The 2 BEST platformers EVER in one collection. I can't tell you how many times I have played Klonoa 2 now, and this is the best way to play Klonoa 1. Both visually stunning and feature some of the best music I've ever heard in a video game; it really adds to the emotional parts of the story. With puzzle-based platforming and unique ways to use the "enemies" in the stages, this game is extremely unique for the genre. Unlike Sonic or Mario, this platformer has everything from great gameplay to great story-telling, which is why I give it 5 stars. It does absolutely nothing wrong, other than being too short! Please play these games, you won't regret it!

KLONOA IS BACK AND YOU BETTER BUY HIS COLLECTION!!!

I beat both 1 and 2 with every collectable except all gems, and they are clearly some of the best platforming expirience I had, the gameplay is unique with their puzzle like mechanic, instead of killing enemies with a proyectile, you use Klonoa's Wind Ring to take enemies and use them as eather proyectiles or a second jump, sometimes even both.

Probably the biggest claim to fame of this series is his balance in tone, how much of the story and themes can be dark but at the same time beeing some of the most joyfull expiricience you're going to get from a world.

I please ask you play this games, they are some of the best games out there, specially you enjoy platformers.

I love Klonoa, but... this game... it's a bad game.

Lets go through the bad before we get to the good.

The gameplay- the platforming- it's just awful. And I think that's because of three things. The level design being bad- the controls being bad- and then you come to realize this is an unfortunate faithful remake to the old game. As such- the imperfections of the old game seep into this one. I'm sorry- but this needed more of a modern touch. They needed to fix the janky controls. They needed to improve the level design. Faithful be damned.

I mean- listen to the voices. Especially in the first game. That's just unacceptable, I'm sorry. If the audio is that distorted- don't use it? It's common sense. Just record new voices with the old cast if you can get them- or an entirely new cast. I know it won't be the same, I know. But it's better than this.

Lets go to what I liked about the game. Obviously- its Klonoa! His friends. The world. Its such a charming little world- with even a unique language, too! I want more Klonoa. I hope they can create more, and improve the flaws.

This series has potential.

A serviceable way of playing the duology. For ppl getting into the series, this is THE BEST WAY of getting into the series.

The games present are classics. Narratively and gameplay wise, everything is intact. However, some of the "remastering" doesn't translate well. Door to Phantomile feels like a salvaged version of the Wiimake, and while it brings back the original script and the original design, a bunch of graphical oversights and omission of the good features of the Wiimake are suprisingly absent. A perfectly fine way to play Door to Phantomile, sure, but the original version is the way to go.

Klonoa 2 doesn't deal with the same issues, however. Since there never was a Wiimake for Klonoa 2, the Playstation 2 version remains intact, however, it suffers from a weird bloom effect??? Like some characters are just radiating light for some random reason. While that is a thing, the environments look better in my opinion. If the bloom was removed, this would easily be the definitive way of playing Klonoa 2. Unfortunately, you can go either way imo.

My biggest issue with the game is the optimization on the Switch. I know the switch isn't the strongest console out there, but why does a Wii and PS2 game suffer from constant frame drops? It feels very unprofessional. However, I'm still fortunate that this game exists. This was the first way I played Klonoa 2. However, I wish they added things such as emulated versions of the original games as extras, the spinoffs/gba games for good measure, and some neat bonuses and extras that make the package the best way to get into this magnificent franchise.

[Only Door to Phantomile!]

I actually own the original PS1 Door to Phantomile, but I've never played past the first two visions (what the game calls its stages for some reason), and pure convenience (mainly my PS3 not reading discs particularly well and the controller also not being completely reliable anymore) led me to now play this remake instead.

And, you know, it's a fine remake. It looks a bit cheap and the cutscenes lose a lot of power when using in-game graphics rather than just reusing and upscaling the very charming FMVs of the original game, but at least the absolutely fantastic soundtrack and charming, gibberish voice lines haven't been touched at all. The core gameplay of Door to Phantomile also feels basically just like I remebered it, which is to say that it's good. Nothing remarkable to be honest and the game does play basically the same from the first stage to the last, though the difficulty curve feels does amp up at a good pace and the game's short enough that its fairly few gameplay ideas never really grow stale. The 2.5D also still looks great, which does suddenly make me wonder why basically no platformer released after Klonoa tried a similar approach with it's stages that wrap themselves?

Anyway, it's a fine platformer, though there are certainly better playing ones with more interesting mechanics than just jumping around and throwing inflated enemies. Surprisingly, the biggest strength of Door to Phantomile lies in its writing. It's deceptively simple and starts out like the most generic platformer you could ever imagine, but gets progressively more interesting throughout the game, and manages to have some surprisingly though provoking moments and dialogue that will stick with me for quite som time, plus the unbelievably sad ending that I had somehow not spoiled myself on before playing the game. I didn't cry over it or anything, but it certainly made me feel some type of emotion, and isn't that all we want from our games, truly?

Klonoa is cool as fuck! The two games included in this collection are incredibly creative with its mix of 2D and 3D, as well as various stage gimmicks that the game always finds ways to make feel fresh. While neither game is very long, nothing overstays its welcome and from beginning to end they’re just really fun games. Of course, this what I would say in a review of the two games as games, and not as a modern remake.

I don’t mind that the game doesn’t look as polished as other 2D platformers that have released in even the last decade because the art direction makes up for it, aside from a few ugly looking areas. I just really wish this game ran at a stable frame rate. Even as someone who can barely tell the difference between 60 and 30 fps, this game’s frame rate bothered me at times. Aside from the frame rate overall not being smooth, there are occasional frame drops when there’s too much on the screen, and for a remake of a game that’s over 20 years old, and a game that doesn’t look like a modern release, it’s a bit of a problem. Especially for a game with the mechanics of Klonoa, with really fun aerial momentum based puzzles and platforming. The mechanics are so fun that I’d almost buy a whole game in the style of the optional unlockable challenge levels.

Overall, while I can’t say much about how it compares to the original games, I can see how long time Klonoa fans could have been disappointed by this. However, as my first time playing a Klonoa game, I loved this. Although the first game has a much stronger story that almost made me tear up at the end (I probably could have cried if I wasn’t holding back my tears with every bit of my soul because of the embarrassment I would have felt crying to Klonoa), the second game has such better level design that I have to say I liked the second game more. If you have any interest in the game or enjoy other 2D platformers, I’d recommend playing this, or emulating the original games. Here’s to hoping for a new Klonoa game.

An absolutely delightful experience all around. Not particularly challenging unless you decide to do the bonus levels, but still just plain fun. Visuals aren't exactly mind-blowing when compared to other recent remakes of classic platformers, but when you're playing this you really don't care, it's just that good. And don't even get me started on the soundtracks, comprised of earworm after earworm that have no doubt entered many a playlist.

Also these games got weirdly emotional by the end, which you really wouldn't expect going in.

In summary: Wa-hoo.

A really fun old school 2.5D platformer. Me personally I didn’t play the original Klonoa games back on PS1/PS2 so from the day this remaster was announced I planned to play it sometime. And I’m glad I did. This is a really charming duology of beloved classics revamped for the modern age. The first game has a surprisingly emotional story & an incredible soundtrack to go along with it. The second Klonoa was definitely a lot tighter in the gameplay department though & is an amazing experience in its own right so really what you get is two pretty solid games that can be pretty challenging at times. Throughly enjoyed my time with this collection & I highly recommend you get this if you love platformers.

I would absolutely love to see Klonoa come back so let’s show Bandai Namco that there’s still an audience that wants this furry lil fella to have another chance. Wahoo!

Finally got around to finishing these.

I had zero exposure to Klonoa before playing these and I was shocked at just how Kirby-coded they are. From enemy to level design, it really feels like the developers wanted to make their own take on that kind of game. And for the most part, it works.

The barebones nature of the first game was way less appealing than the jam packed variety in the second game. It really is a case, in my opinion, where the sequel is just a fully realized version of the first game. Can't see how anyone would prefer the first game tbh.

So yeah, I had fun with these. Much more so with the second game.

Surprisingly really good!, I wasn't expecting that. The story is really really good (how did the funny wahoo cat rabbit almost make me cry??????) The game themselves ultracharming, with really good characters, music and pure joy in general.

And the tone changes in this game what???????????? Hello?????

I didn't even know anything about Klonoa (I thought it was from Sega, like Billy Hatcher XD) and I bought it blindly because it was at a cheap price.
If you have the minimum curiosity about this game, buy it, it will surprise you as it surprised me and for the price you get quite the quality for your money, you won't regret it for sure.

Wahoo! Klonoa best boy