Bandai Namco trademarked Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series in Canada & Europe

Bandai Namco trademarked Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series in Canada & Europe

Bandai Namco filed trademarks for “Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series” in both Canada and Europe in December 2021 – indicating a Klonoa project could be in the works. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of Klonoa possibly making a return.

In 2019, Bandai Namco registered a mysterious trademark for “Klonoa of the Wind Encore” – indicating that a modern remaster of the Klonoa series could be in the works. More recently this year, Bandai Namco also filed trademarks for both “Waffuu Encore” and “1&2 Encore” in Japan – with “Waffuu” usually referring to the catchphrase of the series’ titular hero.

All of this seems to indicate that the company has plans to release remastered versions of the first two Klonoa games. Of course, we won’t know for sure until Bandai Namco actually makes an official announcement.

About Klonoa

Klonoa is a video game series created by Namco and Klonoa Works, as well as the name of the titular character of the series. The character and series were launched with the release of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile for the PlayStation in 1997.

The character Klonoa has features of a dog, cat, and rabbit but is not explicitly any particular animal.

He is described within the games and manga as a “Dream Traveler”, who is fated to travel to various places where the state of dreams is in danger, but he himself is not aware of that. His traditional voice actor is Kumiko Watanabe, he is voiced by Eric Stitt in the English version of the remake of the first game. He has Namco’s mascot Pac-Man on the side of his blue hat. Wanting to be a hero, he is young and good-hearted and is willing to go against all odds to make sure justice is served. He is easily able to befriend characters along the way who support his cause. His attitude is innocent and even a bit naive, as shown in Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil.

Klonoa was designed by Yoshihiko Arai. Arai’s first design, “Shady”, had a shadow-like appearance. However, he felt that the lack of color did not seem tasteful, and dropped the design. His next design was created with characteristically animal eyes and long ears, as Arai felt that a person’s eyes and silhouette are the features noticed when they are first met. He added a large hat with a Pac-Man emblem on it and collar to give the character a childlike and energetic quality. The design was kept and used for Klonoa.