Played both versions today (& BM66) for a few hours. Pretty fun. The rule for the upper pf is how to light multipliers so even though it's tiny and kinda easy to hit all the stand ups you just wanna do that then shoot the orbit to light multipliers.
Answer to the lock shot lane thing. Yes you can soft plunge into it if you do it just right so maybe there's a one way gate there?
I liked the Prem/LE better than the pro b/c of the upper pf even as limited as it seems. Pretty fun. Got a GC on one of machines
Rules seem sorta like Mustang (mb-wise) and Kiss (modes) as far as I can tell. I picked the "blue" song b/c I play deuce on kiss & the sounds are similar too (super ramps sound is same)
Agree the joker sounds like Sparky's separated-at-birth twin or something.
The screen is really sharp and animations look pretty good. I pretty much am agnostic on the band but had fun playing all afternoon