R.O.B. (SSBB)

This article is about R.O.B.'s appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. For other uses, see Ancient Minister or R.O.B.

R.O.B.
R.O.B.
Universe	R.O.B.
Appears in	SSBB
Availability	Unlockable
Tier	B (9)

R.O.B., known in Japan as the Famicom Robot (ロボット, Robotto), is a newcomer in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. His full name is Robotic Operating Buddy, and he's based off the R.O.B. NES peripheral. He was unveiled in a mass leak prior to the Japanese release of Brawl. He currently ranks 9th on the tier list, due to his great projectiles and tournament matchups.

R.O.B. was confirmed on the DOJO!! March 6, 2008.

How to Unlock

Complete one of the following:

• Play 160 brawls, then defeat R.O.B.
• Get 250 different trophies, then defeat R.O.B.
• Get R.O.B. to join your party in The Subspace Emissary.

Role in the Subspace Emissary

The race of R.O.B.s appear under three roles in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. During The Subspace Emissary, they are a unit of the Subspace Army, and are used to activate the Subspace Bombs, as well as guard the Ancient Minister and come in different variations; R.O.B. Sentry, R.O.B. Launcher, and the R.O.B. Blaster. The bodyguards for the Ancient Minister are called The R.O.B. Squad. When a pair of R.O.B.s are used to activate a Subspace Bomb, they are destroyed in the explosions.

R.O.B. in the SSE

In the Subspace Emissary, it is revealed that the Ancient Minister is actually R.O.B. and the whole reason he was destroying the Super Smash Bros. World was because Tabuu had killed a lot of R.O.B.s and he had become very depressed. It is also revealed that R.O.B., the Ancient Minister, was once the ruler of the world and he lives on a floating island along with the other ministers. Samus, Pikachu, Captain Olimar, Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong, and Diddy Kong were able to get in this same island. However, when they arrived, the Ancient Minister refused to battle with them.

A hologram of Ganondorf suddenly appeared and started commanding all the R.O.B.s except for the Ancient Minister. All the R.O.B.s attacked the Minister until his clothes and armour were burned off and the gang discovered he was R.O.B. After that, R.O.B. decided to stop destroying the world and teamed up with the gang to stop Ganondorf and Tabuu from destroying the World of Trophies.

Attributes

R.O.B is a surprising character. He seems like a joke character at first, but he has many assets that combine to make a good character. Many of his attacks are low lag, with moderate power. He has two projectiles, both with decent knockback. His aerial game is also good, with his down air acting as a spike, and his back aerial aiding in his exceptional recovery. With the addition to Robo Burner, he is quite interesting to experiment with on certain techniques such as Wall of Pain or Ken combo. The good aerial game is combined with a very powerful up smash, a heavy weight, and a side special which reflects projectiles. R.O.B is a large target, however, and his projectiles are not spammable. He can be juggled because he is floaty, and his moves with potential to kill have considerable start up lag. Additionally, aside from his up smash, his smash attacks are not reliable killing moves. Still, R.O.B can be a dangerous foe for many characters in the game.

Standard Moves

Ground Attacks

Normal

• Standard Attack/Combo - R.O.B. does a quick swing with each arm. Two hits; the first one deals 3% damage and deals slight upward knockback, with almost no KO potential. The second one also deals 3%, but has much more power and horizontal knockback. Total, 6%.
• Dash Attack - R.O.B. thrusts his arms forward. 5% normally, 6% if initiated at the center of the opponent.
• Strong Side - Leans forward and punches with an impressive range. Can be aimed up or down.
• Strong Up - Arms point upwards and his "torso" moves up on his "spine", causing this to pop up a bit. Can hit twice.
• Strong Down - Quickly pushes his arms forward along the ground. Quick, produces opportunity for multiple hits. May trip.

Smash

• Side Smash - Shoots a short beam from his eyes. Can be directed up and down like a shorter Robo Beam.
• Down Smash - Lowers torso on his spine and extends arms, spinning them. Low damage and knockback, but decent range and multiple hits. One of the faster Dsmashes.
• Up Smash - Plants hands on ground and does a handstand, shooting boosters out of his base upwards.

Other

• Ledge attack - R.O.B. leaps onto the edge and swings both arms over-head. 7%
• 100% ledge attack - Rotates so that his right arm is directly pointing the stage and lunges his right arm forward. 10%
• Floor attack - Quickly gets up and spins with both arms extended in each direction. 6%
• Trip attack - R.O.B. lowers his torso, withdraws it's left arm and extends it's right arm to sweep the floor around. 5%

Aerial Attacks

• Neutral Aerial - Shoots his boosters out diagonally down in front of him, and spins with them going, deals about 11% damage with a good knockback and easy to hit with, slow coming out but when it does it's good, at low damage. R.O.B. can short hop and use this move a lot to hit enemies with.
• Down Aerial - Boosts R.O.B. up a little bit, shooting his boosters down where he was. Powerful, yet slow, and can spike, yet not quickly. Keeps him stationary in the air shortly.
• Up Aerial - Raises arms repeatedly above his head, hitting multiple times with good damage if used right
• Forward Aerial - Looks like his dash attack, just in the air, fast and strong.
• Back Aerial - Aims his base behind him and fires his boosters. Pushes R.O.B. forward a little bit. This can be used for recovery in between Robo Burners, creating virtually the best horizontal recovery move in the game along with Pound.

Grabs and Throws

• Down Throw: Drills opponent into the ground in front of him. 10%
• Up Throw: Grabs opponent, flies them into the air a short distance, turns them upside down, then crashes them into the ground (Similar to Kirby or Meta Knight's up throw). 10%
• Forward Throw: Tosses opponent forward. 10%
• Back Throw: Quickly swings opponent backward. 10%

Taunts

• Up taunt: Faces forward and spins his head and arms in opposite directions. (Similar to his Mario Kart DS pose)
• Side taunt: Faces towards the screen, tilts his head to the side and moves it in a full arc, all the while his eyes glow and spark. R.O.B. subtly claps twice.
• Down taunt: Faces forward, ratchets his arms down his spine and spins them back up to their original position. (This is a reference to how R.O.B. was powered up when ready to play)

Palette Swaps

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R.O.B.'s Palette Swaps

Trivia

• R.O.B.'s standard colors are his Japanese Famicom appearance with red arms. The words on his base say: "Family Computer Robot". When R.O.B. uses his gray and purple North American colors, the words on his base change to say: "R.O.B. - Robotic Operating Buddy".
• R.O.B. is the only character without a stage representing his universe. Instead, the Mario Bros. stage doubles as his stage. Delfino Plaza is used if Mario Bros. has not been unlocked yet.
• According to the last update on the Smash Bros. DOJO!! website, R.O.B.'s symbol is to both represent one of his Gyros, and an altered version of the mark for the Subspace Emissary.
• Giant robotic cranes resembling R.O.B. appear in the Port Town Aero Dive stage. These also appeared in F-Zero GX, the game the stage is based off of.
• R.O.B.'s entrance animation may be a reference to Kirby's Dream Land 3, where the player must get pieces of R.O.B. throughout the level for Professor Hector so he can build him.
• An "on and off" switch can be seen on the back part of his base.This can be combined with Wario's Down Tilt for a good snapshot
• During his down taunt, his wire appears to simply spin in mid-air, disconnected from his body. this also happens in all moves where rob spins his torso.
• R.O.B. is the only playable "accessory". Most accessories are items, like the Super Scope.
• R.O.B. is the only character in Brawl who can hold 3 consecutive charges at the same time; his down B when fully charged, his Neutral B when it hasn't been used in some time and his Up-B when you've been standing on the ground long enough for it to charge.
• R.O.B. can eat food, despite being inorganic. In a similar vein, R.O.B. is also apparently capable of feeling sadness and pain (a good example is during his Ancient Minister role), can fall asleep and he can swim, much like every other character in the game, signifying that R.O.B. is waterproof.
• While some characters, like R.O.B., cannot be put in helpless, their helpless state can be seen via hacking. R.O.B. is the exception, as the game freezes if he is put in helpless state, meaning he doesn't have one.
• Certain chacters such as R.O.B. will have certain glitch effects when there Final Smash is used on the Bridge of Eldin in the middle of the regenerating bridge, this is called the Diffusion Beam Glitch
• R.O.B.'s 2nd and 6th palette swap resembles the R.O.B Blaster and Launcher, both enemies in the SSE.
• Although it looks like R.O.B. is using wheels to move on the ground, he is actually using small jet bursts from his Robo Burner. These have no effect on the fuel for the special move Robo Burner, however.

External links

• Smash Bros. DOJO!! Page on R.O.B.