Characters like Clea, Dormammu, Nightmare and Shuma-Gorath (mostly remembered for his appearances in Capcom’s Marvel fighting games) all appear. Zen Studios worked hard to honor the character’s history by bringing in a ton of elements for those familiar with the comics. While the good doctor doesn’t have quite the same amount of material to reference as a superhero like Spider-Man, you wouldn’t know it judging by the table alone. Pinball tables based on magic and sorcery have always been common, and Zen Studios channeled those old school tables, here. Strange fits better with the pinball theme than a lot of people might expect.
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Combined with the fact that the character hasn’t had an ongoing comic book series in ages, it seems like a strange choice (no pun intended).
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While Marvel’s sorcerer supreme will be getting his own movie at some point, that seems to be quite a bit in the distance, unlike the Guardians of the Galaxy and Deadpool. When it comes to Zen’s latest batch of tables, this is clearly the oddball of the group. Zen’s own self-deprecating humor hurts them a little in this regard. With so many characters pointing these things out, it’s a hard thing to avoid mentioning as a negative. In the Deadpool table, the fourth-wall breaking character refers to the music as generic because Zen is cheap. This isn’t the only time it’s blatant, either. When Star-Lord talks about saving chart-topping songs from the 1970s it only serves to remind the audience that hits like “I Want You Back” and “Hooked On a Feeling” are noticeably absent. Normally this wouldn’t be a big deal, but the soundtrack to Guardians of the Galaxy has been massively successful, and the game makes reference to that fact. The voice actors are serviceable fill-ins, but each one of Zen’s tables uses some pretty generic music. The biggest drawback to the Guardians of the Galaxy table is the sound.
There’s something very endearing about it, and I can’t recommend it enough for fans of pinball and the film. The table itself reminds me of the movie-based pinball machines you’d often find in pizza parlors throughout the ’90s. The Guardians of the Galaxy table follows some of the film’s major events, and manages to keep the trademark humor. Zen Studios clearly realized that this summer’s biggest film would attract a lot of potential customers, and it shows in the amount of polish contained within. Out of all of Zen Studios’ latest table offerings, Guardians of the Galaxy was easily one of my favorites. For a pinball game, that’s an impressive feat. That isn’t to say that it ever reaches the scares one would expect from a survival horror game, but it does seem a bit darker than fans might expect. While pinball tends to be a lighthearted affair, the developers were able to channel the feel of the original game. It certainly keeps the experience feeling fresh. The ability to shoot down zombies as they pop up in window fronts is a particular highlight. The Walking Dead table also features some neat bonus rounds, providing the pinball experience with some strong variety. In fact, parts of the game are so well adapted that those who haven’t finished the original title might want to do so before playing this one. Voice-actors from the original title return, and events from the game are as faithfully reproduced as they could be, considering the format. The table is very faithful to the source material, in look and sounds.
With all that being said, The Walking Dead table is certainly one of the best in the new batch. This point is even further driven home by the fact that the title never saw release on Nintendo systems. While there probably is a built-in audience of gamers that Zen could attract, I can’t help but feel the table would have been an easier sell for casual gamers with Rick and Daryl starring, rather than Lee and Clementine. I was a bit surprised that Zen Studios would opt to target fans of that specific game rather than the television show or comics, however.
Perhaps the most heavily advertised new content for Zen Pinball 2, the table for The Walking Dead is inspired by the mega-successful title from Telltale Games. For the sake of convenience, that’s how we will be reviewing them. As a note, these four tables can be purchased separately, but we were presented with them as a single package. Nintendojo had the pleasure of playing each of the game’s new tables, and here’s what we thought. Strange, a pair of Marvel Comics’ more obscure characters. The new tables represent popular franchises like The Walking Dead and Guardians of the Galaxy, in addition to Deadpool and Dr. Recently, Zen Studios released their latest batch of pinball tables for Zen Pinball 2 on Wii U.
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