The launch of the Nintendo Change 2 noticed the GameCube added to the Nintendo Change On-line library of basic video games, and though it contained some bangers, there have been solely three of them. Zelda: The Wind Waker and F-Zero GX are actually very welcome, however it will have been good to see it way more packed out. Nicely, following the meh addition of Tremendous Mario Strikers, extra are to return, and subsequent to be added to their quantity later this month is a considerably much less well-known title: Chibi-Robo!
Starring a cute four-inch-tall robotic, Chibi-Robo! is an action-puzzle recreation created by a former developer known as Skip, Ltd. Greatest identified for the Sport Boy Advance’s super-simple “bit Generation” collection, the studio additionally made a bunch of Chibi-based video games printed by Nintendo, beginning with this Sport Dice recreation, the next it up with Chibi-Robo! Park Patrol for the DS and Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash for the 3DS. The video games had been actually not obscure on the time, and Kotaku previously included Chibi-Robo! in its list of classics when the Game Cube turned 20. In 2013, Kotaku called it “one of the most underrated games on Nintendo’s GameCube.” But it surely’s truthful to say it’s a franchise that has maybe slipped out of the broader consciousness. That’s perhaps going to alter on August 21 when the sport arrives on Change On-line for Change 2.
2005’s Chibi-Robo! Plug Into Journey (to offer it it’s seemingly deserted full title) is all about finishing duties for the Sanderson household that owns Chibi, however guaranteeing that your little bot’s batteries by no means run out. Full a chore, or assist out in a selected state of affairs (whether or not with the household or the residing toys within the family) and also you get Joyful Factors! Who doesn’t need Joyful Factors? You discover the entire home, on the lookout for mess to clear up, individuals and toys to assist, and usually attempt to make your self essentially the most helpful little robotic on this planet. And yeah, I’m in.
Say good day to Chibi-Robo!
Be part of him on his quest to revive order to the Sanderson home and save the world in Chibi-Robo!, coming to Nintendo GameCube – Nintendo Classics on #NintendoSwitch2 for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Growth Pack members on Aug 21! pic.twitter.com/BWjL2CbHdL
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) August 13, 2025
The sport’s critiques on the time ran the complete gamut. The infamously robust markers at EDGE gave it an extremely respectable 8, whereas A.V. Membership gave it a kicking. Nevertheless, most individuals got here down constructive however not blown away, leading to a Metacritic average of 75. (It’s 2015 sequel didn’t fair so well.) It’ll be attention-grabbing to see how that garish GameCube 3D feels to play right now.
Skip’s final recreation was launched in 2015, however regardless of a beforehand shut relationship with Nintendo, the corporate went quiet for a few years, seemingly closing solely in 2019 or 2020 however by no means formally saying its ignominious finish. Which is kinda unhappy. A number of former builders left to type Tiny Surprise Studio, which final 12 months had a successful Kickstarter to make a very familiar-looking game called koROBO. It’ll be attention-grabbing to see if Nintendo is hoping to revive curiosity within the franchise, given there’s clearly a crew attention-grabbing in making it.
So August 21 for Chibi-Robo!, however we nonetheless don’t have dates for the opposite video games listed as “upcoming” by Nintendo. That checklist is:
- Tremendous Mario Sunshine
- Fireplace Emblem: Path of Radiance
- Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
- Luigi’s Mansion
- Pokémon Colosseum
Come on Nintendo! Hurry up and add them! It’s not like they haven’t all been eminently playable on emulation for actually many years. We wanna play them once more!
They be part of the present assortment of:
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
- F-ZERO GX
- Soul Calibur II
- Mario Smash Soccer
