Tokobot

by Tecmo

Product Features

• Start out with 6 Takobots and acquire more to help you on your journey
• Use strategy to place your Takobots in teh right place, so they can achieve big challenges
• Follow the Hieroglyphics in the ruins to help you and the Tokobots form the ultimate joint-action move - The Karakuri Combinations that turn Tokobots into large robots
• Bonus Game Center unlocked when the game is completed

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0009UC6D0
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 6, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,065 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Play as Genmai, a quick-thinking 16-year-old agent who has discovered some small and friendly creatures called "Tokobots" in the ancient ruins. The simple minded and sweet Tokobots will faithfully follow you on your journey, helping you avoid obstacles, traps, and enemies by working together in cooperative fashion to create "joint actions". Together, you and the Tokobots will reveal the mysteries hidden in the ruins and save the world from a horrible plot!

Features:

• Work with your Tokobots to create a "joint-action" that will help you through obstacles!
• You’ll begin with only six Tokobots, but if you are successful, you can acquire many more to help you on your journey!
• Achieve large challenges only by strategically utilizing yourself and the Tokobots in new and innovative ways!
• Follow the hieroglyphics in the ruins to help you and the Tokobots form the ultimate joint-action move, the Karakuri Combination, which will morph the Tokobots into large robots!
• Bonus game center can be unlocked when the game is completed, and you can compete in these games online!

Product Description

Tokobot is unlike any other PSP game you've played before. Exploring some ancient ruins, you discover small and friendly creatures called "Tokobot". The Takobots have incredible abilities called "joint-acton" that help you past obstacles - and you'll need it, as you'll have to reveal mysteries and save the world from a horrible plot!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could have been much better, January 24, 2006

By 

Keith M. Anderson (Moss Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Tokobot (Video Game)

This is another game I purchased based on it receiving such positive reviews on Amazon. I was disappointed with it, and would like to share my experience with others.

I overall think the game is decent. But I wish they would have worked out the changing camera position and the controls a little better. This should be an awesome game, but instead it's just kind of frustrating due to, in my opinion, poor design. Some parts are more difficult than they should be simply because it's just too tough to fight enemies from all directions when you can't keep track of what direction your character is facing or keep the character under control easily.

The upside is that the puzzles are cool, the characters are cool, and the concept is really creative and fun. I just found gameplay to be too cumbersome to really enjoy. I ended up putting it down so I could play GTAIII and Lumines and other titles more and more. After getting tired of this one, I sold it on ebay. Sorry Tokobot, I really wanted to like you, I just couldn't. :(

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Little robots save the day, January 3, 2006

By 

Lestor neeker Wong (Singapore) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Tokobot (Video Game)

It's a pity that my patience for the PSP ran out before Tokobots came out. Having sold the handheld for its lack of interesting games some months ago, I came across this neat little puzzle platformer from my friend, and before long, I was bribing him with food just to borrow his PSP and the game for an "extended period of time".

Tokobots it's one of the very few games that we see on the PSP that we won't get to find on the PS2, and this makes the game a little more unique than the bunch of port-overs that litter the PSP's game library. But being original is not the only strength of the game. It's the interesting (though under-developed) story, engaging gameplay and variety of challenge in the game that make it one of the most enjoyable titles on the PSP for me for quite a while.

The story goes that Bolt, an archeologist, discovers the ruins of an ancient civilisation that is inhabited by Tokobots. These cute little robots grow attached with Bolt, and there begins a journey that sees Bolt and the Tokobots travel around the world while taking on a group of bad guys through the use of "formations".

The idea of formations is not as rigid as it sounds, even though there're really only three primary ones to start with. "Jointing", for example, gets the Tokobots to join hands together with Bolt. "U formation", for example, gets the Tokobots to line-up in a horizontal line on both sides of Bolt. "V formation" lines the Tokobots behind Bolt. While these may sound simple, many actions can come out from each one of them. What's more, the game also allows the player to perform combos on these formations, which in turn lead to some devastating moves that either help solve environmental puzzles, or simply give the enemies a hard time. Finding the right formation in various situations will therefore be the challenge for the player. Also, the Tokobots will also unlock new formations, and take on new forms as the game progresses, which make the game feel less repetitive.

The presentation of the game is also quite a gem. The graphics, for example, do very well in recreating an "archeological" feel to the game. There's some slowdown in frame rate at some areas, and at times the camera angle makes things really difficult, but these are common issues for PSP games that I gather is more due to the limitation of the handheld than the game itself. The audios also blend in nicely with the overall presentation of the game, although I find it rather monotonous after a while. It could help with some form of voice-over as well.

In conclusion, Tokobots is a refreshing addition to the PSP family that should appeal to fans of the puzzle platformer genre. The strength of its gameplay alone makes an easy-to-recommend title.

23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YEAH A GREAT ORIGINAL PLATFORMER ON THE PSP!, December 7, 2005

By 

Aaron L. Shaw "Casual Reviewer" (Provo, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Tokobot (Video Game)

Well it is about time. We finally have a good original title on the PSP. THis one is in the form of a platformer. For those confused, a platformer is like just about any mario game (super mario, mario 64 ect) You basically have an action game that requires you to kill things (in a fun way) and jump from this platform to the next avoiding obstacles and enemies along the way. These are some of the most creative games in the history of video games. In my opinion they are also some of the most fun. Fun creative action games, what more could you ask for. Tokobot is great! It is one of those rare platformers that actually uses some of the old standards and puts a new twist on them. This time you get the bad guys and jump from platform to platform, but you do it with five robots you found on a archeological dig. The robots have three major functions that help you on your journey. I will not spoil the fun of discovery, but trust me, it is fun. the controls are great, the game is light and fun. Most of all it is creative. Bottom line: Get this game for it's fun creative innovation.