How pac-man should have been imo...

[Elyssa Xey Hexen]

Spoiler

Completely remove the arms and the legs and let him fight as a ~3/4 pie chart.

I can completely see something like this occurring too. They already gave megaman his jump animation from the game series he is in and G&W in the past moved as if he was on a 2D plane. Pacman in this form would move around the stage much like G&W would in 2D. I am not sure how the rest of the moveset would work, but you can get creative and make all sorts of random stuff up.

 

[RedFly]

That is his appearance though.

 

[Ryan.]

Hmm, would have been interesting, but at least he turns into classic Pac-Man with his side special and final smash so we do get both. Still like the idea, either way. Glad Pac-Man is in.

 

[Sun & Moon]

Honestly, I can't see how that could work. Does anyone has any ideas?

 

[BridgesWithTurtles]

How would he grab ledges or items without looking ridiculous?

 

[Banjodorf]

But...outside of the game he looked exactly like he does in Sm4sh. It was always his official design. Besides, he uses the same design in the Pac-Man world games. I don't think Sakurai needed to go out of his way to make a 2D leg/armless Pac work when he can put that in the final smash and use his regular design.

Holding items/the ledge sure would've looked amusing, though.

 

[RedFly]

How would he grab ledges or items without looking ridiculous?

Yummy Ledges!

 

[Pacack]

Coming from one of the biggest Pac-Man fans on this forum;

That would be stupid.

 

[RedFly]

Coming from one of the biggest Pac-Man fans on this forum;

That would be stupid.

But, You chew on the ledges!

 

[~ Valkyrie ~]

Funny thing is I thought they'd go with a joke design for Pac using this design only when I saw him confirmed when going to Smashboards ala video thumbnail showing his iconic pie chart look. Was happy to be proven wrong though.

 

[Sendo Roba]

They picked the absolute perfect design. I was expecting a newer iteration, but then I saw the trailer and was like "oh right, the version that has been Namco's mascot for the past always"

 

[D-idara]

Spoiler

Completely remove the arms and the legs and let him fight as a ~3/4 pie chart.

I can completely see something like this occurring too. They already gave megaman his jump animation from the game series he is in and G&W in the past moved as if he was on a 2D plane. Pacman in this form would move around the stage much like G&W would in 2D. I am not sure how the rest of the moveset would work, but you can get creative and make all sorts of random stuff up.

Ew...this version's the original Pac-Man, you know? The one on the boxart?

 

[RedFly]

Ew...this version's the original Pac-Man, you know? The one on the boxart?

This person gets it!

 

[D-idara]

People tend to forget this...that's Pac-Man's original design, it's like saying Mario should be tan and wear a brown shirt because of system limitations.

 

[Pacack]

People tend to forget this...that's Pac-Man's original design, it's like saying Mario should be tan and wear a brown shirt because of system limitations.

Actually, this is his original design:

Slightly different.

 

[SmashBro99]

He looks perfect.

And if they did consider the 2D model with no limbs, they probably wanted him to match the other characters, specifically Mario, Sonic and Megaman.