10 Amazing Nintendo Products That AREN'T Video Games

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00:00Welcome to Mojo Plays, and today we're counting down our picks for the 10 Best Non-Video Game

00:10Related Nintendo Products.

00:20As much as we love our Mario's and Zelda's and Pokemon's, there was a time before all

00:24of this when Nintendo made other awesome toys.

00:27For this list, we'll be focusing on products from Nintendo's over 100-year history that

00:32aren't strictly video games or consoles.

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00:49Number 10, Super Mario Bros. Pinball

00:56Okay, so we've bent the rules a little bit.

00:59Video game themed products qualify.

01:02Super Mario Bros. Pinball is a product of its time, just like the game it's themed

01:06after.

01:07Originally released in Spring of 1992, only roughly 4,000 of these were made, and was

01:12the first machine made by Gottlieb to feature the dot matrix display.

01:16You may know this nowadays as the little screen that keeps track of your score near the coin

01:20slot.

01:21History aside, this addictive classic pinball machine features nostalgic art of all your

01:26favorite Mushroom Kingdom heroes, familiar music, and awesome light-up effects.

01:32Number 9, Light Telephone

01:34This weird contraption is one of the earliest ideas from Gunpei Yokoi, producer of many

01:39of our favorite video game franchises and creator of the original Game Boy.

01:44Available only in Japan, this adult-centered piece of technology history was a two-way

01:48walkie-talkie that emitted sound through light instead of radio waves.

01:52Eh, I don't get it either, but it worked, and although it wasn't new technology even

01:56for the time, Nintendo offering such an odd, unique gizmo just goes to show the breadth

02:01of pies they had their fingers in.

02:04Number 8, ROB

02:14The Robotic Operating Buddy, or ROB for short, was initially designed as a substitute for

02:20a second player for the NES titles Stack-Up and Gyromite.

02:24It was especially useful if you didn't have friends.

02:27How it worked is you'd give ROB commands as you played, then he'd either stack the

02:31round pegs in the right place or raise and lower platforms depending on the game you're

02:35playing.

02:36It didn't last long on store shelves, but its legacy is obvious.

02:39ROB is a playable character in other Nintendo games like Mario Kart DS and later Super Smash

02:44Bros. titles.

02:46Number 7, Love Tester

02:49Another one from Gunpei Yokoi, the Love Tester is one of the earliest Nintendo products to

02:53be sold outside of Japan and is actually the first of their products to utilize electronic

02:58components.

02:59Advertised as a love detector, two people would operate either end and the machine would

03:04try to measure how much they loved each other.

03:06Of course, like the love I have for Nintendo's weird discussions like this, this bond is

03:10naturally immeasurable.

03:12Instead, it determined the conductivity between the two users.

03:16This contraption also featured as an easter egg heavily throughout Nintendo's history,

03:20appearing in games like WarioWare Twisted and Pikmin 2.

03:24Number 6, Ultra Machine

03:26We're back with Gunpei Yokoi again and another one of his gizmos.

03:38The Ultra Machine is part of a trio of products including the Ultra Scope and Ultra Hand.

03:43More on that shortly.

03:45It's no secret that baseball is huge in Japan and Nintendo wanted to profit off of that.

03:50Enter the Ultra Machine.

03:51This is essentially an at-home batting cage.

03:54The Ultra Machine launches small, softer baseballs making it the perfect toy for kids trying

03:58to work on their swing.

04:00If you're lucky enough to check out the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, you'll have the

04:03opportunity to use the Ultra Machine and hit dingers all day.

04:08Number 5, Ultra Hand

04:10No, not that Ultra Hand.

04:12But we wouldn't be surprised if this is what inspired Link's new power in The Legend

04:16of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom.

04:17Mr. Yokoi struck gold with the Ultra Hand, his first ever toy with Nintendo after then

04:22President Hiroshi Yamauchi saw he had made one for fun and ordered it to be mass produced.

04:27A blue plastic extending arm that would be right at home in an Inspector Gadget episode,

04:32the Ultra Hand is one of Nintendo's first massively successful products before their

04:37foray into video games.

04:39But just like almost everything else on this list, it had a lasting impact on the company's

04:43games years later.

04:45Number 4, Hanafuda Cards

04:48Hanafuda, or flower cards in English, were Nintendo's original bread and butter since

04:52its founding in 1889.

04:55Even now, the video game titans still manufacture these, and they sell like hotcakes.

05:00These are used to play a handful of different games like Koi Koi and Mushi, and often depict

05:04unique designs on the back using plants and animals.

05:07This is where they got the inspiration for familiar Super Mario Bros. icons like the

05:11Fire Flower and Piranha Plant.

05:14Like the Ultra Machine and Ultra Hand, Hanafuda Cards are a big focus at the Nintendo Museum,

05:19letting visitors make their own and bring them home as a souvenir.

05:23Number 3, LEGO Sets

05:25A personal favorite, LEGO is not only known for their timeless original themes, but their

05:36licensed agreements with properties like Star Wars, Marvel, and of course, Nintendo.

05:40What's neat about these is that they have products for kids and adults alike.

05:45Modular playsets and figures that make sounds are for the young ones, while adults get awesome

05:49intricate display models of stuff like an NES or CRT TV or the Great Deku Tree from

05:55The Legend of Zelda.

05:56A big deterrent for many is the price tag, but if you can get your hands on some of these

06:01sets, you're in for a fun night in.

06:03I'm pretty eager to pick up the Mario and Yoshi set myself.

06:12Number 2, The Legend of Zelda Manga

06:15Nintendo has partnered with numerous entities over the years to publish manga based on almost

06:20every mainline Legend of Zelda title, including American comics giant Valiant and popular

06:25localizer Viz Media.

06:27Dark Horse Comics even gave us Hyrule Historia and other supplemental books, ranging from

06:32Twilight Princess to Oracles of Seasons and Ages.

06:35The pages of these manga are vibrant and extremely well done, and tell the stories of their retrospective

06:40games flawlessly.

06:42Manga isn't everyone's cup of tea, but The Legend of Zelda series is great for newcomers

06:46to the medium.

06:48Number 1, Alarmo

06:51This is Nintendo's sound clock, Alarmo, an interactive alarm clock that's out of

06:56the ordinary.

06:58Released just two months prior to the making of this video, Nintendo's Alarmo is the

07:02latest in its long line of what-the-f**k products.

07:05Costing a staggering 100 US dollars and only available to My Nintendo Rewards members,

07:10this glorified alarm clock comes with a wide array of sound bites and music from the entirety

07:15of Nintendo's game library you can choose from to wake you up.

07:19It also tracks your movements, so when it detects you waking up from the initial alarm,

07:23it gets louder.

07:25It's designed to help regulate sleep patterns, but as a certified napper, I'm not quite

07:29sure this is for me, or anyone else for that matter.

07:38What do you think of our picks?

07:39Did you have any of these awesome products growing up?

07:41Let us know in the comments!

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