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  |platforms = {{plat-ps2}}
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  |date = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''March 22, 2001 (original)'''
  |date = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''March 22, 2001 (original)'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">{{Flag-JP}} March 22, 2001<ref>[http://www2.bn-ent.net/cs/list/kloweb/gameinto.html The official Japanese "Klonoa@home" site] lists this as the game's release date.</ref><br>{{Flag-US}} July 2001<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030829062821/http://www.namco.com/news/13 "Klonoa Will Fly in July"] (archived press release from Namco, dated September 26, 2000)</ref><ref>Sources conflict on the exact date - they range from the 23rd ([https://web.archive.org/web/20030405222813/http://www.gamespot.com:80/ps2/action/klonoa2/news.html GameSpot's page for the game, as archived on the Wayback Machine in 2003]), 24th (IGN, as archived on the Wayback Machine in both [https://web.archive.org/web/20020808044756/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/135/135360p1.html 2002] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120628174042/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/135/135360p1.html 2012]), 25th ([https://www.gamespot.com/games/klonoa-2-lunateas-veil GameSpot] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20080523041320/http://ps2.gamezone.com/gamesell/p17318.htm GameZone]'s pages for the game), 27th (archived PSXExtreme articles like [https://web.archive.org/web/20120718170907/http://www.psxextreme.com/ps2-previews/113.html this preview]), and the 31st ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141115232129/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=31689&tab=overview Allgame's listing, archived via Wayback Machine]).</ref><br>{{Flag-EU}} November 9, 2001</div></div>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">{{Flag-JP}} March 22, 2001<ref>[http://www2.bn-ent.net/cs/list/kloweb/gameinto.html The official Japanese "Klonoa@home" site] lists this as the game's release date.</ref><br>{{Flag-US}} Late July 2001<ref>"[[Press Release: Klonoa Will Fly in July|Klonoa Will Fly in July]]" (press release dated September 26, 2000)</ref><ref>Sources conflict on the exact date - they range from the 23rd ([https://web.archive.org/web/20030405222813/http://www.gamespot.com:80/ps2/action/klonoa2/news.html GameSpot's page for the game, as archived on the Wayback Machine in 2003]), 24th (IGN, as archived on the Wayback Machine in both [https://web.archive.org/web/20020808044756/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/135/135360p1.html 2002] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120628174042/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/135/135360p1.html 2012]), 25th ([https://www.gamespot.com/games/klonoa-2-lunateas-veil GameSpot] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20080523041320/http://ps2.gamezone.com/gamesell/p17318.htm GameZone]'s pages for the game), 27th (archived PSXExtreme articles like [https://web.archive.org/web/20120718170907/http://www.psxextreme.com/ps2-previews/113.html this preview]), and the 31st ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141115232129/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=31689&tab=overview Allgame's listing, archived via Wayback Machine]).</ref><br>{{Flag-EU}} November 9, 2001</div></div>
  |wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klonoa_2:_Lunatea's_Veil
  |wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klonoa_2:_Lunatea's_Veil
  |mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/ps2/klonoa-2-lunateas-veil
  |mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/ps2/klonoa-2-lunateas-veil
  |tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Klonoa_2:_Lunatea's_Veil
  |tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Klonoa_2:_Lunatea's_Veil
  |related = [[Klonoa: Door to Phantomile]]<br>[[Klonoa: Empire of Dreams]]<br>[[Klonoa Beach Volleyball]]}}
  |related = [[Klonoa: Door to Phantomile]]<br>[[Klonoa: Empire of Dreams]]<br>[[Klonoa Beach Volleyball]]<br>[[Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament]]}}


'''Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil''', the sequel to ''[[Klonoa: Door to Phantomile]]'', is a 2.5D platform game released for the PlayStation 2 in 2001.
'''Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil''', the sequel to ''[[Klonoa: Door to Phantomile]]'', is a 2.5D platform game released for the PlayStation 2 in 2001.
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** [https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/27/namco-announces-tgs-lineup Article about Namco's spring TGS lineup in 2001, including ''Klonoa 2''] (March 27, 2001)
** [https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/27/namco-announces-tgs-lineup Article about Namco's spring TGS lineup in 2001, including ''Klonoa 2''] (March 27, 2001)
** [https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/09/18/namco-serves-up-more-support Report on allegations that Namco will convert more of their games for the GameCube, including ''Klonoa 2''] (September 18, 2001)
** [https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/09/18/namco-serves-up-more-support Report on allegations that Namco will convert more of their games for the GameCube, including ''Klonoa 2''] (September 18, 2001)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030829062821/http://www.namco.com/news/13 "Klonoa Will Fly in July"] (official Namco press release announcing the game's US release month; dated September 26, 2000, archived via Wayback Machine on August 29, 2003)
* [[Press Release: Klonoa Will Fly in July|"Klonoa Will Fly in July"]] (official Namco press release announcing the game's US release month; dated September 26, 2000, archived via Wayback Machine on August 29, 2003)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041114155240/http://archive.gamespy.com/2002preview/gcn/03.shtml GameSpy claims the game will receive a somewhat enhanced GameCube conversion, something which never came to pass] (January 16, 2002; archived via Wayback Machine)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041114155240/http://archive.gamespy.com/2002preview/gcn/03.shtml GameSpy claims the game will receive a somewhat enhanced GameCube conversion, something which never came to pass] (January 16, 2002; archived via Wayback Machine)


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|date=~2000
|date=~2000
|country=US
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|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Japanese preview in Dengeki PlayStation issue 169.pdf
|title=Dengeki PlayStation
|date=February 23, 2001
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== Magazine covers ==
== Magazine covers ==
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|file=Dengeki PlayStation issue 169 cover.jpg
|title=Dengeki PlayStation
|date=February 23, 2001
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|file=Tips & Tricks issue 79 cover.jpg
|file=Tips & Tricks issue 79 cover.jpg
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|title=PSM
|title=PSM
|date=July 2001
|date=July 2001
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil review in Game Informer issue 100.jpg
|title=Game Informer
|date=August 2001
|country=US
|country=US
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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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| 2001-03-25||colspan="2;" style="text-align: center;" | 33,785<ref name="niche">[https://nichebarrier.com/game/26300-klonoa-2-lunatea-s-veil Niche Barrier's record of ''Weekly Famitsu'''s sales charts]</ref><ref name="garaph">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721205024/http://garaph.info/softwareindividual.php?gameid=755 Garaph's record of ''Weekly Famitsu'''s sales charts] (archived via Wayback Machine on July 21, 2011)</ref> || 15
| 2001-03-25<ref name="niche">[https://nichebarrier.com/game/26300-klonoa-2-lunatea-s-veil Niche Barrier's record of ''Weekly Famitsu'''s sales charts]</ref><ref name="garaph">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721205024/http://garaph.info/softwareindividual.php?gameid=755 Garaph's record of ''Weekly Famitsu'''s sales charts] (archived via Wayback Machine on July 21, 2011)</ref> ||colspan="2;" style="text-align: center;" | 33,785 || 15
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| 2001-04-01 || 11,855<ref name="niche" /><ref name="garaph" /> || 45,640 || 30
| 2001-04-01<ref name="niche" /><ref name="garaph" /> || 11,855 || 45,640 || 30
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| 2001-04-15 ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 56,065<ref name="niche" /> ||style="background-color: gray;" |
| 2001-04-15<ref name="niche" /> ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 56,065 ||style="background-color: gray;" |
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| 2001-06-24 ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 71,197<ref name="niche" /><ref name="garaph" /> ||style="background-color: gray;" |
| 2001-06-24<ref name="niche" /><ref name="garaph" /> ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 71,197 ||style="background-color: gray;" |
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| 2001-12-30 ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 74,233<ref name="niche" /><ref name="garaph" /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120622075723/http://geimin.net/da/db/2001_ne_fa/index.php GEIMIN's chart detailing ''Weekly Famitsu'' sales data for 2001] (archived via Wayback Machine)</ref> ||style="background-color: gray;" |
| 2001-12-30<ref name="niche" /><ref name="garaph" /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120622075723/http://geimin.net/da/db/2001_ne_fa/index.php GEIMIN's chart detailing ''Weekly Famitsu'' sales data for 2001] (archived via Wayback Machine)</ref> ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 74,233 ||style="background-color: gray;" |
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|}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040124041629/http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-BestSell2001.shtml The Magic Box's year-end Japanese charts for 2001 put ''Klonoa 2'' at 85th place, with 133,401 copies sold] (archived via Wayback Machine on January 24, 2004)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040124041629/http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-BestSell2001.shtml The Magic Box's year-end Japanese charts for 2001 put ''Klonoa 2'' at 85th place, with 133,401 copies sold] (archived via Wayback Machine on January 24, 2004)
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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 taken from the NPD Group's TRST, which (as of February 2002) only covered 22 retailers<ref group="note">Ames, Best Buy, Beyond.com, Buy.com, Circuit City, CompUSA, Electronic Boutique, Family Toy Warehouse, Fred Meyer, Gamestop (including FuncoLand), the JCPenney Catalog, Kmart, Meijer, Outpost.com, Sears (including its Wishbook), Shopko, Target, Toys R Us (including its website), and TWEC.</ref> that accounted for around 55-60% of the market.<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/2ef99913-7f4f-4c50-b949-6609ee67e835 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 24 - March 2, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> Therefore, it does not account for sales made outside these specific stores (notably including Walmart, who [https://kidscreen.com/2003/10/01/npd-20031001 pulled out of the system in July 2001] and [https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/walmart-lifts-restrictions-on-u-s-game-sales-data would not return until July 2011]).
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! Date !! Copies sold that month !! Total sold
! Date !! Copies sold that week !! Copies sold that month !! Total sold
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| 2001-07-28<ref name="TRSTjul29">[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/9f3096ff-801c-40a0-830f-aec85efa059b NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (July 29 - August 4, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref><ref name="TRSTaug5">[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/d6ef8f67-51a3-4dd6-b81d-b895317d6ff7 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (August 5 - 11, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref><ref name="TRSTaug26">[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/64a459d6-937c-45c8-97e7-47e4ade4b15c NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (August 26 - September 1, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> ||colspan="3;" style="text-align: center" | 5,194
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| 2001-08-04<ref name="TRSTjul29" /><ref name="TRSTaug5" /><ref name="TRSTaug26" /> || 4,136 ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 9,560<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/dae861bf-cf0b-42b7-997f-f127026fb18a July 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref><ref group="note">This data includes Walmart sales, as they had not pulled out of TRSTS at the time it was recorded.</ref>
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| 2001-08-11<ref name="TRSTaug5" /><ref name="TRSTaug26" /><ref name="TRSTsep2">[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/9f3096ff-801c-40a0-830f-aec85efa059b NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 2 - 8, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 2,866 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-08-18<ref name="TRSTaug26" /><ref name="TRSTsep2" /><ref name="TRSTsep9">[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/a586e2d6-0065-478f-8806-418c79b81250 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 9 - 15, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 2,392 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-08-25<ref name="TRSTaug26" /><ref name="TRSTsep2" /><ref name="TRSTsep9" /> || 2,109 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-09-01 || 1,861<ref name="TRSTaug26" /><ref name="TRSTsep2" /><ref name="TRSTsep9" /> || 10,196<ref name="TRSTaug">[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><ref group="note">Covers the period between August 4 and September 1, 2001.</ref> || 19,756<ref name="TRSTaug" />
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| 2001-09-08<ref name="TRSTsep2" /><ref name="TRSTsep9" /> || 1,899 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-09-15<ref name="TRSTsep9" /> || 1,601 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-09-22<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/73fd7b51-b5c3-4861-85d3-e204f3ae4cc7 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 16 - 22, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,545 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-09-29<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/9c441a49-3fca-4aa6-8961-5bc59958b0de NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 23 - 29, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,446 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-09-30<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/7d02c720-6f0b-4514-a0ea-447172b2cfae LTD sales report up through the end of September 2001 (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" | || 39,936<ref group="note">This number clashes with the September 30 - October 6 report (shown in the row immediately below this one), which presents a smaller total sales figure. The data is presented as-is to avoid any undue speculation on the part of the wiki.</ref>
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| 2001-10-06 || 1,375<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/f6f4aba9-7773-4bab-947a-56c2bbc66749 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 30 - October 6, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 8,869<ref name="TRSTsep">[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/1728344d-4dc8-47c4-ba3c-eff26945c1ce September 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref><ref group="note">Covers the period between September 2 and October 6, 2001.</ref> || 28,625<ref name="TRSTsep" />
|-
| 2001-10-13<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/adcb04bf-2735-4661-960c-291ed2eb5582 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (October 7 - 13, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,358 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-10-27<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/a44917d8-9c56-4612-aa0e-b816e3f9052f NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (October 21 - 27, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 4,062 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-11-03 || 1,075<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/5a7ce6cb-c083-4ece-8dfa-d18ad1e18d9a NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (October 28 - November 3, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 8,406<ref name="TRSToct">[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/ef425c13-271a-47e6-b899-ceaa24155683 October 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref><ref group="note">Covers the period between October 7 and November 3, 2001.</ref> || 37,031<ref name="TRSToct" />
|-
| 2001-11-10<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/6c4d82ee-5ea6-4b1b-88d2-a3c082b15f04 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 4 - 10, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,069 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-11-17<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/b9a8806b-49ed-40cc-9637-ff24c9addc13 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 11 - 17, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,185 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-11-24<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/744c573d-512e-45ef-9215-a9f8ca30a97d NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 18 - 24, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,899 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-12-01<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/0258f31c-8806-4ac5-9f72-a6436e3c4fe0 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 25 - December 1, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,553 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-12-08<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/f86f0578-cda1-4399-a79d-8abd00994118 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (December 2 - 8, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,816 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
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| 2002-12|| 1,138<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> || 97,220
| 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;" | || 1,138 || 97,220
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|-
| 2003-01 || 546<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> || 97,766
| 2003-01<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> ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 546 || 97,766
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* [https://archive.org/details/klonoa-2-lunateas-veil-website Official American site] (reuploaded on archive.org; uses Ruffle to emulate Flash)
* [https://archive.org/details/klonoa-2-lunateas-veil-website Official American site] (reuploaded on archive.org; uses Ruffle to emulate Flash)
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20010715042408/http://www.namco.com:80/titles/Klonoa_2/site/index.html Original site] (archived via Wayback Machine on July 15, 2001; non-functional even with Flash working)
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20010715042408/http://www.namco.com:80/titles/Klonoa_2/site/index.html Original site] (archived via Wayback Machine on July 15, 2001; non-functional even with Flash working)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20011019095607/http://www.us.playstation.com/product_detail/product_detail.jhtml?PRODID=250231&CATID=101 PlayStation US listing] (archived via Wayback Machine on October 19, 2001)


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Latest revision as of 12:19, 23 July 2025

Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil, the sequel to Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, is a 2.5D platform game released for the PlayStation 2 in 2001.

History[edit]

Namco news from late 2000 in PSM issue 39.png
PSM
🇺🇸 November 2000

Coverage of the game's announcement

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil unused enemy concept art.jpg
Concept art
🇯🇵 ~2000

An unused enemy idea (drawn by art director Yoshihiko Arai)

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil modeling excerpt from How to Digital Art Volume 1.pdf
How to Digital Art Vol. 1
🇯🇵 March 27, 2001

An inside look at the creation of Klonoa's model and animations

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GameCube pre-release software and history in NextGen issue 82.jpg
NextGen
🇺🇸 October 2001

A news article on the GameCube claims Namco would release Klonoa 2 (among other games) on the platform, which ultimately never happened

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Covers[edit]

Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil early cover art.jpg
Early American cover art
🇺🇸 2001
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Previews[edit]

Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Russian preview in Strana Igr issue 77.pdf
Strana Igr (Gameland)
🇷🇺 October 2000
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil short Japanese preview in NOURS issue 30.jpg
NOURS
🇯🇵 Autumn 2000
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil preview in NextGen issue 72.jpg
NextGen
🇺🇸 December 2000
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil preview in EGM issue 137.jpg
Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 December 2000
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil preview in GameFan volume 8 issue 12.jpg
GameFan
🇺🇸 December 2000
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil French preview in Joypad issue 103.pdf
Joypad
🇫🇷 December 2000
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil preview in Game Informer.jpg
Game Informer
🇺🇸 ~2000
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Japanese preview in Dengeki PlayStation issue 169.pdf
Dengeki PlayStation
🇯🇵 February 23, 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Japanese preview in Hyper PlayStation 2 March 9-23 2001.pdf
Hyper PlayStation 2
🇯🇵 March 9/23, 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil preview in EGM issue 140.jpg
Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 March 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil preview blurb in NextGen issue 75.jpg
NextGen
🇺🇸 March 2001

Preview blurb

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil preview in GamePro issue 150.jpg
GamePro
🇺🇸 March 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil preview in PSM issue 43.jpeg
PSM
🇺🇸 March 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil preview in Expert Gamer issue 82.jpg
Expert Gamer
🇺🇸 April 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Spanish preview in Next Level issue 28.jpg
Next Level
🇦🇷 May 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil preview in PSM issue 45.jpeg
PSM
🇺🇸 May 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Russian preview in Strana igr June 2001.pdf
Strana Igr (Gameland)
🇷🇺 June 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Polish import preview in Neo Plus issue 33.pdf
Neo Plus
🇵🇱 June 2001
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Klonoa Door to Phantomile demo disc column in Official US PlayStation Magazine issue 45.jpg
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine
🇺🇸 June 2001

Mostly focused on the included demo of the previous game, though it also includes a screenshot from Lunatea's Veil

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil preview in Official US PlayStation Magazine issue 46.jpg
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine
🇺🇸 July 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Polish preview in Click December 2001.jpg
Click!
🇵🇱 December 2001

Tokyo Game Show 2001 coverage

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Video preview taken from volume 0 of the Japanese PurePure 2 demo disc series (edited by Valhalla, the uploader, to preserve quality; dated February 2001, though the file is dated to November 30, 2000)
Video preview taken from the demo disc bundled with issue 47 of the Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (dated August 2001)

Magazine covers[edit]

Dengeki PlayStation issue 169 cover.jpg
Dengeki PlayStation
🇯🇵 February 23, 2001
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Tips & Tricks issue 79 cover.jpg
Tips & Tricks
🇺🇸 September 2001
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Features[edit]

Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Japanese feature and more in NOURS issue 32.jpg
NOURS
🇯🇵 Spring 2001

Explanation of various features (along with a brief preview of Klonoa: Empire of Dreams)

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Japanese guide in Dengeki PlayStation issue 175.pdf
Dengeki PlayStation
🇯🇵 April 27, 2001

Guide to portions of the game

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil guide in Tips & Tricks issue 79.pdf
Tips & Tricks
🇺🇸 September 2001

Guide to every level

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil unlockable content in PSM issue 51.jpg
PSM
🇺🇸 November 2001

Guide to unlockable content

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Advertising[edit]

Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Japanese print ad from NOURS issue 32.jpg
Print ad
🇯🇵 2001

Taken from the spring 2001 issue of NOURS

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil print ad from EGM issue 145.jpg
Print ad
🇺🇸 2001

Taken from issue 145 of EGM (dated August 2001)

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Japanese television ad (with English translation by Chris Aaron; 2001)

Interviews[edit]

Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Japanese interview in Hyper PlayStation 2 March 9-23 2001.pdf
Hyper PlayStation 2
🇯🇵 March 9/23, 2001

Hideo Yoshizawa (writer) and Yoshihiko Arai (writer, artist, and more) discuss the game, particularly in relation to its predecessor

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Japanese interview with Tsuyoshi Kobayashi and Yoshihiko Arai in NOURS issue 32.pdf
NOURS
🇯🇵 Spring 2001

Director Tsuyoshi Kobayashi and art director Yoshihiko Arai discuss the game

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil interview with director Tsuyoshi Kobayashi in Tips & Tricks issue 79.jpg
Tips & Tricks
🇺🇸 September 2001

Tsuyoshi Kobayashi discusses the game & the series as a whole

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Reviews[edit]

Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil French review in Consoles Plus issue 112.pdf
Consoles+
🇫🇷 May 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil review in Edge issue 98.jpg
Edge
🇺🇸 June 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil review in PSM issue 47.jpeg
PSM
🇺🇸 July 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil review in Game Informer issue 100.jpg
Game Informer
🇺🇸 August 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil review in Official US PlayStation Magazine issue 47.jpg
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine
🇺🇸 August 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil panel review in EGM issue 146.jpg
Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 September 2001

Panel review

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil review in NextGen issue 81.jpg
NextGen
🇺🇸 September 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Polish review in Click 2001.pdf
Click!
🇵🇱 October 25, 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Polish review in Play November 2001.pdf
Play
🇵🇱 November 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Dutch review in Power Unlimited issue 95.pdf
Power Unlimited
🇳🇱 November 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil review in Hyper issue 98.pdf
Hyper
🇦🇺 December 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Portuguese review in PlayStation Revista Oficial issue 77.pdf
PlayStation Revista Oficial
🇧🇷 December 2001
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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil review in PoJo's Video Game Review 2001.jpg
Video Game Review
🇺🇸 2001
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Sales[edit]

Japan[edit]

Date Copies sold that week Total sold Chart position
2001-03-25[4][5] 33,785 15
2001-04-01[4][5] 11,855 45,640 30
2001-04-15[4] 56,065
2001-06-24[4][5] 71,197
2001-12-30[4][5][6] 74,233

North America[edit]

Note that the below data was taken from the NPD Group's TRST, which (as of February 2002) only covered 22 retailers[note 2] that accounted for around 55-60% of the market.[7] Therefore, it does not account for sales made outside these specific stores (notably including Walmart, who pulled out of the system in July 2001 and would not return until July 2011).

Date Copies sold that week Copies sold that month Total sold
2001-07-28[8][9][10] 5,194
2001-08-04[8][9][10] 4,136 9,560[11][note 3]
2001-08-11[9][10][12] 2,866
2001-08-18[10][12][13] 2,392
2001-08-25[10][12][13] 2,109
2001-09-01 1,861[10][12][13] 10,196[14][note 4] 19,756[14]
2001-09-08[12][13] 1,899
2001-09-15[13] 1,601
2001-09-22[15] 1,545
2001-09-29[16] 1,446
2001-09-30[17] 39,936[note 5]
2001-10-06 1,375[18] 8,869[19][note 6] 28,625[19]
2001-10-13[20] 1,358
2001-10-27[21] 4,062
2001-11-03 1,075[22] 8,406[23][note 7] 37,031[23]
2001-11-10[24] 1,069
2001-11-17[25] 1,185
2001-11-24[26] 1,899
2001-12-01[27] 1,553
2001-12-08[28] 1,816
2002-12[29] 1,138 97,220
2003-01[30] 546 97,766

Websites[edit]

Forum posts[edit]

IGN Klonoa board (archived via Wayback Machine)[edit]

  • "One of my favorite games of all time.........." (daviddoel offers high praise for Klonoa 2; July 23, 2002)
  • "Klonoa 3?" (while most of this thread is about the eponymous hypothetical sequel, wilachu opens it by demanding the reader purchase Klonoa 2; began October 31, 2003)
  • "Elemental colors" (SilverFang15_Autobot asks for the colors of the emotions at the heart of the game's story; February 2, 2004)
  • "Mometsuto??" (confusion over online claims that one could unlock and play as the eponymous character; began April 11, 2004)
  • "Klonoa 2 FAQ" (matthewdorey's ultimately unfinished walkthrough for the game; began July 12, 2004)
  • "Help! O.O" (Maxeen seeks advice while trying to get through Noxious La-Lakoosha; began July 28, 2004)
  • "Klonoa 2 was very under-appreciated" (a lamentation of the game's obscurity; began August 10, 2004)
  • "Blah, help again!" (Maxeen once again seeks advice on completing a level, this time the Ark Revisited; August 11, 2004)

Miscellaneous[edit]

Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil prizes in NOURS issue 32.jpg
NOURS
🇯🇵 Spring 2001

Contest to win a copy of the game or an assortment of prizes

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil time attack contest in Tips & Tricks issue 79.jpg
Tips & Tricks
🇺🇸 September 2001

Time attack contest

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil spread in Play November 2001.pdf
Play
🇵🇱 November 2001

Two-page spread with promotional art

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil time attack contest results in Tips & Tricks issue 83.jpg
Tips & Tricks
🇺🇸 January 2002

Time attack contest results

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil excerpt from 1000 Game Heroes.pdf
1000 Game Heroes
🇫🇷 2002

Excerpt from a book (containing a plot synopsis and pictures, including some from the game's predecessor)

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Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil sidebar in Code Vault September 2003.jpg
Code Vault
🇺🇸 September 2003

"Nearly Forgotten Five" sidebar

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  • In 2001, IGN held a contest where people who could answer three questions related to Namco and Klonoa could win up to $2,000, a two-day trip to visit the site's editors in San Francisco, or a copy of Klonoa 2:

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The current publication date of May 17, 2006 is incorrect. Whenever possible, accurate dates have been used here (derived from another GameSpot page that was archived on the Wayback Machine).
  2. ↑ Ames, Best Buy, Beyond.com, Buy.com, Circuit City, CompUSA, Electronic Boutique, Family Toy Warehouse, Fred Meyer, Gamestop (including FuncoLand), the JCPenney Catalog, Kmart, Meijer, Outpost.com, Sears (including its Wishbook), Shopko, Target, Toys R Us (including its website), and TWEC.
  3. ↑ This data includes Walmart sales, as they had not pulled out of TRSTS at the time it was recorded.
  4. ↑ Covers the period between August 4 and September 1, 2001.
  5. ↑ This number clashes with the September 30 - October 6 report (shown in the row immediately below this one), which presents a smaller total sales figure. The data is presented as-is to avoid any undue speculation on the part of the wiki.
  6. ↑ Covers the period between September 2 and October 6, 2001.
  7. ↑ Covers the period between October 7 and November 3, 2001.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ The official Japanese "Klonoa@home" site lists this as the game's release date.
  2. ↑ "Klonoa Will Fly in July" (press release dated September 26, 2000)
  3. ↑ Sources conflict on the exact date - they range from the 23rd (GameSpot's page for the game, as archived on the Wayback Machine in 2003), 24th (IGN, as archived on the Wayback Machine in both 2002 and 2012), 25th (GameSpot and GameZone's pages for the game), 27th (archived PSXExtreme articles like this preview), and the 31st (Allgame's listing, archived via Wayback Machine).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Niche Barrier's record of Weekly Famitsu's sales charts
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Garaph's record of Weekly Famitsu's sales charts (archived via Wayback Machine on July 21, 2011)
  6. ↑ GEIMIN's chart detailing Weekly Famitsu sales data for 2001 (archived via Wayback Machine)
  7. ↑ NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 24 - March 2, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (July 29 - August 4, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (August 5 - 11, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (August 26 - September 1, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  11. ↑ July 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 2 - 8, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 9 - 15, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 August 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  15. ↑ NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 16 - 22, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  16. ↑ NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 23 - 29, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  17. ↑ LTD sales report up through the end of September 2001 (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  18. ↑ NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 30 - October 6, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 September 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  20. ↑ NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (October 7 - 13, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  21. ↑ NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (October 21 - 27, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  22. ↑ NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (October 28 - November 3, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 October 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  24. ↑ NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 4 - 10, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  25. ↑ NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 11 - 17, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  26. ↑ NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 18 - 24, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  27. ↑ NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 25 - December 1, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  28. ↑ NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (December 2 - 8, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  29. ↑ Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on December 2002 game sales
  30. ↑ Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on January 2003 game sales
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