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Nintendo of America Teases R.O.B as Playable Character in Smash Bros. 4

Nintendo of America has teased that R.O.B will be appearing in the next Smash Bros. 4 in a recent tweet. This article goes into more detail!

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Reeze3608d ago

Nice. I have a question about R.O.B., though. Surprisingly, Mario Kart DS was probably the second or third Nintendo game I ever played. Why was R.O.B. in the game if he isn't a Mario character? I never really realized that.

jelani4353608d ago

Same here. If they can add R.O.B, they have no excuse to not add Kirby, Link or someone of the sort :P

darthv723608d ago

That is what those Amiibo's are for.

randomass1713608d ago (Edited 3608d ago )

I don't think Amiibos would serve that kind of purpose though. They seem to be there for extra functionality, not to be an alternative to DLC.

Metallox3608d ago

I think I played Mario Party 7, Metroid Prime, Pikmin 2 and Paper Mario 2 before playing Mario Kart DS for the first time, but it was one of my first Nintendo games as well xD

As for the question, I don't know either, I always found surprising the fact that they put that thing instead of another Mario character, like Birdo. And by the time I didn't know that R.O.B was an add-on for the NES, so it was even more strange.

uth113608d ago

IIRC it wasn't an add-on it came with the original NES.

Retailers didn't want to stock videogame consoles after the crash, so Nintendo told them, "It isn't a videogame console, see it comes with a robot :)"

Metallox3608d ago

Well, it worked flawlessly the plan, I suppose :p

Sincere01213608d ago (Edited 3608d ago )

Wow really? U must be about 12 yrs old. U missed out on a lot of excellent games. Makes me feel old and I'm only in my mid twenties.

Reeze3608d ago

I'm not twelve. What an ignorant assumption. I just didn't begin playing video games until I was given a DS by a friend.

Geekman3608d ago

That's good for R.O.B fans, but if Captain Falcon or Ness doesn't come back soon, I'm afraid of how the the riots gonna be.

jelani4353608d ago

As long as all the originals come back (besides Jigglypuff), I'm good.

TheROsingleB3608d ago

Jigglypuff was the SHIT. It's way more fun humiliating your friends with Jigglypuff in the previous games if you're the only one who knows how to harness the power of the puff properly.

Ilovetheps53608d ago

Jigglypuff is awesome. Go watch HBox use Jigglypuff and you will truly see the power of Jigglypuff. Really good fighter.

randomass1713607d ago

Secret to Jigglypuff is that her air movement is swifter than her ground movement.

paulcek3608d ago

Captain Falcon and Ness weren't announced for Brawl back then, but they still made it into the game.

So we'll know the full roster when the 3DS version comes out.

MasterCornholio3608d ago (Edited 3608d ago )

And you have to control him with a flashing TV screen. Doesn't that sound like fun?

-screen flash-

Rob jumps

-screen flash-

Rob kicks

-screen flash-

Rob unleashes his special.

- Mario breaks the screen-

Rob dies.

LOL

darthv723608d ago

that is funny. and you know...these younger kids wont even get the control reference.

deafdani3608d ago

I'm almost 32 years old, been playing Nintendo consoles since I was about 6 or 7... and I don't get the reference. :(

But then again, I never played any of the games with R.O.B. Matter of fact, I think I've never seen an actual R.O.B unit in person. :/

MasterCornholio3608d ago (Edited 3608d ago )

@deafdani

Well just go to youtube and watch the angry video game nerd play with rob.

Then you will get the flashing screen reference. And have a good laugh hopefully.

P.S Also the Konami scope was funny as well.

BattleN3608d ago

Mr Saturn should replace Jigglypuff

OtakuDJK1NG-Rory3608d ago

now that beyond retard idea to implement

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine9d ago (Edited 9d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake9d ago (Edited 9d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno9d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.

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Nintendo's Massacre Of The 3DS And Wii U Is Finally Complete, Regrettably

Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."