This really is a great game. The single player is well-designed and surprisingly immersive (though the "Okay, you killed the boss, now RUN!" bit annoys me). And as expected, when I attempted multiplayer last night, I had my ass handed to me on a platter time and again. I think I literally got three kills and in turn got killed about 27 times. It was humiliating. Oh, and the tactic of just turning into Samus' ball and bombing until dead? Totally cheap.
Interesting note: At one point I was waiting for opponents and realized my dog needed to go out for a walk. So I closed the DS, thinking it would pause everything, and took the dog out. Came back in, opened up the DS, and suddenly I was in the middle of a match. That's when I got one of my kills because I think my inaction lulled my opponent into a false sense of security. He quickly evened the score...and then some.
It was pretty funny last night. My wife began Chibi Robo and was instantly strung out on it like crack. She played for four hours straight. Meanwhile, I was right by her on the couch making my way through new copies of MP: Hunters, Tetris DS, and Electroplankton (finally ordered it and it just happened to come yesterday).
I'm looking forward to meeting up with you guys online and trying out some modes other than straight deathmatch, at which I suck.
Question: How/when do you unlock characters? Can I play Kanden now because I beat him on the first planet? I've only fought Kanden, killed the first boss, and got the first octolith. When do you unlock hunters?