February 2, 1984

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In a 1999 interview with the magazine "Used Games", then HAL Laboratory president Satoru Iwata said that, because of his pride with how well it replicated a pinball machine, the basic engine used for the 1984 NES game Pinball was later repurposed for the 1999 Game Boy title Pokémon Pinball. It is unknown if the latter game's sequel, Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire, also uses this engine.

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This was my first fact. Very happy to see it submitted. :). Hope to provide more where I can.

TodayInNintendoHistory Jan 18, 2025, 6:12 PM

Reply to comment by CuriousUserX90 posted Jan 18, 2025, 11:01 AM

I even notice that even though there's no submissions for Pokemon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire at the moment, there is still a VGFacts page for it from the link.

CuriousUserX90 Jan 18, 2025, 1:29 PM

Reply to comment by Petie posted Jan 18, 2025, 6:33 AM

Thanks for doing so, in terms of fixing what was up with the & symbol when linking other pages that is, of which I can from looking at here: https://www.vgfacts.com/game/marioluigidreamteam/trivia-10863/

CuriousUserX90 Jan 18, 2025, 11:01 AM

Reply to comment by CuriousUserX90 posted Jan 18, 2025, 6:13 AM

Are you seeing something specific? From what I can tell, it works fine. Take Pokémon Red Version (with the accented e manually typed out) and Pokémon Blue Version (using a normal e but matching correctly anyway), for instance.

Edit: Misread your comment. Looking into the & issue now.

Edit 2: Should be fixed now! Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / M&L: SS

Petie