{"id":1155,"date":"2026-02-16T04:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/the-official-pokemon-pinball-machine-has-an-animatronic-pikachu-and-a-master-ball-plunger\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T04:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:49:15","slug":"the-official-pokemon-pinball-machine-has-an-animatronic-pikachu-and-a-master-ball-plunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/the-official-pokemon-pinball-machine-has-an-animatronic-pikachu-and-a-master-ball-plunger\/","title":{"rendered":"The official Pok\u00e9mon pinball machine has an animatronic Pikachu and a Master Ball plunger"},"content":{"rendered":"

At a staggering starting price of $6,999, you have a better chance of buying a bicycle in Cerulean City than getting your hands on the official Pok\u00e9mon pinball machine<\/a>. The collaboration between The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/a> International and Stern Pinball is undoubtedly nostalgic, letting you battle with a team that includes Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle and Pikachu, as well as catch up to 182 different Pok\u00e9mon, mostly from the Kanto region, with more to be added.<\/p>\n

Besides catching ’em all and tracking your growing Pok\u00e9dex on Stern Pinball’s dedicated app<\/a>, you can do Gym Battles in four different biomes and eventually face off against Team Rocket. The pinball machine draws a lot of inspiration from the original cartoon<\/a>, including a monitor that plays clips from the show, an animatronic Pikachu, and speakers that can play the iconic theme song.<\/p>\n

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Stern Pinball developed Pro, Premium and Limited Edition models, which can cost all the way up to $12,999. For the most expensive option, you’ll get one of the 750 limited edition machines that include a Master Ball plunger, a numbered plaque and a signed certificate of authenticity. For Pok\u00e9mon fans that can’t afford to spend that much money on a pinball machine, you can soon find them at arcades and bowling alleys instead.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/the-official-pokemon-pinball-machine-has-an-animatronic-pikachu-and-a-master-ball-plunger-204915013.html?src=rss<\/p>

Please credit: OBA Blog<\/a> » The official Pok\u00e9mon pinball machine has an animatronic Pikachu and a Master Ball plunger<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At a staggering starting price of $6,999, you have a better chance of buying a bicycle in Cerulean City than getting your hands on the official Pok\u00e9mon pinball machine. The collaboration between The Pok\u00e9mon Company International and Stern Pinball is undoubtedly nostalgic, letting you battle with a team that includes Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle and Pikachu, as well as catch up to 182 different Pok\u00e9mon, mostly from the Kanto region, with more to be added. Besides catching ’em all and tracking your growing Pok\u00e9dex on Stern Pinball’s dedicated app, you can do Gym Battles in four different biomes and eventually face off against Team Rocket. The pinball machine draws a lot of inspiration from the original cartoon, including a monitor that plays clips from the show, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}