What's it Like Playing the New Pokémon Pinball Machine?
What's it Like Playing the New Pokémon Pinball Machine?
I'm excited to share my first impressions of the new Pokémon Pinball machine! This video features a conversation about the game with Mel and Bonnie. It includes insights into its design and how it...
Highlights
- All art on Pokémon Pinball is 100% from original Pokémon source material, composed by artist Jeremy
- Pokémon Pinball is designed to be accessible for both beginners and advanced players
- The game features a progression system where players can catch and train Pokémon with escalating rewards
- Stern factory normally operates with approximately 400 employees on the production floor
- Pokémon Pinball features external side lights as a new aesthetic feature (also appears on Walking Dead)
- As of the video's recording, Pokémon Pinball machines had not yet shipped to arcade locations
- Eevee and its evolutions are not heavily featured in the current version of Pokémon Pinball
- Tilt warnings feature Jigglypuff character telling players about tilt risk
Notable quotes
“I'm a filmmaker turned pinball enthusiast...I've spent about a decade in the film industry”
“They nailed it as far as the design and the layout. It's going to be really good, I think, for beginners and advanced players alike...It's just really approachable.”
“The art on this game is 100% from all the original Pokemon stuff...it is true to the original game”
“There's so much love that goes in...seeing like the level of attention and how much of it is done by hand”
“I'm all about the ramps...It reminds me of like T2, how you can like get in that and just keep locking in”
“Can't upset Jigglypuff...She slaps man. She's funny.”
“I really think that a lot of Pokemon people are going to want this to like experience Pokemon pinball but like live actually like pinball.”
“It's a lovely lovely world full of lovely people. So if you've been thinking about it and haven't pulled the trigger, just just go just play.”
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Rewind Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Stern Media Day event· event
- Pokémon Pinball· game
- T2 (Terminator 2)· game
- Walking Dead· game
- Nashville pinball scene· organization
- Bonnie Alcraftoft Curran· person
- Erika· person
- Jeremy· person
- Melissa Lumis· person
- Pokémon franchise· product
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