R.O.B.



R.O.B. (short for Robotic Operating Buddy) was an accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System. In Japan, it was known as the Famicon Robot.

R.O.B. is also (surprisingly) a playable character in Mario Kart DS. In the game, he is one of the heaviest characters. Only Bowser is his equal. R.O.B.â€™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. R.O.B. is the fourth non-Mario character to appear in the Mario Kart series. In Mario Kart Arcade GP, three Pac-Man characters appear: Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and Blinky. R.O.B.'s original game was Gyromite. R.O.B. is an accessory for the NES that uses technology similar to the Zapper Gun. The way it works it that it "sees" flashes of information on the T.V. screen and then translates them into actions.

You control R.O.B. with the control pad to make him raise and lower gyroscopes. To make the gyroscope spin, set it in the gyroscope spinner, and then balance it on one of the two round trays that are connected to controller 2. Placing a gyro on the red tray lowers the red Â¤GATES; placing a gyro on the blue tray lowers the blue GATES.

R.O.B. is also the subject of many entries in the WarioWare series, specifically in 9-Volt's games.