The team chose the Wii as the platform to develop it for due to its wide appeal. The game was produced by Hideo Yoshizawa, the director of the original Door to Phantomile, alongside other former members of the Klonoa Works division. In acknowledgement of the series' impending 10-year anniversary, Namco Bandai decided that a remake of the original would be the best approach. It is the eighth and final game in the Klonoa series.ĭevelopment of the game began after Shin Unozawa, the vice president of Namco Bandai Games, expressed interest in reviving the series. Gameplay takes place within a 2.5D perspective, featuring 2D gameplay with 3D graphics. As a remake of the 1997 PlayStation game Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, it follows the titular character and his friend Huepow in their efforts to save the dreamworld of Phantomile from the evil spirit Ghadius, who plots to turn it into a world of nightmares. It was released in Japan in 2008, and in both North America and Europe in 2009. I remain eternally grateful to all of Klonoa’s fans.Klonoa is a side-scrolling platform video game developed by Paon and published by Namco Bandai Games for the Wii. To tell you the truth, I was taken aback by the support from all the fans who have stuck with Klonoa after all these years. “This show of support convinced us to keep the updated design that was used in the Japanese version. Some developers may have been taken back by the reaction, but Yoshizawa is happy with it. The Klonoa redesign was harshly criticized. After the concept art was covered by the media we received a mountain of responses telling us not to change Klonoa,” Yoshizawa explains. “We had a chance to change Klonoa for a new generation of gamers for North America who might think of Klonoa as too cute. The differences are subtle unlike the unused Klonoa design. In comparison to the PsOne box art, the revised Klonoa has smaller eyes and a new pair of shoes. Arai, to design Klonoa as he might look today and we ended up with the Klonoa we have now.” “Since we wanted to make Klonoa more than just a simple remake, I asked the art director, Mr. Many members of the original Klonoa team returned to work on the Wii remake including Yoshihiko Arai who designed the cuddly Dream Traveler.
Klonoa made his first appearance in a PsOne game, which Yoshizawa also directed. “It has been 11 years since Klonoa: Door to Phantomile was released and I felt the original design was a bit old-fashioned,” Yoshizawa tells us.
But, why did the development team feel the need to make a new Klonoa in the first place? I brought the question to Hideo Yoshizawa, Director of Klonoa. After a media blitz and much fan outcry Klonoa 2000 was scrapped and classic Klonoa lives on. Before Namco Bandai confirmed Klonoa for North America a survey revealed concept art with a fearsome transition.
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