The Nintendo Switch Online GameCube collection will be growing soon with one of the console’s most unique games.
On August 21, Switch 2 owners with a Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack subscription will be able to play Chibi-Robo!, originally released in Japan in 2005 and worldwide in 2006, and the first game in its series.
This will be the second post-launch addition to the service’s GameCube library, the first being Super Mario Strikers last month, and it will join F-Zero GX, Soulcalibur II, and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
Chibi-Robo! was one of the games teased for the service when it was first announced during the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct back in April.
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Chibi-Robo! is a platformer that puts players in control of the diminutive titular robot, and tasks them with helping the Sanderson family and their collection of living toys with household chores, while keeping an eye on how much battery power and time in the day he has left.
Completing tasks around the house and exploring will earn him Moolah, the game’s currency, which can be spent on upgrades and other useful items, and Happy Points, which will help him climb the Chibi-Rankings and (hopefully) eventually become the Super Chibi-Robo.
The game became something of a cult classic and is considered one of the best games on the GameCube.
It even got a re-release on the Wii as part of the New Play Control! line in 2009, albeit only in Japan, and over the decades, the original version has become one of the more valuable games on the console.
Locking these GameCube games behind a subscription service (let alone a more expensive tier than the base subscription) is unfortunate, but in the case of Chibi-Robo!, this is a lot simpler than trying to track down a physical copy for a reasonable price.
Hopefully its prompt release after Super Mario Strikers is a sign that Nintendo will continue to add games to the service and grow its library quickly, although at this point we still don’t know when we can expect to see the five remaining titles that have already been announced.
