Klonoa Series Retrospective: The Most Overlooked Game Franchise

Klonoa is one of those game series that never got the success it deserved, and despite gathering a lot of critical praise and diehard fans, it still remains underappreciated in 2021. It’s really a shame though because almost every game in the series is still worth playing today. After I got my first taste of the series playing Door to Phantomile, I got really curious and ended up diving head first into the whole series and finding some of my favorite games ever. So join me today as we take a look at every single game in the Klonoa series and see how the creators strived to make incredible games time and time again despite poor sales plaguing the series… Let me know your thoughts on the series in the comments, and feel free to suggest any games you’d like to see covered on the channel. Thanks for watching :) All music not from the games is by me:    • My Music   0:00 Intro 0:37 Klonoa: Door to Phantomile [PS1] 9:14 Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil [PS2] 16:32 Klonoa: Moonlight Mueseum [Wonderswan] 19:09 Klonoa: Empire of Dreams [GBA] 22:28 Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament [GBA] 26:20 Klonoa Heroes: Densetsu no Star Medal [GBA] 28:49 Klonoa Beach Volleyball [PS1] 30:19 Klonoa Remake [Wii] 32:41 Outro 34:56 BONUS RECOURCES: Interview with director of Klonoa 1 Hideo Yoshizawa: http://shmuplations.com/klonoa/ Interview about the Klonoa remake: https://www.siliconera.com/klonoa-now... Klonoa Covers Blur:   / klonoa-tries-to-cover-blurs-song-2   Klonoa remaster rumor: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/... Klonoa Webcomic: http://klonoa.the-comic.org/ Klonoa Movie Article: https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/... GAME FOOTAGE RESOURCES: CGR Klonoa Moonlight Mueseum Review:    • Classic Game Room - KAZE NO KLONOA: MOONLI...   DeShelly - Klonoa Moonlight Mueseum Longplay:    • Kaze no Klonoa: Moonlight Museum WS Longplay   김기주 - Arc the Lad for Wonderswan Color Longplay:    • Wonder Swan Color Arc The Rad Kijin Fukkatsu   Mr. Retron - One Piece Wonderswan Color    • One Piece - Grand Battle Swan Colloseum (W...   Klonoa Wii Longplay:    • Klonoa - Longplay | Wii   Klonoa Wii Challenge Room:    • Klonoa Wii - Reverse Challenges   Klonoa Heroes:    • Klonoa Heroes Legendary Star Medal Story [...