Art of Balance

Art of Balance
Developer(s)	Shin'en Multimedia
Publisher(s)	Shin'en Multimedia
Platform(s)	WiiWare
Release date(s)	NA February 15, 2010 EU March 26, 2010
Genre(s)	Puzzle
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (2), Co-op (2)
Input methods	Wii Remote
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	WABPJX, WABEJX, XHOPJX, XHMEJX
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Art of Balance is an stacking puzzle game. The player is given a set of shapes to carefully place onto a platform slightly above a bowl of water. The level is won when all the shapes are balanced successfully for 3 seconds and lost when an object hits the water.

Problems

Water Glitch

During gameplay the water frequently flashes white. Enabling Settings > Advanced > Enable Write-Back Cache (slow) seems to resolve this. Refer issue 10707.

World B Issues

Once you get to World B, the bowl goes absolutely crazy. Slightly over- or underclocking the CPU avoids the issue.

Configuration

No configuration changes are known to affect compatibility for this title.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Art of Balance since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
4.0-6982	Windows 8.1	Intel Core i5-3470M @ 3.2 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760	Game would run perfectly if not for the water glitch	zaozabot
4.0-8125	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 740	Same as other test	michael
5.0-4227	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-6600K @ 4.5 GHz	AMD R9 380	Same results, white flicker in water effect	cammelspit
5.0-7801	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-6700K	NVIDIA GeForce 970	White flicker in water effect, even on single-core	Kolano
5.0-13242	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-4690K	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770	White flicker issue persistent, pertains to JIT Recompiler. Also observed that if Fast Depth Calculation hack is disabled, IR pointer cursor will not render in menus	RupeeClock

Gameplay Videos

Art of Balance - WiiWare Wii Gameplay 1080p (Dolphin GC/Wii Emulator. 4.0-4905.)