Whose series is ROB from?

[Yangfly Leone]

Hey!
I've been wondering...
First time i played Brawl(My first smash game) i thought ROB was representing the Smash Bros Series, but later on, i was looking for ROB sprites in internet, and there was saying that the spriter, created them based on a Kirby's game design...
So i want to know, is ROB a representative from Kirby? or from the Mario Kart DS?or from Brawl?

 

[SomewhatMystia]

I'm almost positive ROB is his own 'series,' since he's not so much a character as he was an accessory for the NES way back when. He did appear in Kirby's Dreamland 3 with... Professor Hector (also from Gyromite, one of the few games ROB was used for) as a cameo/bonus objective.

 

[Cyn]

Gyromite.....

 

[finalark]

Case closed. Good night everybody!

 

[mistersl56]

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[Saikyoshi]

ROB was actually pretty important to Nintendo's history.

In 1983, a lot of stupid business decisions from companies such as Atari, Coleco, Magnavox, and various others created a saturation in the market. And then there was the notorious disasters with ET 2600 and Pac-Man 2600. All these happening at once nearly destroyed video games as a medium. This was known as the "video game crash".

ROB was a "trojan horse" of sorts. You see, after the crash, toy stores would not stock video game consoles. Nintendo's answer? Market ROB as a robot toy that included the NES as a free bonus, when it was actually the other way around. Toy stores were willing to stock the "robot toy".
And then NES hit after NES hit came out, consumer faith in video games was restored, and the medium was saved.

So yeah; ROB himself didn't function very well and his games were pretty forgettable. But, he's probably one of Nintendo's most historically vital characters.

 

[Cyn]

Gyromite was not forgettable. It was just much better when playing with someone else.