Klonoa 2 Lunateas Veil

Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil is a platform game developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation 2 in 2001. It is the direct sequel to Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (1997) for the PlayStation. The game puts players in the role of Klonoa, who, along with a new cast of friends, has stumbled into another adventure, this time to save the world of Lunatea and help unveil the mysteries of the enchanted world. The game features gameplay inspired by the original Klonoa with 2D side-scrolling in a 3D-rendered environment. Klonoa's equipped weapon is a crystal ring which contains the life of Lolo inside helping him. Lunatea's Veil received widespread acclaim, with many critics commending its simple yet challenging gameplay, listed among the best platform games of 2001. A compilation featuring remasters of this game and the Wii remake of Door to Phantomile was included in the 2022 release of Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series A port for the Nintendo GameCube was announced, but cancelled. It was stated by Hideo Yoshizawa, the executive producer and director of the Klonoa series, that if the Wii remake of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile was received well, he would likely make a Wii version of Lunatea's Veil too, but it never materialised due to poor sales of the first game's remake. In February 2022, it was announced that a collection featuring remasters of both the Wii remake of Door to Phantomile and Lunatea's Veil would be remade in a collection called Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S and is currently set for a July 8, 2022 release. The soundtrack for Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil was composed by eight individuals. A two-disc, 73 track set was released exclusively in Japan by Scitron Digital Content on August 21, 2002. The score includes the vocal song "Stepping Wind", sung by Klonoa voice actress Kumiko Watanabe in the character's fictional in-game language. Despite this, the guidebook released by Enterbrain contains a Japanese translation for the lyrics. In Japan, Enterbrain released an official strategy guide to Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil in 2001. Another guide was released by BradyGames in North America. Yujin released a 4-inch tall gashapon figure of Lolo and Popka as part of the "Namco Girls" Mini-Figures Series 5 collection.