R.O.B. (ロボット Robotto?), short for Robotic Operating Buddy, was an accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System, intended to be disguised as a toy, rather than a video game, due to toy stores' avoidance of video games after the video game crash of 1983.
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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. R.O.B. was compatible with two games, Gyromite and Stack-Up, and although the player didn't necessarily need R.O.B. to play the games, he still remained a key figure in Nintendo's attempt to keep the video games industry alive.
Although 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. On the downside, ScrewAttack called R.O.B. 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.
R.O.B. appears as a playable character in Mario Kart DS. A treasure in the Pikmin 2 game was "Remembered Old Buddy", being R.O.B.'s head and having the initials 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. for Professor Hector, R.O.B.'s creator in Gyromite, so that R.O.B. can be rebuilt. 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. 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.
Major Battles[]
- R.O.B. and Snorky vs. Drooper and Sheldon Plankton (win)
- R.O.B. vs. Pete (Cyberspace) win
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On Sora's Team[]
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