The Pinball Show Ep 75: Bonezilla vs. Mechagodshilla
The Pinball Show Episode 75: Bonezilla vs. Mechagodshilla Host: Zach Meny Special Guest Cohost: Greg Bone - Stern Pinball's Godzilla Reveal Stream - Gameplay Reactions - Keith Elwin's Pedigree
Highlights
- Godzilla is a top 5 game of all time and possibly the best Stern pin of the modern era based on complete package of features
- Elwin has successfully pulled off a second theme with limited pre-existing fanbase (like Iron Maiden) making it highly desirable to collectors regardless of theme familiarity
- The code and audio design (particularly Jerry's music work) are what drive emotional connection in Godzilla, more so than layout alone
- Previous Elwin games (particularly Avengers) had missing elements like sound quality or memorable moments; Godzilla is first complete Elwin package
- The building mechanic creates state-change diversion with five levels/floors that alter ball paths based on game progression
- Godzilla has three spinners and features unusually smooth flow compared to prior Elwin games like Jurassic Park
- The stream quality/production on Deadflip (Jack Danger's technical work) was excellent and showed the game significantly better than typical Stern reveal videos
Notable quotes
“There's a new sheriff in town, and his name is Godzilla. Move over, Guns N' Roses, Mandalorian, and Avengers Infinity Quest.”
“Godzilla really wasn't a theme to me that I really gave two shits about... but watching that video I was like okay this looks pretty good.”
“That's what pinball has needed. That's what Stern has been missing with Elwin. And they all did it. It's there.”
“You need your ears. You need your eyes. And you need the feel through your hands on those flipper buttons... You need to encompass everything.”
“He could have just utilized the rooftop multi-ball and oh, that's cool and that's fun. But the fact that wherever you are, it's like the filing cabinet... depending on where you are in the stage, it's weird states of change.”
“I'm telling you a plunge shot that is death or a plunge shot that just boom boom stranger things right got shit on because of that plunge shot”
“He's four for four. Yeah, that's what did it for me. And most of the time, streams do the opposite.”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Avengers Infinity Quest· game
- Godzilla· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Deadflip· organization
- The Pinball Show· organization
- Craig Bobby· person
- Dwight· person
- Greg Bone· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jeremy Packer· person
- Jerry· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Rick Nagel· person
- Zombie Yeti· person
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