Pixie Pod Pachinko: Winning Strategy

With “Days of Play” here, games in the Magical Forest are open to everyone – and that includes Pixie Pod Pachinko. On May 15th, everyone was awarded 3 free pixie pods. (Don’t worry if you didn’t use them on the day they were awarded. They will still be there waiting for you!)

Pixie Pod Pachinko is the Webkinz take on a classic carnival game. A flower bud at the top of the screen shoots out a pod that drops down the screen, hitting bumps and wheels along the way. The goal is for the pod to land in the basket that is moving back and forth across the bottom of the screen.

It looks like this:

I’ve got a technique I’ve been using to play Pixie Pod Pachinko, and it usually serves me pretty well. With Pixie Pod Pachinko available to everyone, I thought it would be fun to share my technique. There are probably countless ways you can approach this game, but here’s how I do it:

First, align the flower bud at the angle shown in the picture below:

Then, wait to shoot the pod until the moment that the basket bumps into the right side of the screen and starts to move left.

Here’s a video to show you what I mean:

My strategy doesn’t work 100% of the time, but I think it’s a pretty good one. Do you have any tips or hints for Pixie Pod Pachinko?