Pinball’s the name of this multiplayer wii game.  If you don’t like pinball I wouldn’t recommend you to play this game at all, because Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection is all about pinball.

Relive some of the oldest pinball games you have played in your childhood or just play them now with this pinball simulation game.

This will probably one of the closest thing one can actually get to a real Pinball game, with 10 pinball tables!  However if you want to try playing a pinball game online, go ahead, it’s not hard to find

Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection Gameplay

Controls

Z is the left flipper, B is the right flipper, and the analog stick launches the pinball.  That’s about all there is for the necessary controls.

Shaking the Nunchuck will bump to the left, shake the Wiimote and you’ll bump to the right.  Don’t bump too much, because you can get tilt, which basically makes you lose the ball.  Bumping however is useful for moving the pinball to another direction.

Gameplay

Now just about every mode in the game has multiplayer with your friends.  There are 10 total tables for you to play with, but only a couple of them are unlocked.  You have to beat the other ones to unlock some of the new ones.

Each of the 10 different tables has open holes and long twists and turn for you to aim for.  Not only that, but all of the classic things from pinball like the bumpers are here.  By hitting just about anything in the pinball machine racks you in a lot of points.

The game itself is still fun, but sometimes it does get frustrating (especially if you’re in the middle of summer and have a bet to win).

It’s not the games fault.  It’s my fault.  Sometimes when you launch the ball it can automatically get into one of the sides giving you an instant death before you even get to touch it (of course it varies with how strong you launched the pinball).  You could solve this by bumping, but it takes practice.

Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection Multiplayer

There are 2 modes you can play with your friends in.  They are tournament and arcade mode.  There really isn’t any different except that you get to choose which table you go to.

Arcade

Here you get to play any of the 10 tables (as long as you unlocked them) to your choosing.  Each pinball machine is very different, and some requires you to pay credits (yes there’s always a catch).  You start out with 20 credits.

If you play with more people you have to pay more credits (4 players max).  That’s a real downer, but there is a way to escape from this loop.  All you have to do is buy free play.  You’ll have to pay 100 credits, but think about all of the credits you could have lost paying for the games every time.

Tournament

4 players can play tournament mode for X amount of tables.  Don’t worry about Wiimotes, because you can just share one.  The game gives you points based off of your score so the better you do the more points you get.  If you get the most points in the end you win!

Conclusion

This is a great game with complex yet simple controls.  The game features a ton of flashing lights, so beware!  I personally find the first one (Taxi) The one I can score the most on (One million!).  Remember to utilize the tilt, and the ability to knock the ball left and right.

The game can be frustrating at times, but it can also be simplistic to the point of underestimation.  Do NOT underestimate the game, ‘cause if you do, you’ll find yourself crying over the game’s extremely hard high score that you just can’t beat.  Truthfully, it’s the whole “tilt” element and the “100%” deaths that will aggravate you. Seem easy?  Well, it ain’t!

if you’re interested, I recommend you to try renting this game first at Gamefly starting as low as $8.95 or Try For Free!

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