You got my hopes up, and quite expertly dahsed them, good sir. (and there are quite a few other similarities, though there is one key difference: while both franchises focus on platforming and such, Klonoa has a greater focus on the story, which Kirby games sometimes lack in. and speaking of Kirby games, the mechanics of Kirby's Epic Yarn bring the similarities even closer:that game plays very much like Klonoa, with Kirby grabing and throwing enemies like Klonoa, minus the double jump, and with infinite lives. Heck, that game even had a board transformation, which played eerily similair to Klonoa's boarding, including double jumps...Okay, I think that's it.)
