Scott from The Controller Online writes: "While I’m not exactly a Pinball fanatic, I have spent some time with the old silver ball. Back in the day I spent way too many lunch hours, and quarters, playing a machine called Attack from Mars. I had no idea, at the time, that this machine would be considered a classic, all I knew was that I was hooked. Since then, I’ve played a few machines but none grabbed me the way Attack from Mars did so imagine my surprise and elation when I read the description of Pinball Arcade and saw Attack from Mars metioned! Only to find out it was listed as coming “in the next few years”. Really?"
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.
The content is exactly where the iOS's versions are at so I wouldn't call this unfinished (same price too). They already have dlc tables planned with Bride of Pinbot and Medieval Madness being the first pack for 400 points, that's probably next month.
The devs have said before they have upwards of 50 licensed tables that will be released on a monthly basis. It could take a couple years to get all of those out but we should be seeing a couple new tables each month. I'd rather see some different launch tables but its worth getting just for Arabian Nights.