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We Are Pinball #54 "The Pokemon Episode!!"
PodcastAnalysis updated today1 hr 22 min listenBy WAP
All about Pokemon and MORE!! Get in on some hot WAP action!Hear our take on this game and other news in the exciting world of pinball glad to have everyone...
Highlights
- Pokémon LE units are trading for $25,000+ on the secondary market immediately after launch
- Global LE allocation: ~500 or fewer in US, ~200 or fewer in Europe, fewer than 50 in Australia
- Costco is ordering 5,000+ Pokémon home edition units for the 2025 season at ~$5,000 MSRP
- Nintendo and Stern intend to release multiple code updates with additional Pokémon and features post-launch
- Pro model includes most structural toys (Meowth balloon, sculpts) but lacks magnet, toilet bowl, and locking ramp mechanism
- A single Pokémon Nintendo-oriented Facebook group (200,000 members) generated 200,000 views of the pinball game post, matching or exceeding annual viewership across all pinball media combined
- Pokémon is positioned as a gateway game that will bring new players into the hobby, similar to Harry Potter's role
- The backglass artwork on LE features mirrored black glass with lighted armor (lit inside and outside), differentiating it substantially from Pro/Premium
Notable quotes
“As soon as this thing launched, man, it was drier than panties at a Gilbert Godfrey convention, man. You could not find one of these things anywhere.”
“I was posting pin-side ads for $25,000. They're getting taken down.”
“This is probably a game that's going to be earning on location, still continue to be a big seller. And part of that selling point is, you know, let's put more and more in the code.”
“The LE is just so freaking beautiful. Yeah, this is one of the most beautiful LEs I have ever seen.”
“If you put all pinball media, YouTube videos together, all of us, you won't get 200,000 views. Forget about it. You won't get 20,000 views.”
“I have solid confirmation from FromFrom that just wait and see what more is coming. I mean, both Stern and Nintendo wants to put more into this game. This is the biggest IP. It won't get bigger than this, right, Donnie?”
“This is maybe the first time they do this. So, if you will look back four months to Fall of the Empire, you know, you didn't get the shampoo bottle caps... But this game, it has got everything in the pro and it costs half price.”
“I think this game has the potential to put the pressure on them to continue to evolve and drop more code to the game.”
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
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