Quoted from wolfemaaan:
I would have canceled my order after they removed the 3 spinning discs. To this day, you look at the LCD and see the 2 spinning discs in the graphics which is lame AF. POTC didn't become great until everything else Stern was turning out fell way short and it became unavailable as mentioned. So POTC is good, but seriously a pin you get bored of regardless how many modes it has. I've seen it in an arcade with people playing other pins instead.
So hopefully they figure that out and go beyond for GNR. If they make a typical JJP pin and slap an LCD with GNR videos on it, that's DOA for me. They are really gonna have a tight rope to walk. But rather JJP than Stern any day. Time will tell
Bitter much about Pirates? Lol. The game is incredible, one of the best of all time! I listed mine for sale few days ago and then pulled the ad as it is so much fun to play. There will never be another game like it
Also, the original 3 disk mech was cool in concept but never worked well. For one it was too loud, it didn't grab the ball well if at all, and you couldn't read the rewards. On the the prototype I played the triple disk mech sounded like a jet engine and the opening chest mech was broken. The high quality animations that JP came up with for the map awards are really good and still took a lot of effort to pull off / implement. There's still a ton of stuff in Pirates, probably more then 99% of games.