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The Story of R.O.B. the Robot

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In 1984, Nintendo made plans to bring their Famicom console to North America. There was just one big problem: Stores wanted nothing to do with video games. Learn how a small robot helped save the video game industry and made Nintendo a household name.

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20 Comments

@GamingHistorian Creator 8 years ago Pinned

Hello everyone! Most videos on R.O.B. make fun of him, but he was vital to the success of the Nintendo Entertainment System. If you learned something new, please share this video out! Thanks for watching and have a great weekend!

@cronusblackstar2045 6 years ago

R.O.B: "What is my purpose?"

To infiltrate the American market.
R.O.B: GRINDING NOISES

@RetroGamePlayers 8 years ago

My friend used to put Rob in his backpack and bring him to school. One day on the bus he got into a fight with a kid and the other kid grabbed Rob and threw him out the window. Rob didn't make it.

@Akfamilyhome 8 years ago

...and 33 years later, Nintendo is making a robot toy once again. Out of cardboard and magic tho.

@LiterallyCanada666 5 years ago

“They said reviving the video game market wasn’t humanly possible, it wasn’t” is such a kick ass marketing line like hell yeah we’re nintendo and we saved video games

@Mikelovesmuseums 7 years ago

Clicks on video about R.O.B

"The Trojan War"

0_o oh, okay...let's see where this goes

@StellarJAGuar 7 years ago

clicks on video about a Nintendo robot opening line: “The Trojan War”

@unknownscientist1530 7 years ago

I've honestly felt like they could remake R.O.B, make him quieter and faster and maybe do some very interesting things with him. I'd buy it.

@redrooster303 6 years ago

Remember seeing the little robot as a kid and wanting it. Shame my parents had divorced and my mum was now on the breadline. She did manage to get me a SNES though which to this day I appreciate as she had 3 jobs at the time and it was hard for her. Great memories of playing that as a kid though. Thanks mum.

@Chromaticana 8 years ago

hell yeah

@onthespoke2 8 years ago

Oops. They tried to make the NES not look like a video game console, and it accidentally became the most recognizable video game console of all time.

@chrisxdeboy 8 years ago

"What is my purpose?"
"You sell game consoles."
"Oh my god."

@Meg-nc4su 7 years ago (edited)

Even tho Mario is, visually, an ideal mascott, I feel like ROB deserved that spot more. It was .. rob -bed

@ChronoTriggerHappy 7 years ago

R.O.B., The Last Of His Kind. We salute you, subspace emissary. You saved gaming industry.

@BagofBonesJAW 8 years ago

They should make a new R.O.B. for the switch, where you can play against R.O.B. He would act as an extra hard CPU, but you can actually see him input commands, and when he plays in games like Mario Kart, and Smash Bros, he would only play as R.O.B.