When I got a PS2 for my 8th birthday in 2002, it came with a free demo disc, and Klonoa 2 was on that disc, and I absolutely loved it! I loved everything about the demo! I wanted the game so bad! I remember as well that I didn't even know how to pronounce it at the time, and always got it wrong when I tried...
I kept bugging my parents to get it for me, but for ages, they never did. Looking back, they probably couldn't find a copy, possibly.
I remember one day when I asked them, I went into a moaning fit, and then I sat down in our living room, my mum covered my eyes, and my dad pulled out the game and held the game in front of my eyes from behind, and my eyes were then uncovered. That was probably one of the happiest days of my life!
For years after, I heard nothing about Klonoa, and, well, my interest in it faded as a result, that was until I started retro gaming (at around 2008) and got myself a copy of Klonoa 1 (Which costed me £18 at the time, and I've seen the prices have inflated sky-high since! Just as well I got it when I did!) and Beach Volleyball on PS1, and the rest, I suppose, was history!