More than 30 years ago, Nintendo’s R.O.B graced toy shelves, helping usher in an age of video games that is here to stay. For the few of us lucky to own one of these relics, we’ll find that R.O.B’s ...

To help sell people on its new console after the 1983 video game crash, Nintendo branded the NES as a complete “Entertainment System”, which included a robotic accessory that could play along with ...

A fan of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fighter R.O.B. has succeeded in getting a real-life R.O.B. toy to control its in-game likeness. It's an impressive display that speaks to the missed potential of ...

Sitting in my living room is Nintendo's Robotic Operating Buddy, who has not touched an NES controller in years. My curiousity piqued as to what R.O.B. mods were done, I didn't find much at all, so ...

In case you didn't know already, amiibo are NFC-ready toys which offer connectivity features with games on the Wii U, 3DS, Switch, and Switch 2 but also serve as highly detailed and very desirable ...

Secret characters in a kart game are to be expected, but few foresaw a robotic character like this. The Robotic Operating Buddy (known as "R.O.B." to his friends) will be making a special appearance ...

We admit that a hack enabling a 34-year-old video game peripheral to be controlled by a mobile app wasn’t something we were expecting to see today, but if controlling something with something else isn ...

R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy), a Nintendo accessory from the 1980s that a Best Buy employee risked his job to save, has earned its place in Best Buy lore. The employee had posted his story on ...

He has two powerful projectiles: Robo Beam and Gyro, along with a very effective recovery. The 1P color in the North American version of the game is a light gray, and the 2P is red and white, but this ...