Love the game, but I don't think it would earn well. The game is too difficult and the ruleset to unique for casual players to pick up quickly. Personally I love the theme as well, but I don't think kids or a casual audience would be attracted to it. We don't have any on route locally anymore for a reason. I think your gut is right on, pinheads would play it and casual players would play a game with a theme they know from current popularity or a game they reminder from their youth.

South Park earns if you don't have one on route already.

With SMB you may have the reverse issue, casual people would play it, but the pinheads would avoid it. Family Guy is great for all types of players if you can find one for $3500.

If only it were that easy...

I never shoot the scoop. I always get crazy rebounds when I try to hit the scoop, so I go strictly vari-target for starting continents.

They timers are very short for the non-multiball modes so you can't miss much. Plus there is no carryover, so if you get within 1 spin of completing Asia the first time you play it, you will need all 24 spins again to complete it the next time you play it.