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GAME: Klonoa: Phantasy Reverie Series

Klonoa is super-adorable and he goes “Wa-hoo!” and his ears are fluffy and he has a little Pac- Man pin on his hat

The version featured in this set is the 2008 remake on the Wii. It's a minor disappointment, but given the original's striking mix of 3D backgrounds with amazing 2D spritework, the 2008 remake is nevertheless given a new lease on life and ultimately stands as a fantastic remake from the ground up. It also stands as an improvement on the 2008 port, as the U.S. version of that game had a new dub recorded for it. It wasn't a bad dub, but Eric Stitt's take on Klonoa was poorly directed, giving him much too old of a voice. Instead, the Phantasy Reverie Series uses the PS original's voice track. While heavily compressed and showing its age, it works brilliantly; Kumiko Watanabe's cheerful “Wa-hoo!”s are perfect, and the filtering mixes well with the made-up “Phantomilan” language. It also serves to make the villain Ghadius sound far more menacing and eldritch.

This isn't really accurate. The DtP that's featured in PRS is a new remake from the 2008 Wiimake, though they obviously do share similarities as they're based on the same original source. Klonoa's design in PRS, for example, is his original PS1 design & not the Wiimake's redesign (which was fine, but I can see why people would prefer the OG), as well as various differences in the visuals when you actually compare between PRS & the Wiimake.