CES2020 Arcade1up Predictions in 10min or less.

RetroRalph·video·10m 1s·analyzed·Dec 28, 2019

Analysis

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TL;DR

RetroRalph predicts Arcade1Up will announce Burger Time, NBA Jam, Street Fighter, and an upgraded pinball machine at CES 2020.

Summary

RetroRalph and Justin make predictions for Arcade1Up's announcements at CES 2020. They expect Burger Time cabinet reveal, NBA Jam announcement (with licensing questions), a new Street Fighter cabinet variant, and most significantly, a new pinball machine with larger screen (32") and active backglass display. They debate whether Simpsons will be announced and speculate about Arcade1Up's strategy of staggering announcements across CES and E3.

Key Claims

Burger Time cabinet will be revealed at CES with Karate Champ as a secondary title
high confidence · RetroRalph and Justin state this is already 'pretty much out in the open' and known before CES
NBA Jam licensing only requires permission from the NBA, not individual player rights
medium confidence · Justin references an Arcade1Up tweet stating 'we only need to get the permission from the NBA'
Arcade1Up will announce a new pinball machine with 32-inch screen and 17-inch active backglass at CES/E3
medium confidence · RetroRalph's main prediction, based on teases from John D (Arcade1Up representative)
Arcade1Up changed TMNT music due to IP owner requirements, not their choice
medium confidence · Justin explains Arcade1Up works with IP owners who provide ROMs and modern versions for use
Arcade1Up will announce a new four-player cabinet in 2020 following their TMNT success
medium confidence · Speakers discuss strategy of staggering cabinet announcements; NBA Jam or Simpsons predicted as second four-player cab

Notable Quotes

“the karate champ cabinet is no more it's the Burger Time cabinet but karate champ will be a secondary title”
Justin@ 0:59 — Clarifies the cabinet identity and dual-title strategy
“we only need to get the permission from the NBA”
Justin (citing Arcade1Up tweet)@ 2:49 — Key licensing insight regarding NBA Jam player inclusion
“I think they're gonna do a 32 inch screen instead of a 24 I think you're gonna have an active back glass screen which I think will probably a 17 inch screen”
RetroRalph@ 5:26 — Specific technical prediction for upcoming pinball hardware
“if they wanted to just be do a huge like like we're here to stay like we're the guerrilla like don't mess with us it would be drop a Star Wars pinball”
RetroRalph@ 6:12 — Speculates on competitive strategy vs. Toy Shock; hints at potential IP competition
“I think they're gonna go huge at E3 I think those CES will be interesting and they'll have a lot of though they'll do a splash at CES but I think they're gonna go huge at three”
RetroRalph@ 8:37 — Strategy prediction: staggered announcements across shows

Entities

Arcade1UpcompanyRetroRalphpersonJustinpersonJohn Dperson[name withheld pending review]companyCES 2020eventE3 2020eventBurger TimegameNBA JamgameStreet Fightergame Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Signals

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product_launch: Multiple Arcade1Up cabinet announcements anticipated at CES 2020 including Burger Time, NBA Jam, and Street Fighter variants
medium · Speakers cite leaked images, tweets, and teasers from Arcade1Up leadership as basis for predictions
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technology_signal: Prediction of upgraded pinball machine with larger display (32-inch playfield screen, 17-inch backglass) and integrated software DMD
medium · RetroRalph bases prediction on teases from John D; compares to Star Wars cabinet design approach
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licensing_signal: NBA Jam licensing strategy: Arcade1Up claims NBA Association permission sufficient without individual player rights
medium · Justin references Arcade1Up tweet explicitly stating licensing requirements
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product_strategy: Arcade1Up pursuing strategy of staggered product announcements across CES and E3 to maintain momentum throughout year
medium · RetroRalph predicts CES splash but E3 as main event; discusses not revealing everything at once
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content_signal: RetroRalph planning live nightly recaps from CES 2020 with community feedback incorporation
high · Explicit statement at end: 'we will be at CES in about two weeks...will be live streaming every night recap'
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community_signal: Light-hearted rivalry framing between Arcade1Up and Toy Shock; speculation about dominance signals

Transcript

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and we're back we actually forgot to predict anything that's right weally was like the biggest cliffhanger it was like worse oops we didn't predict anything this is like worse than like you know at the very end of a movie you hand a lightsaber to Luke Skywalker and then the next movie just throws it over his shoulder it's worse than that okay so again let's get to the predictions really quick all right Justin arcade 1up what are your predictions okay so come on Burger times happening we already know that it's gonna be basically they're gonna convert the four people that don't know it's the karate champ cabinet is no more it's the Burger Time cabinet butts karate champ will be a secondary title yeah that's gonna be revealed now what's interesting it'll be the first time that we actually see it you know we've seen pictures of it we've seen some photoshop markups mock-ups of it but we're gonna be able to play it and really like played the BurgerTime title yeah the cauliflower table that's right so the next one is NBA Jam it's been teased for so long I'm still not gonna say it's confirmed but I am predicting and almost everyone on the internet is predicting that NBA Jam will actually come okay so real quick I'm gonna comment on your things cuz we're actually a lot in alignment here obviously Burger Time because we already know that's pretty much like out in the open so and by the way the chef hat looks like a piece of cauliflower but that's besides the point and then you got NBA GM I totally agree I think that's the one thing the only caveat to NBA Jam is I think it's definitely 100% gonna be there the question is did they get the licenses for the actual players as they existed in the regular NBA Jam original or tournament edition or is it just the likeness of the players yeah that's a good question and really when you get down to it let's talk about TMNT just for a second TMNT they changed the music but they did clarify you know arcade went up didn't change the music they reach out to the IP owner and they provide them a ROM and the ROM is what they get these IP owners that have the content they already have like a modern most of them have a modern version that they can resell on switch or something like that some modern consoles and they give them a variant of that that will run on their hardware so I don't want to blame arcade one up for any of this if for some reason NBA GM does come out but it doesn't have the original players that's that's not their fault but they did say in a tweet someone asked that question months ago and said if you guys do NBA Jam they said we only need to get the permission from the MBA Association okay somebody's wallet all right so it doesn't sound like they actually have to get Michael Jordan's permission okay we got a stay I said ten minutes because the sort of follow up ten minutes are Justin next you got so so far for those who just joined we forgot our predictions in the original pot digital video so number one is Burger Time which we already knew the second ones NBA jam our only debate is is it gonna be original players are just the likeness but I think I think we think they're gonna maybe pull that off what's your third one right so I think they're gonna do Street Fighter again that's my prediction that they're going to create a new version of Street Fighter because we haven't seen you know we saw like a Mortal Kombat B model or like an upgraded model we've seen pac-man with a new model with more games on it lit marquee I think we're gonna see Street Fighter I think they still hold on to that title it's going to be more like Star Wars where it has the look and feel of the original Street Fighter now think about if they are eerily Street Fighter with the original look and feel of the Street Fighter cabinet shaped like it they'll sell tons I think so too and in the control panel and imagine if they make that I don't know if they'd be able to do that that'd be really cool though if the control panel looked exactly like the control panel that would be a deviation of what they did but they change the control panel for Star Wars it's a different kind of design so maybe they'll do that could be a limited edition and he'll probably if it is limited ition will probably be Sanwa buttons just like the Marvel basically they can recycle that same concept but with Street Fighter would be really cool is if they added more games instead of it just being the three maybe they through in some other street fighters as well maybe it would be really awesome is kind of like the 12 and 1 release of Street Fighter if they do like a full-size cabinet that includes you know final fight and panel Justin titles we're at 5 minutes of 23 seconds so you've got so what up that's it that you think that's all that they're gonna do okay well right then I'm gonna do my main prediction my main prediction is that and this is this has been teased but I do truly think it's gonna do they're gonna do it at e3 I see CS sorry I think you'll see an arcade one-up pinball machine that has a larger screen than the toy shock I think it's gonna have active back glass so it's gonna have a back last monitor that what toy what shark oh there you go did I say shock so I think it'll have yeah I think it'll have a bigger screen and these are things John D teased but I think because he teased it that's what they're gonna do I think they're gonna do a 32 inch screen instead of a 24 I think you're gonna have an active back last screen which I think will probably a 17 inch screen and they may recycle some of the BOE stuff or something which is in the newer cabinets they look great so why not and I think they can get that at a good price and the DMD won't be a separate screen it'll be an integrated it'll be like a software DMD as part which is great those look good so it will be two screens as to the three screens that's great I don't think you'll see the feedback mechanisms they've said that I don't think you're gonna see that I think that's too expensive I could be totally wrong but that's something and the one thing I don't know I don't know how to predict the title because I'm just not so sure what they could do but if I had to throw one out there that would be like a huge if they wanted to just be do a huge like like we're here to stay like we're the guerrilla like don't mess with us it would be drop a Star Wars pinball and it would literally like you could probably you could hear the pin drop over at the toy shop the toy shark they'd be toy shocked they'd be like

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lose their mind so yeah they'd get totally shocked so anyways I would actually love that that'd be kind of cool it's kind of some like a little bit of rivalry going on that's always fun a little bit get some drama in the retro gaming community so we'll see I think that'll be super fun but that's my that's my biggest prediction and then someone said Simpsons I'm on the fence whether I think they'll do Simpsons but I don't know I don't think they're gonna for some reason I'm gonna say no on Simpsons for the for alesis but I could be wrong yeah it's because my hard to say my thing with Simpsons is what do they pair it with if they pair it with another great Konami title like if you did like a Simpsons sunset riders cab yeah but Simpsons was the artwork yeah that could be kind of cool cuz sunset riders are really awesome side-scrolling came I mean it's a it's it's in in my opinion sunset riders is a better game than The Simpsons The Simpsons just has more nostalgic value to a lot of people and they could do that because the TMNT was just two games right so it's a four controller and and like we talked about before they're probably gonna do another four player cabinet in 2020 because I keep dropping that idea that they kept on calling TMNT they're there first right so but they're seconds probably gonna be MBH a.m. but the question is are they going to announce MBA jam and a Simpsons cabinet both or four player on the same at CES or are they gonna be like okay you're gonna get TMNT I'm sorry you're gonna get NBA Jam at CES and we're gonna save Simpsons for like III maybe maybe so I don't so I think I think they'll go I think that'll be because they don't want to blow it all at CES I don't think you're gonna see him give away give out everything at CES because I think it's you're going to do the double hit this year you're gonna go see us get people super pumped for the next couple quarters or next quarter and a half or so then you're gonna see they got to go big at e3 I think they're gonna go huge at e3 I think those CS will be interesting and they'll have a lot of though they'll do a splash at CES but I think they're gonna go huge at three yeah yeah I think it's see us because it's an electronic show and they in John Dee tease about coming out with some electronic devices the missile Justin thirty thirty if we're gonna keep it you got 30 seconds okay I think they're gonna duel it Marquis like they're gonna they're gonna say boom fifty dollars let marquise marquise upgrades I like that reads that's the electronic device that they're gonna come out with all right guys that was it hold on replace out I can't play us out my musics not playing there we go okay all right guys thanks for hanging out again sorry we went through that whole show we didn't have the predictions but we did it in this one so if you're watching this one and you want to know what we talked about for about an hour and 15 minutes before this go chech the first all the great converse is still great it's just you didn't actually get to the point but but this is anyways whatever this is thanks thanks for joining we really appreciate it we will be at CES in about two weeks or so so we will be there with all the coverage that you need and we plan on live streaming every night recap of the show so you'll be able to see what we saw what we thought is interesting what we decided to share with you guys we're also gonna take your feedback so if there's things you want to see our places you want us to go let us know and we'll try to do that while we're there so that's it guys thanks for joining and we will see you on the next one