Harry Potter
game"If this game is packed, then what is Twilight Zone? What is Theatre of Magic? What is Godzilla? What is Wizard of Oz? What is dialed in? How are we just throwing words out that should mean something?"
Harry Potter is mechanically barren compared to 90s games
"It doesn't look better than Elton John to shoot. It doesn't look way more interesting than Avatar to shoot, but it looks like it's gonna be a fun game"
Harry Potter gameplay is fine but not exceptional - doesn't look better than other recent pins
"Theme alone is going to move this game. Theme alone, doesn't matter about the artwork, we're going to talk about it, it doesn't matter about mechanisms, doesn't matter about anything they went over in the featurette. You make a Harry Potter pinball machine, you make it available for sale, and it's going to sell."
Harry Potter will be Jersey Jack's best-selling game ever purely based on theme alone
"I can tell because they all crapped on the CE artwork. It's beautiful. It really is. It is a work of art and everybody crapped on it. So that tells me that the cargo pants wearing community doesn't really get or even want to walk up to art guys."
CE artwork is beautiful art while community has no taste
"If I were you, I would just buy the $10,000 version and see if you like the game and then you'll be able to get an ultra limited version. If you really want the CE, they're going to be everywhere and they're going to be way cheaper than 15."
No FOMO needed - wait and buy the $10,000 version instead
"I think the C.E. top or I got to be honest. I think it looks a little cheap... It's definitely not worth $5,000 more. You know, you're not going to have any, you're not going to have $5,000 more fun on the C.E."
Harry Potter Collector's Edition topper looks cheap and not worth $5,000 premium
"I'm a little worried. That this is not going to be. Like it draws or it got Zilla or you know a theme integration that really shows us those actors... doesn't it feel like it's going to be another muted clip journey?"
Concerned Harry Potter will have muted clips instead of movie actor voices
"That editing was so fast. I don't like how quick they were cutting away. And I get why they wanted to keep the energy going... I don't like overly fast editing like that."
Harry Potter pinball video editing was too fast and cuts away too quickly
"I don't think it looks that loaded gang... I just don't see the drama in the mix. The way I did in Wizard of Oz... the witch coming up way more dramatic. The flying monkey way more dramatic the spinning house."
Harry Potter pinball doesn't look as loaded/dramatic as earlier Jersey Jack games
"I do feel like I did you see the ball do anything magical yet in a pin about magic... where's the disappearing magnet? Where's the shoot across the field?... put this game next to toad in and tell me about mechanical magic and wizardry"
Harry Potter lacks magical ball mechanics compared to classic games like Theatre of Magic
"As I look at this game, I can tell you right now there is not a singular wow big. How did they do that mechanism in the game?"
Harry Potter won't have a major wow mechanism like previous Jersey Jack games
"I think this game is going to be one of those magical games where like you just buy it. And you don't even care about resale. And you didn't go in because of that. And you're just like, and maybe more pinball should be like that"
Harry Potter will be a keeper game that buyers won't worry about resale value
"I think Steve Ritchie has had a real impact since being over at Jersey Jack. And I think that was the first thing I noticed when I looked at the game. I was like, wow, this looks like a fast wide open."
Harry Potter will be Jersey Jack's best shooting game with Steve Ritchie's influence
"we got the cabinet artwork of the collector's edition machine, and it looks like it's the Little Mermaid... This feels very, when I saw it, it feels very John Popadiuk. This feels very magic early with the blue, the aqua, the purple, it feels very bright."
Harry Potter CE cabinet artwork is disappointing and childlike, comparing it unfavorably to Little Mermaid
"I think this game is gonna be the kiss of death for Jersey Jack. And what I mean by that is this. I can see it in the artwork. It's already Photoshop, drag, and drop artwork."
Harry Potter Pinball will be the kiss of death for Jersey Jack Pinball
"by the time potters code complete, I think you're going to see CE's for 10, 11. I think you're going to see LE's for eight. And I think you're going to see arcades for seven, you know, 6,500."
Harry Potter CE buyers are making a mistake - CEs will be much cheaper and available for years
"Like only one thing in the entire game moves that interacts with the ball. Just one thing."
Harry Potter lacks wow factor under the glass - very empty compared to other modern games
"I feel like both of these games are going to underwhelm us. I mean that. I feel like both of them are going to underwhelm us."
Both Harry Potter and Predator will underwhelm and be mechanically empty
"My big fear of potter... Is that Jersey Jack is going to aim for a game that's easy to build in volume. So I don't think we're going to see a lot of complex mechs. I don't think we're going to see a ton under that playfield... I think you're going to see a game that's more Guns N' Roses and less pirates of the Caribbean."
Kaneda predicts Harry Potter will be simplified like Guns N' Roses rather than complex like Pirates of Caribbean because Jersey Jack needs to build volume
"There is no reason why any of us should order it right away. Let the dealers and the distros load up on this thing and they're going to make so many of them. I think it's going to be G&R all over again."
Harry Potter will oversaturate the market like Guns N' Roses
"They didn't set a date. So you're not late if you did not tell people when you were going to arrive. So I don't understand why people think Harry Potter is delayed. Jack never said it was coming out in May Jack never said it was coming out Before June he never said it was coming out in June."
Harry Potter is not delayed because JJP never announced a release date
"This game I'm hearing has changes by JK Rowling and I think that the changes might require them to make new playfields, which means if they've built games, I think they might be in trouble"
Harry Potter pinball delays are significant, possibly until June due to changes required by JK Rowling
"I have a feeling that Harry Potter will be underwhelming because there won't be that much in it. I think the gameplay will be fast. I don't think it's gonna be loaded like you expect."
Harry Potter will be underwhelming and not mechanically loaded like earlier Jersey Jack games
"How can a game where they're going to make thousands of them, how can it even remotely hold value at $15,000 people?"
Jersey Jack's unlimited Harry Potter CE run will kill resale value
"Harry Potter to me is a little bit of an interesting theme. When you try to connect it to the Pinball buying demographic, I don't think it's a home run for the Pinball buying demographic."
Harry Potter theme isn't a home run for the pinball buying demographic
"This is the most mic drop communications I've ever read in the history of pinball. This is what you want. You want a company to be as excited about its product as you."
Jersey Jack's Harry Potter announcement was perfectly executed marketing
"I do think you have to have your head examined. If you ordered this game and gave a distro, a non-refundable $2,500 deposit, which is committing you to buying a $15,000 Harry Potter CE, when you don't even know what the game is"
Harry Potter CE pre-orders at $15,000 with $2,500 non-refundable deposit are a bad decision without seeing the game
"Harry Potter is the biggest theme in pinball since Star Wars. It is the second biggest theme in the history of pinball... it might even be the biggest theme ever in pinball because there's never been a Harry Potter pinball machine"
Harry Potter is the second biggest theme in pinball history after Star Wars, potentially bigger since there's never been a good Harry Potter machine
"if they only made a thousand Harry Potter CEs this was my this was my thing I was like I guarantee you they will sell for 20 grand on the second hand market right they only make a thousand"
Prediction: If they only made a thousand Harry Potter CEs, they will sell for 20 grand on the second hand market.
"This is going to be their biggest title ever. This is going to be their best selling game ever. I think it's going to be great. I think it's going to be magical. I really do. I think Jersey Jack is going to hit a home run on this game."
Harry Potter will be Jersey Jack's biggest hit and second biggest pinball theme ever after Star Wars
"They're going to get so many orders that a Harry Potter CE won't even be a collector's addition item. It just won't. And so that's going to blow up the whole FOMO around the CE markets for Jersey Jack."
Jersey Jack's open ordering for Harry Potter CE will destroy FOMO and scalping potential
"I am hearing that Jersey Jack is going to go back and have an entry level game. Something that sits below the CEM, the LE, they are going to have an entry level Harry Potter."
Jersey Jack will release an entry-level Harry Potter pinball below the CE/LE tiers
"I think there's an 80% chance Jersey Jack's gonna mess up Harry Potter. I think the reason Potter is gonna be messed up I think it's gonna have muted clips and I think there's gonna be a lot of toys and I think it's gonna be more wide open and fast like Godfather I don't think it's gonna be loaded"
There's an 80% chance Jersey Jack will mess up Harry Potter
"Harry Potter is their moment... They need to nail this for their own pride. For their own legacy... this is your legacy."
Harry Potter is Jersey Jack's legacy moment
"I heard, Kaneda, you should curb your expectations on Harry Potter pinball... I think it means that this game is not gonna be loaded. I think it's gonna be a little barren."
People should curb expectations for Harry Potter pinball - it won't be loaded with toys
"If you're like 45 to 65, is Harry Potter for you or is it a kiddie theme? Now the consensus by some of you older curmudgens is that it is a kiddie theme"
Harry Potter may not appeal to older pinball buyers who see it as a kiddie theme
"I'm here to talk to you about Harry freaking Potter and why I think Harry Potter on month one of this game coming out is going to sink not down. It's going to soar like a quidditch match all the way to $20,000 easily."
Harry Potter pinball will instantly sell out and reach $20,000 on secondary market
"Harry Potter and King Kong are going to buck the trend... You're going to see games sell out instantly on day one, even though the price tag is going to be really high."
Harry Potter and King Kong will buck the pricing trend and hold value
"Even if Harry Potter is $15,000, they're gonna sell out on day one of the CEs, and then you're gonna be like, I should've listened to Kaneda, because now I want to get in on the FOMO Harry Potter train, and they're all $18,000."
Even at $15,000, Harry Potter will sell out and go to $18,000
"If I had to put all of my chips on two bets on the roulette table, it would be Jersey Jack Pinball's Harry Potter, and it would be Keith Elwin's King Kong. Those are the two games. If you want to get your money back, trust me, those two games"
Harry Potter and King Kong will be the two best games of 2025
"I told everybody on the show this week. It is a standard body machine. [...] they're going to sell out of Harry Potter C E's in in instant"
Harry Potter will be a standard body machine and sell out instantly
"I have with 100% confirmation, I'm here to tell you that Harry Potter by Jersey Jack Pinball will be a standard body machine. No widebody standard body machine. I'm also here to tell you the game is not going to be loaded like Wizard of Oz."
Harry Potter confirmed as standard body, not loaded like early JJP games - expectations should be lowered
"I just don't know if the 40 to 60 year old demographic is as into it as people think. So we shall see, you know, like I'm more into Goonies and Back to the Future."
Harry Potter theme doesn't connect with 40-60 year old pinball demographic
"it's gonna be really interesting month of marvel then metallica matrix or margaritaville and then we're gonna get harry potter after that you heard it here first on Kaneda's pinball podcast"
Prediction: Harry Potter pinball game will be released after the Marvel/Metallica/Matrix/Margaritaville games.
"What a terrible week for Kaneda. I mean, when you think about it, I've got some of the rumors wrong. I get most of them right, but man, oh, man, oh, man, did I get duped on this Harry Potter homebrew game that had like a quarter of the pinball population thinking that was the next game from Jersey Jack?"
Harry Potter homebrew game misidentification was a major mistake that fooled a quarter of the pinball population
"If Harry Potter is done right, everybody who's saying FOMO is dead is about to witness the resurrection of FOMO"
If Harry Potter is done right, it will resurrect FOMO in pinball
"I think there's too much material to get Harry Potter right. I don't think Jersey Jack is going to get it right. I think there's too many books, there's too many movies, there's too, like they're just going to end up making it like you choose one of the four houses and then you learn these spells. I don't think it's going to, I think Harry Potter, I'm just going to say it right now. I just think it's going to disappoint any diehard Harry Potter fan."
Harry Potter is too complex for pinball and will disappoint fans
"If I were doing Harry Potter, I wouldn't try to put them all into one game. I would do like chapters one through three, chapters four through six, and then maybe the final edition or four through seven. I would break it up, make two games."
Harry Potter shouldn't be crammed into one pinball machine - should be multiple games
"I think it's really going to raise the bar... I think Harry Potter and Beetlejuice have elevated to the top. I think right below them is like the Winchester's, the Dunes. The stuff is looking really good."
Harry Potter and Beetlejuice have elevated to the top and raised the bar for pinball quality