Metroid Pinball

**Will** · 24 Nov 2005, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by StriderKyo

I can't be the only one playing this, can I?

I definitely enjoyed the demo we have in my store so I'll be getting it. I just don't have a "MUST HAVE NOW" urge since it's odd to be so hyped over a pinball game but I might also wait for a price drop.

**SpoDaddy** · 25 Nov 2005, 02:55 AM

I get the urge to buy it every time I see it on the shelf, I just can't bring myself to spend 35 bucks on it. Money is tight lately, I picked up American Sk8land but I haven't opened it yet just in case there's a black friday sale on it or something.

**MechDeus** · 23 Dec 2005, 10:38 PM

Holy Jesus this game is amazing. I could type more but Strider's already posted the exact same thing I would. So good, so very good.

**StriderKyo** · 24 Dec 2005, 01:01 AM

Originally Posted by MechDeus

Holy Jesus this game is amazing. I could type more but Strider's already posted the exact same thing I would. So good, so very good.

It's surprising, huh? It's actually been my most played DS game since I got it. You can just whip it out anytime and go for a better score and it's still semi-mindless fun. There's a fair amount of depth to it, surprisingly.

Originally Posted by sethsez

My highest score is around 14 million on Tallon Overworld.

Still can't touch this, though. I'm at about 12 million on multi-mission.

**MechDeus** · 24 Dec 2005, 01:24 AM

The table-warping, bosses, continuously increasing difficulty, mini-shootouts... there's just so much there! Those grabbers on the Phendrana stage turned into little bitches when I reached stage 4, they just shot me directly into the hole twice in a row with no way to save myself. As soon as I learn the angles for the upper-right ramp and the item hole on the left better that stage should get easier, I need a good way to avoid the rock guy's rolling attack without dropping below and getting tossed out. The missiles in Phazon Mines from the Space Pirates are also a pain by stage 3, I was the crap juggled out of me.

How do you advance stages for Tallon and the Pirate Frigate? I can do decent on those stages but I don't see any runs to complete, unless it's done by getting every artifact on a table. Also, this game has no tilt feature, does it?

After two days of play I'm at 3mil+ and 9 artifacts. I doubt I'll ever get a high score to compete with the best but it shouldn't take too long to finish. It makes me want more excellent pinball games like this, they should port Devil's Crush or Necronomicon or whatever the praised one on TG-16 was called because I never got a chance with that one.

**StriderKyo** · 24 Dec 2005, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by MechDeus

The table-warping, bosses, continuously increasing difficulty, mini-shootouts... there's just so much there! Those grabbers on the Phendrana stage turned into little bitches when I reached stage 4, they just shot me directly into the hole twice in a row with no way to save myself.

Hint: You can defeat them the same way you do in Prime...

How do you advance stages for Tallon and the Pirate Frigate? I can do decent on those stages but I don't see any runs to complete, unless it's done by getting every artifact on a table.

I think it's the artifacts, but not 100% sure.

Also, this game has no tilt feature, does it?

Slide your thumb across the touchscreen in the direction you want to tilt in.

**SpoDaddy** · 24 Dec 2005, 02:09 AM

I keep almost getting this for 25 bucks at Best Buy (with the coupon). I've been so busy Christmas shopping that I haven't had time to make it a reality.

**MechDeus** · 24 Dec 2005, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by StriderKyo

Hint: You can defeat them the same way you do in Prime...

I can't believe I didn't think of that.

Slide your thumb across the touchscreen in the direction you want to tilt in.

Awesome, thank you.

**MechDeus** · 08 Jan 2006, 09:56 PM

Haven't played this much since I last posted about it but I got back into these last two days. I've been practicing on the single tables a bit and I'm doing better on them but I just can't bring it all together for a multi-table run-through. I've got 3.3 million and 11 artifacts on Tallon Overworld and 1.something million with 5 artifacts on Pirate Frigate but I still haven't bested my previous overall.

I best concentrate.