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  |image = Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil cover art USA.jpg
  |image = Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil cover art USA.jpg
  |developer = Namco
  |developer = Namco
  |publisher = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''Namco'''
  |publisher = Namco<br>{{Flag-EU}} Sony Computer Entertainment
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">Namco<br>{{Flag-EU}} Sony Computer Entertainment</div></div>
  |platforms = {{plat-ps2}}
  |platforms = PlayStation 2
  |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>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}} 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>
  |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]]
  |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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|country=JP
|country=JP
|description=An unused enemy idea (drawn by art director Yoshihiko Arai)
|description=An unused enemy idea (drawn by art director Yoshihiko Arai)
}}
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|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil modeling excerpt from How to Digital Art Volume 1.pdf
|title=How to Digital Art Vol. 1
|date=March 27, 2001
|country=JP
|description=An inside look at the creation of Klonoa's model and animations
}}
}}
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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)
* [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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== Previews ==
== Previews ==
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Russian preview in Strana Igr issue 77.pdf
|title=Strana Igr (Gameland)
|date=October 2000
|country=RU
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil short Japanese preview in NOURS issue 30.jpg
|title=NOURS
|date=Autumn 2000
|country=JP
}}
{{GalleryCard
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil preview in NextGen issue 72.jpg
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil preview in NextGen issue 72.jpg
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|date=December 2000
|date=December 2000
|country=US
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil French preview in Joypad issue 103.pdf
|title=Joypad
|date=December 2000
|country=FR
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil preview in Game Informer.jpg
|title=Game Informer
|date=~2000
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Japanese preview in Hyper PlayStation 2 March 9-23 2001.pdf
|title=Hyper PlayStation 2
|date=March 9/23, 2001
|country=JP
}}
}}
{{GalleryCard
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|title=PSM
|title=PSM
|date=March 2001
|date=March 2001
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil preview in Expert Gamer issue 82.jpg
|title=Expert Gamer
|date=April 2001
|country=US
|country=US
}}
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|date=May 2001
|date=May 2001
|country=US
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Russian preview in Strana igr June 2001.pdf
|title=Strana Igr (Gameland)
|date=June 2001
|country=RU
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Polish import preview in Neo Plus issue 33.pdf
|title=Neo Plus
|date=June 2001
|country=PL
}}
}}
{{GalleryCard
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|date=July 2001
|date=July 2001
|country=US
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Polish preview in Click December 2001.jpg
|title=Click!
|date=December 2001
|country=PL
|description=Tokyo Game Show 2001 coverage
}}
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
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|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Japanese feature and more in NOURS issue 32.jpg
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Japanese feature and more in NOURS issue 32.jpg
|title=NOURS
|title=NOURS
|date=Spring 2021
|date=Spring 2001
|country=JP
|country=JP
|description=Explanation of various features (along with a brief preview of ''[[Klonoa: Empire of Dreams]]'')
|description=Explanation of various features (along with a brief preview of ''[[Klonoa: Empire of Dreams]]'')
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}}
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
== Advertising ==
{{GalleryStart}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Japanese print ad from NOURS issue 32.jpg
|title=Print ad
|date=2001
|country=JP
|description=Taken from the spring 2001 issue of ''NOURS''
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil print ad from EGM issue 145.jpg
|title=Print ad
|date=2001
|country=US
|description=Taken from issue 145 of ''EGM'' (dated August 2001)
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
{{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oW6dBt6xe8|description=Japanese television ad (with English translation by Chris Aaron; 2001)|container=frame|dimensions=360|alignment=inline|valignment=top}}


== Interviews ==
== Interviews ==
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{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Japanese interview in Hyper PlayStation 2 March 9-23 2001.pdf
|title=Hyper PlayStation 2
|date=March 9/23, 2001
|country=JP
|description=Hideo Yoshizawa (writer) and Yoshihiko Arai (writer, artist, and more) discuss the game, particularly in relation to its predecessor
}}
{{GalleryCard
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Japanese interview with Tsuyoshi Kobayashi and Yoshihiko Arai in NOURS issue 32.pdf
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Japanese interview with Tsuyoshi Kobayashi and Yoshihiko Arai in NOURS issue 32.pdf
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}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010124084600/http://www.digicube.co.jp/navicube/kikaku/otokotachi/05/otoko.html Japanese interview with director Tsuyoshi Kobayashi] (originally posted on [https://web.archive.org/web/20001203120700/http://www.digicube.co.jp/CGI/product/navi_top.cgi November 6, 2000]; archived via Wayback Machine on January 24, 2001)


== Reviews ==
== Reviews ==
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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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|title=NextGen
|title=NextGen
|date=September 2001
|date=September 2001
|country=US
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Polish review in Click 2001.pdf
|title=Click!
|date=October 25, 2001
|country=PL
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Polish review in Play November 2001.pdf
|title=Play
|date=November 2001
|country=PL
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Dutch review in Power Unlimited issue 95.pdf
|title=Power Unlimited
|date=November 2001
|country=NL
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil review in Hyper issue 98.pdf
|title=Hyper
|date=December 2001
|country=AU
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil Portuguese review in PlayStation Revista Oficial issue 77.pdf
|title=PlayStation Revista Oficial
|date=December 2001
|country=BR
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil review in PoJo's Video Game Review 2001.jpg
|title=Video Game Review
|date=2001
|country=US
|country=US
}}
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041120133309/http://www.netjak.com/review.php/752 Netjack review] (November 17, 2004; archived via Wayback Machine)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041120133309/http://www.netjak.com/review.php/752 Netjack review] (November 17, 2004; archived via Wayback Machine)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141115232124/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=31689&tab=review Allgame review] (archived via Wayback Machine)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141115232124/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=31689&tab=review Allgame review] (archived via Wayback Machine)
== Sales ==
=== Japan ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date !! Copies sold that week !! Total sold !! Chart position
|-
| 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
|-
| 2001-04-01 || 11,855<ref name="niche" /><ref name="garaph" /> || 45,640 || 30
|-
| 2001-04-15 ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 56,065<ref name="niche" /> ||style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-06-24 ||style="background-color: gray;" | || 71,197<ref name="niche" /><ref name="garaph" /> ||style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 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;" |
|}
* [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)
* [http://spong.com/article/1187/Namco-tries-to-deal-with-financial-strife "Namco tries to deal with financial strife"] (Spong claims that the company expected ''Klonoa 2'', ''[[Moto GP]]'', and ''[[7: Molmorth no Kiheitai]]'' to sell a total of 900,000 copies only for them to instead sell 290,000; 2001)
=== 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.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date !! Copies sold that month !! Total sold
|-
| 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
|-
| 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
|}


== Websites ==
== Websites ==
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== Miscellaneous ==
== Miscellaneous ==
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|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil prizes in NOURS issue 32.jpg
|title=NOURS
|date=Spring 2001
|country=JP
|description=Contest to win a copy of the game or an assortment of prizes
}}
{{GalleryCard
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|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil time attack contest in Tips & Tricks issue 79.jpg
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil time attack contest in Tips & Tricks issue 79.jpg
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|country=US
|country=US
|description=Time attack contest
|description=Time attack contest
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{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil spread in Play November 2001.pdf
|title=Play
|date=November 2001
|country=PL
|description=Two-page spread with promotional art
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|country=FR
|country=FR
|description=Excerpt from a book (containing a plot synopsis and pictures, including some from [[Klonoa: Door to Phantomile|the game's predecessor]])
|description=Excerpt from a book (containing a plot synopsis and pictures, including some from [[Klonoa: Door to Phantomile|the game's predecessor]])
}}
{{GalleryCard
|file=Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil sidebar in Code Vault September 2003.jpg
|title=Code Vault
|date=September 2003
|country=US
|description="Nearly Forgotten Five" sidebar
}}
}}
{{GalleryEnd}}
{{GalleryEnd}}

Latest revision as of 02:50, 10 November 2024

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]

Covers[edit]

Previews[edit]

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]

Features[edit]

Advertising[edit]

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

Interviews[edit]

Reviews[edit]

Sales[edit]

Japan[edit]

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

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 Copies sold that month Total sold
2002-12 1,138[7] 97,220
2003-01 546[8] 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]

  • 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).

References[edit]

  1. The official Japanese "Klonoa@home" site lists this as the game's release date.
  2. "Klonoa Will Fly in July" (archived press release from Namco, 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. Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on December 2002 game sales
  8. Archived copy of a TRST spreadsheet reporting on January 2003 game sales