Harry Potter Pinball Review (SDTM, 2025)
Harry Potter Pinball Review (SDTM, 2025)
SDTM Reviews Harry Potter Pinball Machine By @JerseyJackPinball The most anticipated pinball machine in the last decade, if not ever, has been released. Can it live up to the expectation? Watch now...
Highlights
- Harry Potter licensing deal cost $4-5 million
- Harry Potter has sold significantly more units in short time since release
- Collector's Edition substantially outsells Wizard and Arcade editions
- AI was used in artwork creation but as a tool to help with composition/arrangement, not primary creation
- A minor AI artifact exists: a dragon with an extra eyeball ('Derpy Dragon')
- Harry Potter is Eric Menure's best shot design and second-best (or best) Jersey Jack game
- Joe Catz led programming (first time pairing with Eric Menure, who typically worked with Keith Johnson)
- The Arcade and Wizard editions have identical shots, toys, and mechanics with only cosmetic differences
Notable quotes
“They've sold a boatload of this thing.”
“Nobody wants that. Nobody wants that. They want Harry Potter movie. They don't they don't want custom stories.”
“I don't give a damn if your dragon has too many eyes. It's still good.”
“Eric, you killed it. A minus. You're an A+.”
“There's so many things that change the game up for you that just blow me away and it's just fun.”
“It's definitely Eric Menure's best design. And I dare I say the second best shooting Jersey Jack, if not the best.”
“I need I need the movie modes to stand out more.”
Entities
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- MinaLima· company
- Harry Potter· game
- David Theal· person
- Eric Menure· person
- Esper Ables· person
- Greg Bone· person
- Joe Catz· person
- JP for Win· person
- Keith Johnson· person
- Ken Cromwell· person
- Lyman Sheets· person
- Zach· person
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