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The following is a list of Nintendo manufactured toys. Prior to entering the video game market, Nintendo was known as a toy company.

The list

Non-electronic toys
Name Date Information
Rabbit Coaster 1964 The Rabbit Coaster was the first toy Nintendo ever developed. Several variations of it were released, with the later ones being space-themed and monster-themed.
Home Race 1965 A magnetic multiplayer game featuring tanks.
Picture Cutter 1965 Players are given special scissors that they can use to cut out pictures of animals such as a giraffe, crocodile and squirrel and objects such as a train, the Eiffel Tower, an astronaut and a rocket ship.
Table Soccer 1965 A table top game of soccer (football) based on a game by John Waddington Ltd. in the United Kingdom.
New Picture Cutter 1965 Shortly after Picture Cutter, Nintendo released a successor that was electric.
Home Bowling 1966 A three foot long item that featured miniature bowling pins, a bowling ball and plastic figure. The goal was to have the miniature person roll the ball down the lane and knock down the pins.
Ultra Hand 1967 The Ultra Hand, developed by legendary game designer Gunpei Yokoi, was an extendable hand and the first true success story for Nintendo in the toys department.
Hip Flip 1968 Nintendo received the license to manufacture a toy similar to the Hulu Hoop by the Parker Brothers in Japan. This toy required to people to use.
N&B Block 1968 The N&B Blocks were very similar to LEGO. After Nintendo aired commercials comparing the two products, LEGO sued the company and went to court, but ultimately lost due to the slight uniqueness of Nintendo's block products, many of which were circular rather than square. Nintendo manufactured the following N&B Block sets: N&B Play Book, Block Clocks, Block House, Doubutsu Set, Mix Series, Space Series, Crator, Block Ringer, Train, Parts, Coaster (based on Rabbit Coaster), Heroes Set, Gondola, and Flower set.
People House 1968 Six variations of this toy designed specifically for little girls were made, including four Disney-themed versions. N&B blocks also came packaged with each set.
Challenge Dice 1969 A game similar to Chaotic Cubes in which players insert nails into the open holes of an enlarged dice. Different colors were made available including red, white, and blue.
Marble Sixties Nintendo received the rights to manufacture MB's "The Fryin' Pan" in Japan, which they renamed Marble.
Dynamic Soccer Sixties A tabletop game similar to Table Soccer. It was released due to Japan's semi-success during the '68 Olympics.
Nintendo no Yaku Ban Sixties A baseball game and an enhancement of Yaku Ban.
Punch Race Sixties Based on Dragster in America, Punch Race has players launching miniature cars and having them race to see who can go the farthest or who can get to a certain point the fastest.
Indianapollis Sixties This misspelled product had up to four players seeing who could get to the finish line first by spinning a wheel and gradually moving their pieces. It's unknown what year this came out.
Hopping Game 1970 Three players shooting their cones into the holes in an attempt to make them stick.
Hachi No Su Game 1971 Players pour honey into the cones in an attempt to not let the bee fall.
Kaju Copy 1971 Players place one of ten images under the object provided in the box and, after a flash, the image is replicated on a sheet of paper.
Mini Game Series 1971 Sixty games in Nintendo's Mini Game Series were released in the early seventies. These games were miniature games meant for travel that were fun and inexpensive. Some of the games were unique while others were based on previous Nintendo toys and board games.
Kouya no Gunamn Game 1972 Players attempt to shoot the opposing plastic figure down. Doing so can prove to be challenging.
Time Shock 1972 Based on Perfection, the player is given a time limit to place all of the objects into their corresponding place on the board. If they were unable to do so, all of the pieces on the board would be shot out.
Paper Model 1974 Players can craft models by putting the pieces together. In all 39 different models were released.
Shot Racer 1974 A product in the shape of the gun that would shoot miniature cars. The goal was to hit targets with the cars.
Mister Magician 1975 A product containing several different magic tricks.
Punch Buoy 1975 This is based on the American game known as Boing.
Hockey Game Seventies A tabletop hockey game in a similar fashion to the soccer games released in the sixties. It wasn't very successful.
Balance Game Seventies A plastic acrobat has his two hands extended out and is trying to keep his composure. Several discs are keeping the contraption together, and the goal of the game is pull the discs out without causing it to fall. It is meant to be a multiplayer game.
Bikkuri Game Seventies An elongated raccoon shoots out of a pot and the players try to catch it.
Puzzle Seventies There were several different puzzles Nintendo released that were all labeled as "Puzzle". Perhaps the most noteworthy puzzle was one of Betty Boop.
Tenbillion 1980 This product by Gunpei Yokoi was released the same year as the Game & Watch series (also by Gunpei Yokoi). It was a challenging puzzle game that involved balls in a barrel shaped object and was very successful.
Crossover 1983 One of the latest non-electronic Nintendo toys ever released, this puzzle game was developed by Gunpei Yokoi.
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