Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

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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).

Previews[edit]

Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in EGM issue 98.jpg

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 September 1997

Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese preview in Famitsu September 1997.pdf

Famitsu
🇯🇵 September 1997

Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in GameFan volume 5 issue 10.pdf

GameFan
🇺🇸 October 1997

Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in Ultra Game Players issue 104.png

Ultra Game Players
🇺🇸 December 1997

Erroneously calls the game Kinoa

Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in EGM issue 102.jpg

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 January 1998

Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in Official US PlayStation Magazine issue 4.jpg

Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine
🇺🇸 January 1998

Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in PSExtreme issue 26.jpg

PSExtreme
🇺🇸 January 1998

Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in PSM issue 5.jpg

PSM
🇺🇸 January 1998

Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in Ultra Game Players issue 106.jpg

Ultra Game Players
🇺🇸 January 1998

Klonoa Door to Phantomile Spanish preview in Super Juegos issue 70.pdf

Super Juegos
🇪🇸 February 1998

Klonoa Door to Phantomile preview in Official Australian PlayStation Magazine issue 9 Next Gaming.jpg

Official Australian PlayStation Magazine (Next Gaming)
🇦🇺 April 1998

Klonoa Door to Phantomile Spanish preview in PlayStation Magazine Spain issue 17.pdf

PlayStation Magazine Edición Oficial Española
🇪🇸 May 1998

Video preview taken from a CD-ROM bundled with issue 39 of Next Generation

Magazine covers[edit]

Game-X issue 22 cover.jpg

Game-X
🇧🇷 1998

Features[edit]

Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese guide to endgame in Dengeki PlayStation issue 66.jpg

Dengeki PlayStation
🇯🇵 February 13, 1998

Guide to beating the final boss

Klonoa Door to Phantomile guide in EGM2 issue 46.pdf

EGM2
🇺🇸 April 1998

Guide to the game

Klonoa Door to Phantomile Portuguese guide to unlockable content in SGP issue 49.png

Super Game Power
🇧🇷 April 1998

Short guide to unlockable content

Klonoa Door to Phantomile Portuguese guide in SGP issue 50.pdf

Super Game Power
🇧🇷 May 1998

Guide to the game

Klonoa Door to Phantomile music test in PSM issue 10.jpg

PSM
🇺🇸 June 1998

Explanation of how to unlock the sound test

Reader submissions[edit]

Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese reader impressions in Nice Games volume 6.pdf

Nice Games
🇯🇵 Spring 2001

A reader shares their impressions of the game at length

Advertising[edit]

Klonoa Door to Phantomile Japanese print ad.jpg

Print ad
🇯🇵 ~1997

Klonoa Door to Phantomile print ad from Nickelodeon Magazine.jpg

Print ad
🇺🇸 1998

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

Klonoa Door to Phantomile advertising directory listing in Nickelodeon Magazine issue 39.jpg

Nickelodeon Magazine
🇺🇸 March 1998

Blurb from the issue's "advertising directory"

Klonoa Door to Phantomile print ad from EGM issue 104.pdf

Print ad
🇺🇸 1998

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

Klonoa Door to Phantomile Spanish print ad from PlayStation Magazine Spain issue 18.jpg

Print ad
🇪🇸 1998

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

Klonoa Door to Phantomile American store display 1.jpg

Store display
🇺🇸 ~1998

Klonoa Door to Phantomile American store display 2.jpg

Store display
🇺🇸 ~1998

Closeup picture

Klonoa Door to Phantomile budget rerelease ad blurb in Namco Soft Lineup 2000 through 2001.png

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

Blurb from a promotional booklet advertising a budget rerelease

Interviews[edit]

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): Part 1 & part 3 (part 2 is focused on Klonoa 2)

Reviews[edit]

GameFan
🇺🇸 February 1998

Panel review

Klonoa Door to Phantomile review in GameFan volume 6 issue 2.pdf

GameFan
🇺🇸 February 1998

Full review

Klonoa Door to Phantomile review in Ultra Game Players issue 108.jpg

Ultra Game Players
🇺🇸 March 1998

Klonoa Door to Phantomile review in GamePro issue 114.png

GamePro
🇺🇸 March 1998

Klonoa Door to Phantomile review in PSExtreme issue 28.pdf

PSExtreme
🇺🇸 March 1998

Klonoa Door to Phantomile review in PSM issue 7.png

PSM
🇺🇸 March 1998

Klonoa Door to Phantomile Portuguese review in SGP issue 48.jpg

Super Game Power
🇧🇷 March 1998

Klonoa Door to Phantomile review in PSM Italy issue 2.png

PSM (Italy)
🇮🇹 May 1998

Italian translation of the English PSM review

Klonoa Door to Phantomile Spanish review in PlayStation Magazine Spain issue 18.jpg

PlayStation Magazine Edición Oficial Española
🇪🇸 June 1998

Klonoa Door to Phantomile on PSM Top 25 Games in issue 13.jpg

PSM
🇺🇸 September 1998

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

Klonoa Door to Phantomile on PSM Italy Top 25 games in issue 8.jpg

PSM (Italy)
🇮🇹 November 1998

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

Klonoa Door to Phantomile Portuguese review in Game-X issue 22.pdf

Game-X
🇧🇷 1998

Klonoa Door to Phantomile review in Hardcore Gamer volume 2 issue 7.pdf

Hardcore Gamer
🇺🇸 January 2007

Retro review

Miscellaneous[edit]

Electronic Gaming Monthly
🇺🇸 October 2001

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

Websites[edit]

Official Japanese website

References[edit]

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