Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast May 2025 recap
This month’s PINcast was held back for a few days to bring you the very latest news and an exclusive interview. So, join Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News as they bring...
Highlights
- Harry Potter is Jersey Jack Pinball 11th pinball title
- Harry Potter license took 10 years to secure
- Game delayed from May to June launch due to promotional material quality concerns
- Approximately 50-60 games shipped at launch to distributors
- All three editions share identical playfields and core gameplay
- David Thiel created 100+ original songs for the game plus orchestral John Williams license
- Collector's Edition artwork created by Mina Lima, a husband-wife design team
- No production cap announced; sales limited only by order window deadline
Notable quotes
“It's like Christmas. It really is great. People love the game, which is what, when you create something like this, you hope people love it.”
“With a license like this especially that took me 10 years to get, Why would we limit the amount of games that people want to buy?”
“my blood types be positive, so I can't be negative”
“We build them with passion. I said that when I started the company. It's still true today. You can see it on our games.”
“the last time this many people said good things about your games at a launch and I had to think and I said never”
“When you put the word pinball in it's ten times the effort and probably two or three times the cost because of what it is”
“You license a property and you go fishing. And you say, I want this, this, this, this, this, this, this. And then your person or persons, they go back and they see what they have.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Mina Lima· company
- Warner Brothers· company
- Harry Potter· game
- J.K. Rowling's management· organization
- Pinball Magazine· organization
- Pinball News· organization
- David Thiel· person
- Eric Meunier· person
- Jack Guarnieri· person
- Jean-Paul De Win· person
- Joe Katz· person
- John Williams· person
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