Way back on the GameCube, almost twenty years ago, a small robot helped repair a broken family. More than just a tiny household helper, Chibi-Robo showed up just as the cracks in the family tore it wide open and worked tirelessly to resolve them. Granted, this involved aliens, time-travel, fighting the Spydorz with the chibi-blaster, and a whole load of mini-games, but as weird as it got it was held together by the far-too-relatable underpinning of a family’s emotions building up past the breaking point. It’s hard to say if Chibi-Robo was ahead of its time or not, but while it did end up with several sequels none were anything like like the original game.