Jaws Pinball Tutorial (Flip N Out Pinball, 2024)

Flip n Out Pinball·video·10m 45s·analyzed·Jun 17, 2024

Analysis

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TL;DR

Detailed Jaws Pinball tutorial covering mechanics, modes, and Pro/Premium tier differences.

Summary

Joel from Flip N Out Pinball provides a comprehensive tutorial of Jaws Pinball, covering ball paths, playfield mechanics, multiball setup, shark encounter modes, bounty hunt sequences, beachgoer collection, and fish finder modes. The tutorial emphasizes the differences between Pro and Premium versions, particularly the upper playfield exclusive to Premium tier, and highlights the game's depth with multiple mode types and strategic shot sequences.

Key Claims

The upper playfield is exclusive to Premium tier; Pro version lacks it entirely
high confidence · Tutorial explicitly states wave ramp behavior differs: 'On the Pro, the wave ramp just does that. It just feeds the upper flipper. But on the Premium, you got that entire upper play field'
The shark toy is not present on Pro version, only on Premium/LE
high confidence · 'The shark. That is not there on the pro. On the pro is just the boat.'
Multiball is started via: chum bucket hits (to fill water), yellow shot hits (to attach harpoon), then blinking yellow shots
high confidence · Sequential explanation: 'step one is you hit the chum bucket... any red light will continue to add more chum... I now have two yellow shots... my fin is coming up... now I have blinking yellow shots and if I hit any of the blinking yellow shots that'll start multi-ball'
Shark encounters modes feature perks that escalate with repeated hits: first adds time, second adds bonus, third adds double scoring
medium confidence · 'If you hit it two times, it does something else... I think when you're in the mode, if you hit it three times, I think that actually does like double scoring'
Beachgoer collection requires hitting three stand-up targets to add beachgoers to shots, then collecting all beachgoers unlocks Rescue Multiball
high confidence · Detailed walkthrough: 'If you hit one it will add a beach goer to the shots around it... once you collect all the beach goers in for each of the main shots, that is how you start Rescue Multiple'

Notable Quotes

“What is cool is you can hit that shot from that right flipper, which is kind of nuts, but I love hitting that shot from that mini right flipper.”
Joel (Flip N Out Pinball) @ Early in ball paths section — Highlights backhand shot accessibility and mini-flipper utility
“The upper play field's fast but there is stuff to do and you're not going to be there long. So you kind of have to think ahead, what am I trying to hit when I shoot the ball up there?”
Joel@ 1:52 — Describes strategic depth of Premium exclusive feature
“Maybe one of my favorite shots in the game is actually the right ramp. It's just a very smooth shot.”
Joel@ 3:00 — Personal endorsement of right ramp design
“So very easy to do. A very fun multi to do. Yeah shum the water hit the old shots attach the harpoon boom you good to go.”
Joel@ 5:16 — Positive assessment of multiball accessibility and fun factor
“Bounty hunt is great... depending on which shark you pick will give you perks for the rest of the game. So that is a ton of fun.”
Joel @ Bounty hunt section — Endorsement of bounty hunt mode design and progression mechanics

Entities

JoelpersonFlip N Out PinballorganizationJaws PinballgamePro (Jaws)productPremium (Jaws)productLimited Edition (Jaws)product

Signals

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community_signal: Content creator actively producing educational gameplay tutorials for community; promoting streaming schedule and channel engagement
high · Joel maintains regular streaming schedule: 'if you ever want to see me stream feel free to check out the flipping out youtube channel. Me and my brother we stream every wednesday night from 10 to midnight eastern standard time'
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product_strategy: Jaws Pinball explicitly designed in three tiers (Pro/Premium/LE) with strategic feature distribution: upper playfield exclusive to Premium/LE, shark toy absent on Pro, wave ramp behavior varies by tier
high · Tutorial explicitly demonstrates Pro limitations: 'On the Pro, the wave ramp just does that. It just feeds the upper flipper. But on the Premium, you got that entire upper play field' and 'The shark. That is not there on the pro. On the pro is just the boat.'

Transcript

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Hello, hello! My name is Joel and yeah, let's start with ball paths. Ball paths. So if we go left to right, if you hit this left, what you would think is an orbit, it actually spins around, comes down, ripping fast right down the side, which is a really fun and unique shot. I like that shot a lot. What is cool is you can hit that shot from that right flipper, which is kind of nuts, but I love hitting that shot from that mini right flipper. There is also a little gate in here you can sneak through. That's the harpoon or the quick shot. The quick shot will pop up the target here and you kind of get one quick shot at the target, which is a lot of fun. Next thing over would be the wave ramp. On the Pro, the wave ramp just does that. It just feeds the upper flipper. But on the Premium, you got that entire upper play field, which is a lot of fun. That upper play field basically gives you five options. Option number one is you do nothing. The ball dribbles down. Not particularly fun. Option number two is you kind of ski jump over with the flipper, and the ball will feed the upper mini flipper, which is very useful. So there are times you will purposely want to do that. Option number three, there's the radio target. That's not there on the pro because there's no upper play field. The radio target basically is kind of like a spot a shot. It'll spot a shot in a mode, which is very cool. You have this, the advanced lookout tower ramp, which is a very unique shot. It'll spin around send the ball back up and then usually comes out that so just a heads up This is with two flips. This is the ball path right flipper up the wave ramp around that up that and down Yeah, kind of nuts kind of a crazy ball path But um, very very fun and satisfying when you hit it And then the last thing is the wheel the wheel, uh, there are wheel awards in this game Where it'll spin around and basically feed that so the upper play field's fast but there is stuff to do and you're not going to be there long. So you kind of have to think ahead, what am I trying to hit when I shoot the ball up there? Very, very fun shot to hit for sure. Next thing is the chum bucket. That's the captive ball. Use that particularly to start multi-ball. I'll explain that in just a second. Next thing is a very fast middle ramp shot. Just a quick 180 ramp feeds the left flipper rather consistently. And there are certain times in the games where you'll want to combo using the middle ramp to then shoot a shot on the right side of the play field. Next would be the shark. That is not there on the pro. On the pro is just the boat. I will show you right here. When you start the game, the boat is down. And basically there will be a light that you'll want to hit. And when you hit that light that how you start your shark encounters The next shot over would be the reel And that used to reel in sharks You saw it just spin right there when the ball ejected But what is cool is if you hit it from this left flipper it spin around there and feed your upper flipper And you'll hear that thing rip. So there are certain times you need certain number of spins or certain number of hits to that. Very unique shot. It is a challenging shot, but it's very enjoyable. And maybe one of my favorite shots in the game is actually the right flipper. It's just a very smooth the right the right ramp. Actually. It's a very smooth shot That's how you do quince shack quince challenge collect gear bounty hunt all that fun stuff is there on the right? far right side Besides that there are times where you want to sneak the ball back in here to feed this little mini flipper So you can get these side shots figured out you can hit these drops You can get it in the harpoon or the quick shot or you can feed it up there So even that little mini flipper is pretty cool. And then one ball path people do forget about is here on the outline There's actually a little Stopper there a little bumper that you can hit that post and you can actually save your ball You can kind of nudge it and bring your ball back in So very very fun. Let's talk about code

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Let's see where we're at. You can see it's slowly filling up. I got about one more. There we go. And now after the water is fully chummed, I now have two yellow shots. The two yellow shots, if I hit one of those, it will stop my ball and give me a chance to attach. You're going to see down here it stopped my ball. My fin is coming up. I'm going to have a chance to try to attach the harpoon to the shark. Here we go. There it is. So my harpoon is attached and now I have blinking yellow shots and if I hit any of the blinking yellow shots that'll start multi-ball. So let's do one of those. Boom! Multi-ball has started. Grab my ball. I am in multi-ball. So very easy to do A very fun multi to do Yeah shum the water hit the old shots attach the harpoon boom you good to go Next thing let talk about shark encounters So shark encounters are the main modes in the game. To do that, you have to first, it's all about the buoyancy. So let's hit that white arrow, there we go. It popped up my shark. Now that my shark is up, I need to hit the shark. Actually, I think my mode's already lit. You can see all my white things. But I know you do want to hit the shark before you get into a mode because that enables you to do more stuff in the mode. So you can pick your mode. If I want to play Night Swim, I hit that shot. So any of the shots I hit will start that mode. So now I'm in the Night Swim mode. And being that I hit the shot before I got in the mode, having the shark up actually gives me the ability to add perks. So the first time you hit it, it added time. I think if you hit it two times, it does something else. Here we go. So that's a bonus boost. And then I think when you're in the mode, if you hit it three times, I think that actually does like double scoring. So it's a dangerous shot. And yes, the shark is roaring at me. So now I have double scoring for the mode. When you're in a mode, you wanna hit blue shots. Blue shots are your mode shots. So that's basically all the modes. If you get through all the modes, that will light Fourth of July, which is kind of a mini wizard mode. So those are shark encounters. Next thing, let's talk about bounty hunt. Bounty hunts are how you collect sharks. So the way you do a bounty hunt would be, first thing is you got to hit your real shot or you want to hit the right ramp. By default, the right ramp, the first award, mystery award is light bounty hunt. So now I want to hit the right ramp again. Now I'm in a bounty hunt or I have the ability to pick one. So you can pick which shark you want to hunt. And what you're going to see in the upper left of the LCD now is what you have to do to qualify that. So I need one pop bumper hit. I need two ramps, I think. I need some spinners.

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And three. My ramps are complete. I think I just need spinner hits. Once you've done that, look. My real shot is flashing at me. It is green. That is what you have to hit to start a bounty. The flipper starts up down in bounty hunt multiball, and basically you're going to do green shots and hit the shark. Green shots, hit the shark. Green shots, hit the shark. Eventually you will catch the shark and that shark depending on which shark you pick will give you perks for the rest of the game So that is a ton of fun Bounty hunt is great Beachgoers Beachgoers are really cool If you look at the play field, you will see each of the major shots has three orange small inserts, and those are the beachgoers that can be added to each one of those shots. So the way that you add those, if you look here at the beginning of the game, there are three stand-ups, and they're blinking at us. They're yelling at us to hit them. If you hit one it will add a beach goer to the shots around it So this one on the left will add beach goers to those two shots The one in the middle will add a beach goer to the middle shot and the one on the right adds the beach goers Over on the right you have to hit all three shots for you to have the ability to add more So let's hit more to collect the beach goer you hit a shot So if you hit the shot, I now have a solid orange yellow. I can hit that shot again Now I have two solids. So once you collect all the beach goers in for each of the main shots, that is how you start Rescue Multiple, which is a very fun and enjoyable mode. Gear. There's gear here in the middle of the playfield. There's multiple ways to collect gear. One way would be a quick shot. So quick shot, once again, is you go through here and then you're going to hit the stand-up target when it pops up. Last thing I want to talk about is Fish Finder. There are Fish Finder modes here on the playfield. There are five. You can see right now, light video mode is lit if you want to change your fish finder mode what do you do you hit the pop bumper boom so now cast and catch is lit um to qualify fish finder you got to hit the blinky lights so once you do that fish finder is activated you can actually see the insert right there which means i want to get the ball to the mini flipper and then my my drops pop up and you have one shot at the blinky lights to start or activate your mode. The fish finder modes, if you can do them all, if you do all five, there is a mini wizard mode attached to that. So I think that's everything. I think basically you got your different multi balls, which are a ton of fun. These sharks, all the different shark encounters, or the main modes are very unique and very different. I highly encourage you to play them all. You have bounty hunt. Bounty hunt is something that you can start and then be slowly collecting all the different things while you're playing the game. You got a really fun upper play field on the premium that you can explore There's some cool wheel awards and other stuff you can do with that Fish finder modes. There's a lot here ton ton to do ton to play And um, yeah, if you ever want to see me stream feel free to check out the flipping out youtube channel Me and my brother we stream every wednesday night from 10 to midnight eastern standard time and um, we've had a ton of fun with this game, so Yeah, have a great time