It’s already on Japan’s PlayStation Store and it appears Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is coming to North America too.

After a decade Klonoa hasn’t changed much. Namco Bandai’s Wii-make feels just like the PlayStation version with better graphics. This time around the world is vivacious, full of color, and Klonoa isn’t a sprite – now he’s a talking 3D model.

Dream travelers can return to Phantomile on May 5, that’s the day Namco Bandai releases Klonoa on the Wii. Vibrant graphics, motion control moves, and a boss rush mode makes this an upgrade over the ten year old PsOne game. “We were able to really create Klonoa’s world as we imagined it for the original [...]

Klonoa made his first appearance on the PsOne over eleven years ago under the direction of Hideo Yoshizawa who also worked on the original Ninja Gaiden games. The game is a platformer with a unique “twist”. Players explored 3D levels with a 2D sprite. In the Wii version scheduled to come out here later this [...]

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 [...]