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Kaneda' Pinball Podcast Saturday Morning Spectacular April 4
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Kaneda' Pinball Podcast Saturday Morning Spectacular April 4
Highlights
- Jersey Jack is bringing Sonic the Hedgehog and will release it on June 23rd (Sonic's birthday) with games shipping end of July
- Stern is making Mountain Dew as a commission game with Patrick Lee doing Transformers artwork
- Pokémon was revealed end of February and Kaneda is receiving his LE on April 4th, roughly 5 weeks later
- George Gomez held back Pokémon game to review it personally before release
- Dune pinball will develop a cult following and secondary market demand will make it harder to acquire
- Stern has manufacturing facilities in Brazil in addition to US production
- CGC remakes have caused original Williams/Bally machine values to drop, with Medieval Madness overproduction tanking prices
- Guns N' Roses should sell for around $10-11k on secondary market
- Brenda (spouse) is losing her job April 13th as FanDuel Network winds down
Notable quotes
“Stern, man. Like look how fast they get you a game. Pokemon was revealed when? Like end of February? Here we are April 4th and LE's going into my house. I mean, that's just that's just crazy.”
“You can't be one of these people that says we want to get more people in the pinball and then a major brand commissions a pinball machine to to be made and you complain that making a Mountain Dew pinball sucks.”
“I think Dune's a better game than Winchester. It shoots better than Winchester. It's got like way more... the theme is and the integration and the intensity of it.”
“I think the Elwin era has really elevated the gameplay... I think we give Elwin sometimes way too much personal credit. Like the whole team he's got is just so good.”
“I'm a two-pin guy in my household, so this thing's never going to make it back. I'm going to live here for the next 20 years.”
“I think Jersey Jack Ghostbusters is just a take my money now thing.”
“Why would anyone want the original over the new one? I mean it's all Bally Williams parts... I think we're going to see Twilight Zone next year.”
“I don't think it'll tank the sales, but I think it will heavily disappoint people if it looks too much cartoonish that doesn't click with the G1 fan base.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Automated· company
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Chicago Gaming Company· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Fallout (Amazon show) (Stern)· game
- Guns N' Roses (Stern)· game
- Mountain Dew (Stern)· game
- Pokémon (Stern)· game
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Jersey Jack)· game
- Transformers (Stern)· game
- Brenda· person
- David Van Es· person
- Derek· person
- Frank· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jack Guarnieri· person
- Kaneda· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Killian· person
- Pat Lee· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Zombie Yeti· person
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