Namco Character discussion

[pupNapoleon]

I never understood how pacman was ever not an option to people?
This was always the best option for namco. And the best version of him. And the best fitting, even moreso than klonoa.

 

[Arcadenik]

I never understood how pacman was ever not an option to people?
This was always the best option for namco. And the best version of him. And the best fitting, even moreso than klonoa.

They were biased against Pac-Man because they wanted Namco characters they actually saw fighting before. They never saw Pac-Man fighting before so they were against him. They saw Tales characters (especially Lloyd), Tekken characters, Soul Calibur characters, Klonoa, and KOS-MOS fighting before so they wanted those characters in Smash over Pac-Man. Of course the Ghostly Adventures redesign didn't help...

It is interesting that Pac-Man in Smash does not have a moveset based off Pac-Man World games nor Ghostly Adventures games... Pac-Man in Smash is based on Namco Museum games. I suppose that makes sense since they are some of Namco's best games even though they are over 30 years old.