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Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol - Only at Wal-Mart?
So I'm a fan of this little unpopular game that was released for the Gamecube last February. It's called Chibi-Robo. In the game you play as the eponymous three-inch-tall robot and go about doing menial tasks to make Chibi's host family happy. Chibi can also converse with the strangely living toys that populate the house. However it doesn't take long for the game to become rather dark; the parents of Chibi's host family begin talks of divorce, one of the toys die, and a teddy bear turns out to have a rather disturbing addiction to nectar.
It was just another quirky game from Japan that slipped under the radar. Not many people played it, and I was never able to successfully convince my friends to play it (seeing as, to them, it looked like a game where you do chores as a tiny robot). Yet somehow it managed to get a sequel for the DS. When I first heard the news I was incredibly excited. As more information came out, I simply could not wait to get the game and begin breakdancing to bring flowers back to life in the new park Chibi gets to explore.
But today I got an e-mail from Nintendo, one of the many I get for being on their mailing list. It was about Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol, the new game on the DS. As I was glancing over it, something caught my eye. A little box at the bottom of the e-mail, just below a picture of the game's box art.
"Only at Wal-Mart!"
I couldn't understand it. Only at Wal-Mart? Why only at Wal-Mart?! Chibi-Robo may not be a popular game, but it certainly shouldn't be reduced to being available only at Wal-Mart. I would understand it the "Only at Wal-Mart" game was, say, Tamagotchi Party on the Wii, but Chibi-Robo? I was just... I'm STILL just baffled.
Here's a link to the official website for Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol, in case you want some proof that this is indeed only at Wal-Mart:
http://www.chibi-robo.com/prelaunch/
To be entirely honest, I probably just sound like a ranting fanboy who doesn't like to see his precious game get removed from its pedestal in any way. And in a way, I am. But the thing is, Chibi-Robo was already pretty low on the food chain since it started out. The fact it somehow managed to procure a sequel is amazing. But I just don't understand why it's only available at Wal-Mart. It just.. it just seems odd to me.
It was just another quirky game from Japan that slipped under the radar. Not many people played it, and I was never able to successfully convince my friends to play it (seeing as, to them, it looked like a game where you do chores as a tiny robot). Yet somehow it managed to get a sequel for the DS. When I first heard the news I was incredibly excited. As more information came out, I simply could not wait to get the game and begin breakdancing to bring flowers back to life in the new park Chibi gets to explore.
But today I got an e-mail from Nintendo, one of the many I get for being on their mailing list. It was about Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol, the new game on the DS. As I was glancing over it, something caught my eye. A little box at the bottom of the e-mail, just below a picture of the game's box art.
"Only at Wal-Mart!"
I couldn't understand it. Only at Wal-Mart? Why only at Wal-Mart?! Chibi-Robo may not be a popular game, but it certainly shouldn't be reduced to being available only at Wal-Mart. I would understand it the "Only at Wal-Mart" game was, say, Tamagotchi Party on the Wii, but Chibi-Robo? I was just... I'm STILL just baffled.
Here's a link to the official website for Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol, in case you want some proof that this is indeed only at Wal-Mart:
http://www.chibi-robo.com/prelaunch/
To be entirely honest, I probably just sound like a ranting fanboy who doesn't like to see his precious game get removed from its pedestal in any way. And in a way, I am. But the thing is, Chibi-Robo was already pretty low on the food chain since it started out. The fact it somehow managed to procure a sequel is amazing. But I just don't understand why it's only available at Wal-Mart. It just.. it just seems odd to me.
Comments
Also at the Nintendo World Store? Huh, should've guessed that it wouldn't be ONLY at Wal-Mart.. maybe I jumped to a conclusion too quickly.
And doing this with Wal-mart makes them happy, and couple potentially lead to Wal-mart promoting Wii more then the other consoles.