Tiny Wonder Studio, the new development team behind the upcoming koROBO, emphasized that the project is very different from Chibi-Robo series and that fans shouldn’t go into it expecting a similar experience.
This comes via a new interview from our friends at VGC, during which co-directors Kenichi Nishi, Keita Eto, and Hiro Moriyama sat down to discuss the new game. When asked what prompted the team to create a spiritual successor to Chibi-Robo, Nishi immediately stopped the comparison.
“Before I answer your question, just to make this known, after the announcement of the game the other day, a lot of people said that this game is very inspired or very similar to the Chibi-Robo series. But I think that’s just because they’re looking through these lenses that are infected by their experience playing Chibi-Robo, when in fact this is a very different kind of game.”
Towards the end of the interview, Nishi reiterated the team’s intention to create something new, asking fans to come into it with a “fresh pair of eyes” and not “be influenced by anything that came before”.
In an amusing closing comment, he also highlights the fact that koROBO is not being developed in collaboration with Nintendo:
“The only thing that’s different this time is that we’re not doing this with Nintendo, which means if we make something that’s really good, we’re amazing. And if we make something that doesn’t turn out so well, well, hey, then Nintendo’s pretty amazing.”
The koROBO Kickstarter is live now if you want to support its development. At the time of writing, it has managed to raise just over half of its £100,000 target.
What do you think of koROBO so far? Are you happy that the team is going in a slightly different direction? Tell us your opinion by commenting.
