Former Chibi-Robo! Devs Announce New Robot Adventure Game, koROBO

Key members from Chibi-Robo! series creator Skip, Ltd. have announced the formation of Tiny Wonder Studio, along with their first game koRobo .

As you might have already gleaned, koRobo appears to be a spiritual successor to the Nintendo -published Chibi-Robo, featuring a diminutive robot named koROBO and a boy named Tom, who received the diminutive bot as a gift for his 10th birthday.

Kickstarter and Campfire campaigns for the game are coming soon, with the overall goal of a worldwide launch on both consoles and PCs.

koRobo is apparently a “Robotic Cleandroid,” and it sounds like the core gameplay will be quite similar to Chibi-Robo, having you traverse a house and tackle a variety of problems.

Here’s an overview of the game from Tiny Wonder Studio

Tiny Hero, Big Adventure

koROBO ‘s core gameplay involves traversing around the family’s home, cleaning up messes, and solving problems wherever they can be found–a big ask for such a tiny hero!

Be careful, though! koROBO’s battery is limited, and performing tasks will drain it even faster. While more popular robots require owners to plug into adventure, Tom has modified koROBO to bathe in some rays in order to charge the solar battery strapped to their back. Players will have to keep an eye out for patches of sunlight to make sure koROBO keeps running at peak capacity!

While exploring Tom’s apartment building, players won’t just be helping out him and his family. There’s a whole host of kooky denizens living their lives that koROBO will encounter. As koROBO , players can talk to these characters and help solve their problems to unlock some of his most powerful upgrades!

Better, Faster, Stronger

Players can collect items as they clean and explore to upgrade koROBO and what they can do. While koROBO will start out being able to run, jump, and glide, in time he’ll also be able to fly, swim, and even travel through time…?

But wait, there’s more! koROBO isn’t the only toy in Tom’s retinue. Players will discover new miniature friends and gain an assortment of attachments that’ll allow koROBO to adventure and sometimes even fight in new and exciting ways!

The parts players will need to find for their upgrades can be found all over the house, each with a rarity color denoting how difficult it will be to obtain them. Players should collect as many as they can to upgrade koROBO !

House of Future Past

While koROBO has a whole apartment to clean and explore, players will be doing much more than just merely traveling around the home while helping the family.

Eventually, koROBO will unlock the radical ability to travel through time—at the mere touch of its tiny fingertips…?

There currently isn’t any release date or window for koRobo , but you can see more about the game and Tiny W onder Studio on the official website .