Gonna preface this by saying that I quite like Klonoa 1 a good bit after playing a demo endlessly as a kid and ADORING the Wii remake some years later. Klonoa 2 is probably one of the greatest 2D platformers made, in my opinion, offering a touching story, gorgeous level design, and some of the best music I've heard in a game.

This HD remaster might be one of the most disappointing things I've played but in a way of seeing how many details were removed from Klonoa 2 and how...off things feel in Klonoa 1. It's very frustrating being super detail oriented! So many missing animations, lighting effects, visual touches, and lacking cel-shading really don't do it many favors.

That said, if you wanna play Klonoa and are pretty averse to other methods of playing the games, this isn't a bad collection by any means, but for $30 for a couple cult classics which lack some details that the originals really shine with...It's a bit of a hard sell.

Alright, so: it's a good way to enjoy two classic platforms.

I have to say that Klonoa 1 loses a lot its charm from the original game, being a hybrid of 2D and 3D. Klonoa 2 is fine like that.

It still felt a cheap remaster, especially for the cutscenes. But as the most approachable way to get into these 2 games it's a valid option. But debatably the og PS1 Klonoa would be better than this remaster.

This collection legit made me love Klonoa. I never tried the series before but now the Wahoo Boy can join my list of "Favorite Silly Dreamwalker Scrinklos" (the list also includes Rayman, Nights, Kirby, Kat from Gravity Rush and I guess Dom fro Inception?? I dunno)

I gotta admit: I feel as a collection is kinda lacking, at least compared to other types of similar bundles: it lacks a lot of extra features you can look for in stuff like the Megaman collections, so Concept arts, galleries, or other little extra things that are always appreciated (even the title screen lacks a theme, like come one that was the easiest thing)

But aside from that the game featuers are incredible: two amazing platformers that offer an amazing environments full of oniric characters, a gameplay that combines floatier 2D platforming with a unique 3D puzzle solving, and stories that... will honestly leave you speechless on multiple occasions.

Admittely I feel Klonoa 1's charming aesthetics and stronger story moments are not as well represented and I kinda wish there was an option to play the original version...

But aside from that this collection is important: it revives and gives justice to one of the most underrated mascots in the videogame pantheon, and just trying it out may help this little guy come back more in the future.

Klonoa is great, I highly recommend it!