Hidden away and hard at work to help out the family that unknowingly lives with him is the ever diligent and every charming...
Mainline Entry 01 - Chibi Robo!
Formats: Gamecube and Wii
Ever persistently and quietly busying himself away amidst Nintendo's bigger franchises is the little silver robot, Chibi Robo. In the original Gamecube game the player worked as Chibi to carry out home tasks and to help out the Sanderson family. The game was originally planned as a point and click until Miyamoto stepped in and pushed it into its final direction as a platform action game. The game failed to make a big splash, some clunkiness and rough visuals meant it lacked the impact of other Nintendo releases but it quickly became a niche hit and its sales were just about strong enough for Nintendo to consider a future for the little guy.
Mainline Entry 02 - Chibi Robo! Park Patrol
Formats: Nintendo DS
Not for the first or last time, Nintendo would look to its handhelds to continue a franchise that console gaming would be too large an investment. Two years after the original game Chibi returned with this follow up that followed the same template largely but moved the action out of the home and into a park and nearby town. Once again the niche audience approach carried the game, especially with most PAL markets not seeing a release of the game.
Mainline Entry 03 - Chibi Robo! Happy Richie Osoji
Formats: Nintendo DS
A further two years later saw the release of the third entry that saw Chibi back in the home and many years having past, him now helping out the family of the daughter from the original game. The end of the franchise was becoming a risk by now as the audience was looking too limited and Nintendo limited the games release to just Japan with fans later delivering their own translation called Clean Sweep.
Mainline Entry 04 - Chibi Robo! Photo Finder
Formats: Nintendo 3DS
It would be half a decade until Chibi would resurface in this estore entry that altered the game design to make use of the 3DFS augmented reality features. Some features and gameplay elements of the previous games still existed but the player chose to do them as Jobs rather than them being core to the game.
Mainline Entry 05 - Chibi Robo! Zip Lash
Formats: Nintendo 3DS
The next year, four years ago from now, the fifth and currently final entry arrived and saw Chibi take a step back towards a slightly bigger release with this new entry that saw Chibi back in puzzle platforming action using his power cord as a hook shot and for puzzle uses. The game used this to introduce several new moves but reviews pulled the game up for not making the most of them. With the Switch now in place, will Chibi rise once more?
Share your thoughts and memories of Chibi Robo!
Mainline Entry 01 - Chibi Robo!
Formats: Gamecube and Wii
Ever persistently and quietly busying himself away amidst Nintendo's bigger franchises is the little silver robot, Chibi Robo. In the original Gamecube game the player worked as Chibi to carry out home tasks and to help out the Sanderson family. The game was originally planned as a point and click until Miyamoto stepped in and pushed it into its final direction as a platform action game. The game failed to make a big splash, some clunkiness and rough visuals meant it lacked the impact of other Nintendo releases but it quickly became a niche hit and its sales were just about strong enough for Nintendo to consider a future for the little guy.
Mainline Entry 02 - Chibi Robo! Park Patrol
Formats: Nintendo DS
Not for the first or last time, Nintendo would look to its handhelds to continue a franchise that console gaming would be too large an investment. Two years after the original game Chibi returned with this follow up that followed the same template largely but moved the action out of the home and into a park and nearby town. Once again the niche audience approach carried the game, especially with most PAL markets not seeing a release of the game.
Mainline Entry 03 - Chibi Robo! Happy Richie Osoji
Formats: Nintendo DS
A further two years later saw the release of the third entry that saw Chibi back in the home and many years having past, him now helping out the family of the daughter from the original game. The end of the franchise was becoming a risk by now as the audience was looking too limited and Nintendo limited the games release to just Japan with fans later delivering their own translation called Clean Sweep.
Mainline Entry 04 - Chibi Robo! Photo Finder
Formats: Nintendo 3DS
It would be half a decade until Chibi would resurface in this estore entry that altered the game design to make use of the 3DFS augmented reality features. Some features and gameplay elements of the previous games still existed but the player chose to do them as Jobs rather than them being core to the game.
Mainline Entry 05 - Chibi Robo! Zip Lash
Formats: Nintendo 3DS
The next year, four years ago from now, the fifth and currently final entry arrived and saw Chibi take a step back towards a slightly bigger release with this new entry that saw Chibi back in puzzle platforming action using his power cord as a hook shot and for puzzle uses. The game used this to introduce several new moves but reviews pulled the game up for not making the most of them. With the Switch now in place, will Chibi rise once more?
Share your thoughts and memories of Chibi Robo!
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