Some may remember the “Whoa Nelly! Big Juicy Mellons” game that rested on a watermelon crate instead of the usual four metal legs. It’s been a long time since the “cabinet” of a pinball machine has been the subject of innovation. Once again, American Pinball takes it upon itself to be selective in its clientele. However, we have to admit that the bet is risky, because putting more than $10,000 in a big joke, even if it is successful, will not be to everyone’s taste. If you like fun, you should enjoy the universe that Galactic Tank Force proposes. Here, American Pinball applies a voluntary effect, where before it was the result of budget constraints and uninspired directors. In our podcast, we had mentioned the similarity with the cinematics of some video games from the turn of the 2000s like Command & Conquer: Red Alert, or interactive stories released on Mega CD. And honestly the B-movie effect of the 90’s is very well done. The acting, the callouts, the disguises and props of the scenes are all voluntarily outrageous. The protagonists who were introduced to us in one of the teasers play cartoonish roles in kitschy settings. Some missions are “ice cream missions”, which at first sight has no relation with a story in space. A crazy scenarioĪs for the scenario, you have to expect a lot of nonsense. The objective is reached: we (media and players) talk more about them in this busy period than if they had played it safe with only artworks published on This Week in Pinball.īesides, the machine itself lends itself to an unconventional communication.
When you are a small player, it is important to have a strong identity to exist, and from this point of view this communication plan is sometimes clumsy but successful. With its offbeat videos and its game that is even more offbeat, American Pinball defines its image, its personality. Did you notice it? “Namdron”, the name of the galaxy announced in the trailer, is the name of the designer Nordman in reverse 🙂
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