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Pinball Tycoon (GBA) Status: Playing I started playing this game on Friday 15 April, 2005
Current opinion of this game
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June 10, 2005 06:50:32 PM
I picked this up for a really low price and thought to myself, "Hey, a pinball game can't be THAT bad, right?". Well... I think it might be, although I keep on reminding myself that it is a bargain game...bargain price...don't forget. I played this game as a "filler" while waiting for sunny days for Boktai. In that sense, it wasn't all that bad, though I only got some practice on two of the four tables. The first thing that jumps out is that the tables are REALLY bare. Compared to the Pokemon pinball games...sheesh, these things are pinball ghost towns. Really. The second thing is that the physics seem really wonky. Sometimes the ball just seems to speed up, a lot, for no real reason. I really liked the softy, bouncy feeling you get in the Pokemon games..and that was definitely NOT present in these. So? Will I play this any more? Probably...but not anytime soon. I you want a Pinball game pick up the Pokemon ones (GBC or GBA). Seriously.