Robo-47

## Background

A defunct military robot sits in a hangar marked 'Decommisioned Hardware',

but when a disabled UFO crashes nearby, the radioactive fumes from the leaking fuel activate the robot's circutry which may be outdated, but still quite deadly.

A military war robot whose time had ended at the demise of the Atomic Age, Robo-47 packs heavy-gauge steel plating and armaments once thought to be the pinnacle of modern technology. But Robo-47s shortcomings only reside in it's dated appearance. His Atomic missile packs enough punch to level a building...and the surrounding city block.

-Game booklet

Robo-47- a Noble armed forces robot. A mid-level character, Robo-47 is slightly fragile, but has a very fast machine gun in his chest, and an explosive special attack.

-PSM #68 2/03

"Robo-47 is your classic military robot," Jobe explains. "Like Congar, he's well-rounded. He has a huge machine gun in his chest that's capable of the fastest rate of fire in the entire game. His hand-to-hand attacks utilize a variety of robot weapons, like expandable hammers, drill bits, and titanium spikes! Robo-47 also has a vintage special attack...he is, after all, from the 'Atomic Age', so what robot would be complete without an atomic bomb?! Robo-47 can launch his nuke across an entire level. It has homing capabilities, too."

-Official U.S. Playstation Magazine #64, 1/03

## Abilities

Robo-47's long range attack is an Atomic missile that reaches a far distance and does good damage. He has good armor and his projectiles fire at a fast rate, dealing medium damage. He is a high-jumper and climbs at a fast pace. His taunt is arm flex, followed by 3 snaps of his metal claws just in front of him.

## Basic Combos

(Disclaimer: this game was a Playstation 2 exlcusive and the combos you see are wrong since they don't follow the proper button format of Triangle,Circle,X,and Square)

* Long Flight: H-H-H
* Top Fury: L-L-L-L
* Top Blade: H-L-H-L
* 360 Boom: L-H-L-H
* Bam Boom Bang: L-L-L-H
* Longshot: H-H-H-DH

* Justice Hammer: L-H-L-H-DL-UH
* ROCKET CHARGE: L-L-L-H-H-L-L-L-H

## Trivia

* The cyborg *Robocop 2* from the film of the same name and the cyclopean Gort from *The Day The Earth Stood Still* (1951), may have been sources of inspiration. Another possible inspiration could have been the giant robot the aliens control in Tim Burton's *Mars Attacks!* (1996).
* *The Iron Giant* was likely an inspiration for Robo-47.
* Robo-47 appears in the second half of Stage 2 at Gambler's Gulch, then again as a twin-threat in Stage 7 at Bay Town.
* He might be a reference to Shockwave, a character from the Transformers franchise only having one eye.
* One might wonder why Robo-47 was decommissioned, as he is perfectly capable of taking on his opponents. Information given to the now-defunct *Tips & Tricks* magazine (issue 97, March 2003) states Robo-47 was decommissioned for a lack of a feasible power source.
* Robo-47 is the only playable monster who has his very own theme.
* Robo-47's 4th costume actually has a core on the chest and a single eye on the "head", Unlike common misconceptions of the chest being an eye and the head being a contemporary rocket silo.
* Robo-47 might also be based on the MS-06 Zaku II from the eponymous anime mecha Gundam.