Zen Pinball 3D is an arcade developed by Zen Studios, released 1 December 2011 on Nintendo 3DS.
What Zen Pinball 3D is
Zen Pinball 3D is an arcade game developed by Zen Studios and released in 2011. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Zen Pinball 3D for Nintendo 3DS brings an incredible stereoscopic 3D experience to the acclaimed video game pinball series for the first time ever. Zen Pinball 3D features the most advanced ball physics in a video pinball game to date, online leader boards ranking you against other players, in-game friend challenges, interactive 3D models, and more! This is a collection of four digital pinball tables: Earth Defense, Shaman, Excalibur, and El Dorado.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Zen Pinball 3D holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Zen Pinball 3D launched on 1 December 2011, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Minecraft: Java Edition, Assassin's Creed Revelations and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Minecraft: Java Edition, Assassin's Creed Revelations, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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