Revenge of the 'Gator
Main game
3.46 average rating based on 26 ratings
- Developers
- HAL Laboratory
- Publishers
- HAL Laboratory, Nintendo
- Platforms
- Game Boy, Nintendo 3DS
- Genres
- Arcade, Pinball
- Themes
- Action
Release Dates
User Stats
How Long Is Revenge of the 'Gator?
Review / Playthrough
History:
I've played pinball... not this one though.
Expectations:
Being a pinball game I'd like to see a pretty solid story, reasonable amounts of character customization and a good level of depth to the game's villains.
Day 1:
Yay pinball? This is a fine version, I guess, and was made by HAL Laboratories which should speak to its quality. Basically you're pinning and balling your way around an alligator themed pinball table trying to rack up a high score.
...then a 'gator eats your ball, vengefully.
Conclusion:
After being a PS+ subscriber since its inception I think I have just about every table for Zen Pinball ever made. My point is, I've never actually played the game, because pinball.
I don't love pinball. I don't hate pinball. I'm incredibly indifferent to pinball. I think part of it has to do with the fact that it's a feeling from the arcades that just can't be recreated with video games... of course if I'm at an arcade, let's face it, I'm bustin' moves on DDR... or actually playing Bust-a-Move!
Liked:
- Super simple pick up and play pinball.
- Alligators are rad.
- For an earlier Gameboy game, it's surprisingly fluid.
Disliked: …
History:
I've played pinball... not this one though.
Expectations:
Being a pinball game I'd like to see a pretty solid story, reasonable amounts of character customization and a good level of depth to the game's villains.
Day 1:
Yay pinball? This is a fine version, I guess, and was made by HAL Laboratories which should speak to its quality. Basically you're pinning and balling your way around an alligator themed pinball table trying to rack up a high score.
...then a 'gator eats your ball, vengefully.
Conclusion:
After being a PS+ subscriber since its inception I think I have just about every table for Zen Pinball ever made. My point is, I've never actually played the game, because pinball.
I don't love pinball. I don't hate pinball. I'm incredibly indifferent to pinball. I think part of it has to do with the fact that it's a feeling from the arcades that just can't be recreated with video games... of course if I'm at an arcade, let's face it, I'm bustin' moves on DDR... or actually playing Bust-a-Move!
Liked:
- Super simple pick up and play pinball.
- Alligators are rad.
- For an earlier Gameboy game, it's surprisingly fluid.
Disliked:
- It's not Sonic Spinball, or Pokemon Pinball.
- There's not much to it aside from the one, rather small table.
Personal Score:
Fun : 15 Relevance : 10 Replayability : 14 Survivability : 14 Total : 53
It's surprisingly not bad? I didn't think the Game Boy would be able to handle pinball physics well, but it actually plays rather nicely. The pinball board theming is cute, and there are enough little gimmicks (across four screens/levels) to keep it from getting too dull too quickly. Tasks are kept simple, I think all you really want to try to do is get into one of the three bonus board rooms -- which thankfully isn't too hard to manage.
Nothing ground-breaking (and sadly no table-nudging feature), but if you're in the mood for a round of pinball on the Game Boy then bring on the gators. I guess I'll have to check out the Kirby pinball as well at some point (same dev studio).