Chibi-Robo!: Park Patrol
Sorti le 5 juillet 2007 sur Nintendo DS, Chibi-Robo!: Park Patrol est un jeu d'aventure développé par Skip Ltd. et édité par Nintendo. Le titre place le joueur aux commandes d'un modèle écologique du petit robot Chibi-Robo, déployé par Citrusoft Robotics pour contrer une épidémie de pollution qui ravage les parcs du monde entier. La progression repose sur la restauration d'un parc local à travers la culture de fleurs et de plantes, la construction d'équipements et l'affrontement d'ennemis toxiques nommés les Smoglings.
L'accueil critique a été globalement favorable, le jeu obtenant une note agrégée de 78,24. NintendoWorldReport l'a qualifié de « magnifique jeu, crème de la crème sur DS », tout en regrettant sa distribution exclusive chez Wal-Mart en Amérique du Nord. De son côté, Nintendo Gamer a souligné que l'attrait des personnages permettait de surmonter une période initiale de confusion pour découvrir un « véritable excellent titre sur DS ». Du côté des joueurs, les retours mettent en avant la satisfaction de construire son propre parc et une progression jugée gratifiante, bien que l'expérience soit décrite comme très différente du premier opus, davantage axée sur la construction que sur la quête narrative. La durée de vie est estimée à environ douze heures pour l'histoire principale et vingt-deux heures pour une complétion totale.
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Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Most surprising of all? This magnificent game, cream of the DS crop, is only available at Wal-Mart. If not for this sad lack of faith, I would expect Chibi-Robo to become one of Nintendo's brightest new mascots, transitioning between genres and systems while retaining a core gameplay structure. »
« The appeal of the characters will draw you through an initial period of confusion and into a genuinely excellente DS title. [JPN Import; Oct 2007, p.70] »
« Like the original GameCube "Chibi-Robo", the Chibi sequel is a leisurely affair with gentle messages. [Nov 2007, p.102] »
« Even though the gameplay has changed somewhat drastically, Park Patrol still manages to capture the delightful essence of the original, only in a smaller package. »
« Chibi Robo: Park Patrol retains the fun and charm of its console predecessor even if the gameplay is noticeably different. »
« This fun, delightful adventure takes "going green" to an entirely new level and is full of unique characters and entertaining minigames. »
« If you can handle the game's particular style (provided you live close enough to a Wal-Mart to buy one -- that's the only place you can get it), you'll find this a surprisingly well-designed game that offers significant playtime, will nurture latent gardening addictions, and will give you the goofiest "god game" experience you've had in a long, long time. »
« It's surprising that Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol is only going to be available at one retailer, because the game is actually quite good. Not great, but definitely a surprisingly decent experience. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« +Build your own park+Progressing actually feels progressive+Graphics are impressive for DS title~Driven by building, not questing~Very different game compared to rest of series~Characters are weirder / more one dimesional- Even more repetitive dialogue / tasks compared to first game- Beginning is heavily backtracking / grinding- Too heavy on touch screen controls »
« I am quite shock that Chibi-Robo got his first game on the DS and it was kinda good, Ienjoyed it. »
« Chibi-Robo's manufacturer is sending units of a planeteer version of its tiny robots to every park in the world to combat the constant degradation of these environments caused by a villain called Miasmo. The main objective here is to revitalize these parks to make them pleasant to the population You start the game with a seed and a syringe with water. By planting a flower, you're given happy points, that works like the currency of the game. With these points, you buy new furnitures to the park, plant tress and other stuff. It is also used to buy new gadgets to Chibi-Robo like batteries that last long and vehicles to move around quickly. Aside from planting flowers, you can earn happy points by completing some tasks to supporting characters you find around the street outside the park, such as find missing objects, feed and recharge them. They also sell several things and services by trading happy points like repair broken bridges, set playgrounds, etc. The game has a day/night cycle that last about 15-20 minutes. At the end of the day, you're given a resume of your achievements, and for every person that attended the park the last day, you earn new happy points The whole mechanic resembles somewhat SimCity, it's very fun and addictive at first. However, as you play, you start to feel that you're progressing too slowly. There's so much to do, but so little time. As you're trying to make your park prettier and interesting, there's so much interruption that distracts you from your main objective like worrying about fighting Miasmo's minions that want to sabotage your work, find plugs to recharge your battery that drops quickly and complete tasks to earn happy points to buy new things to the park. When you're free to go on fixing the park, you notice that day cycle is ending, and there's not much time to do the things you want to. That kind of situation happens frequently and will surely make some people getting tired of it. It's a pity, cause it had a lot of potential, but the turtle speed pace kills it. »
« Loads of fun on the go! I used to play the original Chibi-robo on the Gamecube and love this game on the DS! The graphics are pretty well done for a 2007 DS title and it definitely retains the charm that the Gamecube title had! Chibi-robo ought to be a real robot to do my gardening too.. »
