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Finding a decent third party Wii game can be tough. For every Red Steel 2 or Okami there are literally dozens and dozens shovelware titles like Petz: Crazy Monkeyz and Ninjabread Man – games that are so atrocious one can't help but yearn for the revival of Nintendo's now defunct Seal of Quality. For the average consumer, a quick glance at Klonoa's box art might reveal the game to be just another inane, kid-friendly button-masher; especially when taken in conjunction with its bargain bin, twenty dollar price tag. And that would be a shame, for Klonoa is a vibrant little platformer with history, heart, and more than a little charm.
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.
