Man I wanted to like this, I was obsessed with Pokemon Pinball RSE back in high school and I was really hoping this would be just as good. But between the weird angle of the board and the lack of bumpers, I felt like I had no control over the ball as every time I hit them upwards with the flippers, the ball would just ride along the edge of the board back down to the bottom, not hitting anything.

And like, listen. I'm not trying to say I'm good at pinball or that I know what I'm doing when I play. But half the fun I had with Pokemon Pinball RSE was like, messing around, watching the board evolve as you hit other things and activate things and seeing where your ball would get stuck and get a bunch of bonuses. Here I just felt like the boards (at least the grass one, in all honesty, I couldn't unlock anything past it) just felt so small and empty. Not fun to mess around with at all.

Reviewed on Jan 24, 2024


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