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Godzilla Pinball Topper Exclusive Mode - King Of Monsters Time Attack (Flip N Out Pinball, 2023)

Flip n Out Pinball·video·19m 44s·analyzed·Jun 9, 2023
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TL;DR

Exclusive King of Monsters Time Attack topper mode debuts on Godzilla pinball with timed multiball challenge.

Summary

Joel and Jared from Flip n Out Pinball stream exclusive gameplay of Godzilla Premium's topper-exclusive mode 'King of the Monsters Time Attack,' a timed wizard mode challenge featuring all tier-one monsters simultaneously with a five-minute phase-one followed by multiball phase-two scoring. The mode is only accessible when the official Stern Godzilla topper is installed on the machine, requiring both flippers held or Insider Connected integration to select. The hosts demonstrate the mode's mechanics, difficulty scaling across five levels, and positioning it as a valuable training tool for learning all four tier-one monster battles concurrently.

Key Claims

  • King of the Monsters Time Attack is the final wizard mode in Godzilla pinball

    high confidence · Direct confirmation during gameplay discussion: 'So, this is the final wizard mode.'

  • The exclusive topper mode is only accessible on machines with the official Stern Godzilla topper installed

    high confidence · Repeated explanation: 'this is only in the games that have the topper' and 'if you have the topper, that will be there'

  • King of the Monsters Time Attack features all tier-one monsters' shots stacked simultaneously with unlimited ball save during phase one

    high confidence · Gameplay explanation: 'all tier one monsters' shots are stacked. Ball save runs for the entire mode' and 'unlimited ball save'

  • The mode has five difficulty levels/phases that players can progress through

    medium confidence · Jared mentions 'I made it to level five' and Joel confirms there are multiple levels; however, only phases one and two are clearly demonstrated

  • Phase one gives player five minutes to complete all monster shots, with remaining time carrying over to phase two where points are earned

    high confidence · Direct gameplay commentary: 'I have five minutes' and 'whatever time you have left carries into phase two and phase two is where all the points are'

  • Stern provided Flip n Out Pinball with beta code access specifically for streaming this exclusive mode

    high confidence · Opening statement: 'Stern actually gave us access to the beta code for the exclusive Mode'

  • The mode can be accessed via Insider Connected app or by holding both flippers together

    high confidence · Multiple confirmations: 'if you have insider connected it's even easier otherwise if you hold in both flippers'

  • King of the Monsters mode requires completing a substantial list of objectives to reach in normal gameplay

    medium confidence · Joel notes 'You can see you have to do a whole lot of stuff to light it, to get to this mode' but specific objective list not detailed

Notable Quotes

  • “Stern actually gave us access to the beta code for the exclusive Mode that only comes when you buy a topper”

    Joel@ 0:38 — Establishes exclusive partnership access and positions topper as gating mechanism for premium content

  • “This is the final wizard mode... all the monsters are all at the same time. So all tier one monsters' shots are stacked.”

    Joel@ 2:12 — Defines mode scope and design philosophy of simultaneous monster challenges

  • “I'll tell you right now, if Elwynn was testing this in the facility, there isn't a single Stern employee that plays the game like I do.”

    Joel@ 7:44 — Self-aware commentary on player skill variance; humorous meta-commentary about beta testing quality

  • “On Turtles, Turtles had a half-shell challenge mode, which was chaos... because it's a great training tool”

    Jared@ 11:11 — Compares mode structure to prior Stern game (TMNT Legends) and positions King of Monsters as training/skill-building content

  • “That's a lot of fun. A lot of fun. So hit the follow button... Hit the follow. Hit the sub. whatever all those things”

    Joel@ 19:23 — Closing endorsement of mode and call-to-action; indicates positive overall reception of exclusive content

Entities

Godzilla PremiumgameKing of the Monsters Time AttackproductJoelpersonJaredpersonFlip n Out PinballorganizationStern PinballcompanyKeith ElwinpersonZach and Nicoleperson

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: Stern providing exclusive beta code to content creators for streaming partnerships; strategic community visibility and marketing for topper accessory

    high · Joel: 'Stern actually gave us access to the beta code'; closing thank-you to 'Keith and Rick, for the code'

  • ?

    competitive_signal: King of the Monsters Time Attack confirmed as five-level progressive difficulty challenge; positioning suggests tournament/competitive training application

    medium · Jared mentions 'I made it to level five'; mode explicitly designed for skill progression with increasing complexity across phases

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Wizard mode designed as chaotic simultaneous-objective challenge; explicitly positioned as training tool for learning all tier-one monster mechanics concurrently (comparison to TMNT Half-Shell Challenge)

    high · Jared: 'it's a great training tool' and 'it actually trains you on all four tier one battles at the same time'; mode stacks all monster shots simultaneously

  • ?

    announcement: Exclusive King of the Monsters Time Attack topper mode officially demonstrated via beta code access; reveals topper-gating strategy for premium content monetization

    high · Direct beta gameplay stream with Stern partnership; mode mechanics fully documented and demonstrated across multiple attempts

  • ?

    product_strategy: Official Stern topper creates exclusive content gate; users without topper cannot access King of the Monsters Time Attack mode, establishing accessory as premium feature unlock

    high · Repeated emphasis: 'this is only in the games that have the topper' and mode selection only appears when topper installed

Transcript

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0:00
Hello everybody, this is the Flippin' Out Pinball Stream. My name is Joel, this is my brother Jared. We stream every night from 10 to midnight Eastern Standard Time every Wednesday every Wednesday night I am super we are super grateful because tonight we are streaming a Godzilla premium But Stern actually gave us access to the beta code for the exclusive Mode that only comes when you buy a topper. So if you look in the upper right, you will see the topper cam So we have the official Stern pinball Godzilla topper on the machine and because of that I have access to this exclusive mode so I'm going to show you how to do that there's two ways to do it if you have insider connected it's even easier otherwise if you hold in both flippers it's gonna give you a chance to select your mode of play and there it is times challenge king of the monsters time attack this is only in the games that have the topper so if that's what you want you select it look at that for Michael. Here we go. So, buckle up everyone. Here we go. This is King of the Monsters Time Attack. King of the Monsters is in the game. It is actually in the game. It is a mode that you achieve. You can see you have to do a whole lot of stuff to light it, to get to this mode.
1:39
Isn't it the final wizard mode? Yes. So, this is the final wizard mode. I will tell you, and maybe you guys may or may not have noticed, but My skill level will probably not get me to the final wizard mode. This is unique because it's awesome. Dude, thank you. Juicy time coming in. Appreciate that, man. That is way too kind.
1:59
So what is the point of this mode? It's every monster's gaining up on you. So all the monsters are going at the same time. So Eberra, Gigan, why can I not think of them? All of them are all at the same time. So all tier one monsters' shots are stacked. Ball save runs for the entire mode. shoot loop spill time boner defeat bonus boner well defeat monsters to light time bonus at loop defeat all monsters start part two so if you look this is what's different this is what's different than what's in the actual game if there's a time bonus and then the time remaining so as soon as i start i have five minutes so ebora is the spinners so ebora is one of four shots so i have to hit the left spinner a bunch middle spinner a bunch right spinner a bunch and then i have to hit the pop that's ever a titanosaurus are the blue shots so it's one two three four and then you hit that and then you hit that that's that so that's those are the five what is this yes this is the exclusive mode that comes with the topper guy again guy again is right ramp so i have to hit eight ramps and then megalodon there is a purple shot you can see right now this is purple that will roam throughout the level, you have to hit that purple roaming shot seven times. So all of this is going on all at the same time.
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    technology_signal: Insider Connected app integration enabling exclusive mode selection without physical input (both flippers held); demonstrates software-hardware co-design for accessibility/convenience

    high · Joel: 'if you have insider connected it's even easier' vs. manual both-flippers input method

    • 3:18
    So all at the same time, I have five minutes to do it. It's unlimited ball save. I've done this one other time before. When you get to this in the real game, I don't think you have the unlimited ball save. But the reason you want to get through it quickly is because whatever time you have left carries into phase two and phase two is where all the points are you also do want to hit the upper loop because it gives you time bonus so it gives you more stuff so here we go we got a whole lot of stuff that we can shoot let's see how we do man this song rocks oh yeah i hope everybody can hear it well yeah let's do it let's do it all right here we go space oh sorry okay here we go Alright, and I hit the skill shot. Not needed at all in this mode. I was going for the megalodon shot, and I haven't hit anything of value. There we go. So there's one megalodon shot. Doesn't matter, unlimited ball save. So if you look on the far right, one of seven for megalodon. So let me focus on some spinners. Nope, that's a ramp. That's one for Gigan. It's alright, unlimited ball save, but that timer is going. My purple shot is now on the right ramp.
    4:40
    So if I hit, now it's on the center spinner, I'm just not hitting anything. Okay, I'm not hitting anything of value. There we go that a purple shot and that an Everest shot Those are the time bonuses that we talking about Jeez It alright We still cruising Now it's middle shot for Miglidon. Missed it entirely. Oh, but that was a Titanic sword shot.
    5:12
    Four minutes remaining. Four minutes. Not hitting anything I need to. I'm loving the action shots. I believe it's okay.
    5:20
    But I like this because it's giving me the ability to just shoot the whole play field. Come on, there we go. Geigen, I'm doing all right.
    5:35
    All right. Mr. Pinball Monk, you're feeling it tonight. I love the jokes. Maybe I was stirring the problem right this morning.
    5:44
    All right, where am I at on my thing? I think Eberra, I'm looking pretty good. I just need probably that Oh, it's on my pop bumper I want to hit the pop bumper Pop bumper is my shot Matt Morrison That's too late on that Oh crap I need left Now my Megalodon shot is the left spinner Which I'm missing entirely Dude Don't tell me that, announcer guy That's time attack, so I'm getting more time.
    6:27
    Oh, let's do that. Does that do me any good? That gave me a lot of goodness, actually. There we go. I'm assuming the comments are incredibly positive and uplifting. Yes.
    6:43
    I need time, yes. Okay, shoot the loop to add time. So, Everett's defeated, so I defeated somebody. Just to loop entirely. Come on, jeez. There we go. I think I have one more Gigan shot, yep. I'm not hitting... Oh.
    7:19
    Mazer Cannon? Mazer Cannon. Jeez, OP. Hit Dave. I know, I know, I know, I know. Everybody's being constructive and uplifting. So, Fable Monk, I was thinking at the same time, I'm like, we're going to end up in a PowerPoint somewhere and like, yeah, I'm Super Godzilla. We gave these two idiots beta code. Click. That was a mistake. Should never do that again. We should never do this again. I'll tell you right now, if Elwynn was testing this in the facility, there isn't a single Stern employee that plays the game like I do.
    7:54
    I have a minute and a half, and I have so much more to do. I love when we talk to some Stern people, and they're like, we have a mixture of skills, and then there's Joel. Yeah.
    8:07
    Can I just hit the mazer cannon? No, is the answer. Hit the mazer cannon. I can't hit the ramp either. There it is!
    8:19
    There we go. Okay, Gigan final blow. That's a final blow. I got 22 seconds added. I need purple shots. I did it! I'm not terrible! I'm not terrible. Part two. So once you do it, the flippers go dead, which is pretty sick, by the way. Flippers go dead. Shoot shots with flashing lights and then hit the... So this is a multi-ball. Each ball in play adds to the bounty multiplier. So I have... How much time do I have? I don't have a ton. I have a minute and a half.
    8:51
    Come on. Where's your shots? Hit the door. Two ramp shots left. So I think I have, like, all the shots that I have to hit, pretty much.
    9:00
    And shots. So pretty much everything. I don't know what that does. Oh, it's an addable. I probably didn't need to do that. All right. Is there a Ghidorah light? No. I need, I think, one building shot left.
    9:33
    One minute remaining. What do I got? What do I have? One big loop shot left? I down to two balls And a minute to go Ah missed it missed it again
    9:58
    I need big move shot. Ah, missed it. And I'm down to my final ball. I have nine shots remaining. Forty seconds.
    10:12
    Dude, this song rocks though. I don't know, look at that. Ah, nuts. Three seconds, all big shots completed. But I have the balls out. Oh, sweet! All big loop shots. So I think I have... I think I need to go left ramp. I have eight. It's flashing shots, so I think it's left... I think it's left ramp and left spinner on my... I'm not hitting it No that was a shot And it's dead But I got points there Brownbeard beat level 1 with 90 seconds left to play Thank you JK appears He is just taking it in There's a lot going on with that mode That's pretty cool though Like, I, okay, on Turtles, Turtles had a half-shell challenge mode, which was, it was chaos. It was just like this, and I loved it. Because it's a great training tool, but that's awesome, because that actually trains you on all four tier one battles at the same time. Yeah. I made it to level five on this, my heart stopped. No, you didn't. Jeez, I got to level two. Wait, there's five levels? Apparently. I just saw you beat King Ghidorah, and I was like, oh my. You ready to do it? Yeah, sure. Alright, so once again, the way you get to it on any normal game is you push and hold both flippers.
    11:51
    You wait for that to come up, and if you have the topper, that will be there. There we go. Hit both flippers together. I'm curious if you can skip through this whole intro. Why? I'm just curious. The answer is no.
    12:10
    Take down Godzilla. Oh, you just go for it. Alright, so here he goes. Alright, I'm actually going to watch this screen.
    12:23
    So, spinners. Middle spinner, right spinner, left spinner. Or ramps. His current purple shot is either ramp.
    12:37
    Alright. That looked intense. Dude, this is fun. This is a cool mode. Shoot again. Get in on. All right. Come on.
    12:48
    All right, there we go. All right, all right. There's a guy getting shot. So Purple Shot is building right now.
    12:58
    Godzilla's heat ray is building. There we go. There's an Everest shot. That's a Megalodon shot. He's down right now. Megalodon. Megalon. Sorry Godzilla guys, you're still here Your UFO is your purple shot Which you're real close to it And it's remaining There we go There's a shot Nice That was good Because that was both Gigan and Megalon Megalon, there we go Titanosaurus, now you have the Mazer Cannon and pop bumper.
    13:41
    What bank do you guys rob to afford that topper? Luckily this topper was supplied by Zach and Nicole at Flippin' Out.
    13:49
    He has not asked for my invoice yet. So the vault. I robbed the Flippin' Out vault is what I did. Tax, how you doing, man? For anybody that's showing up late, this is the exclusive mode. exclusive mode that comes with the topper. It's a timed version of King of the Monsters.
    14:12
    Alright, you still need... I hit something there. You need four more ramps. You've got a bunch of spinners you need. Ramps. Spinners.
    14:21
    Three minutes remaining. Ding, ding, ding, ding. Doing well, man. How you doing? Dude, life is good, man. Life is good. Let's go, Blackbeard. I'm now a pirate.
    14:37
    There we go. Okay you need to hit the captain ball You got the time bonus going Has Jared found the one ring card yet When do those cards come out Pre-release is next Friday, so go to your friendly local gaming store and play.
    14:59
    And no, I have not found the one ring. Right ramp. There it is. Another guy again. There you go. Dude, guy gets the eyes, man.
    15:10
    Oh, the heat ramp. I forgot you had that. So you have just Evora, which is the pop bumper, and we gotta look for this purple shot. Purple shot, building, nice. We're good. Alright, the pop bumper. No, I cannot hit the pop bumper tonight. What am I doing wrong? Well, you gotta flip very late on the left flipper. the left flipper ever everything's good you need one more print left ran left ramp oh there we go oh there it is done your flipper should be dead he did that way better than me who have to be honest after the masterpiece that was the Mandalorian I was hoping for much more I mean yeah donkey I understand your opinion there are expensive toys and I get that but I will tell you I'm really the light show is really pretty neat. This game is so awesome. All right, shoot the shots with flashing lights. So basically, there's six center spinner shots left, is what it's saying. Shoot flashing lights. Go, go, go. Four building shots left. Go, go, go.
    16:24
    This is awesome. Aim for a ramp, you'll hit a pop. Three building shots left. You're out of all, you should probably save that for when you drain. I did the same thing. I just saw him flashing live. Yeah, yeah.
    16:40
    So building shots, center ramp shots. You have four center ramp shots left. Three center ramp shots. One big loop shot left.
    16:51
    The shot on the wall was the nicest. Yeah, the shot on the wall is really pretty cool. Two building shots left.
    16:59
    Nice. Two under flipper shots left? What? Two center spinner shots left. One center spinner shot. You have to hold up the left flipper and go under it.
    17:15
    Oh, no, it's the left spinner. Two shots of flashlight. So you've got nine left. There you go. So you have one more of those to do. And I think you have your upper loop shots. I'm concerned with the shadow. Our wall behind our hands is a chalkboard. I mean, I can still see it.
    17:33
    Give Mike a flashlight and make some finger puppets and see if it'll make a shadow on your wall. Your big loop shots are done. So I think you have building shots, and I think you have your left spinner.
    17:48
    Besides that, I don't know what else is flashing. So bad at pinball. It says six shots. There you go. So you have one more building shot left. No, Mike gets nothing. He loses.
    18:08
    I can shine different color shadows, too. Oh, really? Shots are hard. Yeah, you need a building shot?
    18:19
    Not those. So maybe phase two is as far we're getting as I am. There we go. All three, all building shots. Take that. So I think it's just left spinner. I think you just have left spinner. Because nothing else is. That's the only thing flashing.
    18:42
    Aim for mecha. You'll get it. No, left spinner. Oh, I see what you're saying. There you go, right here.
    18:50
    Oh, two left ramps. You had left ramp too. So you had two left ramps. Two left ramps and a left spinner left. And you would have gotten through that phase. That's fun. That's the perfect amount of Godzilla, which is just chaos. That is pretty chaotic. Yeah, we should do that again.
    19:14
    All right. Thank you, Keith and Rick, for the code. This is an awesome game. If you saw it and liked what you saw, go for it. Get a topper.
    19:23
    That's a lot of fun. A lot of fun. So hit the follow button. Yeah. Hit the follow. Hit the sub. whatever all those things all those things but thank you so much thank you so much everybody have a great night i'm gonna go ahead in the stream and um yeah be nice to one all right see you guys