Wario Land vs. Klonoa...?

[Mario123311]

So a few months ago I was aware of the small little franchise known as Klonoa, While it doesn't look as good as Pac-Man World IMO, It still looks fairly fun I guess. I am really considering actually trying it out, specifically the PS1 game if anything. There has been something I can't get off my mind though: Does anybody else think this looks a bit like Wario Land? I mean... Puzzle based platforming, using enemies as projectiles, tons of, well... Shiny things to collect.

Maybe it's just because I've been playing WL4 a lot recently. I dunno. ((I wanna make a sketch later of the 2 characters respectively now too.))

Anybody else know about this other little game? I hope I'm not the only one who notices the similarities.

 

[Yikes Spike]

Yeah I do, I remember playing it in a Playstation demo disc and later playing the full version on the Wii.

 

[Mario123311]

((Have that one sketch I said I wanted to make too, BTW))

 

[pumab]

Try "Shovel Knight" or "Tembo the badass Elephant" on PC
or Drilldozer on the GBA

maybe anyone has any other ideas about games similar to Wario Lands playstyle ?

 

[JS Shantae]

So a few months ago I was aware of the small little franchise known as Klonoa, While it doesn't look as good as Pac-Man World IMO, It still looks fairly fun I guess. I am really considering actually trying it out, specifically the PS1 game if anything. There has been something I can't get off my mind though: Does anybody else think this looks a bit like Wario Land? I mean... Puzzle based platforming, using enemies as projectiles, tons of, well... Shiny things to collect.

Maybe it's just because I've been playing WL4 a lot recently. I dunno. ((I wanna make a sketch later of the 2 characters respectively now too.))

Anybody else know about this other little game? I hope I'm not the only one who notices the similarities.

Never got much of a Wario Land vibe from it, but Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is a good and surprisingly deep game. From what I remember anyway, it was almost 20 years ago I played it. That's the only one I ever played, didn't even know there were others.