Chibi-Robo! is the subsequent GameCube basic coming to Nintendo Swap 2‘s Nintendo Swap On-line library, and it arrives as quickly as subsequent week.
We already knew the lovable platformer was coming in some unspecified time in the future due to Nintendo’s useful abstract on the Nintendo eShop, however now Nintendo has revealed when: August 21, 2025. It’s going to be the second recreation added to the library since Swap 2 launched In June, the opposite being Tremendous Mario Strikers (or Mario Smash Soccer, because it was recognized in Europe).
Nintendo Swap On-line is a subscription-based on-line gaming service for the Nintendo Swap gaming platform. Memberships embrace on-line performance, permitting you to compete or cooperate with pals, in addition to a group of basic Nintendo video games spanning 4 many years, together with titles from the NES, SNES, Sport Boy, Nintendo 64, and, most not too long ago, the new GameCube library. A free seven-day trial can also be accessible.
The GameCube library at the moment consists of video games like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, F-Zero GX, Soulcalibur 2, and Tremendous Mario Strikers. Additional titles considered becoming a member of the service embrace Tremendous Mario Sunshine, Luigi’s Mansion, Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness, and extra, and do not forget, an especially cool duplicate GameCube controller can also be accessible for optimum nostalgia.
We thought Chibi-Robo! was nice when it launched approach again in 2006, awarding it an IGN’s Editor’s Alternative award and scoring it a wholesome 8.2/10, imploring you to: “Give [it] an opportunity.”
“I count on that too many individuals will look at this recreation and conclude that it is not for them, just because it is both too bizarre or too cute,” we wrote in IGN’s Chibi-Robo! evaluation. “In truth, it is each, however it’s additionally a really fulfilling, enjoyable, and rewarding puzzle-platformer.”
As for the Nintendo Swap 2 itself? It is off to a powerful begin, with 3.5 million consoles offered, however an evaluation on the console’s launch week gross sales paints a combined image of how nicely video games not made by Nintendo are promoting.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, in addition to a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years expertise working with a number of the world’s largest gaming websites and publications. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.