R.O.B. the Robot Is in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Merch

R.O.B. the Robot appears to be included in April 3’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie after a tiny cameo showed up in a forthcoming tie-in toy set. Nintendo recently announced a range of movie merchandise due to go on sale in the first week of April, including a six-inch Yoshi egg with a chatty Yoshi (available for pre-order in the UK for £60/$81), a Bowser Castle Playset and star-shaped launchers that send characters flying.

Hidden among those reveals was a clearer image of R.O.B. in a YouTube review of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie Jakks Gateway Galaxy Playset. R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy) first appeared as an NES peripheral in 1985, later resurfacing in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars in 1996, in various WarioWare games, and as a playable character in Mario Kart DS and Super Smash Bros.

titles. Notably, he did not appear in Super Mario Galaxy.

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