A Look at Jersey Jack Sonic the Hedgehog on the Production Line; No Matrix or Top Gun Pinball & More
Whew, we're coming off of our third new game reveal in as many weeks. I'm actually hoping to get a chance to play the game that was revealed yesterday...
Kineticist’s take
Sonic in production; Matrix/Top Gun dead; JJP pursuing volume over scarcity.
Synopsis
Jersey Jack Pinball founder Jack Guarnieri reveals in a Delta Fringe Podcast interview that Sonic the Hedgehog is now in production on the assembly line alongside Harry Potter. The article covers JJP's licensing strategy, including why The Matrix was abandoned (empty license lacking usable IP assets), Top Gun is unattainable industry-wide (Tom Cruise rejection), and confirmation of three games in development across three teams with releases planned for late 2026 and fall 2027. Guarnieri emphasizes JJP's production philosophy favors volume (several thousand units) over artificial scarcity, and spent six figures on the Sonic reveal video for first-impression impact.
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Pedretti Gaming· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Beetlejuice· game
- Harry Potter· game
- Hobbit· game
- Sonic the Hedgehog· game
- The Matrix· game
- The Wizard of Oz· game
- Top Gun· game
- Willy Wonka· game
- Delta Fringe Podcast· organization
- JBS Show· organization
- Knapp Arcade· organization
- On Tilt Pinball· organization
- Jack Guarnieri· person
- Jamie Burchell· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Under The Glass Pinball Speakeasy· venue