R.O.B.
R.O.B. (short for Robotic Operating Buddy) was an accessory for the NES. In Japan, he was known as the Famicom Robot, which was short for Family Computer Robot. R.O.B. functions by translating flashes of information on the television screen into physical actions (using technology similar to the Zapper Gun). R.O.B. was first used for the game Gyromite.
R.O.B.s appear in the Subspace Emissary of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. They are part of the Subspace Army, and are used to activate the Subspace Bomb, as well as guard the Ancient Minister and come in different variations. These bodyguards for the Ancient Minister are called The R.O.B. Squad. R.O.B. is also an unlockable playable character in SSBB.
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History
Players controlled R.O.B. with the control pad to make him raise and lower gyros. To make the gyros spin, set the object in the gyro spinner and then balance it on one of the two round trays that are connected to controller two. Placing a gyro on the red tray lowered the red GATES; placing a gyro on the blue tray lowered the blue GATES. R.O.B. is also the last unlockable character in Mario Kart DS. In the game, he is one of the heaviest characters, his weight matched by only Bowser. R.O.B.'s symbol is the NES D-Pad. R.O.B. has two original karts: the ROB-BLS and the ROB-LGS. His karts are fast, heavy, and have wider handling. When players play online, they may come across the HVC-012, the red Japanese version of R.O.B. (Famicom Robot).
R.O.B. is often erroneously credited as being the first non-Mario character to appear in the Mario Kart series. In actuality, the first non-Mario characters were the Pac-Man characters Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and Blinky in Mario Kart Arcade GP.
R.O.B. is also the subject of the "Stack-Up" microgame in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ from 9-volt's games. In WarioWare: Smooth Moves, R.O.B. is the first boss of the "Star Fox" boss game.
R.O.B. once again appears in another Mario game-this time Super Paper Mario.
