Nudge Nudge, Marvel Pinball Rolls Towards Wii U and 3DS

Interesting announcement.

To be honest, this is kinda bordering on "so what?". It's a game that few people will likely care about, which is out already on other consoles, won't be released for a year and a half, and will be released on a console which isn't out yet. It just seems a little bit ridiculous to me.

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I for one like Marvel and enjoy pinball.

I REALLY hope they're not bringing a port of a several years old downloadable game to the 3DS and a NEXT-GEN console...

That said, I'll probably end up getting the 3DS version, because I love both halves of the title, and that would suit me even better on a handheld than a console. I just hope they throw in a good amount of really worthwhile updates...

OBJECTION! Godot, what if we didn't HAVE any other consoles?
And I side with 47drift as well.

I want it, but not as a retail game.

I'm down for that. I like pinball.

...and I want a Spider-Girl table! (Anya Corazon, of course)

i think it could be pretty good, i mean, how many ways are there to screw up a pinball game?

Guys, these tables are amazing. Zen Studios has gotten the ball physics nailed to a tee, and if your a pinball fan or not, you will really like these tables. I spent hours yesterday trying to finish a quest on the Tesla table in Zen Pinball on PS3 and it's a game that I regularly fire up since I purchased it, over a year ago. You guys might not think this is a big announcement, but whether it's on XBLA (FX Pinball) or PSN (Zen Pinball) or Wii U, this is one heck of a downloadable game!

It's also worth noting that Zen Studios has also been keeping new DLC tables coming to XBLA/PSN since it's release as well, and really cheap as well. I can only imagine what they will do for Wii U exclusively - Mario, Metroid, etc. tables FTW!

Playing a pinball game on the Wii U controller sounds fun.

This actually sounds pretty appealing. The last pinball game I owned was Pokemon Pinball on the Game Boy Color, I believe. So I would love to play some Marvel Pinball on my 3DS.

Sounds like a good match to me.
I hope it will either be a budget priced retail title or available as a download. And tiliting on the Wii U sounds like good fun too.

@9 Metroid tables? You mean something like this?

I hope it will be a downloadable game rather than a full retail release.

I totally agree with Slapshot, Marvel Pinball and the Zen Pinball games are awesome! I actually own this game on both my Xbox 360 and PS3. The tables are incredibly well designed and lots of fun. Normally, I am not much of a pinball fan but this game won me over. I don't think that I will be buying this game again when it finally hits the Wii U and 3DS but I am glad that Nintendo fans will finally get the chance to experience this great game.

I like Marvel and pinball as well (what am I, 6th-ing, 7th-ing that lol?). I can imagine playing that on just the WiiU screen alone.

Why can't we just have these as XBLA style downloads for 3dsware or even wii u-ware?

I tried the demo on PS3 and it didn't really grab me. If I want a pinball hit I'll play Metroid.

This just might sell me the system. Now if GAME has a trade-in offer for your old Wii...

Should be on download.

While I agree with Godot on "this game" being ho-hum (I do own Zen Pinball and it's good but old at this point) what's more important from this announcement is:
end of 2012 date for WiiU (I like dates that aren't - when it's ready)
more third party developer support for WiiU
a real downloadable game (Wiiware game limits are stifling developers)

While this announcement won't help the "WiiU is gonna pwn PS360" crowd (if there is such a crowd of fanbois) it's good news for those like myself who expect something competitive.

Who knows, maybe if WiiUware gets enough games Nintendo may even have A SALE! Now THAT would be amazing.