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  |date = <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">'''December 11, 1997 (original)'''
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<div class="mw-collapsible-content">{{Flag-JP}} December 11, 1997<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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|date=September 1997
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Spanish preview in Super Juegos issue 70.pdf
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|date=April 1998
|date=April 1998
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Spanish preview in PlayStation Magazine Spain issue 17.pdf
|title=PlayStation Magazine Edición Oficial Española
|date=May 1998
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== Magazine covers ==
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|file=Game-X issue 22 cover.jpg
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|date=1998
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== Features ==
== Features ==
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese guide to endgame in Dengeki PlayStation issue 66.jpg
|title=Dengeki PlayStation
|date=February 13, 1998
|country=JP
|description=Guide to beating the final boss
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile guide in EGM2 issue 46.pdf
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|date=April 1998
|date=April 1998
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|description=Guide to the game
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Portuguese guide to unlockable content in SGP issue 49.png
|title=Super Game Power
|date=April 1998
|country=BR
|description=Short guide to unlockable content
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Portuguese guide in SGP issue 50.pdf
|title=Super Game Power
|date=May 1998
|country=BR
|description=Guide to the game
|description=Guide to the game
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|description=Explanation of how to unlock the sound test
|description=Explanation of how to unlock the sound test
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== Reader submissions ==
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese reader impressions in Nice Games volume 6.pdf
|title=Nice Games
|date=Spring 2001
|country=JP
|description=A reader shares their impressions of the game at length
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|description=The infamous STD ad, taken from ''EGM'''s 104th issue (dated March 1998)
|description=The infamous STD ad, taken from ''EGM'''s 104th issue (dated March 1998)
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Spanish print ad from PlayStation Magazine Spain issue 18.jpg
|title=Print ad
|date=1998
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|description=Taken from the eighteenth issue of ''PlayStation Magazine Edición Oficial Española'' (dated June 1998)
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile budget rerelease ad blurb in Namco Soft Lineup 2000 through 2001.png
|title=Namco Soft Line-up! 2000-2001
|date=~2000
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|description=Blurb from a promotional booklet advertising a budget rerelease
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== Interviews ==
* [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]
** 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] (part 2 is focused on ''Klonoa 2'')


== Reviews ==
== Reviews ==
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|date=March 1998
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|date=May 1998
|country=IT
|description=Italian translation of the English ''PSM'' review
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Spanish review in PlayStation Magazine Spain issue 18.jpg
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|date=June 1998
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|description=The game makes #19 on the magazine's revised top 25 list
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile on PSM Italy Top 25 games in issue 8.jpg
|title=PSM (Italy)
|date=November 1998
|country=IT
|description=The game makes #19 on the magazine's revised top 25 list (translated from the American magazine's equivalent feature)
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|file=Klonoa Door to Phantomile Portuguese review in Game-X issue 22.pdf
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== Official websites ==
== Miscellaneous ==
* [https://www.bandainamcoent.co.jp/cs/list/klonoa Original website]
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|title=Electronic Gaming Monthly
|date=October 2001
|country=US
|description=Short description of rising secondhand prices after the sequel's release
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== Websites ==
* [https://www.bandainamcoent.co.jp/cs/list/klonoa Official Japanese website]


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 09:02, 14 July 2022

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).

Previews

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 September 1997
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Famitsu
🇯🇵 September 1997
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GameFan
🇺🇸 October 1997
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Ultra Game Players
🇺🇸 December 1997

Erroneously calls the game Kinoa

  Download File
Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 January 1998
  Download File
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine
🇺🇸 January 1998
  Download File
PSExtreme
🇺🇸 January 1998
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PSM
🇺🇸 January 1998
  Download File
Ultra Game Players
🇺🇸 January 1998
  Download File
Super Juegos
🇪🇸 February 1998
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Official Australian PlayStation Magazine (Next Gaming)
🇦🇺 April 1998
  Download File
PlayStation Magazine Edición Oficial Española
🇪🇸 May 1998
  Download PDF
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Video preview taken from a CD-ROM bundled with issue 39 of Next Generation

Magazine covers

Game-X
🇧🇷 1998
  Download File

Features

Dengeki PlayStation
🇯🇵 February 13, 1998

Guide to beating the final boss

  Download File
EGM2
🇺🇸 April 1998

Guide to the game

  Download PDF
Super Game Power
🇧🇷 April 1998

Short guide to unlockable content

  Download File
Super Game Power
🇧🇷 May 1998

Guide to the game

  Download PDF
PSM
🇺🇸 June 1998

Explanation of how to unlock the sound test

  Download File

Reader submissions

Nice Games
🇯🇵 Spring 2001

A reader shares their impressions of the game at length

  Download PDF

Advertising

Print ad
🇯🇵 ~1997
  Download File
Print ad
🇺🇸 1998

Taken from the thirty-ninth issue of Nickelodeon Magazine (dated March 1998)

  Download File
Nickelodeon Magazine
🇺🇸 March 1998

Blurb from the issue's "advertising directory"

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Print ad
🇺🇸 1998

The infamous STD ad, taken from EGM's 104th issue (dated March 1998)

  Download PDF
Print ad
🇪🇸 1998

Taken from the eighteenth issue of PlayStation Magazine Edición Oficial Española (dated June 1998)

  Download File
Store display
🇺🇸 ~1998
  Download File
Store display
🇺🇸 ~1998

Closeup picture

  Download File
Namco Soft Line-up! 2000-2001
🇯🇵 ~2000

Blurb from a promotional booklet advertising a budget rerelease

  Download File

Interviews

Reviews

GameFan
🇺🇸 February 1998

Panel review

  Download File
GameFan
🇺🇸 February 1998

Full review

  Download PDF
Ultra Game Players
🇺🇸 March 1998
  Download File
GamePro
🇺🇸 March 1998
  Download File
PSExtreme
🇺🇸 March 1998
  Download PDF
PSM
🇺🇸 March 1998
  Download File
Super Game Power
🇧🇷 March 1998
  Download File
PSM (Italy)
🇮🇹 May 1998

Italian translation of the English PSM review

  Download File
PlayStation Magazine Edición Oficial Española
🇪🇸 June 1998
  Download File
PSM
🇺🇸 September 1998

The game makes #19 on the magazine's revised top 25 list

  Download File
PSM (Italy)
🇮🇹 November 1998

The game makes #19 on the magazine's revised top 25 list (translated from the American magazine's equivalent feature)

  Download File
Game-X
🇧🇷 1998
  Download PDF
Hardcore Gamer
🇺🇸 January 2007

Retro review

  Download PDF

Miscellaneous

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 October 2001

Short description of rising secondhand prices after the sequel's release

  Download File

Websites

References

  1. ↑ Japanese print ad
  2. ↑ The official website "Klonoa @ home" lists this release date for Door to Phantomile.
  3. ↑ PSM issue 13 (dated September 1998)
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