Zen Studios has had a historically spotty release schedule when it comes to its pinball tables on the Wii U. In both Zen Pinball 2 and Star Wars Pinball, tables and packs can usually be expected to arrive either later than all other platforms or not at all. Unfortunately, today’s announcement doesn’t change this trend, but nonetheless, this new table will be coming to the Wii U eventually.
Zen Studios revealed via its blog that a new table based on the Disney XD series, Star Wars Rebels, will be arriving in this upcoming month. For those of you that haven’t heard of the show, it follows the early days of the Rebel Alliance and is set in between Episodes III and IV. Here’s the full press release:
Star Wars Pinball: Star Wars Rebels will take players on a journey to a galaxy far, far away, teaming them up with the crew of the starship Ghost, including Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger, Zeb Orrelios, Sabine Wren, Hera Syndulla and the grumpy astromech Droid™ Chopper as they join forces to take on the evil Empire. The table will feature fully-animated starships including the Ghost and TIE fighters, a flaming engine thruster spindisk, Chopper’s own mini playfield, and seven exciting missions inspired by the show.
The table is set to be deployed during the week of 27th April on other platforms, so hopefully Wii U won’t be far behind. However, considering that last year’s Heroes Within pack - which launched on other platforms on 30th April - is still on the way, be prepared to wait for a while.
What do you think? Will you be buying this when it eventually comes to Wii U? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source blog.zenstudios.com, via nintendoeverything.com]
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Guess we can expect an Episode 7 table at some point then....
No interest in the game; just came here to applaud yet another chuckle-worthy tagline.
I like what Zen Studios does. But I'm not keen on supporting their Nintendo-based efforts because the level of ongoing support is so poor.
I don't really blame them - it makes sense to focus support on platforms that bring in the most revenue, and between the small install base and extra work required to port tables to Wii U I'm sure it doesn't fit that description. The end result isn't really satisfactory to anyone though.
The show is meh, but I'll buy the table because Zen studios make great pinball games and they are best on the WIi U.
Remember, the more sales the get on Wii U te more they'll support the system. I don't even know if they make any real profits on the Wii U, I think like many companies, especially with their Australian releases, it's done for the fans and when it's done depite being bad for business to do so, it doesn't bother me if we get it a little later on Wii U - better than not at all.
Yeah, it's really disappointing that Zen puts out these tables so slowly on Wii U, but it'd be really interesting to see sales data compared to other platforms. It's a pretty safe bet that they're barely profiting off of the Wii U versions.
Eh, I'm pinballed-out.
A real Star Wars game would be preferable.
I just still can't understand why this isn't Zen Pinball 2.
@KodyDawg You should try a couple of the older tables,Sorcerers Lair and Epic Quest are fantastic.Just bought them on Wii U last week but was already familiar with them as I had them on Android and those 2 along with Empire Strikes Back are the best in my opinion.Fairly easy to get into but with loads to do and if you play them right you can stay on the table for upwards of an hour.Something about the Marvel tables I've tried just don't do it for me,not sure what it is.
@bro2dragons I initially thought the same, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's licensing issue.
Can't wait for the new tables to turn up though.
I have a hard time believing this will ever show up when (as mentioned in the article) we're still waiting for the previous pack.
Zen has some cool games for the Wii U- Castle Storm is one of my favorites, a ton of content all reasonably priced, even with the DLC. I've spent a TON of time on the pinball tables for both Star Wars and the other tables. Are sales on the Wii U THAT bad, such that it takes over a year to get the last update for Star Wars? I find that hard to believe. So, naturally I'm not going to wait over a year to get this on the Wii U when I can get it right now on the Xbone. I would get this on the Wii U if I knew that we could get it in a reasonable time frame, but closing in on 15 months is ridiculous.
I'm actually pretty happy about their support on Wiiu. They get me back to playing every now and then. And this will bring me back for sure
I have no issue with Zen studios, if more developers and distributors just reprioritised the Wii u to 'a little later than the rest' but you'll get it in the end- Glitch free and optimised then the console wouldn't be in the mess it is. I've not bought a table yet but loved the trials of some, just been waiting for the right one to go on sale at some point. I think the castlestorm one will pull me in when that hits!
@dizzy_boy Because Star Wars and Marvel, both owned by Disney, couldn't appear in the same game in Wii U like they do in every other system's version of Zen Pinball 2?
It's nitpicky, I know, but I don't like pinball enough to justify having two games on my system. I do however want several of the Star Wars tables. I understand Zen Studios isn't making much off Wii U. But I want my version of the game to be equal to everyone else's and I'd wager they'll get more purchases if people can try the tables before buying. It would be a simple update to add these tables to Zen Pinball 2 and allow anyone who bought Star Wars Pinball to download them for free.
@Other_Dave I've no doubt that they are coming, it's just whether or not they'll be coming in a timely manner.
My all-time favorite table by Zen is easily Moon Knight, I could play that for hours on end. At one point, I was #24 on the world leaderboards, but it's been quite awhile since I've played. Heck, if they release these star wars packs anytime soon, maybe I'll get back into it.
I'm all set to buy the Heroes Within pack if they'd ever release it on WiiU...which is my favorite platform for playing Pinball FX games, even if they're horrible about releasing the tables on time.
I'd like to see Zen do a Devil's Crush table.
Question: are they ever going to discount the first set of dlc for this? I'd be all over it for 5 bucks
@bro2dragons well that sucks. I don't own any xbox or playstations, so I had no idea that the starwaars tables were included in zen 2.
I wonder what the reason is for them to be seperat on the wiiu, it would be nice to find out why.
@bro2dragons @dizzy_boy
The Star Wars tables did start off as part of Zen 2 but they are now separate in every version (Wii U, 360, PS3, XBO, PS4) due to the 'balance of the force' feature.
The Rebels tables will be a day one purchase for me if/when they come to the Wii U.
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