The folks at1up.comare reporting thatChibi-Robo: Park Patrolwent on sale Tuesday, but Nintendo failed to let anybody actually know about it. Furthermore, those thatdidknow would still have had great difficulty tracking the DS title down because its exclusive to Wal-mart and this wasn’t properly revealed either. According to 1up:
Clicking toNintendo’s websiteand entering theChibi-Robo: Park Patrol‘sproduct pagemakesabsolutely no mentionof the Wal-Mart deal. In fact, if you click on Nintendo’s own “where to buy” button — somewhat crucial for a game that’s only being sold at a single retailer — makes no mention of theChibi-Roboand Wal-Mart exclusivity deal.
The only way you’re expected to uncoverChibi-Robo‘s secret location is to check out theofficialChibi-Robowebsitewhere Wal-mart is listed as the exclusive seller. However, not even that site was properly published, found tucked away at the bottom of a Nintendo press release about giving seeds to kids.
Chibi-Robo: Park Patrolis supposedly exclusive to Wal-mart because of the chain store’s environmental program which ties in with the game’s eco-friendly themes. It would have actually been nice if we were told that a little sooner, though.
[Thanks to TheGoldenDonut]
