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The Robotic Obsolete Buddy.

ROB in Smash

ROB was a real surprise when he was revealed for Brawl. He had his detractors, but I think he really earned a spot. Technically he wasn't a game character originally but after the NES peripheral was well and truly buried, ROB went on to pop up in games such as Mario Kart, Kirby and F-Zero, becoming somewhat of a favourite all-encompassing Nintendo cameo.
So far from criticising his inclusion, I think he really had every right to be there.

And I use him quite a lot too! Probably in my second or third tier of characters so I'm not too bad with him and have kind of got to grips with some of his imbalanced moves.

ROB in Your Living Room
Do any of you guys own one of these guys? If you had asked me twenty years ago, I would have claimed he wasn't even released in the UK because I certainly never saw one. I feel like it would be a cool collection piece but I don't have much interest in actually playing those games.

I also think it's kind of weird that ROB gets so much recognition these days and yet anything else from his games (such as Professor Vector, his fictional inventor) don't get a look in.

I think ROB will continue to get the occasional cameo but I don't expect them to bring him back as a console supplement. Though it's not as if Nintendo have given up on that idea...

Description
The Robotic Obsolete Buddy.

ROB in Smash

ROB was a real surprise when he was revealed for Brawl. He had his detractors, but I think he really earned a spot. Technically he wasn't a game character originally but after the NES peripheral was well and truly buried, ROB went on to pop up in games such as Mario Kart, Kirby and F-Zero, becoming somewhat of a favourite all-encompassing Nintendo cameo.
So far from criticising his inclusion, I think he really had every right to be there.

And I use him quite a lot too! Probably in my second or third tier of characters so I'm not too bad with him and have kind of got to grips with some of his imbalanced moves.

ROB in Your Living Room
Do any of you guys own one of these guys? If you had asked me twenty years ago, I would have claimed he wasn't even released in the UK because I certainly never saw one. I feel like it would be a cool collection piece but I don't have much interest in actually playing those games.

I also think it's kind of weird that ROB gets so much recognition these days and yet anything else from his games (such as Professor Vector, his fictional inventor) don't get a look in.

I think ROB will continue to get the occasional cameo but I don't expect them to bring him back as a console supplement. Though it's not as if Nintendo have given up on that idea...