Ultra Machine

The Ultra Machine is a batting toy made by Nintendo and designed by Gunpei Yokoi in 1967.[1]

The Ultra Machine and its packaging.

History

It is part of Nintendo's Ultra toy series, which includes the Ultra Hand and the Ultra Scope.[1] It launches soft balls that are to be hit with a bat. It sold over a million units.[2] It was released elsewhere as the Slugger Mate.[3]

Another version known as the Ultra Machine Deluxe was released in 1977.[4]

Games

The Ultra Machine appears in both WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ for the Game Boy Advance and WarioWare: Smooth Moves for the Wii, as a boss fight in the former and a regular microgame in the latter. It appears in some Mario Party games such as Mario Party 5. It also makes an appearance as a piece of furniture in Animal Crossing: New Leaf for 3DS. The Ultra Machine also makes a major appearance in the 3DS game Rusty's Real Deal Baseball. The game features characters with Ultra Machine shaped heads, and, in a few instances, flat out Ultra Machines. In Splatoon 2 for the Nintendo Switch, the Bomb Rush special weapon also resembles the Ultra Machine.[5]

See also

References
  1. Sheff, David; Eddy, Andy (29 March 1999), Game over: how Nintendo conquered the world, Vintage Press, p. 22, ISBN 978-0-679-73622-6
  2. "beforemario: Nintendo Ultra Machine (ウルトラ マシン, 1967-1974)". beforemario.com.
  3. "beforemario: Ultra Machine". beforemario.com.
  4. "beforemario: Nintendo Ultra Machine DX (ウルトラ マシン デラックス, 1977)". beforemario.com.
  5. "Splatoon 2 producer talks a ton about weapons, mobile app usage, graphics, HD Rumble, more". nintendoeverything.com.
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