The Game That Vibrates (Pokemon Pinball (GB))

Member Name: Ian2001uk

Product:	Pokemon Pinball (GB)
Date:	17/09/01 (43 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Vibration feature!, 2 game modes

Disadvantages: Too difficult to complete

THE GAME

Pokemon Pinball is a good pinball game for anyone. You don't need to like Pokemon as the pinball will keep you entertained for hours.
Everyone knows what pinball is, but if there is anyone that doesn't I will explain it anyway. You simply have two flippers situated at the bottom of the screen, and 1 or two near the top. You bash the ball around with the flippers to hit the objects and gain points.

The idea of the Pokemon Pinball game is to bash the ball to certain areas of the pinball table to enable you to catch the 150 Pokemon. To be able to capture a Pokemon, you have to hit the ball around the top of the table 3 times. Then a Pokemon will appear and all you have to do is hit it 4 times with the ball to catch it.

Evolving Pokemon is done in a very similar way. You hit the ball around the top of the screen in the opposite direction to open evolution mode. Then you must hit the objects that appear with the ball 3 or 4 times to evolve the chosen Pokemon.

RED AND BLUE MODE

The game features two modes/tables of play, the Red and Blue tables. They are slightly different in the way they are designed with different objects to hit and different Pokemon to catch in each zone. In each table you can travel through the different cities o catch different types of Pokemon. There are also some bonus levels on each of the tables like a bonus level where you have to hit a big Meowth about 20 times and hit the coin that appears every time you hit it.

THE VIBRATION!

A great feature of this game is that the game cartridge has a built in rumble pack so everytime you hit an object the whole Gameboy shakes in your hands! This is very good however you have to put a really small battery in the cartridge which runs out very fast.

THE SOUND

The sound effects on the game are quite good when you hit the various objects but as most games on the Gameboy have, it has really annoying mu
sic! The sound is very well timed with the vibration because as soon as the ball hits the object you get the sound and the vibration at the same time.

THE GRAPHICS

The graphics on the game are quite good going by the Gameboy's usual low standard. The actual Pokemon look just like how they would look in the cartoon and the colours are very good compared to the normal Pokemon game.
A down point in the graphics is that when you hit the ball in to the top half of the table, instead of it nicely scrolling along with the ball, it stops the ball to change background then restarts it again.

OVERALL

Overall the game is very entertaining and will keep most people busy for hours as it is very difficult to capture all the Pokemon and evolve them all to complete your Pokedex. The colours are good and the sound effects and graphics are quite decent. I would strongly recommend buying this game if you are going on a long trip or holiday as it is the perfect game to play on a train or at the airport.

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