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Title: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: CurseoftheGods on May 13, 2009, 08:55:45 PM: 2nd best Wii game ever (after Super Mario Galaxy).

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Klonoa 2:
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Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: Trent Dole on May 13, 2009, 08:56:54 PM: Soon as I finish X-Blades it's getting traded in and I'm snagging this.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: demi on May 13, 2009, 08:57:44 PM: lol
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: CurseoftheGods on May 13, 2009, 08:58:37 PM: It's trippy as hell. Good stuff for $30.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: Guybrush Threepwood on May 13, 2009, 09:14:03 PM: Any reason to buy this rather than download it for PSP?
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: tiesto on May 13, 2009, 09:16:36 PM: I missed out on this series, even though it's something that's totally up my alley. Will be getting on Wii, especially with the $30 price point.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: TVC15 on May 13, 2009, 09:21:03 PM: Wii's second best game is a port of a more than decade old PSX game.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: Bebpo on May 13, 2009, 09:22:55 PM: I would've liked it better if the version on PSN for $5 wasn't almost exactly the same in every aspect.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on May 13, 2009, 09:30:49 PM: Jungle beat is better. Klonoa is only like 12 stages -2 per level. The challenge rooms are sadistic
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: Rman on May 13, 2009, 09:31:10 PM: I'm picking it up. I rented the original back in the day, but never got to complete it.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: chronovore on May 13, 2009, 09:59:46 PM: The current Klonoa on Wii is the first one, Door to Phantomile, right? It doesn't have anything from 2 in it?

So far there hasn't been a new, real Klonoa game (foregoing party games and RPGs) since Klonoa 2 on PS2 in 2001. Klonoa's one of those games like Psychonauts or GTA: Chinatown Wars -- all the critics and hardcore gamers love it, and no-one is freakin' buyin' it.

I'm curious about the PSN version as well, especially since I've got a PSP but no Wii (though when I get a Wii, this will be an immediate purchase).
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: Bebpo on May 13, 2009, 10:03:42 PM: The PSN version is the same game. Just get that. Graphically I didn't even think it's that big of leap despite the generation power difference.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: cool breeze on May 13, 2009, 10:12:31 PM: I bought it. I only played it a bit and the only problems I had were that it seemed a lot easier than the already easy PS1 version, and the background effects sometimes got distracting (they do a blurring or dof effect, I dunno, it just looks weird). It's fun.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: CurseoftheGods on May 13, 2009, 11:26:51 PM: Klonoa has the coolest fans ever.

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Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: The Sceneman on May 14, 2009, 07:48:55 AM: I've played Door to Phantomile so many fucking times already. Got perfect gem scores on every stage and shit

Im'a fuck this remake and try and track down Klonoa 2, which Im yet to play
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: dark1x on May 14, 2009, 08:50:56 AM: Definitely one of the best games available for the Wii. It's been a while since I've played the original so this feels fresh all over again.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: Himu on May 14, 2009, 09:44:24 AM: Already have the game on psx but getting it. Still, how is it the 2nd best game on the wii? isn't it basically identical?
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: dark1x on May 14, 2009, 01:56:40 PM: Quote from: Himuro on May 14, 2009, 09:44:24 AM
Already have the game on psx but getting it. Still, how is it the 2nd best game on the wii? isn't it basically identical?
The game was already one of the best platformers out there and the Wii has a shitty lineup. Therefore, Klonoa stands easily among the best games on the system.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: ch1nchilla on May 14, 2009, 11:52:17 PM: Definitely picking this up. $30? Sheeeeeit.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: chronovore on May 15, 2009, 03:11:14 AM: Quote from: Scenester on May 14, 2009, 07:48:55 AM
I've played Door to Phantomile so many fucking times already. Got perfect gem scores on every stage and shit

Im'a fuck this remake and try and track down Klonoa 2, which Im yet to play

It's good. It's got a couple of new tricks which are neat, and then two REALLY UNFORTUNATE z-axis sequences that don't belong in the game. Like those Crash Bandicoot forced-run boulder evasion sequences... Just... what were they thinking? And then the rest of the game, which is excellent. It's like having a great new album from your favorite band, with two songs on it that you just can't stand.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: dark1x on May 15, 2009, 08:56:01 AM: Plus, Klonoa 2 has the awesome Mira Mira Mountains song. ;P
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on May 16, 2009, 09:09:30 PM: Klonoa Wii is really damn good. Its a notable improvement on the PS1 game in every way. After playing it for a few hours I went back and dug out my old copy of the PS1 version and while its still a fine game, it's graphics haven't aged well, its cinema scenes are fugly, and surprisingly enough, the controls are kinda slipperly.

Its ridicoulous that Namco couldn't be bothered to make a new game in the series, but for what it is, the Wii version is easily the best update of any game since REmake.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: CurseoftheGods on May 16, 2009, 09:43:18 PM: HD Klonoa 2 for XBLA or PSN please.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: demi on May 16, 2009, 09:57:40 PM: Is Klonoa still more retardedly easy than a Nintendo game?
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: CurseoftheGods on May 16, 2009, 09:58:54 PM: Yup, but I am only halfway through the game. I am not sure if the difficulty changes later on.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: demi on May 16, 2009, 09:59:06 PM: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: CurseoftheGods on May 17, 2009, 07:49:58 PM: Just finished the game (took me <5 hours). I don't remember Klonoa 2 being this short. :-\
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: demi on May 17, 2009, 08:10:11 PM: i swear people are just trolling me when they say they actually enjoy this series. it's like platformers for distinguished mentally-challenged fellows.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: CurseoftheGods on May 17, 2009, 08:22:24 PM: It is retardedly easy, though.
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: demi on May 17, 2009, 08:23:01 PM: So why do people like it? It's short, you just wasted $50 or whatever on it, and it's not even a challenge. Do you just like the character Klonoa?
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: cool breeze on May 17, 2009, 08:27:40 PM: it's only $30
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: demi on May 17, 2009, 08:29:10 PM: Avoiding the question
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: CurseoftheGods on May 17, 2009, 08:51:48 PM: Well, the game has a simple yet endearing story, excellent game mechanics, great visuals [for Wii], a challenging collection element (to balance out how easy the platforming is, I guess), and a surprisingly bittersweet ending.

The levels are visually diverse and the music is pretty good if occasionally annoying, but for the most part, it fits the mood. The artistic design is pretty surreal too. I really liked the setting of Phantomile. The game is also really cute.

:supergay

The stages are interesting, and the bosses are great. I enjoyed it. :)
Title: Re: BUY KLONOA ON WII
Post by: chronovore on May 17, 2009, 10:06:29 PM: Quote from: demi on May 17, 2009, 08:23:01 PM
So why do people like it? It's short, you just wasted $50 or whatever on it, and it's not even a challenge. Do you just like the character Klonoa?

It was a challenge the first time through. The key for me is that it's got a dirt simple control scheme, but the grab-throw, grab-fly mechanic was reasonably deep in its application. There's no questioning "Is this jump a dash-jump, double-jump, roll-run-jump...?" There are only the two choices, so it's always a question of which order to use them in, and making the timing. I found it kind of meditation-inducing; that whole "flow" concept came into play, and I was immersed.

Also, for its day, it was really pretty; the whole 2.5D thing was reasonably fresh, and it did it better, prettier, with more consistency and fun than its contemporaries like Wild 9.