Four inches of robot, a power socket always just out of reach, and a family house that becomes a continent.

On instinct, the community places Chibi-Robo! ahead of just 31% of games. A little low, but look at the detail and one line jumps out: controller feel sits ahead of 87% of titles. That is the clear peak of the profile. And there is the tension: the game few people pick on gut feeling is the one people love holding in their hands. Everything around it drops. Attachment and art style hover near the middle, the wish to rediscover it lower, the soundtrack lower still. And fun, above all, right at the bottom, ahead of barely 2% of games. Strange for something this joyful, but that question is about sessions that slide into the small hours, and Chibi-Robo! is not that game. It works in small doses.

In the GameCube catalogue, it is one of the strangest objects Nintendo ever published. Not quite a platformer, not quite an adventure, a domestic routine turned into a system. Today's criteria have no box for that.

So, who is it for? For you if you love games that find tenderness in the tiny and a mechanic that is simply impeccable. Much less so if you want intensity and a session that refuses to end.