Klonoa fans?

[thesuperkillerxxx]

Anyone else dig these games? I just picked up Door to Phantomile on saturday, and I am loving it. Pace really picks up toward the end.

Now I just need to get the handheld one.

[Nei First]

Got Klonoa 2 for the PS2 about 2 weeks ago for dirt cheap.
Haven't played it yet, meant to be really good apparently. Only seen pictures and a few vids, so don't know what to expect really.

[mannerbot]

Hooray Klonoa!

[Turrican]

put me in the helpless Klonoa fans! Awesome music too.

[Xargon]

Hell yeah! Not a fan, but I love 'em. And as you said, music is lovely, graphics are lovely. Klonoa is simply lovely.


Lovely.

[Ghegs]

Klonoa's my favourite (and the only one I like, really) cute platformer character/game series. I have Door To Phantomille, Lunatea's Veil and Empire Of Dreams. I should track down the WSC ones eventually.

The games are highly enjoyable if rather easy. Luckily all the games have a "time attack" level of sorts where you really need to display a higher degree of mastery over the game.

Some of the songs are, eh...peculiar, to say the least. I'm sure Stepping Wind (the nonsense song from Lunatea's Veil where Klonoa says "wafuu!" a lot) could be used as a powerful torture method.

[PaCrappa]

I'm a huge fan. Played 'em all except Klonoa Heroes. My favorite was definitely G2.

Now I just need to get the handheld one.

There are three for GBA. Klonoa Heroes is a JP only action RPG though. I might still try to wade through it as Mr Driller make a little cameo in that one. G2 (dunno the N. America title) is the second of the two pure platformers on GBA and is just fantastic. Level design is straightup top shelf material.

Namco rules.

Pa

[Ghegs]

G2 (dunno the N. America title) is the second of the two pure platformers on GBA and is just fantastic. Level design is straightup top shelf material.

That would be "Dream Champ Tournament". Thanks to you, I just had to go to eBay and get one myself. Luckily it's very cheap.

There's also Klonoa Beach Volley which got released in JP and PAL regions. And of course Klonoa makes an appearance in Namco X Capcom.

[PaCrappa]

Haha, good call G2 is truly the shit.

Beach Volley is pretty good. I just sold mine though as I never ever played it and it was worth quite a bit of loot on the ePay. If I really feel lost without it I'll just grab it for a fiver or something next time I'm Tokyo. Mostly though I'd rather play either of the Mario Tennises when I want that kind of game.

Pa

[Andi]

That would be "Dream Champ Tournament". Thanks to you, I just had to go to eBay and get one myself. Luckily it's very cheap.

This is on my list of games to get soon. I loved the first one, even though I typically hate puzzle/platformers. A friend of mine said, "Yeah, it's like Kirby." when I asked about the first GBA game, so I expected something much different. I was pleased regardless though.

[LoneSage]

Loved what I played of Door to Phantomile and Lunatea's Veil, so when I got the first handheld one I was really let down. Just didn't feel like Klonoa to me.

I've wanted to pick up Dream Champ Tournament, but the first left such a sour taste.

Finding DTP out in the wild has proved impossible to me for the past 3 years, might have to eBay it one day.

[GaijinPunch]

The RPG one is pretty ass though, right? I tried it for a few minutes... not my thing. Both GBA games are superb though. I've got the PS game, but have yet to wade through it. Perhaps I'll do that next.

[system11]

Another fan here, nice gameplay, don't feel clunky at all, look fantastic, sound good too. I'd be surprised if we never see another one in the series.

[benj]

I've only played the GBA ones so far, but yeah, it's a great series. I bought Lunatea's Veil yesterday on eBay, and I hope it's as good as the other ones. Anything drastically different, or is it more of the same goodness?

[sjewkestheloon]

never played one of these but they sound right up my street from the descriptions. i love well made platform games but i suck hard at them so something a little more gentle may be a lot of fun.

[Kiken]

Some of the songs are, eh...peculiar, to say the least. I'm sure Stepping Wind (the nonsense song from Lunatea's Veil where Klonoa says "wafuu!" a lot) could be used as a powerful torture method.

I could transpose the lyrics from the OST booklet if you like (and yes, they have a translation).

[Ghegs]

I could transpose the lyrics from the OST booklet if you like (and yes, they have a translation).

Thanks, but it's already been done.

Wafiyutu rirana wafirupu rurana seafidu!
Rafimanyuu rutini rafimanyaa rufana maniwafidu!
Yumana enatoruu rirana enarupu rurana paduwidu!
Baryuefi ritura baryurupu rufana winawinadu!

Heh, whenever I play the song my cat starts listening intensly.

[xxx1993]

Was gonna bump this since Phantasy Reverie Series is now out. Such an old topic too.

[Gamer707b]

Picked up the collection on Switch a couple weeks ago. I'm a huge platformer fan. So far, I've played and finished the first game. Good game, but I need a lot more challenge in my platformers. Still, I can see why people love these games. The setting, music, just a charming game.

[xxx1993]

I still think I might cry when I get the game, though... And I'm gonna get some heat for this, but I don't really care all that much about Door to Phantomile. But Lunatea's Veil hits me right in the feels more, especially considering Lolo's voice actress Tomoko Kawakami died years ago. Plus that final hug between her and Klonoa is so goddamn emotional to watch, I had to put Rambo music up there to make it complete.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hucsgb0wfLw

[BIL]

First game's ending made me cry and cry. 3; In front of both my little brother and his wife, establishing my burning hatred for Namco products. Poor rabbitpuppy. It's like watching a four year-old trying to bribe his parents into not getting divorced by promising to never track mud into the house again, innocently unaware that there's a limit to what even the sheerest will can accomplish. When Jimmy's dreamland comes crashing down on his head like a ton of ice water at the denouement of Silent Hill 2, I pity him terribly. But that's a grown man who's made his mistakes and must now sink or swim. You gotta get up outta that chair Jimmy, I've rarely seen a fictional character so profoundly destroyed but you got a lotta fuckin balls too. Klonoa's just a little kid, women and children shouldn't have to deal with this kinda shit. ;_;

I used to think the epilogue kinda ruined the ending's effect. But a couple years later, being a bit older, I realised if not for that, it'd have been one profoundly sorrowful little game - clearly not what it's going for. It'd be like an SH2 without Leave to balance out its dreadful other endings.

[xxx1993]

First game's ending made me cry and cry. 3; In front of both my little brother and his wife, establishing my burning hatred for Namco products. Poor rabbitpuppy. It's like watching a four year-old trying to bribe his parents into not getting divorced by promising to never track mud into the house again, innocently unaware that there's a limit to what even the sheerest will can accomplish. When Jimmy's dreamland comes crashing down on his head like a ton of ice water at the denouement of Silent Hill 2, I pity him terribly. But that's a grown man who's made his mistakes and must now sink or swim. You gotta get up outta that chair Jimmy, I've rarely seen a fictional character so profoundly destroyed but you got a lotta fuckin balls too. Klonoa's just a little kid, women and children shouldn't have to deal with this kinda shit. ;_;

I used to think the epilogue kinda ruined the ending's effect. But a couple years later, being a bit older, I realised if not for that, it'd have been one profoundly sorrowful little game - clearly not what it's going for. It'd be like an SH2 without Leave to balance out its dreadful other endings.

Looking back, though, Huepow's kind of an asshole there. On top of Klonoa getting pulled out of Phantomile, the whole time it happened immediately after Huepow essentially LIED to Klonoa the whole time. In the words of Jason Bourne: "I volunteered because of a lie!"

[BIL]

Yeah he even kinda mugs at the camera after poor Klonoa gets PWNed Knowing the epilogue it's more "Don't cry bro, this isn't forever!" but without that? Oof, what a cunt!

In the words of Jason Bourne

You're not kidding, the Klonoa/JB resemblance is downright uncanny

[xxx1993]

Either way, I still feel more for Lolo than Huepow. That hug still makes me cry.

[PerishedFraud ឵឵]

I've never played a Klonoa. Sell me on it.

[BIL]

Hmm. The first (only I've played) is an easy game, for sure... but it's also an unmistakably meticulous one. Very entertaining - and precise - superjump and hanging-grip mechanics, used in seamless concert over increasingly puzzlebox-oriented stage designs.

Aesthetically, the hybrid of somewhat blurry sprites and typically shop-worn PS1 polys may jar initially; but I found the slightly tatty, handmade feel totally endearing. Like running and jumping through a little papier mache world, the camera dutifully following along its rails.

Finishing the game unlocks a Time Attack course, which is IIRC pretty challenging, much moreso than the main storyline. Still, it's not a game I'd recommend for its challenge, so much as its balance of relaxing yet precision-based platforming and treasure hunting, as well as a genuinely memorable aesthetic and tone.

TLDR: Not an ironman killathon or anything, hit up SMB2J for that, but as a chillout it's superb; XTRA BOUNS POINTS if you dig PS1 aesthetics. Regs, ur BFF / Dick Squad Section Chief Dr. Biruford

[xxx1993]

Well, if I choose to get the Phantasy Reverie Series, I just want to beat both games and be done with them. 100% and bonus doesn’t matter.

[xxx1993]

Also, tell me if you think Klonoa’s faces here are LOL or meme worthy material or not.

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[BIL]

First one looks like my little friend's grown up quite a bit since we last met, what is going on just out of bottom frame? I hope he's rubbered up! Second could make a decent DIDN'T READ LOL, although this SFC Kiki one will always top the list imo

[Sumez]

Only played the first one, remake on Wii. Thought it was somewhat cute, but overall quite boring and lacking, with not much in the way of actual gameplay. Are the other games any better?
A better alternative to the weird PS1 era half-3D 2D platformer with a chill-out pace for me would be Tombi!