Chibi-Robo Park Patrol

Chibi-Robo Park Patrol

Nintendo

(Nintendo DS)




As much as I don't fancy myself a typical female, every once in a while a game comes along that appeals to the estrogen within. When I first saw Chibi-Robo Park Patrol, I was smitten with the pint-sized robot and his Technicolor world full of flowers and Happy Points. Not only is Chibi adorable, he's environmentally conscious. This was so something I get behind.

Chibi-Robo's first appearance was on the Game Cube. Back then, the little robot was nothing more than a glorified housekeeper for the Sanderson family. Now that he's found a new home on the Nintendo DS, he's thinking globally instead of locally. In the game, we learn that there is an entire army of Chibi-Robos at work restoring rundown parks around the world that have been destroyed by pollution. But pollution alone isn't the sole enemy in the game. Sergeant Smoggler, a toxic villain whose origins are shrouded in mystery, is hell-bent killing innocent flowers with his smoglings and reversing all of Chibi's hard work.