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Stern Pinball announced that it will be working with The Pokemon Company to release actual Pokemon Pinball cabinets. A reveal date hasn’t been set yet. However, there is a trailer teasing the table and a placeholder site live now. It is apparently coming “soon,” so perhaps a reveal could appear around the series’ 30th anniversary on February 27, 2026. It is unknown how similar this could end up being to the original game.
At the moment, there are very few details about the cabinet available. Since the teaser trailer featured a lot of yellow in it, it is likely Pikachu will be featured in some way. The company did noted that three variants will be available. The basic model is a Pro one that will cost $6,999. The second tier up is Premium for $9,699. Finally, there will also be only 750 Limited Edition versions that will cost $12,999. The announcement site lets people sign up for information.
Here’s the official teaser trailer for the upcoming table.
While this would be the first big Pokemon Pinball cabinet, there were spin-off games that already featured this premise. The first appeared on the Game Boy Color. It featured a mechanic in which the pinball would be a Poke Ball. As you’d play through the tables, you’d collect the original 151 characters. A sequel showed up on the GBA with similar mechanics. While neither are part of Nintendo Switch Online yet, they did appear on past Virtual Consoles.
The Stern Pokemon Pinball cabinet is in development, and there’s no release date for it yet.
