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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Because of how the two games worked, a Virtual Console release is all but impossible.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Because of how the two games worked, a Virtual Console release is was all but impossible.impossible. A Switch Online release will also be very unlikely as well.

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* ReferencedBy: In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', there is a store called "Gyro Market" that is named after the game ''Gyromite'' and has R.O.B.'s face as the logo.

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** ''VideoGame/Pikmin2'': One of the treasures you can find is a R.O.B. head, referred to as the "[[FunWIthAcronyms Remembered Old Buddy]]".
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In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', there is a store called "Gyro Market" that is named after the game ''Gyromite'' and has R.O.B.'s face as the logo.
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* ReferencedBy: In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', there is a store called "Gyro Market" that is named after the game ''Gyromite'' and has R.O.B.'s face as the logo.
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* ShortLivedBigImpact: R.O.B. only had two games that aren't fondly remembered nowadays, but being a toy-like device assuaged consumers' worries about game consoles caused by UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983, giving Nintendo enough traction to become a household name.
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* RecursiveAdaptation: Has two amiibo figures, making them toys based off of toys.

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* RecursiveAdaptation: Has two amiibo figures, making them toys based off of toys.toys.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Because of how the two games worked, a Virtual Console release is all but impossible.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Because of how the two games worked, a Virtual Console release is all but impossible.impossible.
* RecursiveAdaptation: Has two amiibo figures, making them toys based off of toys.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Gamers might find it odd to turn on the games and be greeted with the titles ''Robot Gyro'' and ''Robot Block''. That's their Japanese names; there's literally Famicom ROM carts plugged into an adaptor inside of the ''Gyromite'' and ''Stack-Up'' carts, and the adaptors can be repurposed to play other import titles.



* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Because of how the two games worked, a Virtual Console release is all but impossible.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Because of how the two games worked, a Virtual Console release is all but impossible.
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* FountainOfExpies: The ROB has this outside Nintendo media, with other robot characters bear more or less [[{{pastiche}} a resemblance]] to it, although this was never mentioned since it is a robot. Domestobot from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories'' was the notable one.

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* FountainOfExpies: The ROB [=R.O.B.=] has this outside Nintendo media, with other robot characters bear more or less [[{{pastiche}} a resemblance]] to it, although this was never mentioned since it is a robot. Domestobot from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories'' was the notable one.
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* FountainOfExpies: The ROB has this outside Nintendo media, with other robot characters bear more or less [[{{pastiche}} a resemblance]] to it, although this was never mentioned since it is a robot. Domestobot from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories'' was the notable one.
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