Klonoa Series

[arnoldfranklin]

Hey, I guess I can start a new topic for Klonoa. Phantasy Reverie Series comes out today. I don't have it, at least for now. It is the first 2 games with improved graphics, of course (like a remake or remaster or something.) This is the topic for the Klonoa series. What do you think of the series?

[PluMGMK]

Haven't heard of it. Maybe I'll check it out after RD. It wouldn't be the first franchise beginning with K that you've introduced me to!

[Elite Piranha]

I didn't know about this series, but I like the art style.

[arnoldfranklin]

Funnily enough, I ended up searching for Klonoa at a couple of stores. Well, it turns out it might not be getting a physical release in North America or at least not a mass-produced one if any. That's kind of lame. Here's the thing, though, that is the second time in the past 2 months where I have looked for a game at the store and find out it is not being released physically or not mass-produced physically. The other game just so happened to be starring a certain kangaroo lol. It kind of bothers me that this article exists, though: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/ ... -on-switch. I guess that it was soon after it was announced and that the website is European based but still.
(PAL did get physical, I think.)

[PluMGMK]

Tbh I'm not a big fan of physical releases these days. I mean, it'd be one thing if having a physical release meant you had it forever, but in reality it'll still tied to the same DRM as if you had bought it online. Well, that's a sweeping general statement, maybe it's not the case for some games…

[Elite Piranha]

Yeah, sometimes I miss the old days of physical media.

[PluMGMK]

I don't really. Lost and scratched discs were the bane of my childhood gaming and boxset-watching! We have more discipline around them now though…

[Elite Piranha]

Well, yeah, I remember playing some DVDs in the past and the movie was not playing properly because of the damage in the disc. There is also the stuff about the regions, I recently found out that in one of my computers, the region can only be changed a certain number of times and after that it locks in, which means now it doesn't recognize most of my DVDs .

[arnoldfranklin]

Although, physical media doesn't take up space except updates and stuff. But a disadvantage is that physical media now doesn't have manuals like ever nowadays.

[PluMGMK]

Well, yeah, I remember playing some DVDs in the past and the movie was not playing properly because of the damage in the disc. There is also the stuff about the regions, I recently found out that in one of my computers, the region can only be changed a certain number of times and after that it locks in, which means now it doesn't recognize most of my DVDs .

Oh yes, DVD drives only have a finite number of region changes before they lock. You should be able to get around it with VLC though…

[Crash267]

The remakes came out