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Half of the fun of the Klonoa is its surroundings. The level design is clever in the way it gives the player a smaller 3D area with lots of paths but holds the camera at a 2D point, panning whenever you turn. So struggling with the camera isn't an option like so many other platformers - and you still get a lot of scenery to take in. The graphics and animation are beautiful and some of the best seen on the Wii. Everything is bright and colorful and the eyes get drawn everywhere. The areas are diverse and constantly interesting - so don't be afraid to pause and soak it all in. The storyline is sparse and hard to follow but that doesn't really matter a whole lot since it's really just the same 'rescue the girl to stop the end of the world' setup. The controls are super tight yet simple - but give you enough options to keep things interesting. You can use the Wii-mote, Nunchuk, Classic controller or the Gamecube controller, so have at it, it's your pleasure.
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.
