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Latest revision as of 11:30, 15 January 2025
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[edit]
- Several pages of concept art from Famitsu's official guidebook (Japanese; February 21, 1998)
- IGN published a multi-part history of the game's development (among other topics) in 2009 to promote the Wii remake:
- "The Concept of the Original" (part 2, wherein Hideo Yoshizawa explains the inception, setting, and story of the game; March 5, 2009)
- "Character Design" (part 4, wherein character designer Yoshihiko Arai touches on Klonoa's design; April 7, 2009)
- "The Sounds of Phantomile" (part 5, wherein sound designer Kanako Kakino mentions the experience of composing the game's songs; May 7, 2009)
- "Level Design" (part 6, wherein Yoshizawa discusses just that; May 18, 2009)
Previews[edit]
Computer & Video Games
🇬🇧 April 1998
🇬🇧 April 1998
Also includes a very short aside comparing the game to Yoshi's Story
Magazine covers[edit]
Features[edit]
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine
🇺🇸 June 2001
🇺🇸 June 2001
Description of the demo included with the issue's cover disc (also including a screenshot from the sequel)
- Klonoa: Door to Phantomile Official Guide Book (Japanese publication by Shogakukan; February 10, 1998)
- Official Famitsu guidebook (Japanese; February 21, 1998)
Reader submissions[edit]
Advertising[edit]
Interviews[edit]
- Interview with several developers (originally printed in The PlayStation magazine in 1997; translated into English and posted online by shmuplations)
- Nintendo Power interview with Hideo Yoshizawa about many games he worked on, including Door to Phantomile (July 2009)
- 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)
- 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)
Reviews[edit]
Sales[edit]
Japan[edit]
| Date | Copies sold that week | Total sold | Chart position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-12-14 | 48,950[4] | 3 | |
| 1997-12-21 | 24,309[4] | 73,259 | 20 |
| 1998-01-04 | 112,575[4] |
North America[edit]
Note that the below data was taken from the NPD Group's TRST, which did not include sales from Walmart (and potentially other retail chains) at the time.
| Date | Total sold |
|---|---|
| 2002-12 | 25,851[5] |
| 2003 | 25,851[6] |
Websites[edit]
Forum posts[edit]
- "Length" (a brief conversation about how long it takes to beat the game on IGN's Klonoa board; began October 10, 2004, archived via Wayback Machine on February 22, 2005)
Miscellaneous[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Part 2 is focused on Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil.
References[edit]
- ↑ Japanese print ad
- ↑ The official website "Klonoa @ home" lists this release date for Door to Phantomile.
- ↑ PSM issue 13 (dated September 1998)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Niche Barrier's record of Weekly Famitsu's sales charts
- ↑ Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on December 2002 game sales
- ↑ Post by Steven Hurdle in the alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 thread "Has the videogame market finally stopped growing?" (September 17, 2003)
