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  |image = Klonoa Door to Phantomile American cover.png
  |image = Klonoa Door to Phantomile American cover.png
  |developer = Namco
  |developer = Namco
  |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>
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  |mobygames = https://www.mobygames.com/game/klonoa-door-to-phantomile
  |tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Klonoa:_Door_to_Phantomile_(PlayStation)
  |tcrf = https://tcrf.net/Klonoa:_Door_to_Phantomile_(PlayStation)
  |related = [[Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil]]<br>[[Klonoa: Empire of Dreams]]<br>[[Klonoa Beach Volleyball]]
  |related = [[Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil]]<br>[[Klonoa: Empire of Dreams]]<br>[[Klonoa Beach Volleyball]]<br>[[Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament]]}}
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'''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).
'''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).
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|date=August 1997
|date=August 1997
|country=JP
|country=JP
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in Edge issue 48.jpg
|title=Edge
|date=August 1997
|country=UK
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|country=US
|country=US
|description=Short preview of various PlayStation games previewed by Namco at E3 1997, ''Door to Phantomile'' included
|description=Short preview of various PlayStation games previewed by Namco at E3 1997, ''Door to Phantomile'' included
}}
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|file=Kuchikomi PlayStation Guide Summer 1997 excerpt with previews.jpg
|title=Kuchikomi PlayStation Guide
|date=Summer 1997
|country=JP
|description=Also includes previews of ''[[Resident Evil 2]]'', ''[[Moonlight Syndrome]]'', ''[[Maria: Kuntachi ga Umareta Riyū]]'', ''[[Final Doom]]'', and ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''
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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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|date=March 1998
|date=March 1998
|country=BR
|country=BR
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile review in Game Informer issue 60.jpg
|title=Game Informer
|date=April 1998
|country=US
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile French review in Consoles Plus issue 77.pdf
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile French review in Consoles Plus issue 77.pdf
|title=Consoles +
|title=Consoles +
|date=June 1998
|country=FR
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile French review in Next Games issue 2.png
|title=Next Games
|date=June 1998
|date=June 1998
|country=FR
|country=FR
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|date=June 1998
|date=June 1998
|country=ES
|country=ES
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Polish review in Neo Plus issue 1.pdf
|title=Neo Plus
|date=July 1998
|country=PL
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! Date !! Copies sold that week !! Total sold !! Chart position
! Date !! Copies sold that week !! Total sold !! Chart position
|-
|-
| 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
|-
|-
| 1997-12-21 || 24,309<ref name="niche" /> || 73,259 || 20
| 1997-12-21<ref name="niche" /> || 24,309 || 73,259 || 20
|-
|-
| 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 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>
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date !! Copies sold that period !! Total sold
|-
| 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
|-
| 2001-06<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
|-
| 2001-09-01<ref name="aug2001" /> || 62 (thus far that year)<br>5 (August 5 - September 1) ||style="background-color: gray;" |
|-
| 2001-09-30<ref name="aug2001" /> ||style="background-color: gray;" | ||rowspan="3" | 25,851
|-
| 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;" |
|-
| 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;" |
|}


=== United Kingdom ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Date !! Total sold
! Date !! Total sold
|-
|-
| 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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== Miscellaneous ==
== Miscellaneous ==
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|file=Short preview of CD contents in Tech-Win December 1997.jpg
|title=Tech-Win
|date=December 1997
|country=JP
|description=Summary of pack-in CD contents, including a ''Door to Phantomile'' screensaver and icons
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|file=Summary of CD contents from Tech-Win December 1997.pdf
|title=Tech-Win
|date=December 1997
|country=JP
|description=Longer summary of pack-in CD contents
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile blurb in Dengeki PlayStation issue 65.jpg
|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile blurb in Dengeki PlayStation issue 65.jpg

Latest revision as of 07:52, 1 November 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

Previews

Gameplay footage from E3 1997
Short preview from Game Catalog II (a Japanese TV show run by Famitsu; December 4, 1997)
Video preview taken from a CD-ROM bundled with issue 39 of Next Generation (dated March 1998)

Magazine covers

Features

Reader submissions

Advertising

Japanese TV ad (with English subtitles by the uploader, Chris Aaron)
Japanese store promo video

Interviews

Reviews

Flights of Fantasy review

Sales

Japan

Date Copies sold that week Total sold Chart position
1997-12-14[4] 48,950 3
1997-12-21[4] 24,309 73,259 20
1998-01-04[4] 112,575

North America

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 July 2001 and July 2011, dropping the officially estimated coverage to 60%.[5]

Date Copies sold that period Total sold
2000-07-01[6] 325 (thus far that year)
86 (May 28 - July 1)
2001-01-31[7] 25,830
2001-03[8] 25,834
2001-06[9] 25,842
2001-09-01[5] 62 (thus far that year)
5 (August 5 - September 1)
2001-09-30[5] 25,851
2002-12[10]
2003[11][12]

United Kingdom

Date Total sold
2000?[13] 1,794

Websites

Forum posts

  • "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

Notes

  1. Part 2 is focused on Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil.

References