Fantastic Pinball

Fantastic Pinball is a particularly Japanese take on the pizza-parlor classic, and it shows. For example, when you begin the game, you have to choose between a trio of cute, super-deformed Japanese moppets. Kind of sounds like an RPG to me. The playing field is also much different from its American counterparts. The point here is to have fun, and the appearance of a cast of Puyo Puyo-esque extras will have Hello Kitty fans sighing, but will probably leave real pinball addicts cold. It remains to be seen if this Japanese import will ever make it to the US.