From Pashford,
"I think stating that I'm not a big pinball enthusiast is as easy as saying that I grew up in the 90s. I don't know if I would call the game of pinball a fad, but it was definitely a tool of entertainment at the time that it was popular. Video games we're on there rise to fame as I was born, so my loyalties lie with them. My fondest memories of pinball are limited to killing time in pizza parlors or as little distractions on vacations when I would leave my GameBoy in a hotel room. So, when I received Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection it was weird to have that feeling of, "Oh, Pinball, How you doin'?" My only other thought was, "Well, at least this game has an excuse not to innovate with the Wii-mote." And this time it didn't turn out to be a bad thing."
Gamesta.com gets news from BigBen Interactive that they'll be bringing Pinball Hall of Fame to Nintendo 3DS with The Williams Collection 3D. Remember pinball? Pre-internet days seem so far away now. Time to feel old.
"Ah, pinball. Whenever you'd enter an arcade in the 90's, you would be almost instantly greeted by a whirlwind of various colours and sounds, all vying for your attention. However, one thing that you could almost guarantee is that, even though their presence has diminished over time, you would hear the sounds of the pinball machines, no matter where they were in the arcade. This constant has always reassured me, as I love traditional pinball. Games such as Metroid Prime: Hunters, for instance have tried to capture the feel of Pinball in a more "video game-y" style, but that is not what I wanted. I wanted a way to play my favourite pinball classics again; and Farsight Studios delivered." -- Wiiloveit.com
Gamertell has posted a mixed review of Crave's 3DS game, Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection.
From the review:
"As with the Williams Collection on other devices, you can play the Williams Challenge (achieve the target score on one table in order to progress), Arcade Mode (play any machine you’ve unlocked until you’ve run out of tokens) and Tournament Mode (the format used for most pinball championships). Unlocking all the tables isn’t that difficult but there are fewer tables here than in the console version. You get Gorgar, Black Knight, Space Shuttle, Pinbot, Taxi, Whirlwind and Funhouse."