Recently played this one on the Phantasy reverie series.

Being a big fan of videogame "dream-walker" mascots likeNights, Rayman, Kirby, ecc.... I was already expecting to find a similar charm while trying Klonoa.

And... yup I wasn't wrong. Klonoa has a lot of things that ties the quality of its title to other similar mascots on the market: you got the oniric environments and music of Nights into Dreams, the floatiness and bubbly platforming of Rayman games, and eve the contrast between whimsical and surprisingly darker tones present in the Kirby games..... also Klonoa's adorable speech and scrunkly lingo reminds me of these other platforming mascot, it's adorable when talks gibberish.

It's one of the first platformers to combines the 2D scrolling with 3D environments, leading to level designs and puzzle solving that are really interesting, and abke to make the experience stand out.

Though I gotta say, sometimes this type of level design doesn't always hit, as platforms and interactible objects can blend with the background or lead unprecies throws, especially if you are gotta shoot at a thing on the horizon.

The game can als be kinda brutal when it comes ito it's puzzle solving and platforming, particularly on the later stages, as a single mistake can result in the immediate lost of a life. Difficulty in platformes like this is always welcomed in my opinion, but sometimes this can contrast too much with the more cozy gameplay of other parts of the game (One of the final puzzles sepcifically, the one with two birds that can result kinda tedious since it leaves you with a really small time window to execute it).

The overall story, while kinda short in lenght, also took me by surprise: it has a mostly cozy and xhildish vibe to it, but it's not afraid to showcase more nightmarish scenarios, both in some character design (I love how Ghadius just seems taken from another game entirely), and in some istances in the story.

Overall I can totally see why it is considered a classic. I personally don't consider it the best platformer of its generation, but it is a really charming expericne, and a great introduction for a beloved platforming mascot. Give it a shot if you want!

Klonoa is so expressive with just the word wahoo

This games so cool though, willing to just be itself in so many ways, easy to see why it glued onto so many peoples brains

Klonoa cutest of all time

Esse jogo mora no meu coração!
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile é, de longe, um dos melhores jogos de plataforma que eu já joguei até hoje. Eu nunca me canso de rejogar ele.

A frase de ouro que melhor define Klonoa é: "Complexidade na Simplicidade".

É uma gameplay simples, montada sob uma mecânica de ataque criativa e igualmente simples - porém o jogo sabe muito bem como trabalhar essa simplicidade toda pra montar situações cada vez mais dinâmicas e mais desafiadoras.

A parte artística do jogo não fica pra trás. Ou, melhor dizendo, é ela que alavanca enormemente a beleza e emoção que esse jogo trás. As fases possuem cenários lindamente trabalhados e vívidos. A história, mesmo que simples, consegue ser fortemente sentimental. Os personagens e monstros possuem designs simpáticos e marcantes. Tudo, tudo nesse jogo consegue ter uma personalidade própria e ser memorável.
E é claro, a Soundtrack do jogo, que está entre as melhores que já ouvi. O trabalho sonoro magistral das músicas de Klonoa consegue alcançar o fundo da alma de qualquer um. Cada música consegue intensificar a atmosfera e emoção das fases de maneiras indescritíveis.

Não, sério, se você gosta de plataforma, jogue Klonoa: Door to Phantomile. Pode ser qualquer versão: a de PS1, a de Wii, ou a Phantasy Reverie. Todas possuem suas diferenças, mas, em geral, todas são ótimas (eu, particularmente, prefiro a de PS1 por ser a primeira versão que joguei, assim como a que mais me marcou).
Apenas vá lá em jogue! Se submerja na magia de sonhos de Phantomile e veja o quão bom esse jogo consegue ser!

Magical magical very special game wow. There’s some legit alchemy going on at Namco with how well every aspect of this game from the art direction to the stage design to the music to the story to the everything coalesces into this perfectly-realized experience. It’s not a particularly complex game or anything but it’s just sooo satisfying to simply exist in, the 2.5D gimmick really does wonders in making each level feel like a genuine space. It’s weird because the actual stage layouts are quite video game-y but they never feel like empty backdrops for platforming, those are all real, tangible places where my buddy Klonoa lives! I feel like most conversation around Klonoa (the game, not the sweet wahoo boy) tend to focus on the big late-game tonal shift—and I get why, it’s incredibly memorable and effective. But I worry that overshadows just how memorable and effective everything else here is too. This game just has a one-of-a-kind vibrancy to it that I find really captivating. But if you’re reading this you either already know what I’m talking about or you haven’t played Klonoa yet, in which case: go fix that right now!

This is one of those games where I think back on it and can only go "Ahh, damn. Klonoa"

A unique experience like no other game I've ever played. The beginning level sets the tone for the rest of the game. It's absolutely blossoming with vibrant colors and cuteness. The gameplay is simple yet fun and the charm of the game is most distilled into how you attack enemies: you blow them up so they're fat full of air and throw them into other things. You can even bounce on the bigger boned enemies. I don't really like platformers but this game opened me up to them. Getting 100% is also very attainable yet still satisfying.

The boss fights are all super fun and some mind-bending and a bit trippy - again, full of colors. The characters and bosses all feel like like a they're from a really cozy kid's cartoon. There's some really nice humor and charm in their dialogue and personality that will make you smile each time you encounter them - one my favorite characters is the snappy recurring antagonist minion.

Your sidekick, Huepow, is one of the cutest characters I've ever seen in video games, or any media ever. His voice is like rainbow cotton candy and each time he lets out a squeak, it's good for your soul. On top of all this, the game manages to have an emotionally touching narrative. Masterpiece.

Getting emotional just thinking about it again :)

A fun 2.5D platformer with a lot of cool ideas and a unique aesthetic, but it suffers a bit in some areas compared to its contemporaries. Klonoa's moveset is really good for how simple it is, and the game makes a lot of use of all aspects of it. The controls feel good, and everything related to the 3D aspects of it works surprisingly well. The levels are a bit too easy for a bit too much of the game I think, but they do definitely ramp up really nicely towards the end. Boss fights are definitely the highlight, they're all very unique and fun. Level design is enjoyable overall with levels having pretty distinct identities, my main complaint with it is that if you're looking for collectibles it's often hard to tell what the main path is and what's a quick side path you should do now. This wouldn't be a huge issue if not for my biggest problem with the game, that it has no level select (until after completing the game, which feels even worse to me because they went to the effort of making one but just don't let you use it). The collectibles in this would be a great way to add challenge to what is otherwise mostly a very easy platformer until the last few stages, but it really killed my interest in going out of my way for them that if you miss any you're just screwed out of getting them until after completing the game. I really don't get that decision at all. It also has a relatively large emphasis on story, which I didn't really like. It gets a bit interesting at the very end, but mostly didn't feel like it was worth having dialogue when similar games like Donkey Kong Country and Yoshi's Island get by perfectly fine without. To end on a more positive note, the style and vibes of this are really pleasant and the positives do outweigh the negatives here overall, I had a good time with it.