We Are Pinball #60 "Sonic Boom or Bust?! Come Hang with the Gang!"
WAP baby yeah!! Come get in on some of this as we talk all things pinball!-Sonic! Are we getting it?-Barrels of Fun Cruise...WHAT?-Wrestling games!-Winchester and WaitingHappy summer WAP friends! Kick back and make sure you make this day an epic one!
Kineticist’s take
Don reviews Jersey Jack's Sonic pinball machine and discusses recent game launches and industry design trends.
Synopsis
Don and Genghis discuss their hands-on experience with Jersey Jack Pinball newly launched Sonic the Hedgehog machine. Don provides detailed gameplay impressions covering shot layout, the interactive Robotnik toy, upper playfield design, and rule depth including the wizard mode. They also discuss the game's licensing limitations (no 16-bit assets or classic Sega jingle), product tiers ($10k-$15k pricing), and Jersey Jack's launch strategy. The conversation touches on incoming games (Yeti, Beetlejuice, Winchester) and analyzes recent designer hype around Karl DeAngelo's Winchester game.
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Beetlejuice· game
- Fall of the Empire· game
- Godzilla· game
- Jaws· game
- Pokemon Pinball· game
- Sonic the Hedgehog· game
- Winchester Mystery House· game
- Wings· game
- Yeti· game
- We Are Pinball· organization
- Cary Hardy· person
- Don· person
- Eric Meunier· person
- Karl DeAngelo· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Mark Seiden· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Turner· person