Klonoa (pronounced "Kluh-NO-uh"). No, it's not a scary new venereal disease that's spreading across college campuses nationwide (although it does kind of sound like one, I guess). It is an interesting new platformer for the Nintendo Wii from Namco/Bandai. Though, one should note that the game is not entirely new - it's actually a remake of a 1997 game released for the Sony Playstation. It's also the name of the main protagonist, a weird… cat-like thing with super huge ears and a wicked sweet Pac-Man hat. Is the release of Klonoa just Namco/Bandai milking an old franchise and trying to appeal to a broader new audience on the Wii? More than likely - however, was the game good enough to merit a couple stateside sequels, as it has over in Japan?
Bandai Namco's Klonoa series is finally returning with a pair of remasters, but what exactly is it, and why are fans crying tears of joy over it?
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Phantomile is also amazing, but Viel was on a while new level with the visuals and sound. I hope the remaster helps them both shine like the gems they are (better be proper remasters!). Can't wait to see these again. More gamers need to have the Klonoa Experience. It's that on-another-level, ultra-rare Namco arcady-platform magic that shines so hard with these.
Aye-Chaloopa-loopa!!! Or what ever he says.
Klonoa was good but Klonoa 2 was a masterpiece that wasn't known. I found out about it from a demo disc. Think it was the one with Dynasty Warriors 2 or3, Final Fantasy X, Crash Wrath of Cortex, SSX tricky etc. Then finally found a copy years later at a 2nd hand store and it always froze of the first surf stage lol. So sad. I did get to play more like in 2010 but never got to finish it
Both games are great, Klonoa 2 is absolutey brilliant as a whole, but looses some steam towards the end of the game.
Either way would love to play these on modern platforms.
Xfire writes: "Multiple Klonoa trademarks suggest that Bandai is bringing back the underrated series for modern platforms."
GotGame's Bring it Back is here for another feature, giving a retrospective on Bandai Namco's classic platformer series, Klonoa.
