Zen Studios Announces "Next-Gen" Pinball FX Game For Switch, Introduces New Battle Royale Mode

They announce but show nothing. Kinda like a Metroid Prime 4 trailer or something....

Every now and then I get in the mood to buy some pinball tables, but I have no clue which ones are good. Might as well wait to see what these new tables are like.

They already had trouble getting their current Pinball FX running at 1080p 60FPS on Switch, capping it at 30 initially in portable mode and at 720p60 in docked mode. I hope their new engine/platform or whatever they call it will run smoothly on it.

I love zen pinball tables. Excited to see what new ones are announced!

Not sure about how competitive multiplayer is going to make pinball more fun, but I guess there's a niche for it.

@RudyC3 "They already had trouble getting their current Pinball FX running at 1080p 60FPS on Switch"

Gosh, seriously? Are they raytracing the ball or something 😆

It seems interesting, but I'd rather see them launch a Teen-rated app on consoles and put uncensored Bali and Williams tables on it or release the uncensored tables individually. Since that's probably never gonna happen, I guess I could try to get excited about this. I hope "Pinball Royale" refers to simultaneous multiplayer action and includes online. I miss playing Pinball FX 2 and Zen Pinball 2 online with other people.

I’ve bought all their Bally and Williams tables to date, and enjoyed their Star Wars tables - overall I’d say they’re all fun and the recreations are the closest I’ll get to ever owning classic pins like Funhouse, Monster Bash and Medieval Madness.
I’ll stay tuned for this new project, but I so dearly miss playing actual machines - damn covid closed our local pinball bar 😔

battle royal mode? 🤢🤢 hurls

These guys make great pinball games and I wish them nothing but the best, but Star Wars Pinball is all I need. I just don’t see buying or playing any other pinball games. But man, yeah, SW Pinball is amazing.

I really dont like this company. They censored all the Williams tables after they scooped them out from under Farsight Studios who made the (infinitely superior) Pinball Arcade.

@JimmySpades Always get the Willams/Bally tables. You know, the ones based on real life machines. There is reason, that after 30 years, these tables are still played today.

@Prizm The Switch is the only version that allows you to rotate the monitor with ease. Technically your PC can do it, but c’mon, most people are not going to bother.

Confused. I have Pinball FX3. Now we're going backward to Pinball FX?

Anyway, if it's a new thing, I hope they resuscitate the Plants vs. Zombies and South Park tables from the Wii U version.

I wonder if they'll carry over tables we've already bought, or will they expect us to buy them again?

Will it be like the jump from 2 to 3 and certain tables will no longer be available to purchase?

I love the games, but not really a big fan of the company.

Hope I can buy it with all the tables included for a decent price

I really wish they'd bring back the Marvel tables, either as a standalone release like Star Wars or in FX 3. Loved playing those on Wii U, and it'd be cool to have them on the go.

That's great, I love pinball and they make some good ones. I just hope they put out some original tables instead of more things like Star Wars, Marvel, Plants VS. Zombies, etc.

Gonna floss on my opponents

Finish fixing Theatre of Magic's table collision model and your ball speed you *****!

I guess I have simple taste when it comes to pinball. I loved the original Zen pinball games on the 3DS, but as time has gone by, I'm finding their newer stuff to be bloated, overkill design. Also, a lot of their tables I downloaded on the Switch are designed so that a game can really drag out. I've actually gone back to the Wii U and have downloaded a lot of the FarSight pinball games (which are all based on real tables). But when this comes out, I'll give it a look and keep an open mind.

Pinball FX3 is amazing, but there's SO much to unlock and grind on each table that unless the new IPs include something particularly mouthwatering for me (on the level of some animated classics or more game franchises like Final Fantasy or Xenoblade), I'm not sure when I would even be compelled to move on to the next entry. It took me over three years of semicasual play to approach the completion of the two initially free tables (beaten Son of Zeus, only some upgrade levels left in Adventure Land). I haven't even touched Sorcerer's Lair yet, and nonetheless I ended up already pulling the trigger on the discounted Bethesda pack the other day. That alone may take many more months - I did a run of Skyrim table, and it's downright INSANE in how many mechanics and events they translated into the thing! And there are many more intriguing tables left out there, including the Universal pack and the eleventy zillion Williams tables... Seriously, at least this side of grand genre hybrids like Yoku's Island Express, Pinball FX3 feels like the ultimate pinball game already.

@Burning_Spear well, we did go from God of War 3 to God of War...😅

I really like their work. I am disappointed to see some tables that the Wii U and even 3DS got that the Switch didn't though, especially the Marvel Pinball ones. (It may be due to licensing issues involving Disney?) What is there is rather good. I liked Pinball Arcade too.

Whoever likes PA Williams over PFX3 Williams needs an eyesight and hearing check. Everything from Zen is better: sound, physics, visuals. You can hear the flippers and the bumpers. And the gameplay is hard and uforgiving, while Farsight made the tables extra easy.

Over the course of PFX3, with the various sales, I've ended up buying every single table...I hope I can transfer them to the next iteration!

@JimmySpades The Bethesda table pack and sci fi pack are both two thirds off at the moment. Both amongst my favourites. The sale ends in about an hour so hope u get this in time.

@Burning_Spear It's the ol' movie series naming convention — anything past part 3, you have to go back to the original title, or add/remove the "the", like with Final Destination, or Fast and Furious

As long as all my tables transfer over, sounds great! Would be neat if they could fold in the Star Wars tables too so we can consolidate down to just this new app/game icon

@BoFiS they're forcing people to rebuy tables on the new version

@DrDaisy It turns out that Pinball FX will indeed have a higher content rating. They plain on brining over the Williams tables to Pinball FX uncensored. (This is clear from the Early Access PC version.) Also, Bride of Pinbot will be the new table.

@thinkhector That's good, but the new ticket system is a real turn-off. I just want to buy a damn table, not a set number of points like I had to with the Wii Shop Channel and the Android version.

@DrDaisy I the ticket system is going to be the way they help ease those switching over from the old platform. "I have to buy the games again?" They might give players tickets or have you earn tickets in game. So you don't have to pay full price again for the same game. That's the idea anyways.