Are you direct from Spooky? I am 95 direct and haven’t gotten the payment request yet. Really hoping I get this by Christmas.

Just paid mine too!

Congrats! I’m 95 and paid up as of last week. Did you get an email or any kind of communication when it shipped, for tracking?

I’m #95, I actually emailed Spooky today since it’s been over two weeks since I paid. They let me know it will be ready soon due to having to wait on some parts. I’ll be a little bummed if I don’t get it before Christmas since it seemed like I would but overall I guess it’s not that big of a deal.

Ha I’ve been all over the board with expectations. Most recently, when it was posted last week that the games were all being boxed up I figured they would be heading out the door but looks like maybe not. Hoping it at least arrives before New Years.

95 has shipped. You are next Mando!

You may get it sooner. Mine shipped out yesterday afternoon and is arriving tomorrow. Unfortunately I won’t be able to bring it in until next Wednesday because another pin is in that spot

I got too excited and decided to unbox tonight and get a few games in. Here are some very early thoughts.

Pros:
-The artwork is amazing. I’m bummed that beautiful side art is going to be hidden in a line of pins
-shoots very well. Flipper power feels right and shots are satisfying. I really like that left orbit
-some cool lighting effects. I never felt blinded in anyway by the lights

Cons:
-Holy crap that inner-screen size has to go. Someone may have convinced themselves they like it but it’s terrible and makes the whole game feel cheaper. The font needs to be fixed to.
-Code needs to keep progressing. I don’t feel there was a lot to do and a lot of shots just felt like I wasn’t making progress toward anything
-event synchronization. When I’m in a battle I don’t really feel I am because it didn’t seem like hitting shots results in specific visuals or callouts. Perhaps I just missed them though and will find that with more play.

Pro or con?
The subway exits at the flippers. I currently don’t like these because after I hit a scoop I want to look up and see the display to know if I started and event or got some kind of reward. When I do that I tend to miss the quick flash at the slings and the ball just drains. I don’t want to have to stare down there all the time. This is different and I may grow used to it and like having the clean feed, but for now it is annoying me, haha.

I would say I’m currently underwhelmed and a little nervous, but hopeful Spooky will pull through!

Anyone else’s ramps come really scratched up?

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I’ll reach out to see if they can do anything about the ramps, but I won’t get my hopes up. I’m also getting a ton of rejects from the middle ramp. There isn’t a some kind of post or something that blocks that off at some point is there? I don’t see one but the rejects are so frequent. I have clean shots that go straight up and then fly back at me. I’m wondering if they are popping up and hitting the plastic.

I’m also getting the ball search at the scoop consistently.

Ha my game also shipped with a ball inside of it which was banging around when I moved it. That’s actually the reason I unboxed it early, I heard something knocking around in there and wanted to know what it was. The coin box was turn sideways too since it wasn’t locked down and I had to lift the playfield a bit just to get it back to normal. It was wedged up against other parts.

Ha chill out guys, I’m not trying to attack spooky. You are allowed to love it and anyone who does not is definitely a flipper, I checked

I was genuinely asking about middle ramp deflects. It’s not a case where it’s steep and the ball lacks momentum, it’s going up there hard and clean but hitting something at the top and forcing back. I have to assume it the plastic overhead? Has anyone else had that issue and been able to adjust. I like the way the game is playing at my current pitch but I supposed I can mess with that if not.

Alright alright I’m starting to come around! First few days weren’t great but just got another 10 games or so and I’m starting to warm up to it. Getting better at the pretzel shot but man that final ramp is tough to hit once the drop goes down.

If anyone is located somewhat nearby and want to come shoot the game a few times, you are welcome to come try it out. Ha not until after Christmas though of course.

Thanks for that explanation. A few of those components like UM health I had no idea how they work. Is there some kind of full rules explanation that can just be updated with code releases? I feel a lot of the potential fun in this game might be being missed because some of us aren’t sure what to do.

I usually look up the rules when I get a new game to understand all the basics but I can’t find them for UM.

Niiiiice!!!

I’m not sure if I understand the Pigmon modes? Is it the orbits that qualify those? The directions on the apron sound like it’s describing the battles but I thought those were different.

I didn’t put it in the coin door, I put it in the board behind the speaker panel. Under the update notes there is a link in the next game around how to update. It’s a video. I think it’s for R&M

Just got to Dada for the first time but didn’t beat them. Very cool mode. Beat two kaiju battles and Jirahs on the way. I’m a terrible player but this game does get way more fun when you get rolling. I think this could be great if they keep pushing forward.

I will say that I had guests over during the holidays and they got very frustrated by the way the ball would drain after coming off the lifts. I’m mostly used to it now but his seems terrible for location play.

My four year old had his best game going at about 7M when the ball got stuck again on the flap over the left inlane lift. Tilted out just trying to get it loose. Doesn’t look like it is raised at all so I’m not sure why it is happening. I recall seeing someone else post about that issue earlier so I’ll check back.

I haven’t really played this at all since last update but my son seems to like it, so that’s something haha

I don’t want to break the conversation here so I suppose I can threaten someone or something like that buuuuuuut, anyone have any specific gameplay strategies yet for this?

I believe it will continue to improve but in the meantime I would like to set some goals for my own play to hopefully boost engagement. I’ve just been clearing the drops and then starting Jirahs so that I’ll automatically start a battle if it falls down. That takes away my pick of battle but I’m not sure if certain battles are better than others, kinda like how the state of my power ups/multi-ball prep will determine which battle I select in DP. Anyone have Kaiju fight preferences? If all goes well I start the next easiest battle in hopes of then getting to Dada which I have a bad streak of instantly draining on. I haven’t much been aiming for the left side scoops since I typically end up just bouncing in there anyway.

Am I correct that battles don’t save any progress? It seems like you need to hit all the shots and then end in the scoop but if you drain trying to hit the scoop then you have to start the whole process from the start on the next ball? Ha my scoop rejects so much that I usually try to hit to the second playfield and let it fall down but it gets pretty frustrating. I do wish you could hold battle progress like GZ or DP. If this is a setting or how it’s already supposed to be working then maybe I’m just thinking about it wrong. I guess some people find this game easy but I get a lot of really quick drains to the out lanes

I didn’t watch the video but he might be in the Jirahs mode which is mostly tied to the third playfield to hit the spinners. The second playfield will have the stand ups green to heal UM if you are missing health but there is nothing to do there otherwise. I believe in the mode you need to alternate spinner hits or you will do dmg to yourself, which is where the healing comes in. It is pretty clunky because it’s so hard to control the ball at all up there.

The mode in the second playfield would be Bemular where you will have to hit the red shots to advance. You can’t be in Jirahs and Bemular at the same time but you can have a Kaiju battle going with them.

Hoping they get a good rules chart or document soon as it will help clarify a lot.

I realize I did not actually check if it was in the last code update and I’m guessing not, but I feel this game really needs mode memory. When I play a battle and hit all the shots and then drain on the last one, only to have to start over the next ball, it gets pretty annoying. I think this is one of the reasons I will only play a game or two of this each week, it doesn’t ever feel like I’m getting anywhere or seeing anything different.

I also think getting to the playfield in Jirahs after the first should automatically do a small amount of dmg as I have had games where I get up there about 5 times and the ball never even gets to the flipper because it just falls down. Would be nice to feel like I was making slight progress. I know you need to alternate spinners but it would be good if every time you got back up there you could start with a shot to either to make it less of a grind. It should be hard but it is walking a tight line with tedious and frustrating. I will say, when you get rolling on that playfield and get across the bridge to start that multi ball, it’s an awesome moment.

I know this thread is only to complain about UM or complain about those who complain about UM but I’m wondering if anyone else is getting the same issue. If I complete Jirahs while I’m in a battle, the scoop will light blue as I continue the normal battle. But, if I ever shoot into it, the ball will sit until ball search is activated. I always go for Jirahs so I had this happen multiple times in the five or so games I played tonight. Not sure if it’s a known bug or just my luck.

Also holy crap, for and “easy” battle, where does gamora end? I did the drops then shot across the bridge, the sets of targets, ramp again, and drained on more targets.

Ha my 4 year old son loves UM. To be honest I don’t enjoy playing it but it’s his favorite game. I may in time thank him for convincing me to keep it around for a while.

I came out of my office today and saw my son asked my wife to help him make his own Ultraman pinball so he could play whenever he wanted. I thought some of the Spooky folks might get a kick out of this. We usually let him only play a game a day on the real one and he always “accidentally” starts a four-player game.

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Weird bug, my son is playing and the multiball just keeps going and ejecting new balls whenever he drains. Not sure how he got into this but it’s been like a 10 minute multiball with a whoooooole lot of drains.

I’m with you on that. I want tweaks to that mode so it’s not such a grind but I don’t think a timer was the answer. I would have much preferred what Bug mentioned on the stream about maybe making it so certain shots power up the spinner on the top playfield so you are still making progress even if you are elsewhere. Very often I get up to the top playfield and the ball drains down before I can even get a shot. The timer makes that way more frustrating.

I also really want a mode memory option. Getting most of the way through a fight and then having to start all over if I drain is the thing the makes me walk away from the game the quickest.

Is that outgoing? I had thought you already had one.

That was a pretty insane deal. I was surprised how quickly he dropped the price down.

Pleeeeeease option for mode memory. The battles feel really long and are really frustrating to have to start over. Gamora is an “easy” mode but I believe it takes about 13 shots: 3 drops, middle ramp, drop, across the bridge, two targets, ramp, two more targets, ramp, scoop. Ha I hope I’m calling that right but I rarely get through all of it. I just never feel like I’m getting anywhere in this game so I usually walk away quickly.

Well, even at $7,700 I had zero takers so I guess I’m riding this Ultraman train a bit longer. Game still has a lot of potential, I just wish the improvements weren’t so unbelievably slow to roll out.

I’ll also throw it out there that I have had zero issues with my game out of the box as well. There were some ball search occurrences that were code related but I’ve never even had to take the glass off because something went wrong. Only potential big opportunity I’m thinking of tackling is the leveling of my 3rd playfield as I think it maybe a bit out of sync with my main playfield and that’s maybe what’s been causing some annoyances there. I’m not sure there is something wrong there but I’m going to check it out one night this week to see if it makes gameplay better.

Ha I actually pulled the ad. I still know I’ll sell it at some point in the future but I actually had some fun with it the other night and my son still loves it. Absolutely a lot of work to be done but certain moments, like when you beat the Jirahs mode, are pretty awesome. If the code get a bit better and you decide you want one, just shoot me a message. I’ll be at an overflow of one game anyway haha.

Anyone else have this top post come out? I tried to screw it back in but it won’t fit snug. There is a bit of space and I just can’t get it to sit down any farther. Not sure if there was a nut or something under to hold in place. I emailed spooky first a few days ago but no response. Trying to ask around before pulling the top playfield off

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To check the depth of the hole or to buff the space so that it fits tighter? I thought of doing the trick of toothpicks with a tiny bit of wood filler but had never done that one a playfield and was second guessing myself.

Fixed my post problem. Toothpicks and a little wood glue did the trick and now it actually feels much easier to do the pretzel so maybe the post was sticking out at first. Thanks everyone who gave tips.

Really hoping new code drops soon with a mode memory option and a fix for the Jirahs mode. For Jirahs I’m hoping the timer stalls any time the ball is not in play and potentially ditching the UM health portion and making the stand ups add time. Like 3 seconds each so that if you drop from the top you get that chance to save yourself lost time getting back up there. I can’t get to it since the code change but prior to it, the end of the Jirahs mode is one of the coolest recent moments in pinball. That was when I first thought, oh this game is pretty cool. There is already so little I feel like I accomplish while playing this game that I hate to have the few great moments now also frustrating to reach. Difficult is fine but running the timer down while the ball is sitting in a scoop is just frustrating. I have to assume that is something that they are planning on changing but these multiple month stretches between very small updates are rough.

I just got Pigmon multiball but I have no idea how. What qualifies that?

Two sounds right, I know I had beaten two but I don’t think I beat three.

AAAAAH still with the Jirahs timer running while in the scoop. That mode and the end of it were my favorite part of the game but is now just annoying. I lose a minimum of 10 seconds while I’m just trying to select the first battle and move on but the game is beepin and boopin at me while the ball goes on a side quest and precious seconds are wasting. I don’t understand how that could possibly be seen as a good idea. Make the timer less if you must but have it pause when the player is not in control. But alas, I guess this game is just not for me.

Was it the actual size of the game or just the fact that Eddie and I wrapped the absolute crap out of it. That thing had like 4 layers of protection haha.

I will say as far as the doorway goes, I have under 30” of horizontal clearance and I got the game through. I think it’s just a hair over 29” if I remember correctly.

Whether you love or hate this game, you are right. I personally did not enjoy it but it’s great to see that others do. Even though it’s not my style, I would love to see success from different types of games so that all new release don’t become cookie-cutter copies. Ha, you all aren’t going to convince each other that it’s good or bad, it’s subjective.

Ha, you do not