Chocobo Tales is a collection of mini-games loosely tied together with a haphazard story. The story is charming enough, but nothing memorable.

The mini-games are decently fun, with quite a few stand outs. Unfortunately, many suffer from terrible controls, making the experience completely frustrating. If you dislike stylus controls, stay far away: while you can control the overworld with traditional controls, the mini-games are all stylus-based and most control terribly.

The card game is also quite a bit of fun, but again has some major design flaws. Too much of the card battles is decided by chance, which can be down right infuriating. It's more or less rock-paper-scissors with a few bells and whistles. It has a good foundation, but I can't help but imagine that they decided to let chance be the main mechanic because they couldn't bother with programming a proper AI to make the card games challenging but strategic.

If you're an avid Final Fantasy fan, go ahead and give it a whirl. It's a short experience and not a terrible waste of time. But anyone else should probably look elsewhere.