Episode 145 - The Night An OLED Switch Came Home
Note: Apologies for Dennis's audio, a setting issue resulted in him not being picked up well by the microphone so there is a bit of an echo on his quality. Pinball: The guys discuss Halloween and...
Highlights
- Spooky Pinball has launched one game with two different names/themes (Halloween and Ultraman Kaiju Rumble) sharing identical layouts and rules design
- Halloween run is 1,250 units; Ultraman run is 500 units
- This is Spooky's first venture into three-tier pricing (Standard $7k, Bloodsucker $8k, Collector's $9k)
- Spooky sold out their direct allocation (625 Halloweens, 250 Ultramans representing 50% of run) on the first day
- Halloween features three upper playfields, one of which is completely passive with no interactive elements
- Nintendo Switch OLED features 7-inch OLED screen, improved audio, LAN port in dock, 64GB storage (double original), and adjustable full-length kickstand
- Switch OLED MSRP is $349.99, launching October 8th
- Summer Games Done Quick 2021 raised over $2,890,000
Notable quotes
“There's not only a new pinball. There's two new pinballs. Who would ever expect?”
“I think it's a gimmick in order to be able to say, well, we have three upper playfields... I don't know that I've ever played a game where a full upper playfield made the game better.”
“It's like it could be the tastiest crap sandwich in the world, but it's still a crap sandwich.”
“I have a personal love of just kaiju stuff in general is why I would have gone with Ultraman... If it had been like Jason movies... my favorite of those is still the super campy... Jason X was in space”
“They open up for sales before they even let you see the gameplay... And they're sold out... I have to admit, I was very skeptical when they noted in their feature description, they describe these games as having lots of flow”
“The kickstand... The old kickstand was basically like on one side of the Switch. It wasn't even in the middle, and it was flimsy... we've broken all three of ours... The new one goes the entire length of the main body and it's adjustable.”
“After October 8th, I think if you don't buy the OLED, you're just making a mistake because that $50 is worth it between the sound, the screen, and especially the kickstand.”
“The big changes are the OLED screen, which is slightly bigger... Same guts? The big changes are... 4K looks like 4K. Doesn't exist.”
Entities
- Nintendo· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Summer Games Done Quick 2021· event
- Halloween· game
- Ultraman Kaiju Rumble· game
- This Week in Pinball· organization
- Bug Emery· person
- Charlie Emery· person
- David Fosma· person
- Dennis· person
- Jason Edmiston· person
- Matt Frank· person
- Spooky Luke· person
- Tony· person
- Nintendo Switch OLED· product
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