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Spooky Pinball Reveals Rick and Morty Pinball Gameplay and Art!

Cary Hardy·video·13m 18s·analyzed·Dec 16, 2019
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TL;DR

Cary Hardy analyzes Spooky and Morty reveal: gameplay, layout, art, pricing, and mechanical details.

Summary

Cary Hardy provides a detailed reaction and analysis of Spooky Pinball official Rick and Morty pinball machine reveal, examining gameplay footage, playfield layout, art design, and pricing ($7,000 standard / $7,500 Rick And Morty (Blood Sucker Edition)). He discusses specific mechanical features including the pop bumper/slingshot hybrid, MagnaSave, drop targets, portal ramp feeds, and spinner mechanics, largely confirming his prior predictions while noting some surprises in execution.

Key Claims

  • Rick and Morty standard edition priced at $7,000 and Rick And Morty (Blood Sucker Edition) at $7,500

    high confidence · Cary Hardy, citing official reveal information from Spooky website

  • Limited to 7,050 games total production run

    high confidence · Cary Hardy, reading from official reveal specifications

  • Pop bumper in slingshot location retains slingshot format rather than being a full 360 pop bumper

    high confidence · Cary Hardy detailed playfield analysis of reveal video

  • Game features 10 total adventures (6 down, 4 remaining shown in footage)

    high confidence · Cary Hardy, reading from gameplay footage dialogue

  • Rick And Morty (Blood Sucker Edition) is primarily cosmetic differences (side rails, back glass art, portal art) with same core playfield

    medium confidence · Cary Hardy interpretation of image comparison between editions

  • Game will sell out immediately upon release tomorrow

    low confidence · Cary Hardy, personal prediction based on IP and design

  • Features custom voiceover from Justin Roiland, video clips and songs from the series

    high confidence · Cary Hardy, reading specifications from official reveal

  • P3 rock control system with HD LCD used in the machine

    high confidence · Cary Hardy, reading from official specifications

Notable Quotes

  • “I like this idea a lot better than what I originally thought it was going to be, and that was just a pop bumper without any actual lane guides.”

    Cary Hardy@ 2:24 — Validates his design predictions and shows relief at the pop bumper execution being hybrid slingshot format

  • “That spinner came to a friggin' halt!”

    Cary Hardy@ 6:07 — Observes unexpected spinner behavior, questioning if it's intentional mechanical design or a quirk

  • “I was right when it comes to what the cabinet art was going to look like. my mock-up job is pretty damn spot-on to what this artwork is guys”

    Cary Hardy@ 9:19 — Claims successful prediction of cabinet aesthetic design despite prior criticism

  • “If that is correct, then yeah, Rick And Morty (Blood Sucker Edition) is the way to go. $500 for that really nice side rails, the portal and everything on it, yeah, that is definitely the way to go.”

    Cary Hardy@ 11:25 — Endorses value proposition of Bloodsucker Edition upgrade for cosmetic enhancements

  • “They're going to sell out all of them tomorrow. And it's only a matter of a few days before we get Stern's next reveal.”

    Cary Hardy@ 12:21 — Prediction of immediate sellout and hints at competitive timing with Stern's pipeline

Entities

Cary HardypersonSpooky PinballcompanyRick and MortyproductJustin RoilandpersonJeff PattersonpersonStern PinballcompanyScott DanesipersonElviraproductMagnaSave

Signals

  • ?

    announcement: Spooky Pinball officially revealed Rick and Morty pinball gameplay footage and cabinet art design

    high · Full video reveal of gameplay, playfield layout, and cabinet aesthetics published by Spooky

  • ?

    product_launch: Rick and Morty standard edition priced at $7,000 and Bloodsucker Edition at $7,500; production limited to 7,050 units

    high · Official pricing and production run numbers stated in reveal specifications

  • ?

    design_innovation: Pop bumper integrated into slingshot location with retained slingshot format rather than full 360 design

    high · Clear visual documentation in gameplay footage and still images showing pop bumper/slingshot hybrid

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Game features 10 adventure modes with progression system (6 completed = 4 remaining in demo footage)

    high · Gameplay dialogue references '6 adventures down, 4 to go' and specifications confirm adventure-based rule structure

  • $

    market_signal: Rick and Morty machine available for purchase immediately with expected rapid sellout; Stern reveal anticipated within days

    medium · Cary Hardy prediction based on IP popularity and competitive launch timing with Stern pipeline

  • ?

    content_signal: Deep-dive analysis video expected from Jeff Patterson within 24 hours of release

Transcript

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0:00
it's here guys the full reveal for spooky pinballs rick and morty pinball machine has officially dropped i just got the notification so i didn't even want to watch it until i was recording so this is going to be a reaction video as well as going over what we see so let's get started Here we go.
0:39
And away we go. Don't panic. The immortality field was on. Cheating death. Oh, man. Yeah. You got to get to the scoop, Morty. Oh, wait. There's a lot of these things. Shoot the ramp so we can go on another adventure. Morty, hit the ramp on the left side. Head to the garage and we'll go to another dimension I'm having multiple jackpots You gotta kill these parasites, Morty Rent that spinner, Morty Six adventures down, four to go Hey, Button Pusher, nice to meet you Let's play some pinball, come on Hot damn, Morty Great, now you can lock a ball You gotta get to the scoop, Morty Hell yeah I can't take this anymore. Whoa, that was crazy. Rick and Morty Pinball Machine. Super fun to play. How many quarters? I don't know yet, Morty. I'm sure you can adjust that. You can even put it on free play mode if you bought one yourself, but what are the odds of that happening?
1:46
Yeah, what are the odds of that happening? Pretty, uh, okay. As far as reaction goes, I'm sorry I'm not much of a reaction on that one. But that is the reveal of what I saw, and let's nitpick through this. Alright, so here is the shot of the pop bumper that is now in the place of where a slingshot would normally be. Interesting enough, the pop bumper is not just pop bumper completely to where it's able to be used at a full 360 around it. It still has the slingshot format, but the pop bumper can only be... It's, yeah, okay, I like this idea a lot better than what I originally thought it was going to be, and that was just a pop bumper without any actual lane guides. So this is a much better design than I thought it was going to be initially. So, all right. So that's a pretty cool little effect right here. I like this. You can see it kind of like building up. That's pretty cool. So here we can see the MagnaSave in action. so scoop up center of the play field i was correct on that so that's cool rick and morty drop targets um as people have speculated that is correct as well as the little u shape right there i'm kind of curious to see how that works so is that the ball lock play field features interactive ship smith house portal gun a portal slam ring flubel crank an AC lock 2 two ramps anti device There's a lot of these things! Shoot the ramps!
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medium · Cary Hardy's prediction based on typical coverage patterns for major game reveals

  • ?

    design_innovation: Playfield features scoop center-field, MagnaSave, drop targets, portal ramp mechanic, spinner, two ramps, and upper flippers

    high · Detailed visual analysis and gameplay demonstration of mechanical features in reveal video

  • ?

    product_strategy: Bloodsucker Edition positions as premium cosmetic variant with $500 upcharge for enhanced art and side rail treatment

    high · Official pricing structure and visual comparison showing cosmetic differentiation between editions

  • ?

    licensing_signal: Game integrates custom voice work from Justin Roiland, video clips and songs from original series, and original score composition

    high · Official specifications listing custom voiceover, series content, and composer Scott Denisey

  • ~

    sentiment_shift: Cary Hardy's prior design predictions largely validated by official reveal, despite receiving criticism for speculation video

    medium · Hardy claims accurate predictions on cabinet art, playfield layout, and mechanical features; calls out prior skepticism

    • 3:28
    Alright, so this gives us a really good layout of the playfield right here. So you've got your upper right ramp that feeds back to your right end lane and a left ramp that feeds what?
    3:48
    Okay, so ramp left side. He just hit that. No, so the garage and everything, it looks like it's just visual. Head to the garage!
    3:58
    Well, where does it go? Where does that ramp feed to? looks like he hit the left ramp and then where'd it come from it dropped where the hell does it come from it comes back behind there and just drops right there really head to the garage and we'll go to another dimension all right so he uses that upper right flipper to launch around the left and that feeds the portal it looks like. So the portal is underneath the garage. Okay so yes the upper left flipper upper right flipper I'm sorry feeds the portal in the orbit. Okay that's where it leads to it's got an opto center right before you hit the portal. the solenoid that we saw underneath the playfield to the very back where we didn't know where it was coming from or what it was going to be doing looks like it's going to be a locking mech or a diverter like i was expecting it to be that's going to do something with the ball that's up here six adventures down four to go so 10 adventures according to the math on that hey button push custom voiceover from justin roiland adventures from the series video clips and songs from the series, additional music created by Scott Denisey, P3 rock control system, intergalactic custom art, and HD LCD. Limited 7050 games made. So what do we got going on here? Great, now you can walk.
    5:35
    What is hitting that ball right there? So just like TNA, that center scoop, when you hit it, it comes right back pretty damn quick. I think it's kind of funny that you have Rick that's like, I'm having multiple jackpots.
    5:52
    And that's an Elvira quote, but it's funny that he's using it as well. Rip that spinner, Morty! Six adventures!
    6:03
    That spinner did not look to rip. I'll tell you that right now. That spinner came to a friggin' halt!
    6:11
    Let's go back to that. Look at this. Now watch how fast this spinner comes to a halt. Bam! is that on purpose I can't see the full mech behind that but when he says rip a spinner I'm thinking until you know yeah but yeah that's that's that's a little weird for it to just come to a screeching halt like that I wonder that just a minor adjustment or if that how the mechanics of that spinner work because it stopped like like it was ready to take another hit so it looks purposeful okay i think i figured it out because getting the angles on this video is difficult so i have to like watch it multiple times to see how it's put together but if you can see on my screen right here right here this is what I think I believe happens when it comes to launching that ball when you launch that ball it looks like it goes up and it turns into a wire form and then goes on to the play field so it looks like when you hit this left ramp it feeds behind or into the house and then it drops down where it is right here you saw it in the video yourself goes up and then it goes behind the house I guess and then drops down pretty much in the same location where if you were to shoot the ball at the beginning of the game that's what it looks like it looks like the ball would go up here and then fire off and land essentially where it does right here so here's my thing is that I know in my under the playfield view I state that I think that's another trough that's up underneath this area right here where the buck is at the shoots of economic the play field but it doesn't really show us um a multi-ball session essentially if that's where the multi-balls come out at so that's still a little bit of a speculation at that point but it looks like yeah the upper right flipper is what feeds the portal that's the only way to get up there i think that's the only way that you can make that shot too you can't do it any other way except for that upper right flipper all right so i want to say that is pretty much all when it comes to what I can see in the video at this point in time. Let's see if they have a complete actual breakdown of what we are not seeing. Man, as of right now, they don't have Jack Diddley on their website except for the trailer that they've released so far. So unless they've got it on maybe Pennside or something.
    8:41
    I'm not seeing a deep dive. Jesus, 230 freaking posts. Oh, my lanta. Skipping through a lot of this because a lot of this is still at the point of speculation I speculate this, I speculate that This is what I think it's going to have on it And it's no longer relevant because now we know what it's going to have on it So I'm going to skip past all this Alright, so now we're at the point to where standard is 7k, bloodsucker is 7520 So they've got it priced right where they need to have it Oh!
    9:14
    They have revealed the pictures finally Oh man! Okay. Ooh, I like that. That looks pretty cool. I especially like the flipper button region with the portal right there. That is pretty wicked. I'm liking this. What's funny is that I was right when it comes to what the cabinet art was going to look like. my mock-up job is pretty damn spot-on to what this artwork is guys so I know I got a lot of hate for that video but uh it was mere speculation and I was right so there you go but is there a deep dive and we have some still images here that will probably give us a better idea of what going on let see here it looks like i was correct again when it comes to when the ball launches it has the wire form and it shoots it out looks like it's going to shoot it to the back of the play field as far as this spinner goes it looks like it's a standard spinner and switch mech it's not even an opto spinner oh and here is the regular version standard cabinet oh see there we go the bloodsucker edition is where it's
    10:39
    yep man what a way to reel them in guys y'all got this down because the bloodsucker edition looks pretty damn cool what i what i'm glad about is that what it looks like to me is that the Bloodsucker Edition is merely aesthetics of the art and everything on the side. I say art, I mean the armor.
    10:59
    Artwork is essentially the same. It's just the armor for the back glass portion around the LCD and the side rails and everything. I feel like that's the way it should be. The price is a $500 difference.
    11:18
    Is that what I'm reading right? what, $7,000 for the regular and $7,500 for the Bloodsucker Edition? If that is correct, then yeah, Bloodsucker Edition is the way to go. $500 for that really nice side rails, the portal and everything on it, yeah, that is definitely the way to go. So as of right now, that's all we have to go on is the trailer. We don't have a deep dive yet. If I was a betting man, I would say Jeff Patterson will have the full deep dive on this game. by next week, especially since it goes on sale tomorrow. I'm pretty sure we're going to have a deep dive on this pretty soon. Matter of fact, let me just make sure we don't already have one. No, we don't have one yet, but if I had to bet, tomorrow morning we will probably have one. So in a nutshell, the game looks how I believed it to look on the outside cabinet-wise. The inside, I was right on a lot of the things. I was wrong on some other things, but overall, I think that this game is going to do very well. It's going to sell out. They're going to sell out all of them tomorrow. And it's only a matter of a few days before we get Stern's next reveal. So we'll see how that goes down. So what do you think about Spooky's new pinball machine from Rick and Morty? Is it everything that you'd hoped it would be? Is it more? Let me know in the comments section down below. If you like what you've seen here, give me that thumbs up. And if you haven't already, do not forget to hit that subscribe button. That way you can be notified of whenever I upload something for your viewing pleasure. until next time guys peace out