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Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament gba Game Reviews
Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament
Critic Score
Metascore: 78 Metascore out of 100
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Floppy-eared hero Klonoa returns in another fast-paced, colorful side-scrolling adventure for the Game Boy Advance. In his latest challenge, Klonoa must race against time and other dream travelers in the Dream Champ Tournament to collect stars, sun and moon stones to become the ultimate Dream Champion. Combining platform, puzzle and adventure elements, Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament is just the adventure fans of the series have been anticipating. Explore the intricate and puzzle-packed worlds where you’ll meet a wide variety of interesting creatures! Solve Fiendishly-Designed Puzzles — Use Boxes, Bomb Boxes, Switches, Pressure Switches, Goomis, Springs and Scales in your quest for glory. Hoverboard Races — Each world contains a fast-paced thrill ride of gem collecting fun! Master your Skills to Win — Klonoa must prove his skills against other dream travelers in the Dream Champ Tournament. [Namco]

PUBLISHER: Namco
DEVELOPER: Namco
GENRE(S): Action
PLAYERS: 1
ESRB RATING: E (Everyone)
RELEASE DATE: February 22, 2005

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85
GameZone
Despite the fact that Klonoa games don’t see much change from title to title, it almost doesn’t need it. We still see some minor additions in each one, but in the end it’s the gameplay that makes Klonoa so great.
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85
BonusStage
The platforming is tight and the puzzles go from simple to devious at a perfect pace.
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84
Nintendo Power
The controls are absolute perfection, and the ingenious level design will draw in even those too jaded to appreciate the game's charming presentation. [Apr 2005, p.99]
83
Game Informer
The infrequent annoyances of those nasty levels and the questionable localization are a small price to pay for the opportunity to revisit the 2D nirvana that so few modern games give us a chance to experience. [March 2005, p.140]
82
N-Insanity
Sure the difficulty of later puzzles can get on your nerves but all you need to do is take a breather and set your head straight and everything will be fine.
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80
Game Chronicles
The game is easy to learn, fun to play, and quite challenging. There aren’t too many quality platform games currently being issued for the GBA, and this fills the void nicely.
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80
My Gamer
Even though this game was made a couple of years ago, platform fans will appreciate the simplistic but thoughtful level design.
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80
NintendoWorldReport
The big change in Dream Champ Tournament is the boss stages. Unlike the previous GBA title, which simply had Klonoa and the bosses duke it out, you now have to race the bosses. This fits well with the “tournament” aspect of the story, if you’re paying any attention to it.
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80
G4 TV
Ironically, while it has plenty of levels and action, the story is just too darn weird.
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80
Pocket Games
Fun, though somewhat mind-boggling in the later areas. [Spring 2005, p.72]
80
Modojo
Another great platformer in a genre that is slowly shifting to 3-D, but hasn't made the movement quite yet. If you're looking for something thoroughly challenging and fun all the same, this is a dream come true.
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80
Cheat Code Central
It combined puzzles and action adventure with the platforming for an experience that was not only challenging but displayed depth and variety - and it doesn't feel old-school.
80
1UP
Namco deserves credit for creating a game so perfectly suited to the handheld format. Each stage is subdivided into multiple sections so that it's impossible to lose more than a few minutes of progress at any given time, and an autosave function makes recording and restoring progress a completely transparent task.
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80
IGN
This game is just "more" of Klonoa: Empire of Dreams, but with a new storyline and different levels. But that's not so bad considering the original game was -- and still is -- a great, unique platformer that's held up extremely well on the GBA platform.
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80
GamePro
Don't get fooled by the cartoony visuals--this is one game that'll make you think long and hard in a good way.
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80
GameSpy
The excellent control and stage design mixed with the clever puzzles make this one of the better (and certainly one of the most thought provoking) platformers available on GBA.
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76
GameSpot
This unique marriage of the puzzle and adventure genres isn't for everyone, but those of you out there who like solving puzzles while hopping around will definitely get your money's worth.
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70
Play Magazine
The boss battles earn points for uniqueness alone. [March 2005, p.66]
70
Worth Playing
The cutesy graphics and character design certainly won't draw anyone but the young, and what it offers in gameplay will primarily appeal to those who are already fans — not intense enough for action gamers, not devious enough for puzzle gamers.
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40
GBA Central
Klonoa is a fun game to play but becomes repetitive and tedious quickly, and the fact that it’s so similar to the first game is very disappointing.
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