Ultra hand

The Ultra-Hand is a plastic toy from Nintendo from 1966. Using several cross-connected plastic elements, you can squeeze a handle like a scissor . The construction stretches in length. With gripping shells attached to the other end, objects can then be gripped that cannot be reached with the bare hand.

The package contains 3 balls with corresponding stands, from which the balls can be gripped with the ultra-hand.

It was developed by Gunpei Yokoi .

In addition to real Nintendo toys, the Ultra-Hand also appears in video games , such as a simple mini-game in WarioWare, Inc .: Minigame Mania and WarioWare Touched! or three-dimensional in Mario Power Tennis and as an Easter Egg in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask and in Animal Crossing: New Leaf .

Web links

• Profile: Gunpei Yokoi - Remembrance of a Pioneer. October 23, 2000, archived from the original on May 3, 2009 (English, including how Gunpei Yokoi invented the ultra-hand).