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The Chocobo series is a group of games starring the prolific Final Fantasy creature, Chocobo. Lighthearted and colorful, the series also are mostly contained in their own world, and share story elements and themes with the Final Fantasy series. These games are of different types from racing to card-based combat systems and feature on various game systems, including the PlayStation, Nintendo DS, Wii, and mobile phones.

Games[]

  • Battle de Chocobo was a Chocobo arcade fighting game, but it was canceled.
  • Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon ( チョコボの不思議なダンジョン, Chokobo no Fushigina Danjon?, lit. Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon) is a video game made for the Sony PlayStation and Bandai WonderSwan, and never released outside of Japan. The game is linked to the series by the series trademark creature, a chocobo. The game's Chocobo is called Poulet, a pun on the Japanese word "pureiyā" meaning "player" and the French word "poulet" meaning "chicken". The game is a rogue-like dungeon crawl. The layout of the game consists of three dungeons: A ten-level dungeon, a 30-level dungeon, and an infinite dungeon which recycles enemy types every 100 levels.
Chocobo's Dungeon 2 boxart

North American cover art of Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2.

  • Chocobo's Dungeon 2 (チョコボの不思議なダンジョン2, Chokobo no Fushigina Danjon 2?, lit. Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2) is a sequel to Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon. It is also the Chocobo series first two-player game where a second player can help control a monster partner that helps Chocobo throughout the game. The most notable part of Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon 2 is the item system, where one can fuse items together to create stronger weapons to help progress through the game.
  • Chocobo World (おでかけチョコボRPG, Odekake Chokobo RPG?) is a PocketStation minigame released as part of Final Fantasy VIII. The game allows players to control Boko, a baby chocobo, on his quest to save his friend Mog from the clutches of an evil demon. In Chocobo World, Boko perpetually wanders around a nondescript landscape in search of "events" to interact with, such as enemy battles.
As the PocketStation was never released outside of Japan, some items obtained in Chocobo World for Final Fantasy VIII, such as the Moomba summon, could not be accessed for players overseas. Chocobo World was later ported to the PC version of Final Fantasy VIII in 2000, and released in North America.
  • Hataraku Chocobo (はたらくチョコボ, Hataraku Chokobo?, lit. "Working Chocobo" or "Chocobo on the Job") is a chocobo-simulation game for the WonderSwan Color, and released in exclusively in Japan.
  • Doko de mo Chocobo (どこでもチョコボ, Dokodemo Chocobo?) is a mobile phone game released in Japan in 2002.
  • Choco-Mate (ちょこメ~と, Choco-Mate?) is a social networking service released for Japanese mobile phones in 2003.
  • Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales (チョコボと魔法の絵本, Chocobo to Mahō no Ehon?, lit. Chocobo and the Magical Picture Book) is a Nintendo DS adventure game by Square Enix released in 2006. The game features a card-based combat system. The game's plot revolves around the four elemental crystals as seen in previous main series titles. To progress though the game, the player must enter a magical book and compete in a minigame using the Nintendo DS's touch screen capabilities. It features common elements and creatures of the series.
Chocobo mobile

Chocobo de Mobile.

  • Chocobo de Mobile ( チョコボdeモバイル, Chokobo de Mobairu??) is a Japan-exclusive mobile phone game that features minigames such as baseball and racing.
  • Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon (チョコボの不思議なダンジョン 時忘れの迷宮, Chokobo no Fushigi na Danjon Toki Wasure no Meikyū?, lit. Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon: the Labyrinth of Forgotten Time) is a role-playing video game published by Square Enix for the Wii. It is an installment in the Chocobo series that focuses on Chocobo and a Cid character. The gameplay involves randomly generated dungeons and turn-based battles of the Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon title, though new elements have also been incorporated into the gameplay, such as the Job system, which features ten jobs.
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon was re-released on the Nintendo DS, under the title Shido to Chokobo no Fushigi na Danjon Toki Wasure no Meikyū DS+ (シドとチョコボの不思議なダンジョン 時忘れの迷宮 DS+, Cid and Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon: Labyrinth of Forgotten Time DS+?). It was also remastered on the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 under the title Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon EVERY BUDDY!, which includes some content from the DS version.
  • Chocobo to Mahou no Ehon: Majo to Shoujo to Go-nin no Yuusha (チョコボと魔法の絵本 - 魔女と少女と五人の勇者, Chocobo to Mahō no Ehon - Majo to Shōjo to Gonin no Yūsha?, lit. Chocobo and the Magic Book: The Witch, The Girl and the Five Heroes) is a sequel to Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales for the Nintendo DS, and was released in Japan on December 11, 2008. It follows the story of Chocobo and Shirma as they travel through the picture books.
  • Chocobo Panic is chocobo-grabbing game for iPad.
  • Chocobo's Crystal Tower is a flash game for Facebook.
  • Chocobo No Chocotto Nouen is a social farming game released for Japanese smartphones.
  • Chocobo Racing 3D was announced for the Nintendo 3DS, but was canceled for unknown reasons.
  • Chocobo GP for the Nintendo Switch, a new racing game in the series.

Behind the scenes[]

In Dissidia Final Fantasy, a moogle makes reference to the Chocobo series, declaring "I know it won't be long 'til we star in our own game, kupo! And not just a racing game or mysterious dungeon spinoff, either kupo!"

Etymology[]

The name "chocobo" derives from a Japanese brand of chocolate malt ball by Morinaga, ChocoBall (チョコボール, Chokobōru?). The mascot for this product is Kyoro-chan (キョロちゃん?), a bird who says "kweh".

食う / くう / kuu is a rough way to say "eat", whose volitional casual form is 食え / くえ / kue ("let's scoff 'em down!"), leading to Kweh!

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