Nintendo Cancelled Pokemon Pinball DS [Exclusive]

In this video, Did You Know Gaming takes a look at a cancelled Pokemon game for the Nintendo DS that was being developed by Fuse Games, the developers of Metroid Prime Pinball. Pokemon Pinball on the DS would have been a step up for the sub-series, with Fuse bringing the same level of quality as seen in their previous NDS outing.

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Special Thanks to Matthew Nightingale and MondoMega

Game Mockups by Marcus Dewdney @Dewndeym
Research/Writing by Dr Lava
Video Editing by TheCartoonGamer

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#Pokemon #Nintendo #NintendoDS

[TheMeGuy]

So sad that the project was never greenlit, not only because it seems like we lost out on an amazing title, but also because the level of sales a pokemon title would've generated, spin off or not, would've absolutely saved that company from bankruptcy.

[jennasloan]

Pokémon company doesn't make spin-off games like they used to. I miss the Pokémon Pinball and Ranger series

[MayorMori]

Your ability to source lost information is incredible. Amazing video. I love the Pokémon pinball franchise. Also that recreated prototype artwork is awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[Rybread]

It's honestly a bit surprising they haven't tried to revive this spinoff series for mobile phones yet

[Slashser]

Pokemon Pinball is such an underrated series, it truly deserved better

[SHADOWKNUX]

I cannot BELIEVE what we missed out on, Pokémon Pinball is the best Pokémon spin-off

[misterzygarde]

Bummed that Pokemon Pinball stopped after Ruby and Sapphire. Imagine a Pokemon Pinball Sun and Moon as a download title

[cesardka]

Awesome video. As a big fan of the Pokemon Pinball series, it is truly a tragedy that we missed having this sequel. :( But if Pokemon Snap came back from the dead after almost 15 years, Pokemon Pinball may someday come back too :)

[wynnwave]

I've been hooked on Pokemon Pinball R&S lately, so this video came at the perfect time!

It sounds like the DS entry would've been pretty cool, if very different from the existing formula. Really wish we could at least see what that demo looked like - fingers crossed that it leaks someday.

[Xhalonick]

This video is actually amazing. The resources DYKG has to bring us such a story/information and with beautiful illustrations as well. I mean this is more than you could ever ask of a gaming channel. Thank you so much for honestly never waning in quality. If anything, your teams videos have just gotten better and better. Hats off.

[CamAlert]

I absolutely loved playing Pokémon Pinball for the Gameboy Color, it brings back a lot of nostalgia

[Mystic-Aidan]

When the video started with the Pokémon pinball RS intro, I immediately put everything together. My heart hurts. This series really needed more entries.

[yuki_dawn]

Maaaan, those old Pokémon Pinball games were some of my favourite Pokémon spin-offs, not to mention easily my favourite Pinball games... A DS one would have been awesome!

[frankinglese]

Wow! This sounded REALLY ambitious. Also, I grew up FONDLY with the R&S pinball game and I STILL find it find and addicting whenever I play it.😊

[KeebeThePlush]

Seeing that Pokémon pinball for ds could of been made by a Metroid team seems ridiculous but almost real

[pr]

Kind of a shame this didn’t take off, it would’ve been cool to see a Black and White pinball for the DSi release as well.

[retrospect]

Pokemon DS changed my life so this video is a TREAT! Thank you guys so much

[InternetLad]

DYKG's cancelled Heroes of Hyrule video: "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."

[maneruloquendero]

Why is it that all these scrapped games sound way cooler than what we actually get nowadays?

[kitgodsey]

Poke Pinball and the TCG game were two of my favorite spinoff games- they were just fun to repeat over and over in a way the main games werent (even compared to the fact I replayed Ruby a ridiculous amount of times)