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Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 34 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Square Enix
Developer: Square Enix
Genre(s): Action, Role-Playing Game
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)
Release Date: July 8, 2008
Summary
Chocobo and Cid, Final Fantasy mainstays-turned-treasure hunters, are magically transported to a mysterious town whose people’s memories are lost with each bell toll of the clocktower. One day, a strange boy named Raffaello arrives and creates dungeons of memories to help the townspeople remember who they are. Now it's up to Chocobo to journey through the dungeons and retrieve everyone's memories! A gaming experience utilizing a variety of classic FINAL FANTASY job classes such as the knight, black mage and white mage to aid Chocobo in his fight against evil. Duel against friends via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection in addictive card battles featuring popular FINAL FANTASY creatures in a unique 3D pop-up book style. Collect hidden letters throughout the adventure and form special phrases to unlock secret dungeons and job classes. The signature Mog House offers arcade-style mini-games that can be played with intuitive Wii Remote controls. [Square Enix]
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What The Critics Said
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GameShark
As a gamer that has been burnt out by excessively cruel and repetitive dungeon crawlers in the past, the game never left me feeling overly drained and worn out. Chocobo’s Dungeon deserves at least a few hours of any adventurous Wii gamer’s time.
Read Full Review >GameZone
It’s a beautiful, deep, fun role-playing adventure, and certainly one of the best RPGs available for Wii.
Read Full Review >RPG Fan
If you can deal with the kiddie atmosphere and lackluster graphics, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon provides an enjoyable gameplay experience.
Read Full Review >Worth Playing
It takes out some of the frustration that makes the genre so inaccessible without sacrificing the challenge and accomplishment that make it so fun.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
An excellent and surprisingly deep game. This title does an excellent job of walking the fine line between being a Final Fantasy title and a dungeon crawler and gets the formula just right.
Read Full Review >IGN
There's a great mix of gameplay styles here, from strategy to action to RPG. Square Enix's polished touch is all over this one, from the nice voice acting to the humorous dialogue.
Read Full Review >Gamer 2.0
Wii owners that crave the newest RPGs will definitely find a lot to like in Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon, especially those that are into the rogue-like subgenre of RPGs.
Read Full Review >GameFocus
It seems the CGI wizards at Square Enix hit another home run with the game and while the amount of CGI is actually much lower then what most Final Fantasy veterans will be used to, they will find what we do have is excellent.
Read Full Review >Official Nintendo Magazine UK
A cute exterior masks a hardcore heart - it might be brutally hard but it'll have you coming back for more. [Nov 2008, p.94]
Read Full Review >Gaming Nexus
Come on an adventure with treasure hunters Cid and Chocobo as they quest to rescue the memories of Lostime.
Read Full Review >1UP
It's definitely a game for RPG fanatics who go in more for the challenge than the plotline, and no doubt casual players who pick it up for the oh-so-cute cover art will be rather surprised by how brutally it savages their dignity (although a generous learning curve should help ease them into their suffering). Still, it's a definite success, taken on its own terms.
Read Full Review >Console Gameworld
Chocobo's Dungeon takes a strict gameplay structure, bends it for the sake of accessibility and then builds something new on it to enhance it further without entirely breaking the game.
Read Full Review >GameSpy
Chocobo's Dungeon isn't a traditional Final Fantasy game, but it's still loads of fun and very addictive.
Read Full Review >Nintendojo
For what it’s worth, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon is the best Square-Enix game for a Nintendo home console since Final Fantasy VI (called Final Fantasy III at the time) hit SNES in the mid-90s.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
Chocobo's Dungeon succeeds where the recent Pokémon Mystery Dungeon fails, by delivering a licensed dungeon crawler that is a credit to its franchise as well as its tradition.
Read Full Review >Cubed3
By sacrificing and tweaking a number of the more niche aspects of the roguelike genre -- but not so many as to dilute the experience irrevocably -- Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon delivers an experience that is true enough to its roots to appeal to longtime fans, but also fresh and inviting enough to please newcomers.
Read Full Review >Play.tm
The main complaint I would have about this game is that it doesn't push the boundaries technologically; it could feasibly have been done on the DS or the GameCube even, as it does not make any real use of the Wiimote and the graphics are decidedly last-generation.
Read Full Review >3DJuegos
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo´s Dungeon is a correct spin-off of the Final Fantasy series. The game is designed for the beginner players with few experience in these kind of games, but is focused for the followers of the franchise too. The dungeon system is a little repetitive but the job classes and the minigames help to offer a great mix of gameplay.
Read Full Review >InsideGamer.nl
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon is a welcome addition to the poor line-up of games on the Wii. Despite the rather poor visual presentation and almost infantile voice acting, the game is fun, even for more experienced players. The dungeons are exciting and challenging to play through, and the story is both interesting and lengthy enough to keep you playing.
Read Full Review >Game Revolution
It’s sketched, voiced and painted for innocent little cherubs, and yet seemingly designed by little cackling, puppy-kidnapping demons.
Read Full Review >Nintendo Power
If you've ever been tempted by the dungeon-crawling genre, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon is a great place to get your feathers wet. [Aug 2008, p.88]
GamePro
As I said, Chocobo's Dungeon isn't perfect but it still manages to offer up enough fun to make you keep going. [July 2008, p.83]
Read Full Review >Games Master UK
A great introduction to Mystery Dungeon for newcomers, a competent rent for others. [Jan 2009, p.80]
n-Revolution Magazine UK
While it’s not on the epic scale of most Final Fantasy games, there’s still enough to enjoy in Chocobo’s Dungeon. Not bad.
Read Full Review >Total Video Games
The family friendly visuals and aesthetic feel of Chocobo's Dungeon successfully manage to mask what is otherwise an in-depth accomplished RPG that requires strategy, tactics and persistence.
Read Full Review >Games Radar (in-house)
If traipsing through multi-tiered dungeons for hours, leveling up a multitude of job classes and equipment, and keeping track of health, hunger and magic levels sets your heart aflutter, it doesn't get much better than Chocobo's Dungeon.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Final Fantasy flavorings keep this dungeon crawler enjoyable for fans in spite of some tiresome and frustrating elements.
Read Full Review >GameTrailers
Players new to the formula may enjoy it for a while, but the uninspired random levels quickly get monotonous even for first-time dungeon crawlers.
Read Full Review >GameDaily
The punishing artificial intelligence makes Chocobo's Dungeon more annoying than fun.
Read Full Review >Gamer.nl
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon is a game with a decent concept what eventually shows up in the storyline and gameplay. However, the downside of this all is the poorly translation and the somewhat disappointing graphics. In al fairness a pretty decent game, but never rises above the average spin-off game.
Read Full Review >D+PAD Magazine
Chocobo's Dungeon does what it does best in one area only, the Mystery Dungeon area, and people unfamiliar to the formula will more than likely struggle to get into things. Having said that, it's the only game of its kind on Wii right now and by giving it a lot of time, Mystery Dungeon fans will get a lot out of it - given they don't mind the cruddy presentation.
Read Full Review >NintendoWorldReport
A missed opportunity. Its gameplay is quite solid and forces the player to use tact and thought to complete all of the dungeons in the game; however, the randomly-generated dungeons really detract from its otherwise engaging gameplay.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
A relic of gameplay design that should have gone extinct with the dinosaurs. [July 2008, p.92]
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 7.7 (out of 10) based on 15 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
