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Episode 166 - Twitchin' for Fullmetal Sonic
PodcastAnalysis updated yesterday18 min listenBy Dennis Kriesel & Tony Kurkowski
Pinball: Coverage includes Ryan McQuaid joining American Pinball, changes to the Deluxe models at American Pinball, the fate of a Dragon's Lair pinball machine, and Rumor Corner. Video Games: This...
Highlights
- Ryan McQuaid, creator of the homebrew Sonic Spinball pinball machine, is now a designer at American Pinball
- American Pinball attempted to acquire the Sonic license but was unable to because another pinball company already has it
- The company holding the Sonic license is likely Stern Pinball, possibly due to Stern's historical relationship with Sega when Stern Pinball was formerly Sega Pinball
- American Pinball is planning to simplify its deluxe models (Hot Wheels, Oktoberfest, Houdini) after a final run of current versions to ease production
- Jersey Jack Pinball has a license for an anime property and is considering making it into a pinball machine, with the specific license being Fullmetal Alchemist
- Twitch is reducing revenue splits for all partnered streamers to 50-50 and considering removing exclusive streaming requirements
- There are only three primarily pinball streamers with Twitch partner status: Buffalo Pinball, IE Pinball (Karl DeAngelo), and dead flip pinball (Jack Danger)
- Dragon's Lair pinball homebrew project received a cease-and-desist from the license holder
Notable quotes
“Ryan McQuaid, he is the creator of the homebrew Sonic Spinball pinball machine, which has received rave reviews from those who have played it... Ryan is now a designer with American Pinball.”
“The rumor mill is swirling that American Pinball did try to acquire the Sonic license and were unable to because, specifically, another pinball company already has it.”
“I don't think we've really had a video game based manufactured pinball machine since probably Roller Coaster Tycoon would be the most recent tie in I can think of, at least in a large production scale.”
“Stern Pinball used to be Sega Pinball, and so they may still have some level of relationship with Sega, which Sonic is a Sega property.”
“This one is even more tenuous... I am hearing now that the rumor is the license they have is Full Metal Alchemist.”
“It would be my hope that they do have Brotherhood if that's what they're thinking about doing. I think it's more memorable in the eyes of fans.”
“I would be very, very interested in seeing a repeatable ramp shot mode where you have to burn lust to death as Mustang.”
“A lot of video game streamers do, this will really eat in to a lot of their revenue share and could potentially, if there's no other way to make up for that loss, drive them to try and stream even more.”
“Overwatch 2 has the potential to be very, very big as long as they don't stumble coming out of the blocks.”
“There's really not a substitute for the hero shooter as defined by Overwatch.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Twitch· company
- Dragon's Lair· game
- Fullmetal Alchemist· game
- Hot Wheels· game
- Houdini· game
- Legends of Valhalla· game
- Oktoberfest· game
- Overwatch 2· game
- Sonic Spinball· game
- Buffalo Pinball· person
- Carl DeAngelo· person
- David Fix· person
- Dennis· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Ryan McQuaid· person
- Tony· person
- PlayStation Plus Premium· product
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