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{{Infobox
{{InfoboxGame
  |image  = Klonoa Empire of Dreams cover EU.jpg
  |image  = Klonoa Empire of Dreams cover EU.jpg
  |developer = Namco
  |developer = Namco
  |publisher = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''Namco'''
  |publisher = Namco<br>{{Flag-EU}} Infogrames
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">Namco<br>{{Flag-EU}} Infogrames</div></div>
  |platforms = {{plat-gba}} • {{plat-vc}} (Wii U)
  |platforms = Game Boy Advance
  |date = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''July 19, 2001 (original)'''
  |date = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''July 19, 2001 (original)'''
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">{{Flag-JP}} July 19, 2001<ref>[https://www.bandainamcoent.co.jp/cs/list/kloweb/gameinto.html The official Japanese website "Klonoa @ home"] lists this as the game's release date in that region.</ref><br>{{Flag-US}} September 23, 2001<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20021207080231/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=694 Nintendo's listing for the game on their site] (archived via Wayback Machine)</ref><br>{{Flag-EU}} March 29, 2002</div></div>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">'''Game Boy Advance'''<br>{{Flag-JP}} July 19, 2001<ref>[https://www.bandainamcoent.co.jp/cs/list/kloweb/gameinto.html The official Japanese website "Klonoa @ home"] lists this as the game's release date in that region.</ref><br>{{Flag-US}} September 23, 2001<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20021207080231/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=694 Nintendo's listing for the game on their site] (archived via Wayback Machine)</ref><br>{{Flag-EU}} March 29, 2002<br>'''Virtual Console (Wii U)'''<br>{{Flag-UK}} May 22, 2014<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-sjNPx15WA "Klonoa: Empire Of Dreams - Nintendo eShop Trailer (Wii U)"] (YouTube video by Nintendo UK)</ref><br>{{Flag-US}} May 29, 2014<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201214200438/https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/klonoa-empire-of-dreams-wii-u/ Listing on Nintendo's American website] (archived via Wayback Machine)</ref><ref>[https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/472083703360143361 Tweet from Nintendo of America]</ref><br>{{Flag-JP}} September 3, 2014<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/20010000006649 Listing on Nintendo's Japanese website]</ref></div></div>
  |wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klonoa:_Empire_of_Dreams
  |wikipedia = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klonoa:_Empire_of_Dreams  
  |mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/klonoa-empire-of-dreams
  |mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/klonoa-empire-of-dreams
  |tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Klonoa:_Empire_of_Dreams
  |tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Klonoa:_Empire_of_Dreams
  |related = [[Klonoa: Door to Phantomile]]<br>[[Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil]]
  |related = [[Klonoa: Door to Phantomile]]<br>[[Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil]]<br>[[Klonoa Beach Volleyball]]<br>[[Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament]]}}
}}


'''Klonoa: Empire of Dreams''' is a puzzle-platformer originally released in 2001 for the Game Boy Advance.  
'''Klonoa: Empire of Dreams''' is a puzzle-platformer originally released in 2001 for the Game Boy Advance.  
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|country=JP
|country=JP
|description=From the ''Game Boy Advance Greatest Catalogue''
|description=From the ''Game Boy Advance Greatest Catalogue''
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Empire of Dreams Japanese feature in Nintendo Dream May 2001.jpg
|title=Nintendo Dream
|date=May 2001
|country=JP
}}
}}
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|country=JP
|country=JP
|description=While mostly focused on ''[[Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil]]'', this article briefly previews ''Empire of Dreams'' as well
|description=While mostly focused on ''[[Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil]]'', this article briefly previews ''Empire of Dreams'' as well
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Empire of Dreams Japanese preview in Nintendo Dream June 2001.jpg
|title=Nintendo Dream
|date=June 2001
|country=JP
}}
}}
{{GalleryCard
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|country=US
|country=US
|description=Taken from the 146th issue of ''EGM'' (dated September 2001)
|description=Taken from the 146th issue of ''EGM'' (dated September 2001)
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Empire of Dreams Japanese print ad from Nintendo Dream September 2001.jpg
|title=Print ad
|date=2001
|country=JP
|description=Taken from the back of ''Nintendo Dream'''s September 2001 issue
}}
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
{{GalleryEnd}}


== Features ==
== Features ==
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Empire of Dreams Japanese feature in Nintendo Dream July 2001.jpg
|title=Nintendo Dream
|date=July 2001
|country=JP
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Empire of Dreams Japanese feature in Nintendo Dream August 2001.jpg
|title=Nintendo Dream
|date=August 2001
|country=JP
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Empire of Dreams Portuguese feature in Nintendo World issue 36.png
|title=Nintendo World
|date=August 2001
|country=BR
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Empire of Dreams Japanese feature in Nintendo Dream September 2001.pdf
|title=Nintendo Dream
|date=September 2001
|country=JP
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Empire of Dreams Spanish feature in Club Nintendo issue 10.pdf
|title=Club Nintendo
|date=October 2001
|country=MX
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
* [https://archive.org/details/nintendo-power-issue-148-september-2001/page/n75/mode/2up ''Nintendo Power''] (guide to the game; issue 148, dated September 2001)
* [https://archive.org/details/nintendo-power-issue-148-september-2001/page/n75/mode/2up ''Nintendo Power''] (guide to the game; issue 148, dated September 2001)


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|date=September 2001
|date=September 2001
|country=US
|country=US
|description=Panel review
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Empire of Dreams Polish import review in Gameboy Magazyn September 2001.jpg
|title=Gameboy Magazyn
|date=September 2001
|country=PL
|description=Short import review
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Empire of Dreams Spanish panel review in Club Nintendo issue 10.jpg
|title=Club Nintendo
|date=October 2001
|country=MX
|description=Panel review
|description=Panel review
}}
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|date=May 2002
|date=May 2002
|country=ES
|country=ES
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa Empire of Dreams review in Cube UK issue 6.jpg
|title=Cube (UK)
|date=June 2002
|country=UK
}}
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
* [https://archive.org/details/nintendo-power-issue-148-september-2001/page/123/mode/1up ''Nintendo Power''] (with some brief second opinions; issue 148, dated September 2001)
* [https://archive.org/details/nintendo-power-issue-148-september-2001/page/123/mode/1up ''Nintendo Power''] (with some brief second opinions; issue 148, dated September 2001)
== Sales ==
=== Japan ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date !! Copies sold that week !! Total sold !! Chart position
|-
| 2001-07-22 ||colspan="2;" style="text-align: center;" | 15,923<ref name="niche">[https://nichebarrier.com/game/26639-klonoa-empire-of-dreams Niche Barrier's record of ''Weekly Famitsu'''s sales charts]</ref> || 7
|-
| 2001-07-29 || 7,163<ref name="niche" /> || 23,086 || 20
|-
| 2001-08-05 || 4,426<ref name="niche" /> || 27,512 || 30
|-
| 2001-12-30 ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 50,698<ref name="niche" /><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;" |
|}
=== 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], 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>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date !! Copies sold that week !! Copies sold that month !! Total sold
|-
| 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><ref name="TRSTsep23">[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><ref name="TRSTsep30">[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> ||colspan="3;" style="text-align: center" | 2,289
|-
| 2001-09-29<ref name="TRSTsep23" /><ref name="TRSTsep30" /> || 2,117 ||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" | || 9,124<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>
|-
| 2001-10-06 || 1,671<ref name="TRSTsep30" /> || 6,241<ref>[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> ||style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 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> || 1,382 ||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> || 1,053 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-11-03 || 913<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> || 4,565<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> || 10,806<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> || 916 ||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> || 750 ||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> || 1,048 ||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> || 893 ||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> || 1,082 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-12-22<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/02ed39ca-689e-452d-b877-53bdcf75c032 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (December 16 - 22, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,861 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2001-12-29<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/346e734d-9b21-4278-87b6-0cdf97ba0a56 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (December 23 - 29, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 1,555 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2002-01-12<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/cda14d63-90ca-4481-ba07-3f4898441d56 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (January 6 - 12, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 236 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2002-02-09<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/157bbff6-f87a-49ba-9145-3c64eb3a1e2b NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 3 - 9, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 427 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2002-02-16<ref>[https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/292514b8-417a-43e5-ad70-14f504a7aef1 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 10 - 16, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)]</ref> || 319 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|-
| 2002-03-02<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> || 243 ||colspan="2;" style="background-color: gray" |
|}


== Websites ==
== Websites ==
* [https://www.bandainamcoent.co.jp/cs/list/gba-klonoa Official Japanese site]
* [https://www.bandainamcoent.co.jp/cs/list/gba-klonoa Official Japanese site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021207080231/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=694 Nintendo's listing for the game on their site] (archived via Wayback Machine on December 7, 2002)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021207080231/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=694 Nintendo's listing for the game on their site] (archived via Wayback Machine on December 7, 2002)
== Notes ==
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== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 12:40, 23 July 2025

Klonoa: Empire of Dreams is a puzzle-platformer originally released in 2001 for the Game Boy Advance.

Previews[edit]

Advertising[edit]

Features[edit]

Reviews[edit]

  • Nintendo Power (with some brief second opinions; issue 148, dated September 2001)

Sales[edit]

Japan[edit]

Date Copies sold that week Total sold Chart position
2001-07-22 15,923[7] 7
2001-07-29 7,163[7] 23,086 20
2001-08-05 4,426[7] 27,512 30
2001-12-30 50,698[7][8]

North America[edit]

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 July 2001 and July 2011, dropping the officially estimated coverage to 60%.[9]

Date Copies sold that week Copies sold that month Total sold
2001-09-22[10][11][12] 2,289
2001-09-29[11][12] 2,117
2001-09-30[13] 9,124[note 1]
2001-10-06 1,671[12] 6,241[14][note 2]
2001-10-13[15] 1,382
2001-10-27[16] 1,053
2001-11-03 913[17] 4,565[18][note 3] 10,806[18]
2001-11-10[19] 916
2001-11-17[20] 750
2001-11-24[21] 1,048
2001-12-01[22] 893
2001-12-08[23] 1,082
2001-12-22[24] 1,861
2001-12-29[25] 1,555
2002-01-12[26] 236
2002-02-09[27] 427
2002-02-16[28] 319
2002-03-02[29] 243

Websites[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. 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.
  2. Covers the period between September 2 and October 6, 2001.
  3. Covers the period between October 7 and November 3, 2001.

References[edit]

  1. The official Japanese website "Klonoa @ home" lists this as the game's release date in that region.
  2. Nintendo's listing for the game on their site (archived via Wayback Machine)
  3. "Klonoa: Empire Of Dreams - Nintendo eShop Trailer (Wii U)" (YouTube video by Nintendo UK)
  4. Listing on Nintendo's American website (archived via Wayback Machine)
  5. Tweet from Nintendo of America
  6. Listing on Nintendo's Japanese website
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Niche Barrier's record of Weekly Famitsu's sales charts
  8. GEIMIN's chart detailing Weekly Famitsu sales data for 2001 (archived via Wayback Machine)
  9. August 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  10. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 16 - 22, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  11. 11.0 11.1 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 23 - 29, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (September 30 - October 6, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  13. LTD sales report up through the end of September 2001 (archived by the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  14. September 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  15. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (October 7 - 13, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  16. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (October 21 - 27, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  17. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (October 28 - November 3, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  18. 18.0 18.1 October 2001 TRSTS video games report (archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  19. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 4 - 10, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  20. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 11 - 17, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  21. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 18 - 24, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  22. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (November 25 - December 1, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  23. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (December 2 - 8, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  24. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (December 16 - 22, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  25. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (December 23 - 29, 2001; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  26. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (January 6 - 12, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  27. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 3 - 9, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  28. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 10 - 16, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)
  29. NPD interactive entertainment weekly report (February 24 - March 2, 2002; archived on the Video Game History Foundation Library)