Klonoa was deceptively cute. The platforming in this game gave me an absolute fit, with a good portion of that being due to just how slippery Klonoa is on platforms. My dude, please get some better shoes if you're going to save the world.

I played this in Japanese (a language I barely understand) so I have no comments on the story, but I can tell you that I frequently recalled watching my friend play the Wii version of this game--my own copy, in fact, which he played and I never did before selling it for some unknowable reason--and so this reminded me of a much simpler time in my life, before I moved to a new continent and started, then stopped, dyeing my hair.

A great game worth playing, but probably not worth playing past the final boss unless you're much better at platformers than me. (And you probably are.)