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Robobot ArmTemplate:Or
File:Robobot.png
Artwork of Kirby inside the Robobot ArmTemplate:Or.
Details
Debut game Kirby: Planet Robobot
Last game Kirby Star Allies (Stone sculpture)
Usage type Unlimited use (until stage ends)
Obtained from [[Invader Armor|Invader ArmTemplate:Or]], unused armTemplate:Or suits in various stages
Power(s) Enhanced durability and power. Modular with other abilities.
Comparable to Animal Friend, Hypernova
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This mysterious mech produces different powers depending on its pilot. Kirby's Copy Ability power has transformed it into a shape-shifting copy robot!
— In-game quote

Robobot ArmTemplate:Or is a pilotable suit of robotic armTemplate:Or that debuted in Kirby: Planet Robobot. Kirby acquires this suit and dons it after defeating an enemy [[Invader Armor|Invader ArmTemplate:Or]], or by finding it stowed away in various parts of stages. While inside it, Kirby gains increased endurance, taking less damage from most attacks and allowing him to defeat enemies by jumping on them, and is capable of performing new and stronger attacks on top of that. In addition, the suit is compatible with certain Copy Abilities, being able to 'scan' in enemies in the same vain as Kirby's Inhale, changing in form and function depending on the ability acquired. Minor enemies that do not provide abilities or are incompatible are simply vaporized when scanned, similar to the Copy ability from Kirby Super Star. When Kirby enters the Robobot ArmTemplate:Or, his stamina is completely restored. Additionally, when getting into a new suit of armTemplate:Or, his data from the previous Robobot ArmTemplate:Or he used will migrate to the new one.

The Robobot ArmTemplate:Or is very versatile on top of its modular properties. It can hover, dash, ride on a Warp Star, fit in a Fuse Cannon, climb ladders and grates, carry a cannon, carry large blocks, cut through or smash large blocks, and unscrew Screw Switches on platforms and bosses. It can also open certain doors that Kirby would be unable to on his own. The armTemplate:Or does appear to have its drawbacks, however. Due to its girth, it is limited in how far it can travel off the ground when not in Jet Mode (only having a single mid-air jump and a short glide) and as such, will need careful maneuvering or out right abandoning in order for Kirby to progress past certain obstacles. In addition, its size means that it cannot fit through certain passages and tubes that Kirby himself would have no problem with. In certain areas, stations appear that allow Kirby to exit the armTemplate:Or and continue on foot. It is not possible for Kirby to exit the armTemplate:Or without these stations, apart from exiting the stage. Like with Hypernova, if Kirby loses a life while in the armTemplate:Or, he will respawn with it. Amusingly, the entire suit spins along with Kirby off the screen when he gets KO'd.

Move-set

This is the move-set of the Robobot ArmTemplate:Or in its default state (no ability).

Normal Mode's Move-set
while facing right
Skill Button Execution Description Damage
(Star Bullet=52)
Jump/Double Jump
A
The armTemplate:Or can hover with its boosters for a few seconds by holding A after double jump. 32 (no effect to bosses)
Robobot Boost
→ + →
=Dash No
Scan Specs
B near enemy with ability
The armTemplate:Or scans an enemy to obtain its Copy Ability if it has any, similar to Copy from Kirby Super Star. No
Reset Specs
X
=Discard ability No
Robobot Punch
B
The armTemplate:Or throws a right punch. 40
Robobot Slam
B repeatedly
After Robobot Punch, the armTemplate:Or throws a left punch, and then a slam with both arms. 40+40
Hunker Down
L/R
The armTemplate:Or retracts its limbs to guard. It rotates a bit when hit. 4 (no effect to bosses)

ArmTemplate:Or Modes

Mode Image Description
Normal File:Robobot Normal.jpg The default appearance of the armTemplate:Or.
Allows for swift punches and slams, and also can carry large blocks.
Beam File:Robobot Beam Mode.jpg Allows the suit to fire large orbs of energy that bounce off the ground.
Also generates electricity through wires.
Bomb File:Robobot Bomb Mode.jpg Allows the suit to throw a set number of walking bombs that can crawl up walls.
The bomb's throw angle can also be altered.
Cutter File:Robobot Cutter Mode.jpg Gives the suit a set of saw blades that act like boomerangs and can cut through multiple targets and obstacles at once.
ESP File:Robobot ESP Mode.jpg Gives the suit a pair of disembodied hands and allows it to fire multiple large psychokinetic orbs at opponents.
These orbs can conduct electricity.
Fire File:Robobot Fire Mode.jpg Gives the suit two flamethrowers that can be angled and cover a large range.
Also causes the suit to leave fire behind as it moves.
Ice File:Robobot Ice Mode.jpg Gives the suit a set of fans that can freeze enemies with icy wind.
Jet File:Robobot Jet Mode.jpg Turns the suit into a jet, armed with a Gatling gun and missile launchers that can fire in multiple directions.
Acquiring this ability also automatically causes the armTemplate:Or to fly off into a separate area of the level.
The armTemplate:Or itself resembles Capsule J2.
Mike File:Robobot Mike Mode.jpg Gives the suit a pair of boom boxes that can emit loud damaging sound waves.
Unlike the base ability, this armTemplate:Or mode has unlimited uses.
Parasol File:Robobot Parasol Mode.jpg Gives the suit parasol-like dual rotor blades that allow it to hover like a helicopter.
These parasols can also dispel gas clouds.
Spark File:Robobot Spark Mode.jpg Gives the suit a pair of plasma cannons that can be charged for extra power.
The shots will naturally electrify wires.
Stone File:Robobot Stone Mode.jpg Gives the suit a pair of heavy stone fists that can pound various obstacles and enemies.
Sword File:Robobot Sword Mode.jpg Changes the suit's arms into dual beam swords that can cut through massive wood blocks and heavy chains.
Wheel File:Robobot Wheel Mode.jpg Changes the suit into a race car with two large back wheels, one small front wheel, and two front spikes,
which can easily plow through enemies, and freely jump between foreground and background like the 3D Warp Star.
Halberd File:Halberd Mode.jpg A fusion between the Robobot ArmTemplate:Or and the Halberd. It is used to battle the final boss of the game, Star Dream.

Like with Kirby himself, the armTemplate:Or can discard its current ability as an Ability Star at any time, with the exception of the Jet, Wheel and Halberd modes, which are needed to complete the stages they appear in.

After the Halberd Mode is shot down by Star Dream's desperate laser in Story Mode, Meta Knight launches Kirby and the Robobot ArmTemplate:Or off the sinking Halberd, and then Kirby transforms the armTemplate:Or's right arm into a giant screwdriver, which is known as the Final Screw Mode (ファイナルスクリューモード).[1]

Enemies battled exclusively using Robobot ArmTemplate:Or

Regular

Bosses

Stickers

Main article: Sticker (Kirby: Planet Robobot)

Throughout the various levels of Kirby: Planet Robobot are stickers that can be collected. These can then be applied to the arms of the Robobot ArmTemplate:Or to customize its look. There are a total of 200 sticker types to collect, several of which are unique.

Music

Cameo Appearances

Kirby's Blowout Blast

In Kirby's Blowout Blast, a statue of the Robobot ArmTemplate:Or will appear in the entrance hub via StreetPass with Kirby: Planet Robobot.

Kirby Star Allies

In Kirby Star Allies, the sitting idle Robobot ArmTemplate:Or is one of the Stone ability transformations. It also appears piloted by Kirby in the Celebration Picture: "Robobot Memories".

In Version 4.0.0, the Robobot ArmTemplate:Or piloted by nobody appears in the ending illustration of Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! if playing as Magolor, Taranza or Susie.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The Robobot ArmTemplate:Or appears as a Support Spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, using the Normal Mode's official artwork from Kirby: Planet Robobot. It costs 1 slot and has the skill of "Weapon Attack ↑".

Merchandise

An official capsule toy (gacha) set, Kirby: Planet Robobot - Robobot ArmTemplate:Or Collection by Takara Tomy, was released in 2017. Not every armTemplate:Or mode is included, however.

  • Vol.1 was released in June, 2017. This set includes Kirby wearing the Robobot Helmet, Robobot ArmTemplate:Or Normal Mode, Robobot Armor Cutter Mode, and [[Parasol (Robobot Armor)|Robobot ArmTemplate:Or Parasol Mode]].
  • Vol.2 was released in December, 2017. This set includes Kirby wearing the Robobot Helmet (alternative face), Robobot ArmTemplate:Or Normal Mode (alternative face), [[Stone (Robobot Armor)|Robobot ArmTemplate:Or Stone Mode]], and [[Jet (Robobot Armor)|Robobot ArmTemplate:Or Jet Mode]].

An official figurine set, Nendoroid More: Robobot ArmTemplate:Or & Kirby by Good Smile Company, was released in August, 2018.

  • As shown on the Robobot ArmTemplate:Or figurine, the dashboard of the armTemplate:Or is the same as the touch screen menu of Kirby: Planet Robobot in gameplay.

Trivia

  • When Kirby gets splat against the Fourth Wall while inside the Robobot ArmTemplate:Or, he leaves a temporary crack effect on the screen. This also applies to the Halberd Mode.
  • During the ending cut-scene of Kirby: Planet Robobot, it has been thought that the Robobot ArmTemplate:Or can cry. The 3rd and final Ask-a-Thon revealed that is actually coolant.
  • At no point in Kirby: Planet Robobot does the Robobot ArmTemplate:Or ever enter water.
  • According to an info-graphic released by Nintendo (image in gallery below), the Robobot ArmTemplate:Or is made of a "Haltonium alloy" (ハルトニウム合金), weighs more than 8.6 tons (metric ton), and its arms are 100 times stronger than those of Bonkers.
  • One unused early design of the Robobot ArmTemplate:Or has the shape of a screwdriver, which later becomes the Business Suit armTemplate:Or of Susie.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ロボボアーマー
Robobo Āmā
Robobo ArmTemplate:Or
Traditional Chinese 機器博博裝甲[2]
jī qì bó bó zhuāng jiǎ
Robobo ArmTemplate:Or
Simplified Chinese 机器博博装甲[2]
jī qì bó bó zhuāng jiǎ
Korean 로보보 아머
Robobo Ameo
Robobo ArmTemplate:Or


References

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