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{{Infobox
 |image = Klonoa Door to Phantomile American cover.png
 |developer = Namco
 |publisher = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''Namco'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">Namco<br>{{Flag-EU}} Sony Computer Entertainment Europe</div></div>
 |platforms = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''PlayStation (original)'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">PlayStation • i-mode (mobile phone service)</div></div>
 |date = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''December 11, 1997 (original)'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">{{Flag-JP}} December 11, 1997<ref>[[:File:Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese print ad.jpg|Japanese print ad]]</ref><ref>[https://www.bandainamcoent.co.jp/cs/list/kloweb/index.html The official website "Klonoa @ home" lists this release date for ''Door to Phantomile''.]</ref><br>{{Flag-US}} March 11, 1998<ref>[[:File:Klonoa Door to Phantomile on PSM Top 25 Games in issue 13.jpg|''PSM'' issue 13 (dated September 1998)]]</ref><br>{{Flag-EU}} June 5, 1998</div></div>
 |wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klonoa:_Door_to_Phantomile
 |mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/klonoa-door-to-phantomile
 |tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Klonoa:_Door_to_Phantomile_(PlayStation)
 |related = [[Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil]]
}}

'''Klonoa: Door to Phantomile''' is a 2.5D platform game released for the PlayStation in 1997 (in Japan) and 1998 (the rest of the world).

== History ==
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile mention in Namco E3 1997 press kit.jpg
|title=Press kit
|date=1997
|country=US
|description=Excerpt from Namco's E3 1997 press material (featuring an early English logo)
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile E3 1998 press release.pdf
|title=Press release
|date=May 1998
|country=EU
|description=From SCEE, released for E3 1998
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile staff photo.jpg
|title=Staff photo
|date=1998
|country=JP
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
* [https://archive.org/details/klonoadoortophantomileguidebook/page/n87/mode/2up Several pages of concept art from Famitsu's official guidebook] (Japanese; February 21, 1998)

== Previews ==
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese preview in CoroCoro Comic July 1997.jpg
|title=CoroCoro Comic
|date=July 1997
|country=JP
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese preview in CoroCoro Comic August 1997.jpg
|title=CoroCoro Comic
|date=August 1997
|country=JP
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese preview in CoroCoro Comic September 1997.jpg
|title=CoroCoro Comic
|date=September 1997
|country=JP
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in EGM issue 98.jpg
|title=Electronic Gaming Monthly
|date=September 1997
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese preview in Famitsu September 1997.pdf
|title=Famitsu
|date=September 1997
|country=JP
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese preview in CoroCoro Comic October 1997.jpg
|title=CoroCoro Comic
|date=October 1997
|country=JP
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in GameFan volume 5 issue 10.pdf
|title=GameFan
|date=October 1997
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese preview in CoroCoro Comic December 1997.jpg
|title=CoroCoro Comic
|date=December 1997
|country=JP
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in Ultra Game Players issue 104.png
|title=Ultra Game Players
|date=December 1997
|country=US
|description=Erroneously calls the game ''Kinoa''
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in EGM issue 102.jpg
|title=Electronic Gaming Monthly
|date=January 1998
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in Official US PlayStation Magazine issue 4.jpg
|title=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine
|date=January 1998
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in PSExtreme issue 26.jpg
|title=PSExtreme
|date=January 1998
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in PSM issue 5.jpg
|title=PSM
|date=January 1998
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in Ultra Game Players issue 106.jpg
|title=Ultra Game Players
|date=January 1998
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Spanish preview in Super Juegos issue 70.pdf
|title=Super Juegos
|date=February 1998
|country=ES
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in Official Australian PlayStation Magazine issue 9 Next Gaming.jpg
|title=Official Australian PlayStation Magazine (Next Gaming)
|date=April 1998
|country=AU
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Spanish preview in PlayStation Magazine Spain issue 17.pdf
|title=PlayStation Magazine Edición Oficial Española
|date=May 1998
|country=ES
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
{{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbEDW9KibYU|description=Video preview taken from a CD-ROM bundled with issue 39 of ''Next Generation''|container=frame|dimensions=360|alignment=inline|valignment=top}}

== Magazine covers ==
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Game-X issue 22 cover.jpg
|title=Game-X
|date=1998
|country=BR
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}

== Features ==
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese guide to endgame in Dengeki PlayStation issue 66.jpg
|title=Dengeki PlayStation
|date=February 13, 1998
|country=JP
|description=Guide to beating the final boss
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile guide in EGM2 issue 46.pdf
|title=EGM2
|date=April 1998
|country=US
|description=Guide to the game
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Portuguese guide to unlockable content in SGP issue 49.png
|title=Super Game Power
|date=April 1998
|country=BR
|description=Short guide to unlockable content
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile guide in Tips & Tricks issue 38.pdf
|title=Tips & Tricks
|date=April 1998
|country=US
|description=Guide to the game
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Portuguese guide in SGP issue 50.pdf
|title=Super Game Power
|date=May 1998
|country=BR
|description=Guide to the game
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile music test in PSM issue 10.jpg
|title=PSM
|date=June 1998
|country=US
|description=Explanation of how to unlock the sound test
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese guide to secrets in Dengeki Urawazaō 2000-2001 Kanzenhan.jpg
|title=Dengeki Urawazaō 2000-2001 Kanzenhan
|date=~1999
|country=JP
|description=Guide to various secrets
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
* [https://archive.org/details/kdtpsho ''Klonoa: Door to Phantomile Official Guide Book''] (Japanese publication by Shogakukan; February 10, 1998)
* [https://archive.org/details/klonoadoortophantomileguidebook Official Famitsu guidebook] (Japanese; February 21, 1998)

== Reader submissions ==
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{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese reader impressions in Nice Games volume 6.pdf
|title=Nice Games
|date=Spring 2001
|country=JP
|description=A reader shares their impressions of the game at length
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}

== Advertising ==
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile mention in Namco 1997 release schedule booklet.jpeg
|title=Booklet
|date=1997
|country=US
|description=Excerpt from a booklet outlining then-upcoming Namco games
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese print ad.jpg
|title=Print ad
|date=~1997
|country=JP
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile print ad from Nickelodeon Magazine.jpg
|title=Print ad
|date=1998
|country=US
|description=Taken from the thirty-ninth issue of ''Nickelodeon Magazine'' (dated March 1998)
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile advertising directory listing in Nickelodeon Magazine issue 39.jpg
|title=Nickelodeon Magazine
|date=March 1998
|country=US
|description=Blurb from the issue's "advertising directory"
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile print ad from EGM issue 104.pdf
|title=Print ad
|date=1998
|country=US
|description=The infamous STD ad, taken from ''EGM'''s 104th issue (dated March 1998)
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Spanish print ad from PlayStation Magazine Spain issue 18.jpg
|title=Print ad
|date=1998
|country=ES
|description=Taken from the eighteenth issue of ''PlayStation Magazine Edición Oficial Española'' (dated June 1998)
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Greek print ad.jpg
|title=Print ad
|date=~1998
|country=GR
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile American store display 1.jpg
|title=Store display
|date=~1998
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile American store display 2.jpg
|title=Store display
|date=~1998
|country=US
|description=Closeup picture
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile budget rerelease ad blurb in Namco Soft Lineup 2000 through 2001.png
|title=Namco Soft Line-up! 2000-2001
|date=~1999
|country=JP
|description=Blurb from a promotional booklet advertising a budget rerelease 
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}

== Interviews ==
* [https://shmuplations.com/klonoa Interview with several developers (originally printed in ''The PlayStation'' magazine in 1997; translated into English and posted online by shmuplations)]
* [https://archive.org/details/Nintendo_Power_Issue_243_July_2009/page/n77/mode/2up ''Nintendo Power'' interview with director Hideo Yoshizawa about many games he worked on, including ''Door to Phantomile''] (July 2009)
* [https://www.famitsu.com/news/202206/23265727.html ''Famitsu'' interview with Tsuyoshi Kobayashi (a designer) and Yoshihiko Arai (who worked on the plot & graphics) about ''Door to Phantomile'' and its sequel] (June 23, 2022)
** Unofficial English translations (partially done via DeepL): [https://klonoa-at-blog.tumblr.com/post/687829497350881280/famitsu-kprs-interview-part-1 Part 1] & [https://klonoa-at-blog.tumblr.com/post/687829492002127872/famitsu-kprs-interview-part-3 part 3] (part 2 is focused on ''Klonoa 2'')

== Reviews ==
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile French import review in Consoles Plus issue 73.pdf
|title=Consoles +
|date=February 1998
|country=FR
|description=Import review
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile panel review in GameFan volume 6 issue 2.png
|title=GameFan
|date=February 1998
|country=US
|description=Panel review
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile review in GameFan volume 6 issue 2.pdf
|title=GameFan
|date=February 1998
|country=US
|description=Full review
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile review in Ultra Game Players issue 108.jpg
|title=Ultra Game Players
|date=March 1998
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile review in GamePro issue 114.png
|title=GamePro
|date=March 1998
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile review in PSExtreme issue 28.pdf
|title=PSExtreme
|date=March 1998
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile review in PSM issue 7.png
|title=PSM
|date=March 1998
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Portuguese review in SGP issue 48.jpg
|title=Super Game Power
|date=March 1998
|country=BR
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile review in PSM Italy issue 2.png
|title=PSM (Italy)
|date=May 1998
|country=IT
|description=Italian translation of the English ''PSM'' review
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Slovak review in Riki issue 32.jpg
|title=Riki
|date=May/June 1998
|country=SK
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile French review in Consoles Plus issue 77.pdf
|title=Consoles +
|date=June 1998
|country=FR
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Spanish review in PlayStation Magazine Spain issue 18.jpg
|title=PlayStation Magazine Edición Oficial Española
|date=June 1998
|country=ES
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile on PSM Top 25 Games in issue 13.jpg
|title=PSM
|date=September 1998
|country=US
|description=The game makes #19 on the magazine's revised top 25 list
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile on PSM Italy Top 25 games in issue 8.jpg
|title=PSM (Italy)
|date=November 1998
|country=IT
|description=The game makes #19 on the magazine's revised top 25 list (translated from the American magazine's equivalent feature)
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Portuguese review in Game-X issue 22.pdf
|title=Game-X
|date=1998
|country=BR
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile review in Hardcore Gamer volume 2 issue 7.pdf
|title=Hardcore Gamer
|date=January 2007
|country=US
|description=Retro review
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
{{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxgmWw6wqs|description=''Flights of Fantasy'' review|container=frame|dimensions=360|alignment=inline|valignment=top}}

== Miscellaneous ==
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese time attack challenge in Dengeki PlayStation issue 71.jpg
|title=Dengeki PlayStation
|date=April 10, 1998
|country=JP
|description=Time attack challenge for a bonus level
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese contest for pencil board in Dengeki PlayStation issue 71.jpg
|title=Dengeki PlayStation
|date=April 10, 1998
|country=JP
|description=Contest to win a ''Klonoa''-branded pencil board
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile price report in EGM issue 147.jpg
|title=Electronic Gaming Monthly
|date=October 2001
|country=US
|description=Short description of rising secondhand prices after the sequel's release
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile snippet about secondhand prices in Tips & Tricks issue 81.png
|title=Tips & Tricks
|date=November 2001
|country=US
|description=Short description of the game's secondhand value at the time of publication
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}

== Websites ==
* [https://www.bandainamcoent.co.jp/cs/list/klonoa Official Japanese website]

== References ==
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[[Category:Game]]