Chibi-Robo Site Up

The first leg of the Japanese Chibi-Robo Park Patrol site is up, and as expected, it is full of adorable, saturated-colored screens and described with squiggly little lines most of us can't read. Also included in the site are some charming gameplay videos like the one pictured above. In particular, this video shows Chibi-Robo shaking his money maker after using his stereo icon. Apparently, it makes the psychotic flowers happy. It made sense to some one enough to make it a game. Just go with it and you'll have a lot of fun. Kim Phu More »

DS Comedy Game Gets English Page

DS comedy trainer Archime-DS has gotten an English page that includes not only an explanation of the game, but also a Japan sale date countdown. Wonder why they've created an English page... As previously mentioned, the game does not have any single player — it's only multi-player! Here's an explanation from the site: More »

Gaze at the Miyamoto Chibi-Robo Drawing! Do It!

While Wired's Chris Kohler was recently in Japan, "doin' his thang," he swung by game creator Skip—the good people that brought us the GameCube's wonderwork Chibi-Robo. While snooping around the office, looking for shit to steal, Kohler happened across this truly lovely Chibi-Robo drawing done by Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto. Cool find, indeed! Kohler then built his own Chibi-Robo shrine at his pad in San Fran. No, really. Brian Ashcraft More »

DS LOL

Chibi Robo producer Kenishi Nishi blogged his next project: LOL DS. The title apparently refers to "laughing out loud" and his Dreamcast game L.O.L. (Lack of Love), a Japan-only release in which players controlled a crustacean-like creature. More »