Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (1997)

Developer: Namco
Publisher: Namco, Namco Hometek, Sony Computer Entertainment, Namco Bandai Games
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Legacy Mobile Device
Genres: Platform
Rating: 4.1 of 5, 93 player ratings
Main story: about 6.3 hours
Completionist: about 15 hours

How it feels

A soft, dreamlike platformer that guides you through curving fairy-tale worlds with a gentle rhythm, hiding surprising emotional depth beneath its cheerful surface.

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About

Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is a side-scrolling platform game viewed from a "2.5D" perspective. The player moves the protagonist, Klonoa, along a path in a two-dimensional fashion, but the game is rendered in three dimensions. This allows the path followed to curve and for the player to interact with objects outside of the path.

What players say

An overlooked PS1 platformer that became a beloved cult gem, wrapping cute, whimsical levels in a storybook world that builds to a genuinely heart-wrenching ending. It feels charming and dreamlike yet quietly devastating, leaving a lasting emotional impression on both EN and JP players.

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