Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (PlayStation)

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (PlayStation).

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Quite a bit more dev stuff. Here are resources:

Development Timeline#

~1995

Director Hideo Yoshizawa starts planning an action game for the PlayStation, one that could appeal to both children and adults at the same time.¹

1997

January 16 - The date on SYSTEM.CNF in the Japanese prototype and release.
February 27 - The date on STR00.BIN in the Japanese prototype.
March 6 - The date on the FILE.* files in the Japanese prototype and release, as well as the executable in the Japanese prototype.
May 13 - The date on SPEC.STR in the Japanese prototype and release.
June 19 - The game is revealed at E3 1997 as Klonoa, with the launch window being Q1 1998.²
July 17 - The date on OPEN.STR in the Japanese prototype and release.
September 5³ - Kaze no Klonoa is shown at Tokyo Game Show.⁴
October 2 - The date on DEMOX.STR in the Japanese release.
October 9 - The date on STAF.STR in the Japanese release.
October 13 - The date on STR00.BIN in the Japanese release.
October 18 - The date on the executable in the Japanese release.⁵
December 10 - The date on the files in the revised Japanese release.
December 10-11 - The dates on most files in [https://hiddenpalace.org/Klonoa:_Door_to_Phantomile_(Mar_9,_1998_prototype) the North American prototype].
December 11 - Kaze no Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is released for PlayStation in Japan.⁶ ⁷
December 17 - The date on the executable in the North American prototype.
December 18 - The date on STAF.STR in in the North American prototype.

1998

January 6 - The date on the files in the North American release.
February - A missed launch month for the North American release.⁸
March 9 - The date on the files in [https://hiddenpalace.org/Klonoa:_Door_to_Phantomile_(Mar_9,_1998_prototype) the English European review build].
March 10 - Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is released for PlayStation in North America.⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹
April 27 - The date on the files in the English European release.
May 11 - The date on the files in the non-English European releases.
June 5 - Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is released for PlayStation in Europe.¹² ¹³

Namco's E3 press material, in addition to lacking the Door to Phantomile subtitle, showed a quite different logo for the game.

Their date estimate wasn't too shabby. Life advice right here.

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Track down a source for this

An English-language advert using the game's Japanese name was printed in a few magazines.