Wii U Indie Title Twin Robots Does An Excellent Chibi-Robo Impression

Ratalakia Games also reveals two other Nintendo titles

by Damien McFerran Mon 9th May 2016

Ratalaika Games has announced that it is bringing Thinice's 2.5D platformer Twin Robots to the Wii U eShop "very soon".

Looking a lot like Nintendo's own Chibi-Robo!: Zip-Lash, the game allows you to switch between two robots as they try to work together to find their way out of each level. Co-op play is also included.

Here are some details from the official PR:

Twin Robots is a 2.5D platformer where you can switch control between two little robots; They have been imprisoned and need to find the way out of each level! You can play alone or with a friend in local co-op multiplayer, so that each player controls one robot and solve challenges together.
Features

● Strategic thinking: Manage your energy levels through the level so that you can safely reach the exit & charge the last door to open it.
● Puzzle solving: Some levels require both robots to help each other in order to solve easy puzzles, reach certain areas, open doors, moving objects…
● Multiplayer Experience: You can play with a friend thanks to the split screen system, you will need a Gamepad and a Wii Remote.

In addition to Twin Robots, Ratalaika has two other titles in the works. Defend Your Crypt is an internal venture and should be available in May for Wii U, 3DS, and PC. Blasting Agent: Ultimate Edition is developed by Axol Studio and published by Ratalaika. It's coming to 3DS and Wii U during the first half of this year.

[source nintendoeverything.com]

Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media's sites from an editorial perspective. He's also the editor of Time Extension, the network's newest site, which – paradoxically – is all about gaming's past glories.

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AG_Awesome
Mon 9th May 2016

Looks like a fun little puzzle platformers for five bucks or so. I'll keep an eye out for a review if the price is right.

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Dpullam
Mon 9th May 2016

This game looks mildly interesting. The gameplay looks pretty decent, but the graphic style they are going for doesn't do much for me. I can overlook that issue if the reviews are positive though.

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Sean_Aaron
Mon 9th May 2016

I'd love to see someone rip-off the original Chibi Robo if Nintendo cannot be bothered to give us the GameCube original on Wii U. This however is just another platformer on the pile for the platform, which is great for fans of that style of game; not so good for me and a bit shameless in knocking off the character design.

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MintFox
Mon 9th May 2016

when you said chi i robo I thought you meant the original... This is okay I guess.

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ULTRA-64
Mon 9th May 2016

Well I don't have a 3ds and wanted to play Chibi Robo so this is probably as close a chance as I'll get!

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bherdm
Mon 9th May 2016

I played this on Ouya! Glad to see it made the jump to a real console!

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Simbabbad
Mon 9th May 2016

@TomJ: this is a joke, right? This has nothing to do whatsoever with the original Chibi-Robo and looks worse than the 3DS game, and it looks abysmally mediocre if not flat out bad on absolutely every level. How is this better than Zip Lash, which wasn't even very good? It's absurd disinformation like this that is "pathetic".

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Spin
Mon 9th May 2016

I would rather have a new Chibi Robo game like the first one. Why did Nintendo stop that formula anyway?

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rjejr
Mon 9th May 2016

Wii U is still getting a bunch of indies, which makes me think when Ntineod says Zelda U will be the only playable title at E3, they mean the only playable Nintnod Wii U title at E3. I can't imagine Nintedo is going to pretend none of these games are coming to it's console. They can't just let games like Yoka-Laylee announce they will be on PS4 and X1 in Oct but not mention Wii U b/c Nintendo wants E3 to be only about Zelda U.

Of course nobody knows when Yooka-Layle will release, they said "Oct 2016" a long time ago, and nothing since, so 2017 wouldn't surprise me. And if it is 2017, or even late 2016, and they are showing it off at E3 on other consoles, but not NX b/c Nintneod won't let anybody talk about NX at E3, well that's just another reason why NX should have been at E3. And if Nintnedo won't let them talk about Yooka-Layle on Wii U b/c Nintneod wants E3 to be all about Zelda U, well is that really possible? No, no it isn't, so I do think there will be other Wii U games shown at E3, just not playable.

Maybe Ninteod will make more demos downloadable like they did for all those indies last year? That way we all get to play demos at home while the people at E3 can only play Zelda U. Now how would that be for an interesting twist?