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Fighter Number: #42

Final Smash: Guided Robo Beam

Trivia (Super Smash Bros./R.O.B. Canon):

Due to the North American video game crash of 1983 , Nintendo sought to enter the North American market by portraying the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) as an advanced toy instead of a video game console. Nintendo of America's then-sole marketing staff Gail Tilden was tasked with promoting the system as such in preparation for its North American test launch. To this end, Tilden suggested that the Family Computer Robot, a niche peripheral for the Famicom, be packaged alongside the NES in order to promote the console as a futuristic toy.
According to Tilden, the Famicom Robot's North American name was "originally going to be OTTO, which was a play on the word 'auto'", but she instead settled on rechristening the Robot as the Robotic Operating Buddy, or R.O.B. for short. To further promote the NES as a futuristic toy, R.O.B. was bundled with his own compatible game, Gyromite , alongside the NES Zapper and Duck Hunt.
Soon afterward, R.O.B. received his second compatible game, Stack-Up , complete with additional peripheral pieces to further promote the toy aspect of the NES. Although the player did not necessarily need R.O.B. to play Gyromite and Stack-Up, he still remained a key figure in Nintendo's attempt to keep the video game industry alive.
Although R.O.B.'s time in the spotlight was brief, he nevertheless established a legacy. He was ranked fifth in GameSpy's "25 Smartest Moments in Gaming" because of his impact in reviving the video game industry and helping Nintendo establish a major presence in the North American video game market.
Conversely, ScrewAttack called R.O.B. the fifth worst game peripheral ever, citing that he only moved up, down, and side to side, was noisy and slow, was nearly impossible to put together by oneself, and specifically noted the lack of games that could be played with him.
Despite his brief status as a peripheral, R.O.B. has gone on to make many appearances in games. His earliest in-game appearance was a cameo in Kirby's Dream Land 3 ; in this game, there is a stage in which Kirby must complete puzzles in various rooms to collect pieces of R.O.B. for Professor Hector, R.O.B.'s creator in Gyromite, so that R.O.B. can be rebuilt.
R.O.B.'s head appears as treasure in Pikmin 2 , and is known as the "Remembered Old Buddy ". Similarly to how his head is a collectable treasure, R.O.B.'s status as a collectable is referenced in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D , where he makes a cameo in his entirety in the Curiosity Shop . However, he can only be seen to the right of the counter when looking from the backroom and he cannot be purchased. 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 Super Smash Bros. Brawl stage of the same name.
Mario Kart DS notably marked the debut of R.O.B. as a playable character; in this game, he appeared as an unlockable driver alongside his own signature karts, one of which resembles his stand for Stack-Up.
The Star Fox series in particular has been tied with R.O.B. closer than any other Nintendo series. ROB 64 references R.O.B. both in name and as a robotic assistant, owing to his status as the pilot of the Great Fox, the Star Fox team's battleship and base of operations. On a related note, R.O.B. himself also appears as a boss in the Star Fox-based levels in 9-Volt's stage in WarioWare: Smooth Moves.
Lastly, Star Fox Zero and Star Fox Guard both feature robots that are almost identical to R.O.B. Zero features Direct-i, who is tethered to the Gyrowing and functions similarly to ROB 64 and R.O.B. himself by being an assistant to the player. Conversely, Guard features the A.T.K. Unit, which is one of the "combat class" robots in the game that threaten the player's mining facilities.

Trivia (JoJo SPC Canon):
- In JoJo SPC, he is a robotic peripheral for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
- Most of our allies refer to him as "Nintendo's Robotic Relic."
- Certain security systems use Gyromite and Stack up puzzle locks that only R.O.B. can solve.
- Multiple R.O.B. drones exist like him, but the R.O.B. smasher himself is unique.

Info Source: LINK

R.O.B. Belongs to the R.O.B. Games

Description
Fighter Number: #42

Final Smash: Guided Robo Beam

Trivia (Super Smash Bros./R.O.B. Canon):

Due to the North American video game crash of 1983 , Nintendo sought to enter the North American market by portraying the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) as an advanced toy instead of a video game console. Nintendo of America's then-sole marketing staff Gail Tilden was tasked with promoting the system as such in preparation for its North American test launch. To this end, Tilden suggested that the Family Computer Robot, a niche peripheral for the Famicom, be packaged alongside the NES in order to promote the console as a futuristic toy.
According to Tilden, the Famicom Robot's North American name was "originally going to be OTTO, which was a play on the word 'auto'", but she instead settled on rechristening the Robot as the Robotic Operating Buddy, or R.O.B. for short. To further promote the NES as a futuristic toy, R.O.B. was bundled with his own compatible game, Gyromite , alongside the NES Zapper and Duck Hunt.
Soon afterward, R.O.B. received his second compatible game, Stack-Up , complete with additional peripheral pieces to further promote the toy aspect of the NES. Although the player did not necessarily need R.O.B. to play Gyromite and Stack-Up, he still remained a key figure in Nintendo's attempt to keep the video game industry alive.
Although R.O.B.'s time in the spotlight was brief, he nevertheless established a legacy. He was ranked fifth in GameSpy's "25 Smartest Moments in Gaming" because of his impact in reviving the video game industry and helping Nintendo establish a major presence in the North American video game market.
Conversely, ScrewAttack called R.O.B. the fifth worst game peripheral ever, citing that he only moved up, down, and side to side, was noisy and slow, was nearly impossible to put together by oneself, and specifically noted the lack of games that could be played with him.
Despite his brief status as a peripheral, R.O.B. has gone on to make many appearances in games. His earliest in-game appearance was a cameo in Kirby's Dream Land 3 ; in this game, there is a stage in which Kirby must complete puzzles in various rooms to collect pieces of R.O.B. for Professor Hector, R.O.B.'s creator in Gyromite, so that R.O.B. can be rebuilt.
R.O.B.'s head appears as treasure in Pikmin 2 , and is known as the "Remembered Old Buddy ". Similarly to how his head is a collectable treasure, R.O.B.'s status as a collectable is referenced in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D , where he makes a cameo in his entirety in the Curiosity Shop . However, he can only be seen to the right of the counter when looking from the backroom and he cannot be purchased. 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 Super Smash Bros. Brawl stage of the same name.
Mario Kart DS notably marked the debut of R.O.B. as a playable character; in this game, he appeared as an unlockable driver alongside his own signature karts, one of which resembles his stand for Stack-Up.
The Star Fox series in particular has been tied with R.O.B. closer than any other Nintendo series. ROB 64 references R.O.B. both in name and as a robotic assistant, owing to his status as the pilot of the Great Fox, the Star Fox team's battleship and base of operations. On a related note, R.O.B. himself also appears as a boss in the Star Fox-based levels in 9-Volt's stage in WarioWare: Smooth Moves.
Lastly, Star Fox Zero and Star Fox Guard both feature robots that are almost identical to R.O.B. Zero features Direct-i, who is tethered to the Gyrowing and functions similarly to ROB 64 and R.O.B. himself by being an assistant to the player. Conversely, Guard features the A.T.K. Unit, which is one of the "combat class" robots in the game that threaten the player's mining facilities.

Trivia (JoJo SPC Canon):
- In JoJo SPC, he is a robotic peripheral for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
- Most of our allies refer to him as "Nintendo's Robotic Relic."
- Certain security systems use Gyromite and Stack up puzzle locks that only R.O.B. can solve.
- Multiple R.O.B. drones exist like him, but the R.O.B. smasher himself is unique.

Info Source: LINK

R.O.B. Belongs to the R.O.B. Games