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Klonoa

Help Klonoa save Phantomile, a land formed by the dreams of its inhabitants, and recently besieged by an unknown evil. Klonoa’s breathtaking journey takes him through a series of increasingly difficult stages…

74 4 December 2008

Klonoa is a platform developed by Paon, released 4 December 2008 on Wii. The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.

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What Klonoa is

Klonoa is a platform game developed by Paon and released in 2008. It was published by Namco Bandai Games. It is available on Wii only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Klonoa is a 2008 platform game developed by Paon and published by Namco Bandai Games for the Wii. It is a remake of Namco's 1997 PlayStation game Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, the first game in the Klonoa series, updating the game with fully 3D graphics, additional content, and gameplay changes. It was released in Japan in December 2008 and in North America and Europe in May 2009.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Klonoa series

Klonoa is the eighth of 12 entries we hold in the Klonoa series. It arrived 6 years after Klonoa Heroes: Densetsu no Star Medal. The next entry was Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil in 2022. Its critic score of 74 is 2 points below the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series at 81.

See all 12 Klonoa games in release order →

How it was received

Klonoa holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 9 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 4 hrs.

What it launched against

Klonoa launched on 4 December 2008, within three weeks of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Left 4 Dead, Prince of Persia (2008) and Prince of Persia. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Left 4 Dead, Prince of Persia (2008), Prince of Persia.

Cheats and codes

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Klonoa — frequently asked questions

When did Klonoa come out?
Klonoa was released on 4 December 2008 for Wii.
How long does it take to beat Klonoa?
The main story of Klonoa takes around 4 hrs.

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