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Though I am fond of many Namco series-Pac-man, Tekken, Tales of, etc. there will always be one series that will stand above the rest despite not having many games to back it up....Klonoa!

For those who aren't familiar (which would be....most of you I presume) Klonoa is a platformer/puzzle series which, similar tom Nintendo's Kirby, involves using enemies to solve puzzles and progress through levels. The series is known for having a cute, childish exterior, but in most games that hides a much darker, more serious interior story. Back in 1997-2004, Klonoa was one of Namco's hottest videogame series, and had a very large fanbase in Japan and America. However, the most recent game in the series, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile on the Wii, was created in 2009, and was met with a fairly large reception, being rated highly on numerous videogaming websites.

I myself have a more personal reason for liking Klonoa however, as it was thanks to events regarding the 2000 game Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil, that I decided to become an artist, and joined the website called deviantart. Before joining, I was your typical high school nerd, I had very few friends and a lot of older students used to bully me, but when I joined deviantart, I realised that there were other people like me, and I was able to make a great many friends. I really owe a lot to Klonoa for this, and I don't want the series to die on me (not that it will or anything) so I was wondering, what would be everyone (who is a Klonoa fan)'s ideal Klonoa game? We should all pitch in to give Bandai Namco ideas for a possible sequel.

I personally would like to see Bandai Namco create a game similar to Capcom's 2006 game Megaman Powered Up, a PSP game in the popular Megaman series which involved an intricate level editor as well as an online storage system where players could upload their levels and download those that others have made. A very significant part of the Klonoa series is how cunningly set up the series' many puzzles and level designs were, and I personally would love to have a go at creating my own challenges for others to face up to.
Another thing I would like to see in the game is a "Story creator" where you are able to create "Cut-scenes" utilizing still sprites of numerous characters in the Klonoa series as well as writing a script for each scene, through this fans would be able to create their own Klonoa stories as well as levels.
Lastly, it would be really cool to be able to fully customise Klonoa's outfit. The concept of outfits for Klonoa was introduced in Klonoa Door to Phantomile on the Wii, where Klonoa could change between his brand new outfit designed for the game, his original Klonoa Door to Phantomile outift, his Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil outfit and a brand new "summer outfit," in a Klonoa sequel, I would like to be able to completely customise his outfit similarly to how players are able to customise Tekken 6's characters. Perhaps they could even involve a "Presea outfit" XP

Would anyone else like to suggest any ideas for a Klonoa 3 or spinoff title?