Play Medarot Navi - Kabuto Version (J)(Eurasia) Online

You customize beetle-shaped battle bots, tweaking their parts before sending them into grid-based fights—half tactical RPG, half goofy schoolyard robot drama. Miss a shot with those clunky arms and you’ll immediately start swapping parts mid-battle.

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Game Overview

Medarot Navi - Kabuto Version is one of those GBA games I stumbled onto years ago and still think about. It’s got that weird, endearing mix of tactical robot battles and goofy kid drama—like if someone mashed up Pokémon and a Saturday morning cartoon, then added grid-based combat.

You start off picking your lead Medabot (beetle-types only here, which I love—they’ve got these chunky armor designs that actually look like they could take a hit). The customization’s where it gets fun: swapping out arms for different attacks, tweaking leg parts for mobility, that sort of thing. First battle I got into, I realized my loadout was all wrong when my bot kept missing point-blank shots. Classic.

It’s Japan-only, but there’s a solid fan translation floating around. The writing’s full of dumb jokes and over-the-top rival speeches, which somehow makes the turn-based fights feel more intense. If you ever wanted a tactics game where winning depends on whether your robot’s grenade launcher arm overheats mid-battle, this is it.