Episode 116 - Pokémon

About this episode

The episode discusses Stern's latest game, Pokémon, from the perspective of location players and operators, marking a departure from the show's usual format.

Support the show and receive a link to our private discord server: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast There's something very different about Stern's latest game, and for really the first time ever on the show, we're breaking from our normal format and covering a brand-new game from the location player and operator's perspective. This feels like a historic moment, and so we're going to talk about the first couple weeks of Pokémon on location and what they did differently with this title and why this f...

People in this episode

Host: Wedgehead

Topics covered

• pinball
• Pokémon
• game design
• location play
• operator perspective

Keywords

• pinball
• Stern
• Pokémon
• location play
• game review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stern

Products: Pokémon

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