[2] The game's protagonist is a yellow chocobo, a fictional species of bird in the Final Fantasy universe, named Poulet (プーレ, Pūre).

Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon combines real-time combat with an Active-Time Battle (ATB) system reminiscent of a Final Fantasy game.

[6] It also marks the solo composing debut of Masashi Hamauzu, who prepared both the soundtrack and an arrangement album named Coi Vanni Gialli.

[7] Upon its release, it was bundled with the "Mysterious Data Disc", a bonus containing a number of movies from unreleased games and a playable demo of Xenogears.

[4] However, ECM of GameFan had a more negative take, characterizing Xenogears as "infinitely better",[9] while Stephen Frost of PSM also stated that the game felt "rushed and [not] very fun", appending an image of a dead chocobo with the caption "Ugh.