Nintendo World Report Forums

Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: Flames_of_chaos on August 08, 2007, 01:49:33 PM

Title: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to me Wal-mart exclusive
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on August 08, 2007, 01:49:33 PM
gonintendo's report The original source which is gamespot

Edit:typo
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: Shecky on August 08, 2007, 03:46:45 PM
I blame UncleBob
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: Mario on August 08, 2007, 05:01:38 PM
So it will sell 0 copies according to NPD
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: couchmonkey on August 10, 2007, 03:22:14 AM
This is very weird.  Now I feel like I should support it just to boost sales...but those days are over - until I find a high-paying new job.
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: KDR_11k on August 12, 2007, 03:00:50 AM
Good luck with that, I remember the last time a company had a special deal with Wal-Mart and was almost pushed out of the market because the other stores retaliated. But then again in this country Wal-Mart itself was pushed out of the market...
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: Mario on August 12, 2007, 04:32:52 AM
What exactly can other stores do about it?
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: KDR_11k on August 12, 2007, 06:38:44 PM
Not stock any product by the offending company? From what I read that almost destroyed Nestle here when they gave Walmart a special discount and other stores wanted it too.
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: Kairon on August 12, 2007, 06:55:42 PM
But they do this same thing with Gamestop too. Gamestop has had exclusive games before, like Settlers DS. They do it when the game is small enough that they think  extra advertising and sales push from an exclusivity announcement and deal would benefit both the store and the game as opposed to a diluted general release.
Title: RE:Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: that Baby guy on August 12, 2007, 07:01:05 PM
Quote
Originally posted by: Shecky
I blame UncleBob


My exact thoughts were, "UncleBob, what have you done?!"

Title: RE:Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: KDR_11k on August 13, 2007, 01:18:39 AM
Quote
Originally posted by: Kairon
But they do this same thing with Gamestop too. Gamestop has had exclusive games before, like Settlers DS. They do it when the game is small enough that they think  extra advertising and sales push from an exclusivity announcement and deal would benefit both the store and the game as opposed to a diluted general release.


Settlers DS wasn't GS exclusive here and I have serious doubts that they could have afforded making it so. Also lol at the US packaging. You know what it looks like here?



For reference, the US box art:

Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: UncleBob on August 13, 2007, 04:54:07 AM
Sorry guys.

Also, Super Smash Bros. Brawl = Wal*Mart exclusive.
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: jasonditz on August 22, 2007, 05:38:25 PM
God... did they remake the US game to be a Warcraft clone or something? Because when I played Settlers for the PC it was very light on combat.

Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: Kairon on August 22, 2007, 06:57:58 PM
...o...m...g...
Title: RE:Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: Svevan on August 22, 2007, 07:55:26 PM
The only real problem with the German box art is that it features a gibberish quote: "Fesselnde Aufbausimulation Fur Unterwegs!" What? Were they drunk? They need to leave the l33t speak to the pros on the Internet, and use just plain old English on their boxes.
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: KDR_11k on August 22, 2007, 11:36:40 PM
That's a review quote, of course it's gibberish.
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: jasonditz on August 24, 2007, 10:59:52 AM
Has anyone played it either way? The only review I saw give it a 1/10, citing crashing... but I think that was the overseas version, maybe they fixed it?
Title: RE:Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: ShyGuy on August 24, 2007, 05:02:46 PM
They have it here at PAX Jasonditz, I'll check it out for ya tomorrow.
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: ShyGuy on August 26, 2007, 03:18:24 PM
I tried it out, The graphics felt like a simplified version of the cube game. Very very bright colors. The level I played had me going out and planting and growing flowers in a park to make people happy. That's right Chibi Robo is a dirty hippy! I kept dying cause I ran out of power. I had a spray gun which was touch screen controlled (slide the stylus up to pump the sprayer) and also a boom box, which I think you used the stylus to scratch some turntables, I think. It was a bit confusing.
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: Ceric on August 26, 2007, 03:53:20 PM
You know thats not nearly as horrible as what they did with the Bubble-Bobble DS games package...
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: KDR_11k on August 26, 2007, 08:10:24 PM
I think Jason was talking about Settlers and Shy Guy about Chibi Robo...
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: ShyGuy on August 27, 2007, 05:25:27 AM
Hmm, I'm an idiot. I didn't see Settlers anywhere.
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: UncleBob on September 21, 2007, 05:09:38 PM
I could see how you didn't see Settlers anywhere, considering the huge picture of it in the middle of this thread.

Look at me, I'm bumping old topics again!  Whoo!

I just wanted to add my own picture to this thread...


Sorry it's kinda crappy.  Now that I think about it, you can probably go to WalMart.com and see the ad for yourself...  It might be a little too early, since the ad doesn't "start" until the 30th though... Nope... not up yet...
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: WuTangTurtle on September 22, 2007, 07:50:55 PM
I don't like this move one bit.....I've noticed retail exclusives tend to b1ow.  I liked the original but I'm going to have to wait for the reviews on this one.  As for UncleBob's pic, How did Chibi Robo come out on top of Halo 3, lol.
Title: RE:Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: decoyman on September 24, 2007, 07:46:18 AM
I'm bummed out. I don't shop at WalMart for philosophical reasons (no offense to UB). Looks like I won't be picking this game up... and I loved the first one too.

What an idiotic marketing decision.
Title: RE: Chibi Robo:Park Patrol to be Wal-mart exclusive(?)
Post by: UncleBob on September 24, 2007, 08:00:42 AM
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5996769