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(NES) Nintendo Entertainment System Robotic Operating Buddy.At the time, it was epoch-making game play.

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The player controlled Professor Hector, the TV emitted light, and R.O.B. He could be combined with a ' gyro set,' etc. debuted in Japan as Robot in 1985 as an add-on for the Famicom. in Brawl looks more realistic than the actual toy. He also uses a 'Gyro' and the 'Spinner' from his Gyromite configuration during his Gyro attack. He appears as the simple robot, without any specific accessory from his game configurations except for the hands, that are in fact his Stack-Up hands. He sports his Japanese color scheme, being white and red like the Japanese Famicom, though one of his alternate palettes is his North American design, being gray and black like the NES. enemies in the Subspace Emissary and he also appears when the Ancient Minister's clothes are burned off. is an unlockable playable character in Super Smash Bros.

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Also, R.O.B.'s legacy is also paid homage to in the Star Fox series where the Star Fox team's robotic helper, ROB 64, was named after R.O.B. Robotic-cranes designed in R.O.B.'s image can be seen in the F-Zero GX course ' Port Town Aero Dive', which can also be seen in the Brawl stage of the same name. for Professor Hector, R.O.B.'s creator in Gyromite, so that R.O.B. In Kirby's Dreamland 3, there is a stage where Kirby must complete puzzles in various rooms to collect pieces of R.O.B. A treasure in the Pikmin 2 game was 'Remembered Old Buddy', being R.O.B.'s head and having the initials R-O-B. appears as a playable character in Mario Kart DS. the fifth-worst game peripheral ever, citing that he only moved up and down and side to side, was noisy and slow, was nearly impossible to put together by oneself, and specifically noted the lack of games you could play with R.O.B.

On the downside, ScrewAttack called R.O.B. to play the games, he still remained a key figure in Nintendo's attempt to keep the video games industry alive.Īlthough R.O.B.'s time has passed, his legacy lives on, as he was named the fifth in GameSpy's top twenty-five smartest moves in gaming history. was compatible with two games, Gyromite and Stack-Up, and although the player didn't necessarily need R.O.B. was originally advertised as a toy in order to sell to toy stores in order to alleviate retail fears following the video game crash of 1983.