Official Pac-Man's Amazing Full Colour Fan Club! - Pac-Man General Thread

[BridgesWithTurtles]

Why would Nintendo bother to acquire the rights to use the Pac-Man IP and only use it for an Assist Trophy? That'd be like negotiating for the use of Banjo-Kazooie and only having a stage based on the series. It'd be a waste of everyone's time and money.

I was reading through some old posts in this thread, and I really should admit to being pre-emptive and overconfident in my assertion here. With the Rayman trophy likely being just that - a trophy - my presumption that third-party IPs would not be incorporated with anything less than a character was apparently invalid. This misguided mindset is not even wholly excusable only in retroactive hindsight: they sought out permission to use Tetris for nothing other than two music tracks in Brawl.

 

[Nu~]

I was reading through some old posts in this thread, and I really should admit to being pre-emptive and overconfident in my assertion here. With the Rayman trophy likely being just that - a trophy - my presumption that third-party IPs would not be incorporated with anything less than a character was apparently invalid. This misguided mindset is not even wholly excusable only in retroactive hindsight: they sought out permission to use Tetris for nothing other than two music tracks in Brawl.

Yeah, I can relate. I just don't know why they would want to. Rayman's trophy seems so...unnecessary

 

[Luigi580]

I was reading through some old posts in this thread, and I really should admit to being pre-emptive and overconfident in my assertion here. With the Rayman trophy likely being just that - a trophy - my presumption that third-party IPs would not be incorporated with anything less than a character was apparently invalid. This misguided mindset is not even wholly excusable only in retroactive hindsight: they sought out permission to use Tetris for nothing other than two music tracks in Brawl.

To be fair, you could argue that the Galaga ship and Special flag (which were revealed in screenshots before Pac-Man's confirmation) as items without Pac-Man being playable would feel a tad odd. Even Pac-Man being an assist trophy wouldn't feel right.

 

[BridgesWithTurtles]

To be fair, you could argue that the Galaga ship and Special flag (which were revealed in screenshots before Pac-Man's confirmation) as items without Pac-Man being playable would feel a tad odd. Even Pac-Man being an assist trophy wouldn't feel right.

I was always skeptical of that mindset, personally. I never saw it being all that odd or unbelievable that Namco would have item representation without a playable Pac-Man. In fact, I at first thought that the items were a way to "thank" Namco, as compensation for working on the game, but without giving them a character.

 

[Bauske]

Yeah, I can relate. I just don't know why they would want to. Rayman's trophy seems so...unnecessary

I agree. I just don't understand why they'd make a model for him when he has no other relation to the game whatsoever. It's so weird.

 

[Luigi580]

I was always skeptical of that mindset, personally. I never saw it being all that odd or unbelievable that Namco would have item representation without a playable Pac-Man. In fact, I at first thought that the items were a way to "thank" Namco, as compensation for working on the game, but without giving them a character.

Yeah, I can see what you're getting at.
But still, to me it would have been an incredibly low blow if Sega and Capcom got a character in the game with no involvement otherwise, but Bandai Namco, who is in strong cooperation with this installment, got absolutely nothing. It could've been anyone really, but I was pretty sure a Namco rep was a shoe-in, and Pac-Man was the most obvious choice.
But I still get your point: Bandai Namco's cooperation in development was the only solid evidence for him, but IMO that's some pretty powerful evidence alone. And lo and behold, he's here now, so it doesn't exactly matter now does it.

 

[andalsoandy]

I really want to see Pac-Man's screen KO.

 

[klk155]

No pac-fedora 0/10
would not buy /s

 

[BridgesWithTurtles]

Pac-Man easily has the worst-ever color swaps. What is he wearing on his arms? Water wings? By the way, are those the Pac-Land shoes?

 

[Laniv]

No pac-fedora 0/10
would not buy /s

Oh man, he has little Pac-Mittens. Want so bad...
Also, Pac-Man merrily hops into Super Pac's gaping maw.

 

[klk155]

Pac-Man easily has the worst-ever color swaps. What is he wearing on his arms? Water wings? By the way, are those the Pac-Land shoes?

Yeah i think they are the pac-land shoes , also the worst color swaps are still's to me

 

[RadRed]

I like that his variations have the magic boots from Pac-Land but I wish he had a wider range of accessories similar to Pikachu. I'm not even sure what the bands on his arms are tho'.

 

[Nu~]

Oven Mitts?
...I don't know what to feel. On one hand, it is easily one of the stupidest costumes to give a character...but on the other hand, this makes Pac-man easily the most adorable character in smash bros.^^

 

[Zzuxon]

I'm just sitting here hoping against hope that there are unlockable alts. Because the ones we've seen so far are kinda crap.

 

[Pacack]

I'm just sitting here hoping against hope that there are unlockable alts. Because the ones we've seen so far are kinda crap.

I'm still praying for a Ms. Pac-Man alt.

 

[TechPowah]

I find your lack of faith in the plaid oven mitt color disturbing.

 

[Pacack]

I find your lack of faith in the plaid oven mitt color disturbing.

It's the shoes.

 

[JamesDNaux]

My favorite is the regular Pac-Man with dark arms and legs.

The colours do seem a bit... underwhelming though.
I saw mention of Rayman higher up the page.

 

[Zzuxon]

I find your lack of faith in the plaid oven mitt color disturbing.

The Plaid Oven Mitts is the only particularly great one.
The blue wing shoes is also nice.

 

[RadRed]

The blue winged versions of Pac-Land's magic boots are a direct reference to how they look in the Pac-Land game. You can even see the Fairy Queen bestow them upon Pac-Man in one of the screenshots on the character page. The white is how they look in official artwork for the game.

I don't get why he doesn't have the hat in any of them tho'. Or even the cape and mask worn by Super Pac-Man in Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures which the 7th variation seems to be referencing? No idea honestly.

 

[Nu~]

According to this video, pacman ain't slow and looks really smooth.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PLEK2OsudXQ

 

[8-peacock-8]

According to Shofu: Pac-Man has potential to be high tier!

 

[Ryan.]

I love his air attack kicks. Watched him on the Nintendo Live Stream today. I just love the way he plays.

 

[Deathcarter]

I love the fire hydrant. From my early impression from watching the stream it looks extremely good, maybe even Pac-Man's best move. Anyone else think so?

 

[HermitHelmet]

Pac Man is insane. His Nair destroys you if you're in shield, his Side-B can be angled, (And you can eat the Pellets for Health if you get knocked whilst in it) his Dash Attack lasts forever, his Recovery is godlike, his Fruit Throwing move is great as it gives you strong spammable projectiles, and his Bair and his Uair have such disjointed hitboxes like G&W. He's amazing.

 

[GamerGuy09]

His fire hydrant seems to be a very good edge guarding tool.

 

[Zzuxon]

Pac Man is insane. His Nair destroys you if you're in shield, his Side-B can be angled, (And you can eat the Pellets for Health if you get knocked whilst in it) his Dash Attack lasts forever, his Recovery is godlike, his Fruit Throwing move is great as it gives you strong spammable projectiles, and his Bair and his Uair have such disjointed hitboxes like G&W. He's amazing.

So what you're saying is...
He eats shields.
YEEAAHHHH

 

[HermitHelmet]

So what you're saying is...
He eats shields.
YEEAAHHHH

Well if you put it like that

2 of Sonic's DTilt breaks a Mario Shield so yeh

 

[klk155]

Oh God YES.

 

[8-peacock-8]

Did anyone see that Pac-Man can go beyond the boundaries of the stage in his final smash? Because i just saw a video where he did that.

Nice little reference to the original Pac-Man.

 

[Bauske]

Did anyone see that Pac-Man can go beyond the boundaries of the stage in his final smash? Because i just saw a video where he did that.

Nice little reference to the original Pac-Man.

Yeah, I noticed that in this video too. That's a really cool feature of his Final Smash. :D

 

[8-peacock-8]

So from what i learned.

Pac-Man is good for beginners and he has high tier potential.

Being sluggish compared to most of the cast doesn't really hinder him at all.

His forward special hits like a truck and his fruit are good for keep away.

His smash attacks hit like a truck also.

His final smash is easy to use from the looks of things and seems to be superior to other transformations because he can't SD when using it.

 

[Ryan.]

Haven't posted here in awhile. I've been watching videos for him lately and am getting more excited for is presence in Smash. I seriously cannot wait to play as him.

 

[DtJ Composer]

Pac-Man will be good if his neutral B is good. Honestly I think most of his mechanics are going to depend on how strong/versatile his item game is.

Also I wanna see more information on his customs/items. I'm gonna try and do a write-up of each item whenever I get the game

 

[Nixon Corral]

Been watching some Pac action on Twitch, and I'm getting more and more excited to play as him. I really enjoy a lot of the retro Namco titles, and I'm glad they included so many nods to them in his moveset (retro games in general are represented well in Smash by way of Mega Man, DHD, Pac; really like the devotion to history). Also great to see this thread so full of people excited for him. Always good to share the hype!

 

[FlynnCL]

Pac Man looks so fun and interesting to play as. Is his grab active for some time?

I can't help but smile whenever I see how much classic Namco inspiration his moveset has.

 

[AetherEch0s]

Did anyone watch the jp tournament on shi_gaming channel today? the guy playing pac-man was amazing. he was using up b on the ground so it leaves the trampoline as a type of stage hazard, forcing a jump if they step on it, letting him punish consistently. never thought of it as a zoning tool on the ground.

 

[The Real Gamer]

Did anyone watch the jp tournament on shi_gaming channel today? the guy playing pac-man was amazing. he was using up b on the ground so it leaves the trampoline as a type of stage hazard, forcing a jump if they step on it, letting him punish consistently. never thought of it as a zoning tool on the ground.

Wish I saved the video that was easily the best Pac play I've seen so far. Made me realize how much potential this character has.

The fire hydrant is god like.

 

[BridgesWithTurtles]

Pac Man looks so fun and interesting to play as. Is his grab active for some time?

From how I understand it, he has a normal grab that's rather quick if you catch someone up close. However, if you whiff, he then extends the tractor beam, which is incredibly punishable if that part also whiffs.

 

[Primer TMT]

too much info D: