Klonoa: Door to Phantomile From Videogame Morgue File
Publisher
Expand Namco Namco๐ช๐บ Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Platforms
Expand PlayStation (original) PlayStation โข i-mode (mobile phone service)
Date
Expand December 11, 1997 (original) ๐ฏ๐ต December 11, 1997
[1] [2] ๐บ๐ธ March 11, 1998
[3] ๐ช๐บ June 5, 1998
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 [ edit ]
Concept art ๐ฏ๐ต 1997
Focusing on Klonoa's design
Press kit ๐บ๐ธ 1997
Excerpt from Namco's E3 1997 press material (featuring an early English logo)
Press release ๐ช๐บ May 1998
From SCEE, released for E3 1998
Several pages of concept art from Famitsu's official guidebook (Japanese; February 21, 1998)IGN published a multi-part history of the game's development (among other topics) in 2009 to promote the Wii remake:
"The Concept of the Original" (part 2, wherein Hideo Yoshizawa explains the inception, setting, and story of the game; March 5, 2009)"Character Design" (part 4, wherein character designer Yoshihiko Arai touches on Klonoa's design; April 7, 2009)"The Sounds of Phantomile" (part 5, wherein sound designer Kanako Kakino mentions the experience of composing the game's songs; May 7, 2009)"Level Design" (part 6, wherein Yoshizawa discusses just that; May 18, 2009) Previews [ edit ]
CoroCoro Comic ๐ฏ๐ต July 1997
CoroCoro Comic ๐ฏ๐ต August 1997
GameFan ๐บ๐ธ August 1997
Short preview of various PlayStation games previewed by Namco at E3 1997, Door to Phantomile included
Computer & Video Games ๐ฌ๐ง September 1997
Part of the magazine's E3 coverage
CoroCoro Comic ๐ฏ๐ต September 1997
Electronic Gaming Monthly ๐บ๐ธ September 1997
Famitsu ๐ฏ๐ต September 1997
CoroCoro Comic ๐ฏ๐ต October 1997
GameFan ๐บ๐ธ October 1997
NOURS ๐ฏ๐ต Winter 1997
From Namco's official magazine
CoroCoro Comic ๐ฏ๐ต December 1997
Ultra Game Players ๐บ๐ธ December 1997
Erroneously calls the game Kinoa
Electronic Gaming Monthly ๐บ๐ธ January 1998
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine ๐บ๐ธ January 1998
PSExtreme ๐บ๐ธ January 1998
Ultra Game Players ๐บ๐ธ January 1998
Computer & Video Games ๐ฌ๐ง February 1998
Super Juegos ๐ช๐ธ February 1998
Computer & Video Games ๐ฌ๐ง April 1998
Also includes a very short aside comparing the game to Yoshi's Story
Official Australian PlayStation Magazine (Next Gaming) ๐ฆ๐บ April 1998
PlayStation Magazine Ediciรณn Oficial Espaรฑola ๐ช๐ธ May 1998
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 [ edit ] Features [ edit ]
Dengeki PlayStation ๐ฏ๐ต January 30, 1998
Guide to the endgame
Dengeki PlayStation ๐ฏ๐ต January 30, 1998
Guide to every boss fight
Dengeki PlayStation ๐ฏ๐ต February 13, 1998
Guide to beating the final boss
EGM2 ๐บ๐ธ April 1998
Guide to the game
Super Game Power ๐ง๐ท April 1998
Short guide to unlockable content
Tips & Tricks ๐บ๐ธ April 1998
Guide to the game
Super Game Power ๐ง๐ท May 1998
Guide to the game
PSM ๐บ๐ธ June 1998
Explanation of how to unlock the sound test
Dengeki Urawazaล 2000-2001 Kanzenhan ๐ฏ๐ต ~1999
Guide to various secrets
Reader submissions [ edit ]
Nice Games ๐ฏ๐ต Spring 2001
A reader shares their impressions of the game at length
Advertising [ edit ]
Booklet ๐บ๐ธ 1997
Excerpt from a booklet outlining then-upcoming Namco games
Print ad ๐บ๐ธ 1998
Taken from the thirty-ninth issue of Nickelodeon Magazine (dated March 1998)
Nickelodeon Magazine ๐บ๐ธ March 1998
Blurb from the issue's "advertising directory"
Print ad ๐บ๐ธ 1998
The infamous STD ad, taken from EGM' s 104th issue (dated March 1998)
Print ad ๐ช๐ธ 1998
Taken from the eighteenth issue of PlayStation Magazine Ediciรณn Oficial Espaรฑola (dated June 1998)
Store display ๐บ๐ธ ~1998
Store display ๐บ๐ธ ~1998
Closeup picture
Namco Soft Line-up! 2000-2001 ๐ฏ๐ต ~1999
Blurb from a promotional booklet advertising a budget rerelease
Japanese TV ad (with English subtitles by the uploader, Chris Aaron)
Japanese store promo video
Interviews [ edit ] Reviews [ edit ]
๐ฏ๐ต 1997
Panel review
๐ฏ๐ต ~1997
Newspaper excerpt, possibly from Asahi Shimbun
Computer Games ๐ธ๐ฆ ~1997/1998
Printed right to left
Consoles + ๐ซ๐ท February 1998
Import review
GameFan ๐บ๐ธ February 1998
Panel review
GameFan ๐บ๐ธ February 1998
Full review
Ultra Game Players ๐บ๐ธ March 1998
GamePro ๐บ๐ธ March 1998
PSExtreme ๐บ๐ธ March 1998
Super Game Power ๐ง๐ท March 1998
Computer & Video Games ๐ฌ๐ง May 1998
PSM (Italy) ๐ฎ๐น May 1998
Italian translation of the English PSM review
Riki ๐ธ๐ฐ May/June 1998
Consoles + ๐ซ๐ท June 1998
PlayStation Magazine Ediciรณn Oficial Espaรฑola ๐ช๐ธ June 1998
PSM ๐บ๐ธ September 1998
The game makes #19 on the magazine's revised top 25 list
PSM (Italy) ๐ฎ๐น November 1998
The game makes #19 on the magazine's revised top 25 list (translated from the American magazine's equivalent feature)
Hardcore Gamer ๐บ๐ธ January 2007
Retro review
Flights of Fantasy review
Sales charts [ edit ]
Dengeki PlayStation ๐ฏ๐ต January 30, 1998
The game ranks eighth in the issue's "Top 20"
Websites [ edit ] Forum posts [ edit ] "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 [ edit ]
Dengeki PlayStation ๐ฏ๐ต January 30, 1998
Blurb highlighting the game out of the issue's "Top 20"
Dengeki PlayStation ๐ฏ๐ต April 10, 1998
Time attack challenge for a bonus level
Dengeki PlayStation ๐ฏ๐ต April 10, 1998
Contest to win a Klonoa -branded pencil board
Electronic Gaming Monthly ๐บ๐ธ October 2001
Short description of rising secondhand prices after the sequel's release
Tips & Tricks ๐บ๐ธ November 2001
Short description of the game's secondhand value at the time of publication
References [ edit ]
