Quote Originally Posted by Chakramaster View Post
Yeah especially once you learn how the crane games work and what you need to do. Like certain angles, turning it more from this or that side, you'll run out of tickets and be like "just one more!" That's how they get you to try and spend some money. Most of these things they have to win are premium items. Ones you may not typically see too. Yes I've seen Eevee and Eeveelutions, a Shaymin, though I have not seen Emolga yet. It should be due soon since I've seen the other electric regional Pokémon before.
Well, I decided to give it a spin. Tried to go for a Flareon, and I realized I definitely didn't hold down the buttons long enough, so unless I was hoping to win some free air, nothing came out of that. Second attempt was a bust, but I at least got the claw to touch the Flareon, third attempt involved trying to go for something in the back row because this one in the front pit was looking kind of doubtful and I thought I might be able to get a better grip on one of those, only to find out that's just display only stuff and the claw doesn't go that far. Fun discovery that was. And the last two tries for the Flareon were predictably bad. I probably should have quit after try #3 just because there was a slim chance of pulling anything out of that particular machine, but eh, it's not like I spent money on these free tries. It was really just to get an idea of how the thing worked and it would have been kind of a mini miracle if I actually got anything out of it.

It's cute (the music and sound effects are kind of eh, but that can be muted), but I wouldn't put money into this. And if I really saw a plushy I badly wanted, I'd just Amazon or Ebay it. Still, even if I did win something out of this game, I'd want to see it in reality first before going into "I WON" party mode.