"Soon, online pinball machines will let players compete across the globe" (since no one seems to be acknowledging this).

Both Stern + JJP have been hinting at online multiplayer for a while, kind of a bummer they didn't actually get some kind of beta out to capitalize on the lack of in-person competition right now. I would love some sort of head-to-head challenge mode for my Hobbit... I personally think doing a full 3 ball game against someone you can't see would be kinda dry, but if there was a way to launch right into a mode, and race the other player to finish the mode first or something, that could be very cool.

Just daydreaming.

Ah, I thought all the online multiplayer talk was just speculation, figured it was interesting to hear it actually confirmed as 'coming soon' in a JJP video but I may have missed something. Do you have a link to any other info about it?

Friday is your day of reckoning, Knock-off Kaneda. If your sources prove to be true I suggest you start a podcast.

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You're getting upset about unconfirmed news, which the unconfirmed source won't even confidently state, about a game that the company hasn't even confirmed is coming. You need to pause for a sec and think about if this is worth getting worked up about.

JJP's next pin = Matrix, calling it now.

Stern is rushing their announcement of Bill and Ted to get the first blow in the great Keanu wars of 2020. How this will affect Johnny Mnemonic prices remains to be seen.

Just a reminder, this thread was created because JJP put out a video saying: "You asked for INNOVATION, we answered. Everything is about to change!"

If they let 4 months go by and then announced the re-release of a game that came out years ago that'd be quite the marketing strategy... realistically it'd just make me a little concerned that things aren't going well behind the scenes at JJP, though I'm glad to see they've got the new factory up + running despite the economic hardships of 2020.

Back to what this thread is supposed to be about: what kind of 'innovation' are you hoping or expecting to see out of JJP? I originally thought the teaser was leading up to online leaderboards/head to head play for their full catalog of games (would've been really nice for us JJP owners during quarantine). Maybe it's animated inserts? Who knows.

I think one thing JJP could potentially do to set them apart from other manufacturers would be to offer 2 different game-modes, home and location. A few of their games (at least POTC + Hobbit) seem to be 'too deep' to really shine on location. Would it be worth having the full, rich JJP code/rules we've come to expect, along with a more stripped down version that can be easily explained for location play? It's probably (almost undoubtedly) not worth the programming time, but I think it'd be neat.

I guess I'm just an idiot, huge props to Jersey Jack for learning from past criticisms. I hadn't heard that before but that's really cool to me.

With the teaser vid structured how it was, showing all the past titles leading to the "?", I just assumed it'd be some feature debuting on their next title + rolling out to all past JJP games (requiring a dongle or whatever). Continuing support for older titles is the #1 way to my heart for a pinball company and shows good will to loyal customers, and if it's something *big* that they're touting as "INNOVATION" I'm still very excited to see it... Right now though I'd just like to see any kind of communication or announcement from Jersey Jack.

Thanks for the info, that's really cool. Would be interesting to see how extreme you could push this, potentially have different modes w/ different assets between the two game-types. Again, I get that it's absolutely not worth it from a business perspective, but could add depth/variety for in-home owners.

Who could've predicted, 3+ months later the title of this thread would be relevant again. Another new JJP teaser, at least they gave us a date this time around

Common, they use ethernet to connect node boards and stuff

Not really a big fan of GNR at all, but hearing how heavily Slash was involved has really made me much more interested in this. Can't wait to play it; clearly this one was a labor of love, and the game looks fantastic. Awesome asset integration, love the artstyle, and really like how standard/LE/CE all have completely different looking cabinets. I can't see a single overlooked/skimped item... the fact they actually used the correct headstocks with Gibson/Fender logos on them:
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