History VideoGame / Klonoa2LunateasVeil

** A slower variation of Lolo's character theme is played during the ending cutscene for the Maze of Memories stage after she starts weeping over believing she isn't worth being a priestess and getting mocked by the priestesses. In the same game, The High Priestess' character theme titled "High Priestess" (alongside the level theme to La-Lakoosha) is later given a sadder version when Klonoa, Lolo, and Popka revisit the High Priestess when Lunatea is overcome by sorrow titled "The High Priestess of Sadness".

Taking place some time after the events of ''VideoGame/KlonoaDoorToPhantomile'', Klonoa finds himself in a new dream world called Lunatea after he was summoned there by a mysterious voice. Landing in the sea of tears upon arriving, he is soon rescued by a wannabe priestess named Lolo and a dog like creature named Popka, who quickly become his allies.

Soon after, Klonoa, Lolo and Popka meet with Baguji, a wise person who tasks Klonoa with a mission, that being in to go to four kingdoms, The Kingdom of Tranquility, La-Lakoosha, The Kingdom of Joy, Joliant, The Kingdom of Discord, Volk, and The Kingdom of Indecision, Mira-Mira, to ring their respective bells to gather their elements in order to prevent a fifth bell, which threatens to doom Lunatea if it reappears. Klonoa, being the AllLovingHero he is, agrees and sets off on a quest with his newfound allies to find the elements.

However they are not the only ones setting off on the quest, as the trio ends up facing against a duo of sky pirates by the names of Leorina and Tat, who are also motivated to get the elements for their own personal reasons.

The gameplay is largely identical to the first game, being a TwoAndAHalfD platformer in which Klonoa must go and platform in several levels and defeat his enemies by inflating them, however given the jump in technology, it plays a lot more with depth this time around, with worlds and characters being in full 3D as opposed to the polygon/sprite mix present in the original game and new gimmicks that play around with perspective, just as tornadoes that launch you in the air, cannons that send you to the background or foreground and snowboarding levels that often switch back and fourth from 2D and full 3D, and plenty more.

* ArtCourse: The Maze of Memories is a museum-like level where people's memories are depicted as moving, abstract pictures and sculptures.

* ManEatingPlants: Ow-Gows are giant, toothy plants that lunge out of the walls in La-Lakoosha at regular intervals. The only way to pass is to feed them a [[TheGoomba Moo]].

* CentralTheme: Emotions.

** [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Popka also delivers one to Lolo...]] and it was supposed to ''cheer her up.'' [[spoiler:It did.]]

* BreakTheCutie: Lolo suffers this in the Maze of Memories. [[spoiler: She finds herself facing her past, revealing she had failed in obtaining Priestess status more than once before Klonoa arrived, and was teased or tormented as a failure by her peers because of it. When they reunited , she breaks down and believes she had taken advantage of Klonoa's power to finally succeed, leading her to give up on her given quest (even subsequently outright refusing to help him in the first phase of the battle with Polonte). Thanks to Popka and Klonoa, she gets better but in the end, though they all saved the day, Lolo choses to relinquish her title until she can earn it back on her own.]]

* PlotIrrelevantVillain: The Biscarsh bot boss. Folgaran and Leptio were both monsters serving Leorina, and Polonte was a test set by the withered old tree for Klonoa to prove he was worthy of having the Element of Indecision. But the Biscarsh has very little to do with the plot. It has nothing to do with Leorina and just pops out of nowhere to pick a fight with Klonoa for pretty much no reason and just for the sole reason to give Leorina enough time to complete her fake ring and snatch the Element of Discord. Then after the fight the bot is still somehow alive and comes back [[AdvancingWallOfDoom to chase the player in the very next level!]] This still doesn't add anything to the overall plot. Then a train crashes into it killing it for good at the level's end. See? Utterly pointless! If course, given it's in a city consumed by a mindless war, that [[InvokedTrope might be the point.]]

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The Japanese and European box art had Klonoa smiling and relaxed, while the US bkx art has him scowling in a tensed-up AsskickingPose.

* BrokenBridge: A variation in the overworld map of Lunatea's Veil. Once the "Noxious La-Lakoosha" level is completed, the Claire the Ancient statue representing the "Sea of Tears" level is replaced by the Fifth Bell due to being destroyed in the prior level's ending cinematic, leading to the "Dark Sea of Tears" level. Once that level is cleared, the sea has disappeared on the map.

* ContrastingSequelSetting: While Door to Phantomile took place in Phantomile, a world powered by dreams with kingdoms representing different elements, Lunatea's Veil instead takes place in the eponymous Lunatea, a world powered by - with kingdoms appropriately representing one of four [[spoiler:(though it's supposed to be five)]] - emotions.
* CoOpMultiplayer: ''Lunatea's Veil'' has the Tag-Along variant, in the form of the "Popka Jump". A second player can press Start to send Popka out; from there, pressing Square will have Popka toss Klonoa high in the air, functioning effectively as a free extra double-jump that can be used at any time, with a cooldown of only a few seconds. Besides allowing for shortcuts[[note]]Almost every (if not every) puzzle can be more or less bypassed with this move[[/note]], it can also be a life saver if you're about to fall into a bottomless pit. Do note, however, that while it does work in the bonus challenge levels, using it even once will invalidate your time for that attempt.

* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Implied in ''Lunatea's Veil'' with the five kingdoms and their bells. The bells of Tranquility and Discord naturally oppose each other, as do the bells of Joy and [[spoiler:Sorrow]]; the bell of Indecision falls neatly in the middle.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Spectacularly [[InvertedTrope inverted]] in ''Lunatea's Veil'', as Klonoa and Lolo discover that instead of trying to doom the world, [[spoiler:The King of Sorrow just wanted to restore Lunatea's natural balance, and the dreaded fifth bell of Sorrow always had been a vital part of Lunatea. Then it gets played tragically straight when the King of Sorrow loses what little sanity he had left and goes AxCrazy.]]

* FallingIntoThePlot: ''Lunatea's Veil'' begins with Klonoa falling out of the sky and into the Sea of Tears.
* ForeverWar: Volk, the kingdom of Discord in ''Lunatea's Veil'', is said to be locked in an ongoing war. It's unknown who is fighting, or why they are at war in the first place.

* PlotIrrelevantVillain: The Biscarsh bot boss in Lunatea's Veil. Folgaran and Leptio were both monsters serving Leorina, and Polonte was a test set by the withered old tree for Klonoa to prove he was worthy of having the Element of Indecision. But the Biscarsh has very little to do with the plot. It has nothing to do with Leorina and just pops out of nowhere to pick a fight with Klonoa for pretty much no reason and just for the sole reason to give Leorina enough time to complete her fake ring and snatch the Element of Discord. Then after the fight the bot is still somehow alive and comes back [[AdvancingWallOfDoom to chase the player in the very next level!]] This still doesn't add anything to the overall plot. Then a train crashes into it killing it for good at the level's end. See? Utterly pointless! If course, given it's in a city consumed by a mindless war, that [[InvokedTrope might be the point.]]
* RemilitarizedZone: The Volk Kingdom from ''Lunatea's Veil'' is in a constant state of civil war. It also harbors an EternalEngine in the form of a large underground weapons factory.

* SequelHook: At the end of the game, Popka and Lolo state that Klonoa, [[spoiler:while holding the dying King of Sorrow in his arms, reminds them Lunatea's ancient Goddess Claire]], potentially hinting at a connection between the two.

* VideoGame3DLeap: ''Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil'' was a presentation upgrade, as the game mostly played on a 2D plane. Unlike the original game, which had 2D sprites juxtaposed against 3D settings, everything is now fully rendered in 3D.
* {{Zipperiffic}}: In ''Lunatea's Veil'', Klonoa wears a T-shirt with a giant zipper pull on the front. This doesn't appear to be attached to a zipper at all — the front of his shirt doesn't open.

* BrutalBonusLevel: So you've found 8 Momett Dolls and unlocked a quaint "Chamber o' Fun," have you? [[TemptingFate This level doesn't seem so tough]] — [[SubvertedTrope and it isn't]]. Though finding the ''remaining'' 8 dolls unlocks the "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Chamber o' Horrors]]", and hoo boy, [[DoubleSubversion it most certainly lives up to that name]], having some of the toughest and most precise platforming in the entire series, many of which often requires pitch perfect timing or you'll fall to your death. Luckily, you don't lose any lives in either level, but that doesn’t make them any less challenging.

Taking place not long after the events of ''VideoGame/KlonoaDoorToPhantomile'', Klonoa finds himself in a new dream world called Lunatea after he was summoned there by a mysterious voice. Landing in the sea of tears upon arriving, he is soon rescued by a wannabe priestess named Lolo and a dog like creature named Popka, who quickly become his allies.

->''There's a forgotten dream. Was it a dream I can't remember? Or a dream I won't remember? Have I forgotten the dream? Or has the dream forgotten me? But surely, there was a dream…''

-->--The opening cutscene

->There's a forgotten dream. Was it a dream I can't remember? Or a dream I won't remember? Have I forgotten the dream? Or has the dream forgotten me? But surely, there was a dream…
--> Opening prologue

Taking place not long after the event of ''Door to Phantomile'', Klonoa finds himself in a new dream world called Lunatea after he was summoned there by a mysterious voice. Landing in the sea of tears upon arriving, he is soon rescued by a wannabe priestess named Lolo and a dog like creature named Popka, who quickly become his allies.

** a slower variation of Lolo's character theme is played during the ending cutscene for the Maze of Memories stage after she starts weeping over believing she isn't worth being a priestess and getting mocked by the priestesses. In the same game, The High Priestess' character theme titled "High Priestess" (alongside the level theme to La-Lakoosha) is later given a sadder version when Klonoa, Lolo, and Popka revisit the High Priestess when Lunatea is overcome by sorrow titled "The High Priestess of Sadness".

* ForeverWar: Volk, the kingdom of Discord in ''Lunatea's Veil'', is said to be locked in an ongoing war. It's unknown who is fighting, or why they are at war in the first place.

AccidentalPervert: Klonoa and Popka accidentally groped Tat during a chase scene. Either that or the catgirl's evil side was just messing with their heads for the last time.

Taking place not long after the event of ''Door to Phantomile'', Klonoa finds himself in a new dream world called Lunatea after he was summoned there by a mysterious voice. Landing in the sea of tears upon arriving, he is soon rescued by a wannabe priestess named Lolo and a dog like creature named Popika, who quickly become his allies.

Soon after, Klonoa, Lolo and Popika meet with Baguji, a wise person who tasks Klonoa with a mission, that being in to go to four kingdoms, The Kingdom of Tranquility, La-Lakoosha, The Kingdom of Joy, Joliant, The Kingdom of Discord, Volk, and The Kingdom of Indecision, Mira-Mira, to ring their respective bells to gather their elements in order to prevent a fifth bell, which threatens to doom Lunatea if it reappears. Klonoa, being the AllLovingHero he is, agrees and sets off on a quest with his newfound allies to find the elements.

* ArtCourse: The Maze of Memories in ''Lunatea's Veil'' a museum-like level where people's memories are depicted as moving, abstract pictures and sculptures.

* TriumphantReprise: While Lolo's theme is sweet and humorous in ''Lunatea's Veil''. A triumphant yet bittersweet version of her theme is heard during the game's ending when she gives Klonoa a hug as she begins crying into his arms.

* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Leorina herself]] in ''Lunatea's Veil'' serves as an unknowing and unwilling dragon for [[spoiler:The King of Sorrow]], along with Tat.

Two decades later, the game would go on to receive a HD remaster on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in 2022 as part of the CompilationRerelease, ''Klonoa: Phantasy Series''.

''Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil'' is the second mainline entry in the ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}} series, released on 2001 exclusively for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2.

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