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CNET editors' rating:
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- Reviewed on: 11/28/2006
- Updated on: 12/06/2006
- Released on: 11/19/2006
- Originally published on GameSpot: Pinball (Wii) Review
Nintendo's Pinball was among the first games released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and it certainly shows. Even upon its initial North American release it wasn't an impressive game, though for what it's worth, the version that has made its way onto the Wii's Virtual Console service appears to be pixel-perfect.
Yeah. This is Pinball all right.
Pinball gives you one table that takes up two screens. The top screen has a moving target, a lane filled with dots that give you bonus points, and a little slot-machine section that spins up when you shoot the ball into the proper lane. Hitting the moving target stops the reels and gives you opportunities for bonus points if you can stop the reels properly. The bottom half of the playfield gives you a few bumpers, a set of targets that reveal playing cards that create a block between the two flippers when completed, and a row of eggs that hatch when you hit them. If you can hatch all three eggs at the same time, you'll get blocks that prevent your ball from draining via the outlanes. There's also a hole that drops you into a bonus screen. The bonus screen plays a bit like Breakout. You move Mario, who is holding a paddle, left and right. You have to keep the ball in play and attempt to line up colors on a set of rollover targets to eventually free a woman who's at the top of the screen. And that's basically it. You can play Pinball at a higher difficulty setting, but this doesn't make much of a difference. Also, you can play it with another player.
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