Klonoa: Ending + Credits

Played by me on ePSXe.
One of the most dramatic and beautiful endings you'll ever see.

[@bobstayoffthegrass8772]

One notable thing about this ending is how Klonoa reacts to this news the exact same way he reacts to Grandpa’s death: denial, denial, denial until it happens for real. He refuses to believe that he can’t make the story happier until it is proven - no less than twice - objectively impossible. I absolutely adore that. It takes his happy-go-lucky nature and undying optimism - traits that are typically a dime a dozen among platforming protags - and turns them into a legitimate flaw, one that makes him all the more loveable and, thus, this scene all the sadder.

[@minoru8391]

That analysis made me cry AGAIN

[@retrochristmas7329]

For early cgi on a playstation game can we appreciate the amazing animations and lighting, the clean character models. These cutscenes were way ahead of their time.

[@EXFOOLYCOOLY]

I miss scenes like this. I miss this era a lot

[@HyperImaginative]

Honestly yeah the animation work is very impressive!

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

I’ll always prefer the PS1 original cutscenes to what the Wii version was. That pales in comparison to how incredible and emotional this ending was…

[@heartlessangel2910]

Spot on. Personally, this why I didn’t care for the wii remake’s version of the ending. It just didn’t have the right tone to give the scene the emotional impact that the original had.

[@Magicalkits]

What I thought made this sadder was the fact that Klonoa barely had any time to accept such a terrible truth and Huepow not having enough time to explain himself like he thought he did before they were separated forcibly. Remember, Huepow used Klonoa in one of the worst ways possible, not only lying about who he is and his true motive but basically brainwashed Klonoa's identity to what he felt best would help save his world. In other words, Huepow used Klonoa like a pawn, a means to save the world while Klonoa thought all along he was fighting to save their, his world along with his best friend. You could see Huepow having a hard time going through with it during the game, having Klonoa slowly becoming more and more important to him but knowing it's all based on a horrible lie. That's why I felt the ending was much sadder than what I originally thought before seeing the whole story. Klonoa, refusing to believe that everything he thought was true was a lie and it was all done by someone he considered his best friend but having no time to make sense of things. Huepow, not being able to lie to Klonoa anymore about the truth, knowing they would have to part but having it coming sooner than he expected. Huepow felt he didn't deserve Klonoa's respect, much less his friendship, which was why he was trying to look away from as Klonoa was pleading to stay as he was being whisked away. Huepow knew it was truly selfish of him but he didn't want Klonoa to leave too, running after him and grabbing onto the ring (the same one they used to fight together through the game) as a last ditch effort to keep Klonoa from leaving. Sadly, there was no last minute miracle, no matter how much they both wanted it, Klonoa was swept away. I thought it was very fitting to have such happy music and singing going on as the world was being brought back to life. Huepow finally got what he wanted in the end, the revival of his world and there was joy to be had but he couldn't be happy about it since it cost maybe the one person he could truly call a friend and not being able to make it up to him for lying to him about everything. I thought Huepow smiling at the end was him thinking not only that Klonoa would live happily but to better himself as a person to honor Klonoa. That's what I think anyways. o 3o

[@filipeflower]

Jeez, that's a long-ass explanation!

[@nameless-user]

I remember reading somewhere that the sequel kinda pulled an MGS2, in that it's an interpretation of the feelings and sense of grief from the first game's ending. If that was what they were going for, then WHY THE HELL IS THERE NO 3?!?!

[@TMoDDD]

lol after the lies from the first game in the comics klonoa meet again with huepow and theres no grudge or hard feelings between them but theres no hug or crying for the reunion u.u

[@Vincentmrl]

TMoDDD even if it was made from shiftylook, it was made by Jim Zub, comic writer but still a fan, and namco didn't confirm if it's canon

[@TMoDDD]

but shiftylook belong to namco right?

[@Ralizah]

Just finished this for the first time. This dark ending really took me off guard, but I have to say, it IS very memorable.

[@ShinGian]

Wow i Love lady Oscar

[@MrNintendogeek01]

This was the first video game ending that made me cry.

[@TheGameKiller666]

so true. with this ending, i have found my passion in videogames.

[@shinsekai3d660]

TheGameKiller666 OMG me too ;(

[@Gameradioativo]

This is only game make me cry

[@awsomestleaperd78]

SO SAD. JAPANESE WORDS. EPIC GAMER MOMENTS. CHARACTER DIES. WAAHHHHHHHHHH MOMMY COME HOME AND SAVE ME WAAAHHHHH

[@gishathosaurus6828]

Same, I was like 10 or so and this made me weep glorious tears of sadness

[@tali6844]

"You don't really exist in this world." Me: WHAT THE FUCK!

[@juanluisisaiasgameplays6604]

Yeah, it's a strange plot twist!

[@misternoobie]

I never expected this game to have a sad ending.

[@Blueflag04]

me too

[@reesecates8620]

What about the bad ending of Megaman X5?

[@QF_Dan72]

Yeah ,at first i was like : " time for another adventure with sunshines and rainbow" and then game becomes this sad at the end

[@matrix91234]

@@reesecates8620 I was expecting that. Klonoa however just turned it over like HUH! this is the reward?

[@RomioriTheGamer]

@@reesecates8620 that is very natural compared to the klonoa 1 ending

[@azurestarseliph5926]

It's even sadder when you realize that grandpa was never his actual grandpa

[@thewindthatblows]

Grandpa: It was a short while... But it was wonderful...

[@ryanschwartz4959]

You know what makes this ending even more messed up? The vision section in the game's instruction booklet describes the first 6 levels, then says "A fantastic surprise awaits you at the end". It makes me wonder if whoever translated the manual even got this far into the game.

[@F1areon]

Maybe they DID and they put it there to troll the shit out of players... okay nah it's probably just referring to Balue's Tower, but STILL

[@xerobeat9142]

Don’t see how he’s wrong. I think this ending’s pretty wonderful lol

[@volt3026]

They was giggling they ass off writing that manual

[@cryodual]

"Hey dudes! If you beat the first 6 levels, you get this TOTALLY TUBULAR surprise at the end! It's way past radical!" "oh wow! that does sound pretty good! I think I'll go ahead and-" . . . "What the fuck."

[@RyanSmith-ug6bx]

How is it that the original version did the ending better than the remake. The remake is no means a bad way to play the game, but all the soul is gone by it's stock animatronic animations and lazy "updated" graphics. The original shows so much more emotion with the character expressions. In the remake, however, all the characters smile in every single cutscene.

[@SolCresta3405]

I wonder how many gamers were traumatized by this ending back in 1997...?

[@rommelcarloscortes9933]

The voice acting for this game is cute. But once the ending kicked in, It made me cry. OMG the feels!

[@KamenKami]

Wait a minute! What if Klonoa is us? Think about it, after beating a videogame, we the players go back to our own world.

[@tfpfan1906]

+KamenKami wow! that's very good point you got there!

[@EpicFailureFive]

Yes, that is the idea.

[@Blueflag04]

but hey thats just a theory

[@Blueflag04]

but hey thats just a theory

[@EpicFailureFive]

Sonic Ace 24 No, it's a hypothesis. . . but "Game Hypothesis" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

[@Rutawind]

You saved the world but... It's not your world Your memories are fake And you were being used the whole time Roll credits

[@adiharmoko4452]

the power of soundtrack to a story

[@pankumel2216]

I played this when it came out I was 8 years old Cried so much :( The feels

[@El_Badai]

Same, but I was 5

[@dadkwashere]

What a happy ending for a children's game

[@mekverseedits]

How is this a happy ending? Wot

[@oldaccount3250]

XD

[@richardgibson8403]

dadkwashere just like drawn to life 2.

[@marzialalfonzocanada888]

I can't say this is a children's game tbh it

[@wschippr1]

Marzial Alfonzo Canada It totally is portrayed as a children’s game and iirc it was advertised to children... except for that one ad where they likened the game to an STD and the a dude warning a girl he has “Klonoa” and her saying, “but I want Klonoa,” right before they get it on. That was a weird ad.

[@AriochStarr]

This is one of many, many reasons why Klonoa is my favourite and most prized Playstation game. I shed a tear every time.

[@bbqrainbow]

For anyone looking for more depressing stories in a candy colored world I really recommend Unico. It’s an older anime film but I have no doubt it’s what inspired Klonoa’s story.

[@TheCiderDrinker]

I am not ashamed at all to say that this is one of the few game endings that made me cry, and even to this day it tugs at my heart strings!

[@aortaplatinum]

I can't begin to imagine how much this would have fucked me up as a kid. I was 19 first playing this game and seeing the ending, and it still left me feeling melancholy, I still teared up. Imagine building up your skill for weeks, fighting through the ordeals of the last 5 or so visions, being so frustrated but wanting just as much to save Phantomile. You push through Ghadius and Nahatomb, just barely able to defeat them. You're ecstatic, you've finally done it. Only to be greeted with this. A slap in the face, a betrayal. Not even the brutally difficult Extra Vision, taking place between Nahatomb's defeat and Lephise's song, offers any sort of happy ending, as Balue is rejected and left to his sorrow on the tower he toiled to build.

[@gishathosaurus6828]

Now with 30 I get a sore throat trying to contain the tears... I was literally sobbing when I first saw this back when I was 10 years old. Played many games that have made me teary-eyed over the years, but this one still the one that brings out the most emotion out of them. Even more so than Emma's death In MGS2

[@HenryFabianGT]

Good point about the extra vision. There is simply no happy ending for this cheerful-looking platform. Quite ironic. You don't see that everyday.

[@goodstrudel]

It's a shame there aren't many games quite like this anymore.

[@Error52QFG]

Believe me, there's plenty.

[@JarJarBinks4ever]

@@Error52QFG No there aren't

[@DreamerFromTheDepths]

I don't think there's games like this anymore period, I never played this game as a kid but I felt nostalgic playing it, to me Klonoa was more than meets the eyes. To me it was almost like playing through my life, I had friends and family that I loved and I was always afraid of being torn away at some point, it's something that kids think about less than you think. But that's why whenever kids asked me what my fear was when I was a kid I always told them I never had a fear, but this entire game embodies the fear I was hiding. And eventually I was torn away from that place, but when it happened it hurt less then expected, and after that I felt less human and became apathic for 3 years or so following those events, I felt nothing anymore. Until eventually I went on my own journey of self to regain what I had lost, my feelings are just the first step, I don't think I'll ever have my old friends back, but at the very least I could revisit the country I was born in. This place that I live in now is like a different world, it's neither better or worse but I can't stand it, I want to go to a place where random strangers don't hate me for no reason, but that's just the beginning of my problems with this place and I'm not going to continue further. But living here makes my life feel like limbo, as long as I live here I stopped existing after those years.

[@UnownLeaf]

I can't think of another kid-oriented game (even with the slightly scary monsters) that features death of a loved one or a plot twist that turns the ending on its head. Mother 3 might come close, but not really (it wasn't targeted at kids and there was no real twist). Klonoa was special in the 90s and still very much is.

[@QF_Dan72]

One of them is Life is Strange

[@RoberthOsorio]

Everybody get into the feel train.. next stop feeladelphia

[@Blueflag04]

damn meme

[@user-zl1pj5ii1f]

Roberth Osorio 😭😭😭😭😭🤦‍♂️

[@arbi9506]

Next stop: Lunatea

[@radiokunio3738]

that is so asinine i love it.

[@jason828]

This touching my heart everytime I watch it, simply beautiful...

[@solidust573]

damn! I'm still sobbing like a little biatch over this ending after all these years 😭 wtf?

[@DreamerFromTheDepths]

I watched this ending and played the game just a few years ago, I got out all of my emotions back then, I felt like such a kid back then, I was an optimist who never thought anything could go wrong, and I surrounded myself with lies and eventually it broke me down and this game assisted in giving me a post-mourning session for all the loved ones I had lost who I showed no sadness or emotion towards when they died, but this game helped me bring it out, it's because when they died I was a kid, I didn't really understand how to feel, so I spent a week or two basically crying about it, and afterwards the whole world seemed to turn against me, but now here I am, I can bring out tears if need be, if I want to show someone that I am indeed human, it's just that I've gotten some thick as hell skin after all that, and nowadays all the emotions I should be feeling are starting to feel foreign due to the happiness that life gave to me after throwing me in the gutter. But this game should get anyone to start crying, especially on a first playthrough, I empathised a lot with Klonoa, I had a fear of being torn from existence myself as a kid, I would frequently have nightmares that I would die one day and leave everyone else behind, showing me images of all the people who cared about me, mourning afterwards. I was hovering right over their shoulder but they couldn't hear me or see me, I was trying to speak and tell them that I was still hear, I wanted them to stop crying, but my voice, my feelings, my being never reached them, does it sound effed up? Yes? I still blame the dream catcher for the many nightmares it gave me over the years, ever since I got rid of it I've had nothing but dreams and helpful visions of possibilities, and dreams and all that, they left me when I had friends with me, but when I was abandoned and allowed to be myself again I started to dream and have visions again, but not like the nightmares of old, they never once became a negative dream like that, and now life is looking a lot brighter, thank you Klonoa for giving me a character I could love like family, when the world gave me nothing but sadness, emptiness and loneliness. My emotions for this scene have left me now but only because they were part of my first memories of the game, when I did actually cry upon watching it, those emotions have since been laid to rest, especially because I've seen this ending so many times now, Klonoa you were unforgettable to me, and you helped me gather my bearings and face reality, but like all things in life there comes a time to move on, and for me I've already moved on from it, just like you would have.

[@1dbad]

I got into Klonoa through the 2nd game, so I'm seeing this ending for the first time. I was NOT prepared for this. 😭

[@zeldaman1411]

The definition of a bitter sweet ending

[@mysteriousgirl9211]

2:24 - 6:06 I may be wrong when I say this, but I think the ending scene is supposed to be a metaphor for the five stages of grief. Denial: Klonoa refusing to believe what Huepow said about the former being from another world and having fake memories of their friendship. Anger: Klonoa trying to defy his fate (leaving the world he was summoned to). Bargaining: Huepow grabbing onto the Wind Ring to prevent a tearful Klonoa from leaving. Depression: Huepow and Klonoa being separated from each other (presumably) never to see each other again. Acceptance: Huepow, while missing Klonoa dearly, is happy that the latter is back where he truly belongs.

[@uwantbepis-newaccountincha8398]

This is the first time I have thought of Klonoa since 2010. Even without context, this made me tear up.

[@hubro]

This ending genuinly fucked me up as a kid, really bummed me out that they were seperated like that. Then again I was a lonley kid

[@MystDawg]

Crying in the Wal-Mart bathroom to this

[@GuyWithThePie]

After being spoiled on the ending, I didn't think I would actually cry. I... I was wrong...

[@J5Aolurus]

One of my favorite childhood game's, this game taught me that not always you're gonna have a happy ending, for someone that was just a kid and just was playing for fun, it really hit me and make me cry :'c Although I'm grateful that I got that hit of realism and lesson through this masterpiece, that's the reason why this game is so special for me and one of the best that I have played :)

[@fictitioussunshine]

I still come to this video once in a while and cry over the ending again. Best video game of my childhood. Will always make me nostalgic and heartbroken

[@theopsachos6301]

I cried back then and i srill cry when i watch it damn very emotional

[@PhantasmostheData]

I really hope they make this into an animated movie. World needs to be rekt like we were when we played this. Its one of the rare things worth spending time on. Whats the point of shallow emotionless things? I love the scar this game left me with, I cant even hear this song without teary eyes let alone watch this again.

[@Studioterrel]

While it won't be a adaptation. Klonoa is getting a animated film.

[@kevinm.5951]

Dinowulf not anymore

[@Studioterrel]

@@kevinm.5951 they cancelled it :( damnit no.

[@arbi9506]

The dream is dead. For now at least, the dream is dead. ...sakurai's the only one who can change that...

[@yesno2697]

Klonoa for Smash. T_T

[@zengram]

the death of aeris in FF7 had nothing against this ending

[@juliajajajajajajajaja2176]

You are right...

[@DreamerFromTheDepths]

What if I told you Aerith's death in FF7 never affected me in the first place? She Wasn't that spectacular a party member, especially because you don't keep her until the end, my teams consisted of literally anybody else, I rarely had Aerith on those teams even before I knew about her death. And she contributed less to the story than you might remember, she was barely even a love interest to Cloud, she acted like a kid and Cloud just rolled with it he never felt anything for her to be honest, Cloud never really felt anything towards anyone.

[@TheDenshProblem]

​@@DreamerFromTheDepths I agree, Red finding out the truth about his father moved me more emotionally, even. As you said, Aeris wasn't a fantastic of a fighter compared to other members so I also ended up never using her and thus didn't really get that attached. I mean it was still a somber tone, but compared to this? I've never played Klonoa and this came as a shock. Bravo for a gut-punching wave of feels.

[@JarJarBinks4ever]

You didn't even get to know that broad until she got kilt. This is much better

[@DreamerFromTheDepths]

@@TheDenshProblem Yeah, even Red XIII's howl into the moon as his father sheds tears even through stone is much more moving than Aerith's death. And none of that even comes close to Klonoa's ending, Klonoa's ending is more than just heart wrenching to me, the fear of being taken away against my will from my family and friends or the fear of never really existing were huge fears of mine as a kid. Just thinking about those fears as a child made me want to cry and I basically had a stone in place of a heart as a kid.

[@2875dulce]

*pauses mid-video sobbing* *keyboard explodes*

[@Dragonrider1227]

This actually feels sadder than the Switch remake

[@nicorogervonlohengramm]

You're right. The facial expressions, the music, and the CGI animation make the difference here

[@Sparrows1121]

Yeah it feels less polished, imagine Spyro remake if they didnt add attention to details. Klonoa remake isnt terrible but it feels less than what we should have gotten.

[@PKSuperStar256]

​@@Sparrows1121, yeah, I feel like Namco wanted to get the collection out as soon as possible.

[@aderose]

I can’t wait to cry all over again on July 8th. :,)

[@JimmJimm1234]

No matter how old I get or what life chucks me this will always break me to tears in an instant.

[@ArdentArden]

What sets this apart from other classic sad video game scenes is that there is no death. Final Fantasy X's ending comes close to that, but that could in some way be argued as a death. This scene is just the abrupt separation of two great friends and yet it's as emotional or more so than Aeris' death or Dom's reunion in GoW2. What makes it even sadder is that the world is better aftrwards and Klonoa isn't shown at the very end further empathizing their separation, closing on Huepow in this world.

[@sombraSoft]

Dude, this is a punch right in the feels. I cry everytime I watch it. It brings up my childhood aswell.

[@bnuyguy123]

Just the thumbnail makes me choke up.

[@TylerMcNamer]

Thank you for playing the game. Thank you for saving our world. Now it is time for you to go. Back to your own phantomile.

[@madam-mint]

I know nothing about this game, but the amount of "ouch" in this cutscene...just...dang.

[@El_Badai]

It is a lot worse if you play it for a thing that happens at the half of the story

[@tugger]

im here from alizees emotions

[@mitchellstucky4867]

I think Kirby has competition for most adorable game franchise of all time.

[@CharlyGoMez27]

Bomberman? (I feel like I'm the only one who remembers him..)

[@mitchellstucky4867]

+Enrique Delgado Bomberman is awesome! and, yes. adorable =)

[@64bitmodels66]

Klonoa at best would be at 2nd place. Kirby is overkill.

[@arbi9506]

Klonoa doesn't compete in that tourney, it's in the "tear this heart apart as fast as possible" tourney. It wins every time.

[@markuslee6965]

Don't forget Starfy

[@m3gAm37aLmAnX]

This ending legit had me bawling my eyes out as a little kid when I first beat it. By far THE saddest thing I had ever seen in any video game up to that point in my life. Hell, even today it STILL kind of makes me tear up. Why do you think I put the Song of Rebirth as #1 on my countdown list?

[@foodood8895]

I feel like my dreams are sorta like this, they usually have a story to it and have their own elements, some are like real life but different but I abruptly wake up at times

[@AleTheUnfunny]

I literally just finished the game and the ending blew me away

[@skaladarrellgodeater1070]

And reborn again A New story begin What a F"”"""N MASTERPIECE ever made How I cried with this ending... So much....

[@jjsoupsworth]

I WAS HAPPY UNTIL THIS MOMENT

[@maxpain5506]

Man this was an unforgiving ending

[@AuraArondight]

you know a game is doing something right if the ending can move people to tears. this game is one of the forgotten gems that needs more praise.

[@Kevinpro85]

Just beat this game for the 1st time today. So awesome! Great story, music, and gameplay. I like how it was challenging, but not frustrating at all. SImple, yet made you work for it. Almost perfect for what it is. When his (spoiler......) Grandpa died, and the ending....Shockingly well done.

[@nicorogervonlohengramm]

I just finished the remake. Came back here because its ending felt soulless.

[@Ricku13]

its been nearly 15 years since ive watched this when i beat the game...ive just remembered that emptyness i felt when i saw this cutscene......thank you man almost cried like a biach again!

[@TheMadisonHang]

this ending was so epic it was 1 of the 2 times I ever cried because of a video game the journey to get there, you just really felt the distance, and to have that happen at the end it was just something else, and the music is just there omgosh

[@nicola13691]

This ending is what broke me emotionally as a child!!!! It's sooo sad 😭😭😭 Even more sad than Pikachu crying in the first Pokemon movie!!!!!!

[@sagewaterdragon]

nicola brand It breaks me emotionally as a teenager.

[@Gameradioativo]

+nicola brand I cried too much with my 9-10 years

[@dangobango2248]

while i find it sad I don't understand 100% what's going on so I'm not as sad

[@PhirePhlame]

+glitch hunter Basically, Klonoa just found that, as a "Dream Traveler," he technically doesn't exist in that realm. His memories are mostly fake and his friends barely know him. And then he is immediately sent back from whence he came.

[@dangobango2248]

ah ok

[@6thhokagephil]

This is one of the best twist endings in a video game ever. You could never see it coming, it seems like it was going to have the predictable ending, the world is saved and such, and then this. God damn this probably tore up a bunch of kids.

[@Dinosaurprince]

This never gets acknowledged in the sequels.

[@OvertimeisOvertime]

I'm aware this comment is 2 years old. I'm also not trying to sound rude when I say this, but Lunatea's Veil's ending is quite literally about Klonoa accepting this game's ending. I didn't realise it when I first played it, but as I looked more into it -and by that, I mean I had it explained to me through Channel Pup's review- I truly realised what it meant. And that not only made Klonoa's sudden change in demeanor towards the King Of Sorrow as he dies make much more sense but also made the whole thing way better in general than it already was.

[@DubbleJ]

If you fail to cry while watching this, you are not human.

[@kqool4295]

I didn't cry but I did feel a heavy amount of sadness

[@QF_Dan72]

those are heartless

[@lightyearpig12]

I don’t think I’m ready for the Phantasy Reverie version.

[@brando_duurie]

Me: "Cmon I'm 22 years old. I can Do it" Me: *rewatch klonoa ending Me: 😭😭😭😭😭

[@SpyWhoLovedHimself]

Not only is this sad as FUCK anyway, but I also have intense nostalgia for this, it takes me back to a happy time in my childhood. Makes it even more emotional.

[@valfareinwindir]

Im crying. After like 13 years of playing this game... man. It's so much memories back then...

[@JeffreyThrash]

I feel this gut-wrenching scene was beautifully brought up to modern standards with the remaster: Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series. However, I noticed in this original version that the area around the windmill seems dead until Klonoa is sucked away, while in the Wii remake and more-recent remaster it’s just as green as it’s always been, with the flowers coming back to life the only real clue that Lephise’s song is regenerating nature. The little detail of the original PlayStation FMV, where the grass goes from an ugly brown to a vibrant green, really helps imo to add to the contrast of the sadness of the abrupt separation between Huepow and Klonoa combined with the happiness that, at the very least, the world of Phantomile is coming back to life thanks to Klonoa’s efforts.

[@PKSuperStar256]

The sky was also a very dull blue, too.

[@Houndfederation]

This sh** is too much for me to handle...

[@jakethesnake0192]

One of the greatest gains ever made right here folks. Making people cry since 1997

[@QF_Dan72]

No other games that were able to make me cry at the ending. This one is the first to do that. Why did you sing so quickly ,Lephise?!!

[@TheCangu97]

This game was beautiful. And the ending...feels.

[@zengram]

You know klonoa is not dead.but the part of his friend trying to help him and the piano in the credits,hits hard after all these years

[@jeffryfa]

it made me cry everytime i got to the end.

[@Blueflag04]

me too

[@thattanglethelemuryt3444]

Klonoa - “Game on” because you just because you get old doesn’t it that you will never stop playing video games or reading literature...

[@DhyKay]

on the mid of 2018 this memory remind me again and still want to cry if see this ending, best ever and saddest

[@MrKersemus]

i think its the early work off George R.R. Martin

[@Error52QFG]

I am fully convinced this ending exists purely to troll the fuck out of the inevitable audience of kids this game would of had.

[@TheJonah19]

I relate so badly! I remember playing this when I was 7 years old. This was actually the first game I'd ever played and beat on playstation. The ending was so heavy, but rejuvenating. I honestly cried after seeing this clip. It's an all time classic. I just wish the games of today had just as much sentiment and innocence, but are able to be related to various contexts. I'm glad they've created a Klonoa 2 though! lol.

[@AJamJammy]

I occasionally come back to watch this from time to time after beating Klonoa a few months back. This ending still gives me goosebumps...

[@megamarsonic]

And to think this game was rated E for Everyone. Might as well have shown a message at the very end saying "Grow up, you little shits! Life is hell!" That oughta shatter your child's innocence in a jiffy.

[@BlazingFireOMEGA]

Rated E for Emotional Breakdowns.

[@frankkelly8261]

Or because almost all his memories are false: Rated E for Existential Crisis

[@Blueflag04]

rated E for Excessive Depressing

[@AlexDeLarge1]

Rated R for Replicant.

[@fightthepowertri1284]

E Everything is a lie!

[@blindfollower]

People think FFX’s ending was sad but this is even sadder…

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Here because Dumbsville

[@minilabyrinth]

fucking breaks my heart everytime

[@nyanpirethecat2257]

I'm not ready to experience this again on my Switch :(

[@froakie1404]

Only one of two video game endings to make me cry

[@El_Badai]

The things that people is pointing out in this comment section makes this game even better to me (and that is a lot since this is hands down my favourite game ever), however... It already was way too painful... Yet beautiful...

[@DrBachur]

Klonoa got pranked hardcore, dude.

[@NucleaRaptor]

Top 10 Pranks That Went Too Far ;_;

[@inkchariot6147]

April fool's! We brainwashed you into doing something that you would've done voluntarily, made you watch a copy of your grandfather die, and kicked you out of a world you thought was yours, but was just a similar world from an alternate timeline where you don't exist! ...Why are you crying? It's only a prank.

[@Chips98989]

Why games these days don't heartwarming like this one?!?!

[@ElusivEnigma]

Alizee brought me here and I blame myself for searching.

[@danekk225]

This was the first game that I finished, and cried with this end u.u

[@Omegajunior2658]

I remember this ending. I played this on Sony PS Vita as PS1 for the first time in late 2016 and it was amazing. It's a very good game but the ending is kinda very sad.

[@RPGFlare64]

This ending is so heartbreaking yeah you’ve defeated the villain and saved the day but you lost your friendship

[@thenightmare2495]

Oh boy get ready to see this again this july

[@MusuriMo]

how to cry your fucking eyes out step 1:

[@TJGAMINGSCOTLAND]

One of the saddest endings ever. We need another game, but linger like this with rpg elements. I was working on something back in my primary school days and I totally forgot about it. Who knows, maybe it will happen

[@Poyostar]

God, what a sad ending... and it came completely out of nowhere, too! I'm surprised this isn't brought up as often as, say, the Lumas sacrificing themselves in Super Mario Galaxy or many scenes in MOTHER 3 when people talk about the saddest scenes in all of gaming...

[@alchemistofsteel8099]

Mother 3 isn't that sad. If you want a truly gut wrenching rp you should check out terranigma for the snes

[@Sparrows1121]

@@craigtucker6087 I dont know much about MOTHER series or Earthbound as its called in USA. But as AVGN said "You had to be high to come up with some of the ideas" the battle screen itself looks like LSD or something, so it does have that crazy stuff going for it. Just dont give these ideas to Seth Rogen, somehow i think he would ruin it if he could

[@PKSuperStar256]

The thing about these two games is that they have "last minute miracles" or something like that. The Lumas can be reborn despite sacrificing themselves to save everyone and Lucas caused the world to be reborn after it was initially destroyed. Klonoa? It does things differently. Klonoa doesn't get to stay with the friends he makes. He can't appreciate what's next for the worlds he saves because he can't be there after his job is done. He must leave to either go home or to the next dream world. That is such destiny of the Dream Traveler.

[@BiscuitSumer]

Alizee brought me here.

[@p433rmeyafreakin00bs]

OMG I first played and beat this game when I was 7, I love it, the ending made me bawl my face off, and still does to this day *sniff* so many memories...

[@brimstoneclub]

If Huepow called Klonoa, maybe he's the reason Klonoa became the Dream Traveler in the first place. Also, that implies that Huepow knows Klonoa's original dreamworld, right?

[@EpicFailureFive]

It was supposed to be a sort of 4th wall break thing where Klonoa is the player's avatar in all the dreams you visit in the series. Which is why the credits end with you waking up next to a book with a signature of the name you put in as your save file name. Though this became more unclear of a concept as they made more games, and the main 2 are the only ones that seem to follow this idea.

[@Blueflag04]

all of the games klonoa is just travelling to different world

[@EpicFailureFive]

Sonic Ace 24 Then why is he called the "Dream Traveller"?

[@nightshroud9671]

I guess it reflects how the player buys a new game, going to a different "dream"

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

The reason Huepow smiles at the end is because he knows that Klonoa won't remember anything that had happened after he 'wakes up' - Much the same way people don't remember their dreams when they wake up. This directly ties back to the opening cutscene where the on-screen dialog asks "Have you ever had a dream that you can't remember? Where do those dreams go?". Huepow knows that Klonoa will be happiest in the world where he truly belongs.