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Offline Nick DiMola

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Why the @&$# does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« on: March 19, 2008, 10:06:30 AM »
I think it's fair to say that if Nintendo is going to put some sort of super secret character in a game you can count on it being R.O.B.. What the ****? Who the hell cares about ROB? I don't unlock that dickface and think "AWESOME, I love ROB he is the coolest Nintendo character ever!!!1!" OH WAIT, ROB ISNT A FUCKING CHARACTER, HE'S A GODDAMN NES PERIPHERAL. **** ROB.

He shouldn't be so awesome in Brawl
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Re: Why the **** does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2008, 10:34:53 AM »
It's a real pity that ROB is awesome.
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Re: Why the **** does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2008, 11:27:46 AM »
The ROB peripheral was a short lived gimmick, BUT helped Nintendo release the NES in the US and onto world domination.

From what I read, retailers were reluctant to carry any more videogame systems, especially after the Atari disaster. The only way stores could carry consoles is if they were sold as toys. So Nintendo bundled the NES with the ROB accessory and called it at toy. This worked as they began selling the system, and the rest as they say is history.

Fans see him as being vital in the NES's life, despite being very short lived.

...Oh, this is the Funhouse.

Well, ROB does suck. I don't need to play Brawl to know that!
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Re: Why the **** does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2008, 12:04:10 PM »
Wii2  will be the return of R.O.B

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Re: Why the **** does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2008, 12:13:42 PM »
I never owned my own Robotic Operating Buddy, so I live that dream vicariously through video games, just like my dreams of flying, turtle-stomping, and mass murder.
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Re: Why the **** does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2008, 12:20:46 PM »
He wasn't a character before, but he's a character now. He's been a "running gag" for a while now, and I think he's here to stay.

Not to mention, the in-game ROB is much cooler than the original ROB.
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Re: Why the **** does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2008, 12:25:44 PM »
At least with G&W they brought back the G&W classics for the GBA after his inclusion in Melee. What the hell are they going to do for ROB?
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Re: Why the **** does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2008, 12:33:01 PM »
Wow...lets count the time until this thread is locked or deleted because of language.

Anyone want to take bets on bans?  Personally, I think its 50/50 odds.

I am probably leaning to no ban and just a strict warning.

Let's see what happens. 

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Re: Why the **** does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2008, 12:49:56 PM »
Quote from: Smash_Brother on March 19, 2008, 12:25:44 PM
At least with G&W they brought back the G&W classics for the GBA after his inclusion in Melee. What the hell are they going to do for ROB?

Actually, they've been doing that since the Gameboy days. What they did is turn the generic G&W character into a recognizable character.

As for ROB, they can always make a game about him...
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Re: Why the @&$# does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2008, 01:12:29 PM »
Quote from: Spak-Spang on March 19, 2008, 12:33:01 PM
Wow...lets count the time until this thread is locked or deleted because of language.

Anyone want to take bets on bans?  Personally, I think its 50/50 odds.

I am probably leaning to no ban and just a strict warning.

Let's see what happens. 



We have a language filter now, so all is well, I will filter the title though. Also I need to vent because I can't stand that they put that stupid thing in all of their games and expect fans to eat it up like it's some sort of awesome inclusion. He was a stupid peripheral who now makes a stupid character. It really aggravates me that he is popping up everywhere, especially in Brawl. At least Mr. G&W was a cool throw back to one of Nintendo's original forays into gaming.
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Re: Why the @&$# does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2008, 01:26:33 PM »
what about Chibi Robo, isn't he kinda inspired by ROB?
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Re: Why the @&$# does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2008, 01:30:14 PM »
Dammit I did not vote for HELL YES
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Re: Why the @&$# does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2008, 02:42:26 PM »
What's ROB in besides Mario Kart DS and Brawl?  That hardly counts as "everything".
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Re: Why the @&$# does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2008, 02:45:57 PM »
Quote from: vudu on March 19, 2008, 02:42:26 PM
What's ROB in besides Mario Kart DS and Brawl?  That hardly counts as "everything".

F-Zero GX
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Re: Why the @&$# does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2008, 02:51:05 PM »
What?  That's news to me.
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Re: Why the @&$# does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2008, 02:52:03 PM »
Quote from: DAaaMan64 on March 19, 2008, 02:45:57 PM
Quote from: vudu on March 19, 2008, 02:42:26 PM
What's ROB in besides Mario Kart DS and Brawl?  That hardly counts as "everything".

F-Zero GX

Indeed. I suppose you could count the Star Fox series as well following SF64, not playable though.
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Re: Why the @&$# does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2008, 02:56:16 PM »
Uh... the StarFox ROB is not this ROB.  Unless I missed out on a major plot point.
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Re: Why the @&$# does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2008, 02:59:42 PM »
Quote from: Maverick on March 19, 2008, 02:56:16 PM
Uh... the StarFox ROB is not this ROB.  Unless I missed out on a major plot point.

Not directly, however it is an allusion to ROB, that I guess was an acceptable throwback though.

Quote from: Wikipedia on March 19, 2008, 02:56:16 PM
ROB 64 (ナウス 64, Nausu Rokujūyon?, NUS64) is the robotic operator of Star Fox's mothership, the Great Fox. ROB's name is a reference to the NES accessory R.O.B..
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Re: Why the @&$# does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2008, 03:07:07 PM »
How the Hell do you get ROB in F-Zero GX?
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Re: Why the @&$# does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2008, 03:08:51 PM »
He's just part of the scenery in Port Town.
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Re: Why the @&$# does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2008, 03:12:22 PM »
More important question, HOW THE HELL DO YOU BEAT THE LAST LEVEL OF F-ZERO GX?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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« Reply #21 on: March 19, 2008, 03:13:59 PM »
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He's just part of the scenery in Port Town.

That doesn't count.
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Re: Why the @&$# does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2008, 03:14:51 PM »
Quote from: vudu on March 19, 2008, 02:42:26 PM
What's ROB in besides Mario Kart DS and Brawl?  That hardly counts as "everything".

A better question may have been, why do they put him in anything?
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Re: Why the @&$# does Nintendo put R.O.B. in everything!?
« Reply #23 on: March 19, 2008, 03:27:08 PM »
Cuz they don't want him to look like the GC-GBA link cable.
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« Reply #24 on: March 19, 2008, 03:38:07 PM »
Then why wasn't the Virtual Boy playable in Brawl? :P
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