Klonoa: Door to Phantomile - Revision history

Somewhere: Adding an interview link

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Adding an interview link

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	* [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)		* [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]<ref group="note">Part 2 is focused on ''[[Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil]]''.</ref>		** 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]<ref group="note">Part 2 is focused on ''[[Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil]]''.</ref>
			* [https://www.timeextension.com/features/it-sounds-like-some-kind-of-std-the-birth-of-sonic-xbox-in-japan-and-why-namcos-advertising-hated-the-name-klonoa ''Time Extension'' interview with Mike Fischer briefly touching on his opposition to the name "Klonoa"] (December 16, 2025)

	== Reviews ==		== Reviews ==

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Adding recently-uploaded files. The PDFs seem to be having issues with thumbnails, but I don't know how to fix them.

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Finally updating the platforms section of the infobox

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	\|publisher = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''Namco'''		\|publisher = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''Namco'''
	<div class="mw-collapsible-content">Namco<br>{{Flag-EU}} Sony Computer Entertainment Europe</div></div>		<div class="mw-collapsible-content">Namco<br>{{Flag-EU}} Sony Computer Entertainment Europe</div></div>
	\|platforms = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''~~PlayStation~~ (original)'''		\|platforms = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''{{plat-ps}} (original)'''
	<div class="mw-collapsible-content">~~PlayStation •~~ i-mode (~~mobile phone service~~)</div></div>		<div class="mw-collapsible-content">{{plat-mobile}} (i-mode) • {{plat-ps3}} (PS1 Classics)</div></div>
	\|date = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''December 11, 1997 (original)'''		\|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>		<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>

Somewhere: Adjusting one source mentioning ProtonJon, who has since come out as trans (though she still uses her old username)

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Adjusting one source mentioning ProtonJon, who has since come out as trans (though she still uses her old username)

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	* [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://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 Hideo Yoshizawa about many games he worked on, including ''Door to Phantomile''] (July 2009)		* [https://archive.org/details/Nintendo_Power_Issue_243_July_2009/page/n77/mode/2up ''Nintendo Power'' interview with Hideo Yoshizawa about many games he worked on, including ''Door to Phantomile''] (July 2009)
	* [http://gaming.moe/?p=2894 Heidi Kemps and ~~Johnathan~~ "ProtonJon" Wheeler interview Hideo Yoshizawa and Keiji Yamagishi for gaming.moe, including some questions about ''Klonoa: Door to Phantomile'' and its Wii remake] (March 27, 2018)		* [http://gaming.moe/?p=2894 Heidi Kemps and Claire "ProtonJon" Wheeler interview Hideo Yoshizawa and Keiji Yamagishi for gaming.moe, including some questions about ''Klonoa: Door to Phantomile'' and its Wii remake] (March 27, 2018)
	* [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)		* [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]<ref group="note">Part 2 is focused on ''[[Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil]]''.</ref>		** 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]<ref group="note">Part 2 is focused on ''[[Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil]]''.</ref>

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	\| 2003<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.video.sony-playstation2/c/EITNdEOBAfU/m/9r2L6ZD0F44J Post by Steven Hurdle in the alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 thread "Has the videogame market finally stopped growing?" (September 17, 2003)]</ref> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \|		\| 2003<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030418152635/http://www.theonionring.com/01-2003-TRSTS.html Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on January 2003 game sales]</ref><ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.video.sony-playstation2/c/EITNdEOBAfU/m/9r2L6ZD0F44J Post by Steven Hurdle in the alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 thread "Has the videogame market finally stopped growing?" (September 17, 2003)]</ref> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \|
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	=== North America ===		=== North America ===
	Note that the below data was largely taken from the NPD Group's TRST system, which only accounted for approximately 81% of American game retailers (as officially stated in 2000). In addition, Walmart pulled out between [https://kidscreen.com/2003/10/01/npd-20031001 July 2001] and [https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/walmart-lifts-restrictions-on-u-s-game-sales-data July 2011], ~~impacting all data within that timeframe~~.		Note that the below data was largely taken from the NPD Group's TRST system, which only accounted for a portion of approximately 81% of American game retailers (as officially stated in 2000). In addition, Walmart pulled out between [https://kidscreen.com/2003/10/01/npd-20031001 July 2001] and [https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/walmart-lifts-restrictions-on-u-s-game-sales-data July 2011], dropping the officially estimated coverage to 60%.<ref name="aug2001">[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/38b67b08-a3c7-4233-8e66-b2084b77c1aa August 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref>

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	\| 2000-07-01<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/bd896d2e-2e0a-4404-90e4-88ef46eef949 June 2000 TRSTS video games report (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> \|\| 325 (thus far that year)<br>86 (May 28 - July 1) \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \|		\| 2000-07-01<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/bd896d2e-2e0a-4404-90e4-88ef46eef949 June 2000 TRSTS video games report (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> \|\| 325 (thus far that year)<br>86 (May 28 - July 1) \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \|
			\|-
			\| 2001-01-31<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/7d0f8897-34f1-4253-939f-849a94a61f76 LTD sales report up through the end of January 2001 (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \| \|\| 25,830
	\|-		\|-
	\| 2001-03<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/3f281fff-9f88-4174-9ba3-f4496cbf673d March 2001 sales report (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \| \|\| 25,834		\| 2001-03<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/3f281fff-9f88-4174-9ba3-f4496cbf673d March 2001 sales report (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \| \|\| 25,834
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	\| 2001-06<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/6c32790c-a3b1-45a0-b389-c618e33e37c1 June 2001 sales report (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \| \|\| 25,842		\| 2001-06<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/6c32790c-a3b1-45a0-b389-c618e33e37c1 June 2001 sales report (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \| \|\| 25,842
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	\| 2002-12<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030213103356/www.theonionring.com/Dec_TRSTS.html Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on December 2002 game sales]</ref> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \| ~~\|\|rowspan="2" \| 25,851~~		\| 2001-09-01<ref name="aug2001" /> \|\| 62 (thus far that year)<br>5 (August 5 - September 1) \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \|
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			\| 2002-12<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030213103356/www.theonionring.com/Dec_TRSTS.html Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on December 2002 game sales]</ref> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \|
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	\| 2003<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.video.sony-playstation2/c/EITNdEOBAfU/m/9r2L6ZD0F44J Post by Steven Hurdle in the alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 thread "Has the videogame market finally stopped growing?" (September 17, 2003)]</ref> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \|		\| 2003<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.video.sony-playstation2/c/EITNdEOBAfU/m/9r2L6ZD0F44J Post by Steven Hurdle in the alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 thread "Has the videogame market finally stopped growing?" (September 17, 2003)]</ref> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \|

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	! Date !! Copies sold that week !! Total sold !! Chart position		! Date !! Copies sold that week !! Total sold !! Chart position
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	\| 1997-12-14 ~~\|\|colspan="2;" style="text-align: center;" \| 48,950~~<ref name="niche">[https://nichebarrier.com/game/33972-klonoa-door-to-phantomile Niche Barrier's record of ''Weekly Famitsu'''s sales charts]</ref> \|\| 3		\| 1997-12-14<ref name="niche">[https://nichebarrier.com/game/33972-klonoa-door-to-phantomile Niche Barrier's record of ''Weekly Famitsu'''s sales charts]</ref> \|\|colspan="2;" style="text-align: center;" \| 48,950 \|\| 3
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	\| 1997-12-21 ~~\|\| 24,309~~<ref name="niche" /> \|\| 73,259 \|\| 20		\| 1997-12-21<ref name="niche" /> \|\| 24,309 \|\| 73,259 \|\| 20
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	\| 1998-01-04 \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \| \|\| 112,575~~<ref name="niche" />~~ \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \|		\| 1998-01-04<ref name="niche" /> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \| \|\| 112,575 \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \|
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	=== North America ===		=== North America ===
	Note that the below data was taken from the NPD Group's TRST, which [https://kidscreen.com/2003/10/01/npd-20031001 ~~did not include~~ sales ~~from Walmart~~] ~~(and potentially other retail chains) at the time~~.		Note that the below data was largely taken from the NPD Group's TRST system, which only accounted for approximately 81% of American game retailers (as officially stated in 2000). In addition, Walmart pulled out between [https://kidscreen.com/2003/10/01/npd-20031001 July 2001] and [https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/walmart-lifts-restrictions-on-u-s-game-sales-data July 2011], impacting all data within that timeframe.

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			! Date !! Copies sold that period !! Total sold
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			\| 2000-07-01<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/bd896d2e-2e0a-4404-90e4-88ef46eef949 June 2000 TRSTS video games report (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> \|\| 325 (thus far that year)<br>86 (May 28 - July 1) \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \|
			\|-
			\| 2001-03<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/3f281fff-9f88-4174-9ba3-f4496cbf673d March 2001 sales report (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \| \|\| 25,834
			\|-
			\| 2001-06<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/6c32790c-a3b1-45a0-b389-c618e33e37c1 June 2001 sales report (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \| \|\| 25,842
			\|-
			\| 2002-12<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030213103356/www.theonionring.com/Dec_TRSTS.html Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on December 2002 game sales]</ref> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \| \|\|rowspan="2" \| 25,851
			\|-
			\| 2003<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.video.sony-playstation2/c/EITNdEOBAfU/m/9r2L6ZD0F44J Post by Steven Hurdle in the alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 thread "Has the videogame market finally stopped growing?" (September 17, 2003)]</ref> \|\|style="background-color: gray;" \|
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			=== United Kingdom ===
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	! Date !! Total sold		! Date !! Total sold
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	\| ~~2002-12 \|\| 25,851~~<ref>[https://~~web~~.~~archive~~.org/~~web~~/~~20030213103356/www.theonionring.com/Dec_TRSTS.html Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on December 2002 game sales]</ref>~~		\| 2000?<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/86726cb4-f512-4f32-9638-a9ab063af948 "2000-STD-ANNUAL-SW-UK" (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> \|\| 1,794
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	~~\| 2003 \|\| 25,851<ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/alt.games.video.sony~~-~~playstation2/c/EITNdEOBAfU/m/9r2L6ZD0F44J Post by Steven Hurdle in the alt.games.video.sony~~-~~playstation2 thread~~ "~~Has the videogame market finally stopped growing?~~" (~~September 17, 2003~~)]</ref>
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Adding a review

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