Well, the time has come.
R.O.B.'s Father
Chance: 0.01%
Yeah, I know there's absolutely no way this would happen for DLC. He would clearly be a base roster or nothing, like Mach Rider, sort of deal. However, I knew he wouldn't do that well in chance straight from the beginning. I more wanted to see what people thought of the actual character from Gyromite/Stack-Up as opposed to the peripheral we got. ROB is great, don't get me wrong, but it feels awkward to have an a ROB amiibo. It's a toy of a toy. ROB was never the main character of the games, he was your player 2. Professor Hector was the true main character. I also wanted to see what people thought of retro series getting more than one rep in the future. Regardless of all that, what's holding the professor back? Many things. For one, Nintendo sees ROB repping his franchise well enough. Another, would an obscure character like this sell? At all? In an era where Porky is up to debate due to his partial obscurity and missing a spirit, does Professor Hector really hold a candle? Finally, demand... yeah, I admit, it's not there.
Want: 90%
Which is a shame, because honestly, I don't think the Gyromite and Stack-Up games are represented well at all with ROB. Sure, he has a gyro attack, but aside form that, what else do you get from those games by seeing ROB fight? A jet burner? Lasers? Spinning arms? None of that was ever a selling point of his original titles, aside from ROB's motor arms maybe representing how ROB moved when playing the game (spoiler alert, it doesn't, no ROB unit can truly move like that). Where are the closing gates from Gyromite? The Stack-Up blocks from Stack-Up? Heck, the enemies from the game aren't even spirits. ROB is only scrapping the bottom of the barrel for truly showing off content from his games, and seems to more be about showing off the peripheral that ROB was back in the day. And believe me, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, but why not do both at once? I'm not saying I dislike ROB, quite the opposite, I find him rather interesting, but I feel more could be done for the games he is to represent. Granted, as much as I'd like to see the retro reps start being treated as actual series, I will knock 10% here, as I completely understand that DLC is not the place to do this. This is more a base roster addition, not a DLC choice.
Predictions: Shy Guy
Hmm, it would appear Piranha Plant already beat the poor fella to the punch... 1.16%
Noms:
Q*Bert x5