We Are Pinball #54 "The Pokemon Episode!!"

Pokémon pinball generates unprecedented secondary market demand; LE scarcity and broad IP appeal signal major market expansion.

Synopsis

Don and Tony from We Are Pinball discuss the Pokémon pinball machine release, analyzing its art, audio, playfield layout, and market impact. They cover the scarcity of LE units on the secondary market (reaching $25,000+), design decisions across Pro/Premium/LE tiers, and the potential for Pokémon to attract mainstream audiences and new players to the hobby.

Entities

• Costco· company
• Gizmodo· company
• Mad Pinball· company
• Nintendo· company
• Nintendo Life· company
• Spooky Pinball· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• Tilt Amusements· company
• Attack from Mars· game
• Fall of the Empire· game
• Jaws· game
• John Wick· game
• Metallica· game
• Pokémon· game
• We Are Pinball· organization
• Christopher Franchi· person
• Don· person
• FromFrom· person
• George Gomez· person
• Jack Danger· person
• Orbital Albert· person
• Retro Jingo· person
• Silver Gun 360· person
• Tanya Kleiss· person
• Tony· person