Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle

"Since I've been seeing this game and seeing the colorization of it, I don't have a problem with it. I think it looks really good. Yes, you could probably color it better. No, I'm not an artist. So I don't see the problems that some people do who are more artistically inclined on how to color Alice."

Kaneda defends the colorization of Zombie Yeti's artwork in Alice Cooper, saying it looks good despite criticism from more artistic people

"It's like the photos alone, I think would have sold out this game. It's like, and then the video drops. And I'm gonna be completely candid on this episode of Kaneda's Pinball Podcast. The video would not sell you a single unit. Like what was going on with that video?"

Kaneda believes the Alice Cooper pinball game photos were beautiful and could have sold out the game alone, but the promotional video was terrible and wouldn't sell a single unit

"And if that video came out from Stern or Jersey Jack or like CGC or American Pinball, if anyone else dropped that video today as their new game, you know you would absolutely annihilate them."

Kaneda criticizes the Alice Cooper promotional video as so bad that other manufacturers would be annihilated if they released something similar

"Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle versus like a Munster's Pro. I kind of would rather have Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle. I have to say. And you know, it's just a great looking game."

Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle looks like a solid offering, would prefer it over Munsters Pro

"I don't think there's anything rewarding about missing a shot and just dinking off a post. If you look at Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle, my whole issue with the layout is just that it becomes a brick fest because you're a little bit off and boing, you're off a post, and there's nothing satisfying about hitting that post."

Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle layout is too tight and becomes a 'brick fest' with unrewarding shots

"Do you think it's fair that a company can lock people in to their deposit and the contract in which people sign is completely one sided... There is nothing in the contract with spooky that says if we don't ship the first game within the first six months of taking your deposit you then can get your money out"

Spooky Pinball's $1000 non-refundable deposit policy with no guaranteed delivery timeline is unfair to consumers

"I'm not a huge fan of it. I think more time could have been spent on some things."

Alice Cooper has tight shots and could have been improved with more development time

"The one main complaint, the tight shots that I talk a lot about. In terms of like geometry, why do you think people put extremely tight shots in games?"

Spooky Pinball's Alice Cooper has geometry problems with shots too tight

"We always we always will celebrate the moment in which a pinball company delivers what they promise and sends people the games they pay for that is always what we want to see on this show."

Spooky Pinball Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle finally shipping, congratulates the company for delivering on promises

"I think the animations on this game are stellar I think spooky and team have done an amazing job creating animations this sort of cartoon comic book style artwork that actually reflects the artwork that is on the cabinet and the playfield"

Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle animations and visual presentation are stellar, best-looking Spooky game by far

"I still think that this game has a lot of tight shots. I mean we see it in the stream left and right these are some of the best players out there in pinball and it's just brick brick brick brick brick"

Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle has too many tight shots that cause constant bricking, poor design flow

"I did feel the shots were tight. I did feel like having all those posts there, you know, they're not targets. The ball does sort of just keep hitting them and bouncing back... I do think the ball just disappears a lot underneath it. And you can't see like what's going on with the ball."

Critical of Alice Cooper's tight shots and visibility issues

"Alice Cooper's nightmare castle looks really cool looks really cool. But it's just another spooky game. The design's not there... You're just going to keep breaking the ball. You're just going to keep hitting post hitting post hitting post."

Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle has poor design despite looking cool

"it's almost like he's just reading a piece of paper like he's not animated... it just feels like he's kind of in a monochromatic monotone way just reading words on a piece of paper"

Alice Cooper's voice acting in Nightmare Castle is monotone and unenthusiastic

"I want to say that I think Charlie has made his best product to date. I think the response to it will be very, very stellar"

Charlie Emery has made his best product with Alice Cooper

"It is by far spooky pinball is best game to date in terms of overall package. I mean, it's got the best design. It's got the best artwork. It's got the best sculpts. It's got the best toys. It's got the best everything."

Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle is Spooky's best game to date with superior design, artwork, and toys

"You might as well just type into Google worst artwork ever. Look at that lingerie. Jesus Christ. It's like a kindergarten project. The artwork's terrible. I mean, I hope they don't use it."

Alice Cooper pinball has terrible LE artwork

"So, like I think they're going to sell off 500. I just don't think he's going to sell out the way Rob Zombie sold out in the first week."

Alice Cooper game will sell but not as quickly as Rob Zombie

"I think it was a little bit of a fumbled reveal in the seminar room for charlotte and company... but does it really matter absolutely not I think the response that I'm seeing on Pinside and the response from people in the room is that this is a great game"

Spooky Pinball fumbled the Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle reveal presentation but the game itself looks phenomenal

"I'll say this you want that butter cabinet... the colors pop like I've never seen colors pop on a game it is gorgeous and it's directly printed to the wood this isn't some cheap decals slapped on"

Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle butter cabinet is absolutely worth the $1000 upgrade

"if you don't get that nicer print on your Alice Cooper I think you're silly I think it's worth the money and I think you know it's like kind of getting a car without the clear coat"

Alice Cooper direct screen printing is worth the $1000 upgrade

"I used to think you know what there's no way they're going to sell 500 and the more I think about it knowing that spooky like has production down and people get their games and people are getting their total nuclear annihilations and their lovenum."

Opinion reversal on Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle sales potential: was "There's no way they're going to sell 500 units", now "They probably will sell 500 units given Spooky's improved production"

"Alice Cooper's nightmare castle is the only pin, brand new pin that we haven't seen before. It is going to have the spotlight. It is going to have center stage. And I will say this, it's their show to win or lose"

Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle will dominate TPF due to Stern and Chicago Gaming pulling out

"Does anyone really want an Alice Cooper pinball machine? And for the most part most people say no"

Alice Cooper theme is a misstep that most people don't want

"I'm not an Alice Cooper fan. I just don't think that that theme is going to excite people the way monsters might have. When you go music theme, it's a niche. Will Alice Cooper sell 500 units for spooky? I don't know."

Alice Cooper as Spooky's third game is disappointing and will be a hard sell like Rob Zombie was

"I'm really, really impressed at where the code is in this game... It immediately puts me into this like eerie sort of nightmare castle kind of vibe... I really wish more people thought about pinball this way."

Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle has improved significantly with better code and atmosphere

"if you buy an Alice Cooper special Pinball Gold Edition machine from the Alice Cooper Theme Club For $11,000 Chico, if you buy that machine, you might as well go get a gun And blow your fucking dick off. this game, it's got more bricks than the Empire State Building"

Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle is overpriced at $11,000 and will be a commercial failure

"I really enjoyed playing Alice Cooper's nightmare castle. As I said on my last podcast, I think people are going to be happy when they see the final product. It took a year. It took longer than I thought it should have. I wouldn't want to be in on a game waiting a year with $1,000 non-refundable, but it is what it is."

Alice Cooper's Nightmare Castle has improved and people will be happy with final product despite delays