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Video of Stern Pinball's Pokémon on the Line; Pokémon Topper Coming Soon?; Bally World Cup Soccer Comes & Goes; Friday the 13th Pinball

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It's a pinball news bonanza. We sure ended the week with a flurry! First up, we have Pokémon. I was hoping that we would see this today. Stern Pinbal...

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Highlights

  • Stern Pinball shared production line images and video of Pokémon Pro machines on March 13, 2026
  • Early Pokémon machines experienced an orbit drain issue that has been resolved per George Gomez
  • Stern's Pokémon topper is rumored to feature a fish Pokémon (possibly Magikarp) similar to Fish Tales topper
  • American Pinball next two Bally/Williams Reimagined games after Cirqus Voltaire are rumored to be Fish Tales and World Cup Soccer
  • Zen Pinball has lost rights to sell its digital World Cup Soccer version; deadline to purchase is April 30th
  • Kyle Smet's homebrew Friday the 13th and Big Trouble in Little China machines will be playable at Texas Pinball Festival

Notable quotes

“The first machines out of the factory at Stern were experiencing an issue with balls that are shot into the orbit draining right down the middle. According to a comment by Stern Pinball's George Gomez...the issue has been resolved”
Knapp Arcade (reporting George Gomez's comment)
“Word on the street is that Stern's official topper for Pokémon is pretty awesome. According to what I have heard, it is a fish Pokémon creature that looks a lot like the famous topper for Williams' 1992 game Fish Tales.”
Knapp Arcade
“Cale also stated a rumor that American Pinball next two Bally / Williams Reimagined games after the rumored first one, Cirqus Voltaire, are the aforementioned Fish Tales and Bally's 1994 pinball machine World Cup Soccer.”
Knapp Arcade (reporting Cale Hernandez)

Entities

  • American Pinball· company
  • Knapp Arcade· company
  • Stern Pinball· company
  • Williams· company
  • Zen Pinball· company
  • Pinball Roundtable· content
  • Texas Pinball Festival· event
  • Big Trouble in Little China· game
  • Cirqus Voltaire· game
  • Fish Tales· game
  • Friday the 13th· game
  • Pokémon· game
  • World Cup Soccer· game
  • Cale Hernandez· person
  • George Gomez· person
  • Kyle Smet· person
  • Marco Pinball· person

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