The game is out now as a PSOne Classic in North America.

Before Namco Bandai confirmed Klonoa for North America a survey revealed concept art with a fearsome transition. After a media blitz and much fan outcry Klonoa 2000 was scrapped and classic Klonoa lives on. But, why did the development team feel the need to make a new Klonoa in the first place? I brought the [...]

Namco Bandai confirmed the Wii-make of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, simply called Klonoa over here, is on their release 2009 release schedule. The most notable change from the PsOne version is the visuals which look gorgeous in comparison. Other new features on the Wii include reverse stages and a boss rush mode.   In the [...]

As part of a full presentation overhaul Namco Bandai got Kumiko Watanabe who did the voice of Klonoa in Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil to will reprise her role for Klonoa: Door to Phantomile. You can listen to Klonoa talk with words, Japanese words, instead of his Phantomile gibberish in this clip.     Voices are [...]

Technically we have Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, but after seeing the gorgeous Wii remake I don’t want to go back to it. Since Namco Bandai already has a completed build of Klonoa it’s easy to imagine the Wii version is getting localized. A survey sent out by Namco Bandai makes it seem even more likely. [...]

Namco Bandai isn’t grabbing the PlayStation 2 Klonoa game and slapping motion control on it. This Klonoa remake is based on the PsOne game Klonoa: Door to Phantomile. The original is being upgraded on the Wii with cel-shaded graphics and no waggle. Klonoa: Door to Phantomile uses a classic controller scheme where the remote is [...]