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While arcades refuse to truly vanish because there are enough of us who still want that experience to keep them limping along, the pinball scene has found a new medium. I still miss the days where my local pizza parlor or bowling alley would drop around $5,000 so I could spend a dollar to rocket that little metal ball around, Farsight Games has set out to digitize and replicate that experience on my device of choice. I had the chance to sit down with Farsight’s Bobby King to discuss the process of duplicating those machines we know and love and all the costs and speed bumps you never would have thought about." - David Rhinehart of Geekenstein.com
The Pinball Arcade originally appeared on the Switch eShop last month. The thing is, it was only up for an incredibly short period. FarSight Studios had it removed due to a licensing issue. A month later, The Pinball Arcade is back up on the eShop – presumably for good.
FarSight Studios have announced that over 50 of their current tables will be pulled from the Pinball Arcade on June 30th due to a licensing deal ending.
Ok. So they might as well just take the game out of the retail and digital stores, because they are esentially killing it’s appeal by not renewing the licenses. Wow. Well, hopefully Williams and Midway do their own digital games. Id even pay $5000 plus for a full sized digital pinball machine that includes all of the classic tables. Just as long as it’s 4K. Which I think is FarSights biggest issue..
Not keeping up to date with new tables and the newer consoles and taking advantage of 4K, to help sharpen up the visuals. Which, really, would’ve just taken a resolution boost and 16xAF, maybe add some ambient occlusion to make the table some feel more three dimensional.
You should only worry about this if you've never played pinball fx. 😋
The Nintendo Switch will soon be home to a variety of pinball titles and the latest joining them is The Pinball Arcade. The Pinball Arcade news channel just arrived in Europe but the game has yet to get an official release date.
