GAMER LOUNGE 20XX (NO CASUALS!!)

[Kitsu]

the difference here being
both have a long history of spinoffs while also having pretty regular main line entries

I was going to say this but then I did research and apparently there have been 4 main line games in the Chibi Robo series (with 3 of them having seen US releases).
And one of them came out just last year.
Of course, as a person who doesn't really know much about the series, I can't vouch for the quality of its latest entry, just that the quoted reasoning is not really entirely valid at this point lol


That said, whenever an already somewhat niche series jumps the shark, there's always the possibility that it might not return to its older form for a very long time, e.g. Wario Land -> Wario Ware
This isn't necessarily bad, but it does leave that series' fans behind potentially without something else to fill its place.


And at least the grapple capability is kinda interesting, despite the game's status as another 2.5d platformer.