Editor's note. Spoilers for a 20-year-old game inbound...

I’ve spent 20 years “awww-ing” over the delightful character of Chibi-Robo despite having never played any of his games. This cute little robot is just joy incarnate – tiny and helpful with gormless black eyes. Whether it be his trophy in Smash Bros. Brawl or magazine ads for the DS or 3DS games, I always fawned over gaming’s littlest guy.

But now, I’ve finally played Chibi-Robo , and it seems like this little metal dude was all a ruse. Well, kind of: the character is cute, but the game? No one warned me I’d need a therapy session afterwards.

Chibi-Robo is an odd duck; quirky in the way you’d expect for a mid-2000s GameCube game starring a tiny robot who cleans up after a dysfunctional family. It oozes charm from every pore

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