Klonoa: Door To Phantomile

Soaking In Dreams and Imagination

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I had one of the best, deepest sleeps last night. It gave me enough energy to finish writing that story, and allowed me to spend the rest of this cold cloudy day to mess around in Klonoa!

This game has boss fights that are as challenging as the characters are adorable, even most of the enemies. I lost numerous lives trying to defeat this fucking bastard, and I’ll have to go back again because I somehow missed a bitch. I’m thinking it’s time for a little break.

The Handheld of my Dreams

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Went on a bit of a road trip today with my Steam Deck! Playing the Yakuza games during a long car ride is like watching an in flight movie AND being able to participate! I also opted for some Klonoa innocence, just to end it on a sweet note. By the time we made it back home I was down to 39%, and that’s from at least two hours of gameplay. My experience with the battery has met my expectations, it’s as good as a gaming laptop if not better. Overall I’ve been pretty happy with it!

WAHOO!

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After years of emulating the PS1 and Wii versions I finally decided to get the recent PC port! It comes with Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and Lunatea’s Veil. I never got to play the PS1 version on release, and I never owned a PS2, so it was nice to finally buy the real deal for my platform! I played a bit of the Lunatea’s Veil tonight, and cleared a few stages in Door to Phantomile last night. It runs nicely on Steam Deck! I’m not sure what’s been up with me playing all of these furry critters lately, but I’m sure it’ll give me more to blog about. 😛

From Phantom Pain to Phantomile

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I’ve been playing Klonoa for the past couple days; Made it to the moon kingdom, I can tell that level is going to take a lot of patience to get through the damn vision. I’ve attempted it a couple times today and kept dying endlessly. Best to take a break and head onto another game. I even tried playing the Wii version and my hands seem to be fatigued. Here’s a comparison of the two versions:

I’m not sure which version I like better to be honest. I like the style of the PS1 version, but at the same time I like the updated graphics on the Wii version… Then again I also like the hybrid 3D with sprites for the Playstation version. Plus the pre-rendered cutscenes… something about them seems more magical. Then again pre-rendered cutscenes from that era were fun to watch, look at the original Tomb Raiders. 😛

And oh god… If you ever play this game do NOT use the english version. Switch it to Phantomese or Japanese, you’ll be doing your ears and mind a favor.