Sleepy Grouch people hate it because it basically turned something with a ton of charm and personality into a bland and generic game that has nothing to do with Chibi Robo.
Sleepy Grouch Like what Tristian said, it was no way to treat Chibi-Robo. In fact, the platformer itself wasn’t even that good in the first place. Some could argue it’s more generic than NSMB2
This game is so underrated. It's Japanese Toy Story!! It's got a nice feedback loop like Animal Crossing and The Sims with routines but it's got the humor akin to Earthbound ITS SO GOOOOOOOD!!!!!
It also gives me some katamari damacy vibes in terms of art style, it’s kind of how all Japanese games in the early 2000s looked. The gameplay is much different of course though in both
your comment makes me feel old, but the original Chibi-Robo is in my top 10 favorite games of all time too. Rented it a bunch when it first released, but never found a copy to buy when I had the money....then 2 of my best friends bought it for me for my birthday after finding a brand new copy at Gamestop for $10.
Yeah man, I loved that game. Me and my brother got stuck for years trying to progress the story because we were too dumb to realize the cryptic frog message meant. We went insane during the payoff and was the most exciting moment we ever had in gaming.
YES YES YES ANTHONY DUDE I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH. It’s like Majora’s mask but about being a good dude. Also I think it made me worried about batteries for the rest of my life and I get worried when I’m under 70% charge.
to be fair, if they have to implement an item to get rid of a problem then they probably should have just gotten rid of the problem to begin with, it could be something as simple as an option in the menu or a designated spot on the map that you go to to fast forward
@@Resters52_official up to that point in the game you pretty much always have a story you can progress with each night and each day. it's more just a QoL thing to make completion during the last 1/3-or-so of the game a bit easier i've been doing a new playthrough lately and i've not had any points where i'm just "standing and waiting" like antdude mentions here. i feel like that's a really bad overexaggeration on his part
such a great game that deserves a port or new game on switch. Franchise deserved much better than 3 games and one being a mediocre/ bad 3ds side scrolling game.
As a complete newcomer to the Chibi-Robo series, seeing the wacky style of basically everything in this game, I gotta say... *_This game blows!....._* me away with its unique(?) looks.
Micah Beckner Basically, it’s a platformer game with a simplistic plot and negligible character development. It’s honestly pretty fun on it’s own, but it makes no sense coming from the Chibi-Robo series, which as Antdude stated in the video was known for its characters. It’s basically the same thing as Paper Mario: Sticker Star; it’d be passable if it was a new franchise, but as a sequel it ignores every game that comes before it. And like Sticker Star, Ziplash had a few notable flaws in it’s execution such as the fact that you couldn’t freely choose which stage you play until after you beat all the stages in a world.
Man, I really wish this game got more love from Nintendo. I hope more people give it a chance. It's a really charming and enjoyable experience. Like the video said, it's confusing, but it more than makes up for that.
@@shadyspiritomb5285 that's definitely me. I really want to play the game, but it's so frickin expensive and it doesn't help that its so hard to find the pal version.
@@shadyspiritomb5285 That's paper Mario thousand-year door for me. All the other paper Mario games are on the wii u e shop. But NOT THOUSAND-YEAR DOOR.
@@earlwebb3757 In order to get the pyjamas, you have to go out of your way, so it’s just faster to do as much during the timer than try to get around it
I keep forgetting that this is a Nintendo franchise because of how little that they care about it. Honestly, if Chibi-Robo were created and owned by a different company, we'd surely see a lot more done with it.
As a fan of Toy Story I really loved the stories in the game and atmosphere. It's a shame this is still underrated and overlooked it's really enjoyable for the 10 year old in me.
I'm probably the only one who has never heard of chibi robo so this should be both informative and entertaining especially since its coming from one of the funniest youtubers I know aka abstruse who is still pushing out videos faster than I can come out of quarantine.
I grew up with this game (released when 11) and it took me almost a decade to beat this game. It’s one of those games I would pop in for 1 or 2 hours and make basically no progress. Then you start to help toys and frogs. Then you learn how the story is screwed up. I remember being so excited for Park Patrol and never beat it.
Antdude should review a game called zack and wiki the quest for barbaros treasure it's an underrated wii game which apparently did well and was developed by capcom I've beaten the game my self and let me tell you I had a blast playing it . It was challenging and fun at the same time and really makes you think about what will you do next and in what order
oh my god yes!!! i loved that game honestly the most memorable capcom game on the wii to me and had so much charm as well(basically being wind waker meets megaman legends.:3) and its on a list of capcom series i want to see capcom focus on(since they have interest in bringing back older franchises like rival schools,dino crisis, and viewtiful joe.) while giving resident evil and especially street fighter a break.
This, among other things like Gotcha Force and Baten Kaitos, was one of the many weird games my little brother brought home from time to time. Turns out he had an eye for those things, because while he eventually lost interest in gaming, I certainly spent tons of hours enjoying all those games. Thanks, brother! As for Chibi Robo itself: I never beat it. I remember playing and enjoying it a lot because there was always something to find and do, but since kid-me never used guides, actually getting anywhere before any amount of time passed seemed impossible. I do remember eventually finding that huge robot boi and I definitely remember progressing the divorce situation until the mother locked herself away and the daughter kinda went crazy (which terrified young me btw). It's one of those games I remember fondly despite never getting anywhere. A true childhood experience.
This is easily still one of my favorite games of all time, I adore the first three games and it will always hurt that it’s been neglected as of late. If nothing else i do appreciate the mii costume in ultimate as an, albeit small, nod that it still exists.
Dont hurt me this is my opinion: I liked and hated both hey pikmin and chibi robo zip lash. I liked them because they were from 2 of my favorite, somewhat underrated series but, one thing I didn't like, is that they were just slapped em together, they felt like reskinned mario 2d games, and then nintendo just...yeah you lnow how those games sales went But I still like em
Gotcha Force next? It's a combat gacha-style game. And was on the GameCube, so not a pay to unlock stuff, nor pay to remove cooldowns. It's a pretty good game, so long as you don't let the older version(s?) stack overflow. Or did you already cover Gotcha Force? A Gotcha Force remaster on the Switch would be awesome!! … Uh, assuming that the special character(s?) (that you originally had to go to a japan-only event (and had to bring your GameCube memory card with you) to acquire.) are obtainable in the base game (or even bonus DLC levels)…
This game is weirdly my most nostalgic despite Ocarina of Time being the first game I've ever played and one I've played the most. I've always loved the original Chibi-Robo and I even played Park Patrol on the DS when I saw it at WalMart as a kid. I miss this series, I hope it gets revitalized in some (GOOD) way
The N64 (+ DD), GBA, and DS are also goldmines for those weird & experimental Nintendo games. Gotta love Skip & Vanpool who helped keep that weirdness alive from Love-De-Lic.
"They made a handful of games, they garnered a quite a decent sized fan base and it's like they never cared" An accurate representation of the Starfy franchise
Please cover the two DS games too someday! (not the 3DS ones since both suck though) Chibi-Robo Park Patrol is a very cute spinoff, but the Japan-exclusive DS game is actually a full-on sequel to the original! It's received a fantranslation very recently, calling it "Chibi-Robo Clean Sweep." It is criminal that so little people actually know about it, especially since a sequel to the original is exactly what people have been begging for from the series for so long!
chibi robo is so good! ive been a big fan of the series from the beginning. i even liked zip-lash... not as much, but i did like it. collecting the snacks was fun.
Custom Robo was acknowledged? Holy shit. Even if it's not one of the most noteworthy franchises, better it be forgotten than be forced into having arbitrary gimmicks; motion control bullshit or god knows what else. The three games in it(64, BR, and Arena) were all fun as hell in their own merits, too.
The video kept continuously crashing between the 9:00 and 10:00 minute mark! It’s happening consistently no matter how many times I re-load it and time skip back to that part, it will end up crashing again!?!? Has anyone else had this happen to them?
Well actually Chibi Robo was ported to "new control" in japan, but sadly, japanese language only. beside controllers, no idea if they added more content
The falling pan only happens if you have a pirated version of the game. I've had this game for over 15+ years playing on and off and I've NEVER had a pan fall on me.
ngl, i grew up on photo finder, and yes i DO realize how weird i sound, but now i wanna give the original a shot time to find a copy... this is gonna be a bitch
My Dad's friend gave me a bunch of their old GameCube games, and Chibi Robo was one of them. I still think this game looks adorable. I never got very far, but it was still cute.
Before I got into gaming, Chibo-Robo was one of the few games I remember existing while it was coming out, especially during the time it had ads on Nick Magazine. It had a bookmark on it, and I used it a lot in school, so I just remember the character very well. I always thought Chibo-Robo was cute, even if I didn't know that was the right way to put it.
AmethystLeslie Do you remember if it was a Park Patrol bookmark (green with flowers)? I’ve been cataloging all the Chibi Robo merch, so I’d be really interested to know if it’s a bookmark we’ve never seen before!
@@fliksie361 It was more periwinkle-colored, and I remember it having the game's logo, the Gamecube logo (and most likely Nintendo's logo), and a render of Chibi-Robo holding his plug over his head, which I remember the most. I've used it so much that, unfortunately, I'm positive I threw it out due to wear and tear.
