Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series

If you're already a fan or simply want some puzzle platforming fun, KLONOA Phantasy Reverie Series is here to knock your socks off.

Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series contains two of the best 2.5D platformers out there. With adorable characters and a heart-wrenching story, it’s well worth diving into the world of dreams despite the less than bare minimum updates made. Wahoo!

Klonoa returns in style, bringing two hidden gems to modern platforms with a fresh coat of paint.

Fans of the series will feel right at home. Monkey Craft has put together a really nice package to celebrate Klonoa’s 25th birthday and everything has been executed really well. Right down to the menu screens which are simple, convenient and logical to navigate. At any stage you can jump out to the title screen of the game you’re playing, then out to the main one and jump into the other game. It’s all pretty fast and smooth to do. Newcomers to Klonoa’s world will find themselves two bright and colourful mascot platformers to sink their teeth into that hold up really well and don’t really overs...

Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series offers two games that are still an absolute joy to play, even if the price is too high and changes to the physics and mechanics do a bit of damage.

Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series is the long-awaited remaster of the first two Klonoa games. These 2.5D side-scrolling platformers are considered by fans to be lost gems. Does Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series live up to the hype, and are Klonoa’s adventures still worth playing? The answers are yes and yes, with a few asterisks attached.

If there’s one thing I can truly appreciate about the last few years in video games, it’s the resurgence of older franchises. For whatever reason, these fra

Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series successfully updates two solid platformers for modern audiences.

Nothing needs to be reassessed because nothing has been significantly changed. These are still two charming, well-polished platformers. There’s nothing mind-blowing about them, but I enjoy them for what they are and think more people should experience them. More effort could have been made in this collection, but the graphical clean-up is appreciated. I’m shrugging. You can’t see it, since this is a text review, but my shoulders are up.

Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Collection demonstrates both why these games are fondly remembered and why Klonoa didn’t go on to become more famous. Flawed gems perhaps, but important ones.

Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series is a dream come true for those who appreciate its value, but it lacks enough content to create a compelling purpose for someone to play through the games again.

The fifth and sixth generations of consoles were by far my favorites, as they were an integral part of my childhood, but the PS1 and PS2 weren’t systems I owned back in the day, thus I missed on the Klonoa games when they first came out. Even though they screamed “Nintendo-ish”, considering how similar they looked and played to the Kirby franchise, they remained PS exclusives for a long time, with the exception of a Wii remake of the first game. Bandai Namco, wanting to capitalize on 90...