Having the direct comparison of the GBC and GBA game, both I never played before, showed clearly the GBA version manages to achieve what the GBC version just suggested an intention for, but didn't even get the physics to work. Pokemon Pinball on the GBA was instantly satisfying. I caught and developed Pokemon on my first ball, played bonus games and bought extras from the shop. Hooked me for two and a half hours straight and I don't feel like I've seen more than a fraction yet. Besides completing the Pokedex though there's not that much variability in the end. It does an ok job triggering pinball events with a Pokemon theme, but I'd prefer doing the catching in a real Pokemon game and having more interesting tables instead (or of course playing a mechanical Pinball machine in the first place). Still a good portable waste of time though, will sure pick it up again.