Pokémon Pinball Live Gameplay | Top Players & Stern Pinball at the dutch Pinball Museum
Pokémon Pinball Live Gameplay | Top Players & Stern Pinball at the dutch Pinball Museum
Last Wednesday was all about gameplay. At the Dutch Pinball Museum, we played the brand new @sternpinballinc PokémonS Pinball during a live stream, together with friends from Stern Pinball and...
Highlights
- The Pokémon Pro Edition is the first one in the Netherlands and possibly in Europe
- A Premium Edition Pokémon machine was in transit between Amsterdam and Chicago at time of stream, expected to arrive before or after that weekend
- The game code shown is version 81 or 82 and still considered early code
- Pokémon Pinball has four main character modes (Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Snorlax) that each require three hits to start
- The game features dual multiball with captive ball mechanics similar to Junkyard
- Pokémon catching occurs via hitting switches outside of modes, then scanning with captive ball shots
- The game includes Pokémon battle modes where element matching affects damage output
- The museum is hosting a Stern Army Marathon tournament on April 11th with 20+ Stern machines on Insider Connect
- Designer George Gomez's signature design elements are recognizable in Pokémon Pinball (left ramp/orbit, ramps, crossover ramp patterns)
- Pokémon Pinball appeals to younger audiences and represents a generational shift for pinball
Notable quotes
“You got to catch them all. You'll want to flip them all.”
“the very first one that was in the Netherlands and maybe even in Europe”
“For now till Pokemon I in my opinion pinball was always for the elderly guy and now in a complete new generation is going to find out that there's pinball”
“I recognize his signature. So the left ramp, the left orbit for me is NBA Fast Break shot. The ramps is like Johnny Mnemonic. The crossover ramp is a Transformers.”
“Still for early cut, I think it's pretty good. It's enough.”
“It looks very big but you miss it more than you hit it.”
“so the pop bumper is uh activated, but you can also uh through this area. So, the pop bumper actually has a double function.”
“Because I'm logged into my insider, the Pokemon I caught is also in my account.”
“We also had a little bit of trouble with the orbit, but we fixed it. It was a very easy fix, and now it's playing uh very fine.”
“We're going to have uh more than 20 games available on Stern Insider Connect. And if you're going to be crowded, we're going to add other Stern machines to it.”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Johnny Mnemonic· game
- Junkyard· game
- NBA Fast Break· game
- Pokémon· game
- Transformers· game
- Pokédex mode· game_feature
- Rival Battle mode· game_feature
- Team Rocket multiball· game_feature
- Dutch Pinball Museum· organization
- Bart· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Joanna· person
- John PW· person
- Lloyd· person
- Sean· person
- Stefan· person
- Tanya Kleiss· person
- Stern Insider Connect· product
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