Quote from: Klonoa13 on August 10, 2016, 06:41:32 AM
I will be honest, I also discovered this site thanks to his Klonoa Marathon as well. |D Kinda Crazy that you guys have been around for years now and I only NOW just discovered this place. =w=; XDD But Hey, Better Late than Never! : D
You can count me in that group as well X3 Enjoyed the video series, glad it led me to find this place
Quote from: FritzyBeat on August 12, 2016, 01:01:08 PMFunny thing about Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil, Which IDK if it was discussed about in this forum, But there was once a Gamecube Port being made that was cancelled for unknown reasons. D: I TOTALLY would have gotten that Port since I did not own a PS2 back in that generation. (In fact I still don't own a PS2 to this day and I have a PS3 Slim so I can't even pop it into that console. )
What I find interesting is how a release on the Gamecube may or may not have changed Klonoa's fortunes. Sony's back in the day (and indeed even today) was always considered to have "the adult's gaming console" in the PS1 & 2, alongside competition like Microsoft's Xbox. For a long time, Nintendo held the monopoly on family friendly gaming entertainment, and Sony legit had to go out of their way just to try and create something that might appeal to the younger audience. These of course resulted in games like Spyro and Crash Bandicoot.
These were huge hits upon release, and really opened up Sony's audience... but judging by the fact that neither one survived into the 2010s, it's still quite clear that Nintendo continues to hold most of the family audience's retention better than their competition.
All that said, I wonder if a release on a Nintendo console might have resulted in more success for Klonoa in his heyday. Nintendo fans generally seem to be more accepting of cutsie-looking games (which I might add, often feature some very profound and interesting stories despite their cutsiness). The PS1 and 2 may have dominated the console market overall at the time, but there is little doubt in my mind that Nintendo still controled/controls the side of the market that could have included most of Klonoa's potential fans.