a book for the game.

I KNOW! Even New Super Mario Bros. has a more interesting story.