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The Ultra Machine is a batting toy made by Nintendo and designed by
Gunpei Yokoi , sometimes transliterated Gumpei Yokoi, was a Japanese video game designer. He was a long-time Nintendo employee, best known as creator of the Game & Watch handheld system, inventor of the cross-shaped Control Pad, the original designer of the ...
in 1967.


History

It is part of Nintendo's ''Ultra toy'' series, which includes the
Ultra Hand Ultra Hand is a toy that was manufactured by Nintendo in the late 1960s. It was created in 1966 by Gunpei Yokoi, who would later design the Love Tester, the D-pad, the Game Boy, and the WonderSwan. Ultra Hand consists of several criss-cross-co ...
and the Ultra Scope. It launches soft balls that are to be hit with a bat. It sold over a million units. It was released elsewhere as the ''Slugger Mate''. Another version known as the ''Ultra Machine Deluxe'' was released in 1977.


Games

The Ultra Machine appears in both '' WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!'' for the
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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 ''
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'' for the Nintendo Switch, the Bomb Launcher special weapon also resembles the Ultra Machine.


See also

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Ultra Hand Ultra Hand is a toy that was manufactured by Nintendo in the late 1960s. It was created in 1966 by Gunpei Yokoi, who would later design the Love Tester, the D-pad, the Game Boy, and the WonderSwan. Ultra Hand consists of several criss-cross-co ...
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Pitching machine A pitching machine is a machine that automatically pitches a baseball to a batter at different speeds and styles. Most machines are hand-fed, but there are some that automatically feed. There are multiple types of pitching machines; softball, bas ...


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* * 1960s toys Nintendo toys {{toy-stub