Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy!

"Chocobos don't just kick, and aren't just cute! Take one step forward and change the world in this spectacular return to 2007’s FINAL FANTASY FABLES: Chocobo's Dungeon, specially designed for new gaming…

75 20 March 2019 ESRB E10+

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy

Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy! is an adventure developed by Rocket Studio, Inc., released 20 March 2019 on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy! is

Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy! is an adventure game developed by Rocket Studio, Inc. and released in 2019. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Chocobos don't just kick, and aren't just cute! Take one step forward and change the world in this spectacular return to 2007’s FINAL FANTASY FABLES: Chocobo's Dungeon, specially designed for new gaming systems. The rules to this mysterious dungeon are simple… every time you enter, the world around you changes shape, but it only moves whenever Chocobo moves, whether Chocobo walks, kicks, or uses an item. Fight monsters alongside your buddies and adventure through countless dungeons, all whilst enjoying a deep and engaging story, it even includes 2-player co-op play!"

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series

Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy! is the 271st of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn in 2019. Its critic score of 75 is almost exactly the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Final Fantasy III at 100.

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How it was received

Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy! holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy! launched on 20 March 2019, within three weeks of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Devil May Cry 5, Tom Clancy's The Division 2 and Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Devil May Cry 5, Tom Clancy's The Division 2, Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced.