Ultra Machine

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The Ultra Machine is a batting toy distributed by Nintendo and designed by Gunpei Yokoi in 1967.{{Citation |first1=David |last1=Sheff |first2=Andy |last2=Eddy |date=29 March 1999 |title=Game over: how Nintendo conquered the world |publisher=Vintage Press |isbn=978-0-679-73622-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/gameoverhowninte00shef_0/page/22 22] |title-link=Game Over (Sheff book) }}

History

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The toy is part of Nintendo's Ultra Toy series, which includes the Ultra Hand and the Ultra Scope. It launches soft balls that can be hit with a bat. It sold over a million units{{cite web |date=March 27, 2011 |title=Nintendo Ultra Machine (ウルトラ マシン, 1967-1974) |url=http://blog.beforemario.com/2011/03/nintendo-ultra-machine-1967-1974.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216114722/http://blog.beforemario.com/2011/03/nintendo-ultra-machine-1967-1974.html |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |work=Before Mario}} and was released elsewhere as the Slugger Mate.{{cite web |date=September 1, 2013 |title=Ultra Machine |url=http://blog.beforemario.com/search/label/Ultra%20Machine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614211151/http://blog.beforemario.com/search/label/Ultra%20Machine |archive-date=June 14, 2017 |access-date=November 21, 2023 |work=Before Mario}}{{Text-source inline|reason=Unknown what article is being cited here; search result is cited instead}}

Another version, the Ultra Machine Deluxe, was released in 1977.{{cite web |date=April 10, 2011 |title=Nintendo Ultra Machine DX (ウルトラ マシン デラックス, 1977) |url=http://blog.beforemario.com/2011/04/nintendo-ultra-machine-dx-1977.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020060122/http://blog.beforemario.com/2011/04/nintendo-ultra-machine-dx-1977.html |archive-date=October 20, 2015 |access-date=November 21, 2023 |work=Before Mario}}

Appearances

The Ultra Machine appears in as a boss fight in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! and WarioWare: Smooth Moves as a minigame. It is in Mario Party 5, Animal Crossing: New Leaf as a piece of furniture, and in Rusty's Real Deal Baseball. The latter features characters with Ultra Machine-shaped heads. In Splatoon 2, the Bomb Launcher, a special weapon, resembles the Ultra Machine.{{cite web |date=February 12, 2017 |title=Splatoon 2 producer talks a ton about weapons, mobile app usage, graphics, HD Rumble, more |url=http://nintendoeverything.com/splatoon-2-producer-talks-a-ton-about-weapons-mobile-app-usage-graphics-hd-rumble-more/2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523063004/https://nintendoeverything.com/splatoon-2-producer-talks-a-ton-about-weapons-mobile-app-usage-graphics-hd-rumble-more/2/ |archive-date=May 23, 2023 |access-date=November 21, 2023 |work=Nintendo Everything}}

See also

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