<s>
Project	B-Application
H.A.M.M.E.R.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
was	O
a	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
video	O
game	O
in	O
development	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
Software	O
Technology	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
's	O
other	O
projects	O
included	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
Hunters	I-Application
,	O
1080°	B-Device
Avalanche	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Wave	B-Application
Race	I-Application
:	I-Application
Blue	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Application
H.A.M.M.E.R.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Beth	O
Llewelyn	O
,	O
senior	O
director	O
of	O
public	O
relations	O
at	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
,	O
made	O
a	O
point	O
to	O
note	O
that	O
despite	O
the	O
game	O
not	O
being	O
a	O
focus	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
’s	O
,	O
Project	B-Application
H.A.M.M.E.R.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
Software	O
Technology	O
,	O
a	O
team	O
at	O
Nintendo	O
,	O
began	O
development	O
on	O
Project	B-Application
H.A.M.M.E.R.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
in	O
2003	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
video	O
game	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
's	O
internal	O
codename	O
was	O
"	O
Machinex	B-Application
"	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
designed	O
for	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Western	O
and	O
hardcore	O
gamer	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
one	O
incarnation	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
became	O
"	O
Wii	B-Application
Crush	I-Application
"	O
with	O
cuter	O
graphics	O
but	O
similar	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
postmortem	O
from	O
former	O
developers	O
explained	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Wii	B-Device
Remote	I-Device
motion	O
were	O
never	O
sufficiently	O
enjoyable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
began	O
leaving	O
the	O
team	O
around	O
when	O
the	O
game	O
became	O
the	O
cuter	O
"	O
Wii	B-Application
Crush	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
senior	O
staff	O
fired	O
Project	B-Application
H.A.M.M.E.R.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2021	O
,	O
more	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
2020	O
Nintendo	O
Gigaleak	O
revealed	O
its	O
title	O
internally	O
as	O
"	O
Hammer	O
Man	O
"	O
and	O
spoke	O
about	O
its	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
style	O
resembling	O
musou	B-Application
gameplay	O
.	O
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