Chibi-Robo: Plug Into Adventure! | Nintendo's Little Robot That Could
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Indeed he is
The name “Chibi-Robo” hurts me the same way “Pikmin” and “F-Zero” hurt me.
Well at least "Fire Emblem" survived the onslaught.
"A good Starfox game"
Star Tropics send their regards
DaimoMusic they can't send their regards from where they are.
"A new Fossil Fighters on Switch" will always haunt me in my nightmares. Specifically the fact that we won't get one.
Antdude: _Mentions Zip-Lash..._
My brain: *’This game blows!’ - Scott The Woz*
*yeets directly into the toilet*
Why do people even hate zip lash it doesn't seem bad
Let’s wait for Scott to talk about that game
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!!!!!
I think of it as Japanese Wall-E
This is a good description of Chibi-Robo.
What an accurate description
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
It's japanese toy story with mother 3 mixed in.
you know.
cuz the story gets complicated and dark
First Mega Man Zero, then Mega Man ZX, and now Chibi-Robo. I didn’t know that Antdude was doing an under-appreciated series marathon.
Now we need Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon or Explorers of Sky!
So he should cover Deathspank next.
I stand by what I've said about Deathspank for years: It's funnier than Portal. Yes, Portal 2 as well.
@Retendo By the publisher, at least until recently
Seems more like a robot marathon to me
Pokemon Ranger up next?
This is one of my all time favorites. Played it a ton as a child and just finished it for the first time last year.
I wish I had my copy😭 I do have a repro cart of the game we never got in English so I’ll be okay
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.
That Robot is CUTE TO THE MAX!!!
Lucky! As a kid I sold it for 20 bucks and I’m regretting it cuz now I can’t find out lmao anyone wanna sell me one lmaoooooo
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.
It might have, I've never played this game and I'm chill with my battery life being anywhere from 20% to 2%
So in majora's mask you're playing as a bad dude?
alpieo gd yeah
@@alpieogd2125 Your quest is to BECOME a real bad dude. Fierce Deity in THE _HOUSE!_
@@audoodle9963 wait but i thought you're stopping the moon
i don't see a 'ft: Scott The Woz' in the title...
This video blows!
*Tosses phone into toilet*
You sure don’t
i bet scatt will make a cameo if he makes a zip lash video
@@hyrulemobian bruh
Hey all
"Antdude mentions Chibi robo zip lash "
SCOTT the Wozz :"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
THAT GAME BLOWS!!!!!
*satisfying slap noise*
I assume that scream is through a megaphone...
If ant dude ever talks about chibi robo zip lash, Scott the Woz better be in the video as a collab
“This games blows!” ~throws into the toilet
Scott
Scott the woz
Scitt
That was Zip Lash though
That’s Chibi-Robo, Zip Lash lol
7:05 Isn't there a special Pajamas you can find in the game that allows you to instantly skip to the next period of the day?
MasterDheGamer Yeah. Don’t remember where you get ‘em though.
@@deadaccount2968 I think the mom lady makes them for you at some point?
@@CjJello You have to give her a piece of clothing then she makes them for you.
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
Antdude: Talks about chibi-robo
Somewhere across youtube: ^Scott The Woz has officially joined the chat^
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.
@卐 chibi robo zip lash
0:30 '' THIS GAMES BLOWS '' throw it into the toilet.
I’m a simple man, I see non-ziplash chibi-robo I like.
so whats the deal with ziplash
i never played it so idk y its hated so much
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.
Yosh065 it’s not a spin-off, the games sales determined if the series would continue
On the time system: you get a set of pajamas that let you switch between day and night instantly.
... Then why is it not used in speedruns? it would save like 10-20 mins
@@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
Thank you for covering this! One of Nintendo's most underrated hidden gems, I hope more people get to play it because of the coverage
It's not as if it's stupid expensive f*ckin impossible to find.
@@YoshiDude-vh4rl I mean, if you've got a good enough computer, you can always play it on the dolphin emulator.
@@jlewis4441 Or even jailbreak your Wii and play it by the Gamecube compatibility with the console. It's not hard at all and so worth it.
@@gustavoduarte3507 Yeah, that's what I did
I got lucky by getting the game 2 years ago for 40 bucks
I'd be down for a remaster on the eShop. Call it something like "Chibi-Robo: Recharged," featuring optional motion controls from the Japan exclusive Wii port.
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 Very true. The prices are pretty crazy now. I'm glad I got my copy CIb at 50. Which even then I thought was expensive.
@@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.
This game was a huge part of my childhood. That horn noise Giga would make at night scared the living shit outta me
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.
*Scott the Woz wants to know your location*
The eShop game wasn’t too bad, coming from someone who never played the original. It was a good bite-sized taste of the original gameplay
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.
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.
Bruh.
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.
Cri Cat no
It isn't created nor owned by Nintendo. It is property of Skip and they could have released it on a different console but they just never did.
one thing antdude forgot to mention. theres music playing in EVERYTHING you do, which is the charm this game has. when youre running, charging, changing direction rapidly, cleaning, putting things in your head, shooting, literally everything plays music.
Well, the thing about Zip Lash is that "THIS GAME BLOWS!" **throws into toilet**
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.
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.
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.
Who care about your opinion ?
Foulowe 59 that grammar
@@Foulowe59 you cared to comment about it
@@IamaPERSON shut up
@@Foulowe59 treat me with respect first
I remember playing the demo of Chibi Robo at a kiosk years ago, and I had no idea what to do.
Years later, I still wouldn't know what to do.
Lol you're not the only one !
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
"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
Chibi-Robo ate a substantial portion of my childhood.
Chibi-robo content?????? In my 2020??????? A dream come true
I remember playing this game with my friend back in 2007 and I had a blast with it. I love everything about this game. One of my favorites
I always thought this game looked fun as a kid, though I never got around to playing it. C'mon Nintendo, give us a Switch port!
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.
10:39 Cries in rhythm heaven and golden sun
“The robot that could” until Nintendo “lashed” (Ik I’m so funny) that piece of trash we call Chibi-Robo ziplash
Yosh065 Yeah. I think that everyone who truly hated it was just lashing out at the fact that it was 2D.
Yosh065 well A$$hole it’s called an opinion. No one ever said you had to agree with me.
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
Jenny thinks she’s a frog?
she must be around the froggy chair
can’t blame her.
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.
Chibi-Robo is my favorite game of all time, and I'm glad you covered it.
*Chibi robot got forgotten by Nintendo*
F zero: join the club
Star fox: I'll dig your grave for you
Waluigi: *wait you guys got games?*
My favorite game!
I'm glad you reviewed this game!
1:28 missed opportunity to do the charging sound
I used to spend hours just exploring the house. What a great game.
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)…
I actually came early in an Antude video? Nice!
Hope to see your Partners in Time video!
Chibi-Robo looked absolutley adorable.
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.
Yet another franchise Nintendo left in the dust .
Yep.
It’s just proof that unless it’s Mario, Zelda, or Pokémon(AKA their big moneymakers), Nintendo doesn’t care about a lot of their franchises.
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.
YEAH!
Within 30 seconds you've ripped the only thoughts I have about this series directly out of my brain.
6:09 Oh, so THAT'S where the 'yes' meme comes from...
Huh, so I didn't imagine this as a kid.
Now can you please review Fling Smash with Scott The Woz?
That Eternal Darkness hurt me. If childhood trauma had scars.
I thought that Chibi-robo was an electronics mascot from a tv advertisement. Please don’t hurt me.
Just like Scott the wozz would say “This game blows”
THIS NEEDS TO GET A SWITCH PORT
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@@foxmccloud9106 a gamer of taste I see
I think every Gamecube game that has not had a remake needs to be on the switch.
This is literally my favorite game of all time and I never see anyone talk about it except Scott the Woz... Thank you for this upload, and in my birthday month too!
Another part of the charm is the depth the toys go into in this game you help with divorce, depression, death of a parent, addiction, ptsd. All ending happily, but a lot of serious stuff all given a cutesy charm
32 seconds ago? Woah, I clicked fast (also second)
Scott the wozington
nobody cares
Katie Hammel didn’t ask
No
Katie Hammel WOW YOU WON THE AWARD OF
no one asked and no one cares
Kookiemations YT ikr
Thank you for covering this game! It’s one of my favorite games of all time and it makes me happy to see it get some attention.
Someone ported most of the Chibi Robo map into VRChat and included the Freakin wall rooms. They’re so much scarier when you’re in VR.
One thing you never mentioned is just how *dark* this game can be. There are express mentions of family dysfunction and divorce, as well as allegories to unrequited love, mental illness, addiction, obsession, AND TWO CHARACTERS DIE. I am shocked this game didn't traumatize me as a kid.
FINALLY someone else is covering this series. Thank you so much for bringing the fanbase to light!
Fun fact the pan that hits you when you plug in is something that happens when you refuse to save over and over again.
I love seeing more coverage about Chibi Robo! Easily in my top 5 favorite games.. It hurts that Billy Hatcher got the same treatment too ):
Genuinely one of my favorite games ever, awesome that you covered it!
Hello! Self-proclaimed leader of the Chibi-Robo Fan Club, here! I just wanted to say thank you for giving this game some much needed love and spotlight! What I love so much about it is that it can be experienced in whichever way you please. If you're trying to fully complete a single objective in a single character's storyline, you're gonna run into that problem of waiting for the day or night to pass, first. But if you just go about the entire house and interact with as many people as you can within a single day or night cycle, you'll find yourself with endless stuff to do. Think of it along the lines of Persona 5. Rather than spending time with only a single character, you'll wanna spread your time around with everyone you can. It's like raising children. You don't just focus on one of them and keep the others on the sidelines until your firstborn goes off to college. You wanna interact with all of them, as frequently as possible. Advancing the stories all at once, rather than one at a time.
As for the sequels.... I am sad. Park Patrol was ok, but was heavily limited due to being on the DS, and to being a Walmart exclusive (as far as I know, the only reason they did that was to bundle it with real life flower seeds, which I guess would be too weird to do at GameStop or Toys R Us.) I just recently played through Clean Sweep (the Japanese exclusive title) for the very first time, thanks to an fan translation! And I'm both thrilled and heartbroken to say that it's without question the best sequel Chibi-Robo ever got. And of course America never got it. Not only that, but they released the game mere days after announcing it, AND they released it within mere days of the Wii port of the original game! All of that, on top of being Japanese exclusive, both of them sold very poorly, when they were by far the games with the most potential. And then there's Photo Finder and Zip-Lash..... and I hurt.
Chibi-Robo encompasses everything I love about the GameCube. It was absolutely fearless and tried so many outlandish ideas that Nintendo wouldn't dare attempt to do, nowadays. And not just for their flagship titles. From their more obscure properties, to completely original IP's. The GameCube was just magical... And Chibi-Robo was the embodiment of all that magic. Chibi-Robo: Plug Into Adventure remains as the best game I've ever played and I wish more than anything else that Nintendo gave it the proper treatment and recognition it deserves.
A re-release of the original game NEEDS to happen! Unfortunately, most of the employees of Skip Ltd. have gone on to pursue other things. So I have little to no hope in any sort of sequel in the future that can capture the pure and utter magic of the original. The company itself is sort of in an unknown state, at the moment. After the release of Zip-Lash, any and all updates to their website or social media accounts just seised, entirely. Apparently they're called Skip inc. now, but the only reason we even know that is because of the Smash Ultimate credits. I guess only time will tell. The reveal of the Chibi-Robo Mii costume gave me such a chaotic mix of joy and heartbreak. Not only that, but Chibi-Robo was the very first spirit introduced to us in the Final Smash Direct. If the ARMS rep ends up being a character that's already a spirit or Mii Costume in Smash Ultimate, my hope for Chibi's inclusion in Smash will be reignited, once again. Honestly, if there's anyone who can save Chibi-Robo at this point, it's Sakurai.
I sincerely hope we'll get to see him again, one day. Chibi-Robo NEEDS to be experienced by everyone. More importantly, it needs to be EASILY AVAILABLE to everyone. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. There've been a lot of miracle revivals in the video game industry, lately. Here's hoping Chibi-Robo will one day join them in this new generation.
2:15 I always heard it as "Don't leave me"
5:17 That's actually effected by whether or not you're mashing the A button during the charging segments. It won't ALWAYS happen, but its chances increase the more you try to skip through the unskippable dialogue by needlessly tapping A.
The pan falls on your head when you press the button too early before your charging animation is finished. I interpreted it as a message to you as the player to calm down, stop spamming buttons, and enjoy the game in a non-rushed way.
It's been a long time since I watched your content, I'm glad to see your videos again.
Dude I forgot all about this game!
Thank you for giving me another game to go through again during these times.
Wow, I JUST got the pun of the Free Rangers being "Free Range" eggs....
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.
We need a crossover between Chibi-Robo and Mega Man Battle Network. I don't know why, but it is needed.
I saw F-Zero GX and now I'm crying...
Thank you for the wonderful content!
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.
This specific game in particular... that opening music!! Haven't played this game in years, but holy moly the nostalgia HIT
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!
Zip lash THIS GAME BLOWS
I would be lying if I said I havent completed this game at least 10 times
About the timer thing, not only can you get pyjamas about half way through the game, but at any point if you know that you’re just going to be waiting, you can just switch to a 5 minute timer then switch back
10:39
Yo I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers Doshi and the gaint
Poor guy. Imagine being a similar type of TH-camr as Scott the Woz and being around for longer too, but regardless having to compete with him.
AntDude: *Hates on Zip-Lash*
Me, A Zip-Lash owner: Wait, I think that's Illegal!
I absolutely loved this game as a kid. Even if I didn't understand completely what was going on, it was so much fun to explore this big ass, Toy Story-esque world.
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.
I remember playing this game when i was younger and not knowing what the heck i was doing, so same as you. But even then I still loved it. Man i wish i still had my game cube and chibi robo is so expansive right now.
i remember playing Chibi-Robo Park Patrol for DS when I was a kid and I loved it. I'll have to give this game a shot just for nostalgia sake
Chibi-Robo is the game I got as a kid and didn't really understand the appeal until many hours into it (even though I never finished it). For some reason, I eventually just had a blast doing the most mundane things in the game like picking up trash and cleaning dirt off the floor. It's a game I do hold close to my heart, but again bizarrely never finished.
I swear to God, me and my sister still think that Telly says "Double winged meat". I love this series so damn much.
Oh I remember playing a Chibi Robo game on Gamecube, this brings back so many memories
AAAAHHHH, I loved this game! I spent so much time pretty much every day just wandering around the house and seeing what I could do. I was actually kinda sad when it ended.
Ahhh Chibi Robo!!
Loved the video, glad you enjoyed the game. It still makes me sad the way the series went... Chibi Robo is probably my favorite gamecube game. Park Patrol was a fun little experience but didn't really compare to the original game. Can't really comment on the other entries.
Like you said, there was a lot of experimenting going on during the gamecube era, and I kinda miss that. Not that we don't get some really great and unique games nowadays too.
Nice Collection you got there Ant-Dude