Episode 150 - There Goes Tokyo
Pinball: The guys spend most of the pinball segment covering Godzilla, Stern Pinball's latest release. They also spend a bit of time critiquing the screen animations on Spooky Pinball's Halloween at...
Highlights
- Godzilla Pro is $6,900 (up $700 from Mandalorian), Premium is $9,000 (up $1,200), LE is $10,500 (up $1,300)
- Godzilla is the first Stern game where all models ship with Stern Insider Connected standard
- Godzilla LE production is 1,000 units compared to Mandalorian's 750 units
- Keith Elwin used a scoop for the first time in a game design on Godzilla, despite stating publicly that scoops are one of his least favorite features
- Rick Nagel is the programmer who implements Keith Elwin's rule designs for Godzilla
- Zombie Yeti received defensive pushback on Godzilla art direction and reportedly claims he tried a more film-accurate approach that 'didn't look good'
- Stern implemented $300 immediate price increases on non-Godzilla Spike 2 games, with remaining games matching Godzilla pricing as of January 1
- Mothra serves as the shoot-again target on Godzilla, positioned between the flippers with her eyes as the feature
- The LE Godzillas are already sold out
- 403 Club in Kansas City is getting a Premium Godzilla with expected November build date
Notable quotes
“It's got Jet Jaguar on it. That makes me happy as a Godzilla fan.”
“There are 52 cars nearby that are cheaper at Carvana than an LE Godzilla.”
“I think it would have gone over better on Mando. Because of the sheer popularity of the show currently, that a lot more people wouldn't have cared about it as much. Where the old school Godzilla theme is going to have a much more niche market.”
“The only thing is, we're going to stick us with another price increase. That affects everything.”
“I think what they did was was the right move it's not my ideal i still think it looks great i don't buy games off of art anyway though so that's in a way that's moot”
“The Newton ball magnet seemed to get a lot of use. I believe during the part I watched, the bridge was never destroyed by anyone.”
“You don't disrespect Akira. You put his stuff in because it's awesome.”
“Godzilla people don't say no to pretty much anything. Or they'll say a lot of no and then they'll buy it anyway.”
Entities
- Deep Root· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Show· event
- Pizza West· event
- Godzilla· game
- Mandalorian· game
- Rick and Morty· game
- This Week in Pinball· organization
- Dennis· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jeff Parsons· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Matt Frank· person
- Rick Nagel· person
- Tanya Clice· person
- Tony· person
- Zach Minney· person
- Zombie Yeti (Jeremy Packer)· person
- Stern Insider Connected· product
- 403 Club· venue
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