{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3c2f298853e1cade74c82c28","clusterId":"c_8edb3b8aa0963d297a87c625","slug":"solo-developer-araki-opens-steam-page-for-super-excite-ball","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Solo Developer ARAKI Opens Steam Page For Super Excite Ball","summary":"Individual developer ARAKI published the Steam store page for Super Excite Ball on September 16. The competitive action game puts four goals on the four sides of a stadium and has players use flippers to shoot balls into an opponent's goal. It supports online multiplayer for up to four players, single-player battles against CPU, and special balls and stadium gimmicks such as bumpers, spinners, and a black hole.","whyItMatters":"The store page turns a September teaser into a documented ruleset, showing how far a single developer's flipper-and-goal concept has moved toward release.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eARAKI\u0026#39;s Steam page for Super Excite Ball arrived on September 16, and it answers the question the earlier teaser left open: what the match actually involves. Four goals sit on the four sides of the stadium, balls fly in one after another, and players swing left and right flippers to send them back. Aimed shots and charge shots are in, along with a rubber ball that bounces, a virus ball that gradually deducts points, and a bomb ball that blows away surrounding balls. Bumpers, spinners, and a black hole sit at the center. Items picked up by hitting them include goal shields, boosters, and score recovery, which the page frames as a route to comebacks.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Super Excite Ball puts four goals around the stadium rim, so ARAKI's design is closer to pinball than football. That shape only pays off if online matches stay legible with four players.","twitterPost":"Super Excite Ball puts four goals on four stadium sides, treating the arena as a pinball table. ARAKI's real test is keeping that readable online.","threadsPost":"Super Excite Ball places four goals on the four sides of one stadium, which makes ARAKI's design closer to pinball than football. Bumpers, spinners, and a black hole push it further. The layout is the hard part: four players shooting in four directions at once has to stay readable online.","newsletterBlurb":"ARAKI opened the Steam store page for Super Excite Ball on September 16, laying out the game's systems. Matches use left and right flippers to shoot balls into an opponent's goal, with four goals on the four sides of the stadium. Online play supports up to four players, and CPU battles are included.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260916-467931/\",\"title\":\"Super Exciting 3D Competitive Action Game 'Super Excite Ball' Unveiled on Steam; Features Online Battles and Shooting Balls into Opponent's Goal\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4501,"outputTokens":610,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789542866,"createdAt":"2026-09-16T07:10:36.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-16T07:13:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T07:13:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_8edb3b8aa0963d297a87c625","canonicalTitle":"超エキサイティングな3D対戦アクションゲーム『超エキサイトボール』Steamにてお披露目。オンラインバトル対応でボールを相手のゴールにシュート","representativeArticleId":"a_70fadd95efb770128b2a2dc8","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"超エキサイトボール\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"ARAKI\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-16T06:15:48.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-16T06:15:48.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T07:13:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260916-467931/","title":"超エキサイティングな3D対戦アクションゲーム『超エキサイトボール』Steamにてお披露目。オンラインバトル対応でボールを相手のゴールにシュート"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["超エキサイトボール"],"studios":[],"people":["ARAKI"],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}