Famicom (Family Computer) was released in Japan in 1985, as was the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) in the United States. They both played similar Nintendo games, but looked very different. When Robot/R.O.B. came out later that year, he was nearly identical in Japan and the US, the most visible difference being the color scheme. Finally in 2016, North America will get it's first official taste of Famicom goodness! Some people will prefer the taupe body and red arms/underside (myself included!). Functionally, the only difference from NES R.O.B. is that it is the only way to unlock R.O.B. Yoshi in the Yoshi's Wooly World game, and one of the ways to unlock the Famicom R.O.B. costume in the Super Mario Maker game. Ironically, the NES R.O.B. remains exclusive in the United States to a 3-pack from a different retailer, so if for whatever insane reason you didn't want Game & Watch and Duck Hunt, now is your chance to get R.O.B. all by himself!