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WAP #37 "Harry Potter is here!!"
PodcastAnalysis updated 3d ago23 min listenBy WAP
Highlights
- All three Harry Potter editions (Arcade/Wizard/Collector's) have identical playfield and code: differentiation is cosmetic only
- Game features four flippers (three full-size plus one mini upper flipper) with each themed after a Harry Potter house
- Arcade Edition includes 400+ playfield RGB LEDs, 48 unique ball paths, and clips from all eight films
- Collector's Edition playfield includes sparkle/glitter in clear coat (same treatment as Guns N' Roses, Godfather, Toy Story 4)
- Mark Silk is voice of call-outs and is official Sorting Hat voice in Harry Potter universe across theme parks, toys, and video games
- Designer is Eric Menier, rules/code by Joe Katz, music/audio by David Thiel
- Game ships with three spinners
- Wizard and Collector's editions feature toppers; Arcade Edition has none
- Arcade/Wizard editions use chrome wire forms; Collector's uses gold
- Collector's Edition includes gold sparkle armor with Marauder's Map incantation laser-cut on side
Notable quotes
“They brought it like a newborn baby woman delivering another baby woman. They have delivered upon to this world a game of significant significance.”
“I love what JJP does... Thank you, JJP. You did it, man. You understood the assignment.”
“If this thing magnetically launches in a circle like a little mini Star Wars, I'm buying a collector's edition today.”
“How do you even release a game with no spinners? On this 10K arcade version, 400 plus Playfield RGB LEDs.”
“At $1,200, you know, it's close. It's got about $1,200 worth of stuff in it, plus the $800 labor fee it would cost you to do it yourself... anybody that would then jump $2,000 for this stuff would probably just go all the way and get some collector's edition.”
“So for that being my only gripe so far, I think that's pretty good... I would only change one thing, and that's the art of the CE.”
“I've got it on my Avatar CE. I love that. I love that. So, okay. All right. So, awesome... Willy Wonka with all that red under the play field... nothing beats it. It's just magical on that game.”
“We are recording this before the game has been launched. We have some distro info, so we have distro stuff we're going after. So we haven't seen the featurette yet, right, Tony?”
“This game's shipping today. Like people are receiving them.”
“I love that they're making Arcade Edition for tournament players, man. For us that puts pinball machines out on locations, tournament players can come out and enjoy these games because nobody appreciates tournament players more than WAP here.”
Entities
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Mia Lima Design Studio· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Avatar· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Godfather· game
- Guns N' Roses· game
- Harry Potter· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- No Fear· game
- Pirates of the Caribbean· game
- Toy Story 4· game
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory· game
- We Are Pinball (WAP)· organization
- David Thiel· person
- Donnie· person
- Eric Menier· person
- Jingus· person
- Joe Katz· person
- Mark Silk· person
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