Games Asylum: “One trend that has fallen out of fashion is the concept of mascot-driven pinball spin-offs. SEGA kickstarted things with Sonic Spinball in 1993 – a stand in for the lack of a mainline entry that year, ideally needing more development time. Nevertheless, Nintendo saw potential here, creating pinball games starring Kirby, Pokémon, Samus, and even Super Mario. It has fallen on Sinomod Studios and eastasiasoft to revive this trend, with Roxy Raccoon’s Pinball Panic being based on a series of retro-style ‘collectathon’ platformers found on Steam.”
