Klonoa to North America in spring

by Chris Greenhough { Dec 22nd 2008 at 5:26PM }

Yay! The latest Nintendo Power has confirmed a North American localization of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (under the abbreviated moniker of Klonoa), and the good news doesn't stop there. For example:

The magazine states that Namco Bandai has settled on keeping the more chibi of its two designs for our eponymous hero, meaning Klonoa won't be made to look like about a million other cute, generic platform anthropomorphs. The elongated ears stay!
Pleasingly, there will be a sensible range of control options, allowing you to rock a side-on Wiimote (surely the closest to how the PS1-era originals were enjoyed), a Cube pad, or the Classic Controller.
Apparently, there has been much discussion of sequels and remakes; let's hope the game's weak sales in Japan don't affect any plans to follow through on this!

Gallery: Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

[Via Go Nintendo]

Tags: klonoa, klonoa-door-to-phantomile, localization, namco, namco-bandai, platform, remake

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Triptych @ Dec 22nd 2008 5:40PM

Having never played the series, I have high hopes for this.

braeburn @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:01AM

Never played it either, but it looks like it will fill the platforming void in my life nicely.

MD @ Dec 22nd 2008 7:04PM

Is the "two designs" link broken? I can't open it for some reason.

MD @ Dec 22nd 2008 9:05PM

Oh hey, it works now! I wonder if someone fixed it or my internetz just screwed up.

WhatIsThatThing @ Dec 22nd 2008 9:28PM

Nah, it didn't work for me either but it does now. There was some sort of javascript link there instead. The problem seems to have been fixed though.

Chris Greenhough @ Dec 22nd 2008 9:32PM

Heh, I deployed ninja editing skills and fixed -- thanks for the heads up!

* blends back into the shadows *

MD @ Dec 22nd 2008 9:44PM

Woah, nice! The edit was completely undetectable!

Will we ever know the identity of the mysterious editing ninja?!? Oh wait, it's right above the post. =p