Shin Getter Robo (真ゲッターロボ) (usually called Shin Getter for short) was created by Banpresto for Super Robot Wars 4, a game released for the Super Famicon (also known as the Super Nintendo) game console. The concept was to give the Getter team a stronger machine for later stages of the game. Banpresto contacted Go Nagai and pitched the idea to him, and he agreed to come up with the new machine. Nagai liked the design so much that he adopted it into multiple Getter Robo universes' storylines.