Borg LE's never come with a shaker. He claims he'd rather put the budget into features since someone can add a shaker themselves, but can't add a feature if he has to cut it. On Xmen for instance, he wanted two Nightcrawler pop ups but could only do it by removing the shaker.

Oh, I agree that it's bullshit and they should always include it with the LE...but that's the internal logic that goes down to leading to a game without one. It probably came down to "Do you want multicolored G.I or a shaker?" ...and he figured the buyer can add the shaker but not the multicolored GI. The shaker code is there, so it's easy enough on our end even though it's another $100. I think people sometimes forget Tron LE, Metallica LE, X-Men LE, TWD LE and Kiss LE didn't come with shakers. Tis the Borg way!

Gomez game. His come with shakers.

There's still something really fun and satisfying about a well integrated shaker. For example, when Sparky is electrocuted in Met and the shaker sorta feels like the game is being zapped. MMr when the castle is exploding or the trolls pop up. Iron Man's shaking is great - it's choreographed with every explosion, Monger hit, machine gun rattle, Whiplash whip. Spider-Man has tons of great shaker. Little bursts every time you get a combo, "hits" every time you hit a villain, "growls" when Venom growls, choreography to Sandman & Doc Ock's actions and DMD footage.

As for Aerosmith - not sure what the shaker situation is! I have to imagine it's synced to hitting the box and the Multiball ball release at the very least.