A look into every Klonoa game ever made.

[PDorr3]

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This took me awhile to write up, but my love for this series must be let loose amoung the masses! I talk about every Klonoa game out there from the GBA games to the off beat non-platformers as well as some info on his cameos. If you love Klonoa or ever wanted to know more about this awesome platformer series head on over to my site and check it out:
http://platformerupdate.com/2008/07/26/feature-a-look-into-every-klonoa-game-ever-made/

[SpaceHarrier]

Klonoa 2 is still my favorite cel-shaded game. Such a great character and so under-utilized (at least in America).

[mezrabad]

Nice article! I actually have the first Klonoa, now I guess I'll have to play it. :)

[lendelin]

The masses applaud you! Your article delivers a very good overview of the series!

The Klonoa games are jewels not only among the hybrid genre puzzle/platformers, but outstanding games overall.

One of my best game experiences for the last gen games was Klonoa 2. Great platforming, great puzzles, wonderful quirky atmosphere in a cel-shaded world, and a fantastic balance of the difficulty levels from start to end.

I hope these kind of games won't be a thing of the past for the established consoles. The uncommon 2D games in the last seven years delivered fantastic gameplay; Gradius V, the two Viewtiful Joe games, R-Type Final, Klonoa 2, Mega Man X8, and last but not least the two Contra games.

I even enjoyed the gorgeous looking, lighthearted and easy Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures. :)

[PDorr3]

I even enjoyed the gorgeous looking, lighthearted and easy Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures. :)

Wow, I just looked this game up and it looks very impressive! I will be sure to buy this if I ever see it at gamestop and have the courage to show it to the employee at the counter without getting funny looks :)

[Drixxel]

It's mentioned in the article that Klonoa: Door to Phantomile was the first to coin the term 2.5D for platforming, but Pandemonium was released over a year earlier than Klonoa's Japan arrival. At least on PlayStation, I wager Pandemonium is the first game to popularize 2.5D platforming.

As for Klonoa's graphical approach influencing other platformers such as Tomba!.. Klonoa was released a mere 2 weeks before Tomba! in Japan.

Nitpicking aside, the article was an enjoyable rundown of Klonoa.

[Jorpho]

Well, we already have a thread about the game (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104279), featuring a link to the HG101 article (http://www.hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/klonoa/klonoa.htm). I stand by my assesment of Empire of Dreams.

[PDorr3]

It's mentioned in the article that Klonoa: Door to Phantomile was the first to coin the term 2.5D for platforming, but Pandemonium was released over a year earlier than Klonoa's Japan arrival. At least on PlayStation, I wager Pandemonium is the first game to popularize 2.5D platforming.

As for Klonoa's graphical approach influencing other platformers such as Tomba!.. Klonoa was released a mere 2 weeks before Tomba! in Japan.

Nitpicking aside, the article was an enjoyable rundown of Klonoa.

Thanks for pointing out my errors I fixed them.

[megasdkirby]

Man, now I really need to find the PS2 version...

[Haoie]

I only have the first, but I consider it excellent.

And while we're here, the music is amazing, too!!

[Poofta!]

interesting read. i have the 2 gba games, still sealed though, i guess ill have to track down the roms to play em =]

[Sudo]

I have the first game on PSX and have been wanting to play the sequel, but it's always at Very Low availability on Gamefly. :grrr:

[emceelokey]

I have part 2 on ps2. I bought is used probably 5 years ago and I played it for like 15 minutes and fell a sleep. Not because the game was boring but because I just got back home from work and was tired. I never played it again since.